Bangladeshi music

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Tumi amar Rajkonna (You're my princess)

Valobashi Tai (Because I Love...) - a recent teledrama

 

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Two recent newcomers to the Dhaka music scene with debut albums,

Armeen Musa

Xefer Rahman

Two other singers/actresses...

Konal

Mim

 

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A nice tune from the album 'Bhubon', sung in 'Balam's' signature style (soft rock with a hint of smooth jazz) with his wife Sadia.

 

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Couple of recent fusion tunes by 'Recall' a newer band...

'Bhromor Koiyo Gia' - original is a Krishna devotional song by Radha Raman Dutta

A tongue-in-cheek song about the expense and trials of being in love,,,

ভালবাসার কচকচানি ভাল লাগে না আর। তরে নিয়ে সপ্ন দেখার পরছে ঠেকা কার ? Hahaha LOL

 

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The endless quest continues for pulling up Bengali Movies from the state they were in a decade ago, after a decline of some forty odd years, being entertainment to solely the uneducated and clueless. The idea that educated people would never go to see a Bangladeshi movie is slowly changing. There are good Bangladeshi movies worth seeing these days

Unfortunately you can't say the same about this Bangladeshi movie (Romeo Vs. Juliet ?!?) which (as a cross-border project) succeeds only in offering some nice shots of English tourist spots and a couple of nicely rendered songs (like this one - Bekheyaley Mone). The hero is Ankush from across the border in Kolkata and of course the heroine is Mahiya Mahi. Don't ask me why she chose that name as her alter ego....sigh....

Well - 'A' for effort nonetheless and I hope they do better next time.

 

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Dhaka's thriving club scene boasts a few female DJ's - some expat and some local. One local celeb gal 'who done good' is Marzia Kabir 'Sonica'. Sorry about the article - only in Bangla. The article discusses the club scene and the role of female DJ's in Bangladesh.

 

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OK don't know where else to post this. 20 effective pick up lines to use on a Bangladeshi Chick. Of course only works if you're fourteen or so. Watch the kids facial expressions

Sorry - only in Bangla...

 

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Banalata Sen​

It has been a thousand years since I started trekking the earth
A huge travel in night’s darkness from the Ceylonese waters to the Malayan sea
I have been there too: the fading world of Vimbisara and Asoka
Even further—the forgotten city of Vidarva,
Today I am a weary soul although the ocean of life around continues to foam,
Except for a few soothing moments with Natore’s Banalata Sen.

Her hair as if the dark night of long lost Vidisha,
Her face reminiscent of the fine works of Sravasti,
When I saw her in the shadow it seemed
as if a ship-wrecked mariner in a far away sea
has spotted a cinnamon island lined with greenish grass.
“Where had you been lost all these days? ”
yes, she demanded of me, Natore’s Banalata Sen
raising her eyes of profound refuge.

At the day’s end evening crawls in like the sound of dews,
The kite flaps off the smell of sun from its wings.
When all colours take leave from the world
except for the flicker of the hovering fireflies
The manuscript is ready with tales to be told
All birds come home, rivers too,
All transactions of the day being over
Nothing remains but darkness
to sit face to face with Banalata Sen.

Translated by Faizul Latif Chowdhury

Original by the incomparable Jibanananda Das

And portrait belongs to our very own 'Mehzabeen'

 

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Independence-day themed ad campaign from Nescafe

 

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Ex-Ball Boy Golf Legend Siddikur Rahman describes his rags-to-riches story in two videos. In English and Bangla respectively. He's known as the 'Tiger Woods' of Bangladesh.

 

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Bengal Classical Music Festival 2014 TVC

 

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Short stop motion video about college life from Studio Bangi...

Interesting film-short from Salzar Rahman

 

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Fan tribute song for Bangladesh team by Nemesis

 

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Cholo Bangladesh Fan Song:Tribute by SHUNNO

 

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Omanush (Inhuman) by Arbovirus. They break quite a few guitars

Minerva's tribute to older songs from the seventies

Mechanix - a thrash metal band singing 'Bisshoy' (Surprise), more in the groove metal mode.

A soft, slow number dedicated on Mothers' Day to all mothers of the universe - from years ago...
Warfaze- Janani

Warfaze - Obak Valobasha (Speechless Love)