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RUNA LAILA- Duma Dum Mast Kalandar

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  Her tryst with Indian films came about after a chance meeting with music director Jaidev in Delhi, at a party hosted by businessman and music connoisseur Ashok Khanna.  He gave her a chance to sing at the inauguration of Doordarshan. For a few years, she used to sing in Doordarshan. She became famous among viewers by her song Damadam Mast Kalandar. Her  name has been written on the  Guinness World Records  for recording 30 songs within 3 days.  In 1982, she won Golden Disk Award as her album Superuna composed by  Bappi Lahiri  was sold over 1 lakh copies on the first day of its release. She was born in East Pakistan, was educated in Pakistan, settled down in Bangladesh after the creation of the state in 1971, has worked in India and travels the world with her shows. Where does she really belong?    Her first recording was with Kalyanji-Anandji for the title song of Ek Se Badhkar Ek.   She gained popularity in India with the s...

Rehana Maryam Noor - A Standing Ovation from the Audience at the 74th Cannes Film Festival

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  Rehana Maryam Noor  is the  first-ever film from Bangladesh in the Cannes official selection.  The film is about a single mother who is a n assistant professor at a local medical college, finds herself in a difficult position after witnessing a sexual assault where she knows both the victim and the perpetrator. It is a powerful character of Rehana who  single-handedly wages a fight for justice on behalf of her six-year-old daughter and one of her students.  The role is played by Azmeri Haque Badhon  The film is directed by  Abdullah Mohammad Saad who made his debut in , "Live from Dhaka" (2016), received Silver Screen Awards for Best Director.    T his film has every chance to win an award. With a similar type of plot  of how a woman fights against society for justice, we have seen in the 1993 film Damini. That film became  a cult feminist film and is still regarded as an all-time classic female-oriented film and important fo...