The song “Shada Shada Kala Kala” seems almost like a visual rendition of “the merry minstrelsy” that breaks out in front of the bride as red as a rose.
The film is a deep dive into Bangladesh’s rivers and the fishermen who hold up the country’s underbelly, along with the revelry, the mythologies that run across the folk culture of majhis and Bede communities.
Mejbaur Rahman Sumon's debut directorial film "Hawa", which stars Chanchal Chowdhury, hits theatres today. The two-time National Film Award-winning actor portrays the role of Chan Majhi, the leader of a group of fishermen who are stuck on a fishing trawler for fifteen days. Starting from its announcement, the film has been successful in grabbing people's attention. Even the
Mejbaur Rahman Sumon directorial "Hawa" has swept the country by storm, whether it be for its music, or its incredibly polished promotional campaign. "Shada Shada Kala Kala", written and tuned by Hashim Mahmud, is arguably the most beloved thing about the film, at the moment.
Monday, 1 March 2021, 11:52 am
Variety show
HARI WITH THE MAORI
SIDESTEPS premieres its classic Maori showband
style of comedy on Maori Television this Wednesday 3 March
2021 at 8.00 PM.
Cohen Holloway (Ngati Toa Rangatira),
Jamie McCaskill (Ngati Tamatera), Regan Taylor (Ngati
Kahungunu, Te Arawa) and Erroll Anderson (Ngapuhi, Ngati
Hau) use skits, sitcom and song to showcase their talents as
actors, singers and all-round entertainers before a live
audience at Te Raukura ki Kapiti on the Kapiti
Coast.
The six-part series captures the essence of the
Maori Sidesteps as they delight their audiences with witty
songs, big harmonies and sitcoms such as ‘Daddy Day