Rokeya Prachy News Today

For her latest film, "Neel Padma" (The Blue Lotus), Runa delved deep into the heart of Rajbari’s Daulatdia, one of the largest brothels in the subcontinent, to bring her character to life.

Shakib Al Hasan tops the list of a slew of celebrities who secured the nomination of the ruling Awami League. A number of other prominent names were denied the party ticket. What drives this phenomenon? We ask the celebrities and experts

“Peace Film Festival 2023” has been organised to encourage an integrated and peaceful Bangladesh with the participation of creative young filmmakers. This two-day-long festival will be held on October 28 and 29 at the Bangladesh Film Archive in the Agargaon area.

Organised by Cinema Bangladesh, the traveling film festival Global Youth Film Festival Bangladesh reached Cox’s Bazar this time with the unique idea of screening the films by the seaside. The festival began on March 3 at Cox’s Bazar and concluded on March 5.

Popular actress Rokeya Prachy is finally set to come back on the silver screen with the government funded project “Savitri”. She had last appeared on a single episode tele-fiction and directed the tele-production “Juddho Ebong Birangona” about three years ago, taking a break after the releases.

Tareque Masud’s autobiographical debut, titled The Clay Bird in English, is a poignant look at a rural Muslim family grappling with both religious fundamentalism and the nationalist movement. The film is set a few years before the liberation war. In one scene, the independent-minded Ayesha Bibi (Rokeya Prachy) observes, “Earlier there was a heaven-and-hell difference between home and what was outside of it, now it feels the same”. Play Guerrilla (2011) Bengali star Jaya Ahsan pla...

19th Dhaka Int’l Film Festival to be held in a hybrid format with safety precautions From the press conference. Priyanka Chowdhury Priyanka Chowdhury The 19th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) will kick off tomorrow at the main auditorium of the Bangladesh National Museum. This years festival is dedicated to the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Government of t...