Bangladeshi Cinema: All about Shaasti (Punishment)

Written by Taslima Akter




Shaasti (Punishment)

For Impress Telefilm
Director: Chashi Nazrul Islam
Starring: Iliash Elis Kanchan, Champa, Riaz, Purnima and others
Music Director: Khandakar Nurul Alam
Singers: Sabina Yesmin, Endru Kishor, Sadi Muhmud, Rezwana Chowdhury Banna.


Sidam (Riaz) and Dhuki() Ram are two brothers. Their little family around Sidam, dhuki and Dhuki’s wife Radha. Sidam very respect his elder bother Dhuki. He also very much love his younger brother. They are not rich man but they are happy. Sidam fall in love with Chandra. Many way Sidam expressed her love passionate but Chandra no want try to understand anything.


Chandra is crazy girl. One day Sidam say to her “I love you and I can’t think anything without you. I can’t sleep and every night I make sweet dream around you”. But Chandra brush off and call her father. Chandra’s father come and and Chandra are loved each other. Dukhiram and rada are husband and wife and they also love each other. Chandra is crazy girl from beginning. What is love? Chandra say that, she has know something about love and something unknown.

Life of a Rickshaw Puller in Dhaka City of Bangladesh (Rickshaw Puller of Bangladesh

Written by Taslima Akter

Rickshaw is the most important transport of Bangladesh. The driver of risqwa comes from the lower level in Bangladesh society. Many people are driving Rickshaw for livelihood. Almost Rickshaw puller comes from the village of Bangladesh. The village of Bangladesh has no enough job opportunities I want to write something about Rickshaw puller of Bangladesh. I have talked with a Rickshaw puller. His name is Misir Ali.

Miser Ali has born Comilla. He is 72 years old. He has been driving Rickshaw from 1972 in Dhaka city. He got married when he was 22 years old. He is father of 6 sons and one daughter. He has no idea about family planning. Though he has big family but he was happy with his family members.

He is illiterate. He doesn’t know how to read and write. He has to face a lot of problem because of his illiteracy. He wanted to make educated his sons. But they are not interested to go school. His some sons are driving Rickshaw and some are run business. But they are no taking care to him. Every son is got married and they are live separately.

Rickshaw driving is hard work. Now Misir Ali can’t drive Rickshaw like before. He has lost energy to driven. Now he has driven Rickshaw 3-4days in a week. Now he wants to take respite from work. But come in last time in life he has to done hard work for livelihood.

Pohela Boishakh 1414, in Dhaka City

In Dhaka city, Chayanot arranged its cultural program in Ramana Botomul. In the other hands other cultural organizations also arranged different programs.

In that time, there was some different things. Some young boy showed a different activity. They showed fully rural farmer’s activities as a display.

They showed how farmer work in the field, draw plow with bulls and how to smoke at the time of their work.

Pohela Boishakh 1414 and Mina Borua’s 25 years

Mina Borua is well known in Bangladesh folk music world. In her 25 years career she achieve the heart of banglee. In her music life she has sung folk song all time.

In Pohela Boishakh 1414, she came to the Shoshu Park pavement under Hrishij Shilpha Gosthi. She sung more folk song in the Poleha Boishakh ceremony.

Fakir Alamgir is another well known figure in Bangladesh folk music world. He was also with her in that program.

Two Children was died by Wild beast in Cox's Bazar

In the past, we heard that wild animal attacked in the eastern district in Bangladesh. Some times it destroyed the crops killed men’s life. On Wednesday, two children died by the attacking by wild best.

Reuters reported:

The victims, a boy and a girl, failed to escape when a herd of elephants swooped on their village near a forest at Ramu, 430 km (269 miles) southeast of the capital Dhaka.

The elephants also destroyed five houses, uprooted trees and demolished standing crops.

At least 15 people are killed by elephants in Bangladesh each year as their foresthabitats shrink due to encroachment by the rising human population, forest officials say.

One of the world's most densely populated nations, Bangladesh has forest cover of only 17.5 percent.

