Peter Jackson announces the cast of ‘The Hobbit’

October 22, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio / Pen Men at Work): There has been a lot of controversy over the movie ‘The Hobbit’ and there are different opinions in the industry about the film’s future. Peter Jackson and the executives behind the upcoming film recently announced the cast for this upcoming two-picture movie franchise.

জয়ঢাকের ২০১০ শারদীয় ইস্যু প্রকাশিত হয়েছে। পড়ুন ও সকলকে পড়ান। www.joydhak.com

Aarya Babbar Turns Afghani-Punjabi Terrorist For A German Film

October 21, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio / Pen Men at Work): Bollywood actor Arya Babbar, who is better known as the son of veteran actor Raj Babbar, is getting a good response from the film industry these days. Even though, he has not been successful as a lead hero, Arya has proved his acting prowess in the films like Jail and Guru. The actor has now been offered to play an important role in a German film.

Germantown, Maryland, October 19, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) Kolkata Bangla Band KAYA known for their pioneering Bengali folk-fusion songs delivered a spectacular concert at the Sanskriti Durga Puja on Oct 16, 2010 in Washington DC, USA.

KAYA explain in this interview hosted by Tapan Bera, President, Sanskriti Bengali Association of Washington DC Metro area, how the experience of their 2nd USA tour is different from the first one, in terms of fantastic audience response and ambience. They convey their appreciation of the audience participation and the unique experience of having the audience singing along with them - aspects of their shows that are rare.

Watch the full interview video with KAYA band of Kolkata exclusively from Washington Bangla Radio.

The IIDR will gladly include any Puja Committee from USA willing to participate in IIDR Sarood Samman 2011.

Participation is absolutely free of cost and will be under a special category ...

The judges declared the winners of the Best Durga Pujas 2010 Sharod Samman IIDR Awards. The Nepalese Consul General presented the awards to the winning Puja Committees. Read all about the Sharod Samman 2010 Kolkata Durga Puja awards on Washington Bangla Radio - partners of the awards.

Will Big B Turn Kabuliwallah For Rituparno Ghosh?

October 19, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio / Pen Men at Work): Renowned Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh is planning to take forward one of the popular short stories of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Ghosh is planning to pay tribute to the poet on his 150th birth centenary.

^{Bisarjon marks the end of Durga Puja celebrations with Bijoya Dashami greetings. The following is a Bengali children's poem to mark the occassion, written by Santwana Chatterjee. The poem is in Unicode Bangla font.}

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