Picture of Bangladesh: Pohela Boishakh in Dhaka City-2

In the first day of Bangla New Year 1414, Chayanot arrange their cultural program on the pavement of Ramana Botaul. It arranged their program according their style but some of others organization arrange program in other style.



In the video, you can see local activities of framers. They were showing the activities of farmers. How the farmer works in the field. For removing tiredness they are smoking and draw plough with bulls (but here, men are acting as bull).

They added a different dimension on that day to celebrate the New Year.

Picture of Bangladesh: Pohela Boishakh in Dhaka City

Bogra is the city of Bangdesh. It is situated in the west part of Bangladesh. For celebration of Phlela Boishakh it arranged various kinds of cultural activities for seven days.




A leading cultural organization arranged program to celebrate the New Year 1414. It also arranged Boishakhi Fair in the middle of Bogra City. Its called Uddyan Park.

Picture of Bangladesh: Pohela Boishakh 1

Picture of Bangladesh: Pohela Boishakh

Pictures of Bangladesh: Pholela Boishakh 1414, festive day for the Banglee

Today is 14 April 2007, it the first day of Banglee. In Dhaka city, the day observes in a different way. Chayanot is a leading cultural organization of Bangladesh. It organized the cultural programs to celebrate this day. At the beginning of the program its song the song of Robindra Nath Tagore ‘Eso he Boishakh Eso.’ They start the song at the time of sunrise.

Different kinds of cultural organizations arrange cultural programs. People attend this program in a celebratory mood. Men, women, boys and girls ware the traditional dress.

Some are drowned tattoo in their face. Some people eat Panta Bhat (rice mixed with water) with Hilsa fish.

In this day another astrictive thing is fair. In this fair, the shopkeeper bring the traditional thing.

World Cup Cricket 2007: Bangladesh vs England and 143 runs

Bangladesh played its match with England in super 8 in the World Cup Cricket 2007. The teams scored only 143 runs. Form the first the batsman showed this non-responsibility. For this, they have punished. If they become passion, they would get another victory.

Daily Times reported:
England’s three-pronged pace attack responded to their captain’s call by taking wickets at regular intervals as they bowled to an accurate line and length in a game which both sides needed to win to remain in hunt for a semi-final place. Bangladesh, with opener Shahriar Nafees replacing Javed Omar from the team which pulled off a stunning 67-run upset of South Africa in Georgetown last week, lost Tamim Iqbal in the second over of the innings. The teenager failed to keep Mahmood’s short delivery down and was caught in the gully.
Iqbal made eight, and was soon followed by captain Habibul Bashar (four) to a run out off a dropped catch by Vaughan to leave Bangladesh at 23-2. Nafees miscued drive off Mahmood was dropped by Vaughan at mid-wicket, but the England skipper threw the ball to the striker’s end where Bashar, who stopped in the middle before running, was left stranded. Nafees failed to capitalise on the chance, and another miscued drive off Mahmood rebounded off wicket-keeper Paul Nixon’s gloves to second slip where Andrew Strauss snapped up a sharp catch. Nafees made nine.

I think, at the last position of the England’s Innings Bangladesh would realized their faults of non-responsibilities batting.

World Cup Cricket 2007: Bangladesh vs South Africa and Mohammed Ashraful

In the match, World Cup Cricket 2007 Bangladeshi Batsman Mohammed Ashraful showed a very good performance. When he was playing and hitting the South African Bowlers it’s remind the magic of little master Sahcin Tendulker.

BBC reported:

Aftab was in disbelief when, moments after he had hit two monstrous sixes off Justin Kemp, he holed out in the deep off Makhaya Ntini.
But Ashraful continued on his merry way and played his favourite standing sweep over short fine leg, a shot which earned him several crucial boundaries.
There were also some cleanly struck, beautifully timed lofted drives that were so reminiscent of his century against Australia in another memorable win for Bangladesh in Cardiff in 2005.
Mashrafe Mortaza joined Ashraful for the final onslaught, himself smashing 25 off 16 balls as the Tigers accelerated in a frenzied last seven overs.

I think, both South Africa and he cricket fans will remember that performance. His achievement was 87 run from 83 balls. I hoped that he will do better day by day.

Flower of Bangladesh: Rose