Bela Seshe (English: At the end of the day) (Also written as Belaseshe: In The Autumn of my Life) is a Bengali family drama film directed by the duo, Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee, produced by M.K. Media and Windows Productions and distributed by Eros International. The film brought back Satyajit Ray’s iconic Ghare Baire pair, […]
Construction of Journalist Resemblance in Bangladeshi Contemporary Cinema
The early history of the press in Bangladesh is inextricably linked to the Bengal presidency, which covered the present Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and parts of Orissa and Assam under the East India Company (until 1858) and thereafter under the direct British rule. Calcutta, being the capital of all the British […]
Violence on Children, Psychographic profile of Child & Contemporary Cinema
With recent worry about mass shootings and gun violence in the United States, one of the questions that always comes up is whether violent media promotes violent or aggressive behavior. This is something that is especially important to think about for parents, as violent content is common on television and in movies, on the internet, […]
Use of Social Media in Recent Terror Attacks in Bangladesh: A Case Study on Gulshan Restaurant Attack
On the night of July 1, 2016, a group of militants entered Holey Artisan Bakery (a restaurant in Gulshan) with crude bombs, machetes, pistols, and took several people hostages. They killed 20 people, most of them were foreigners. There were 6 militants who were educated. They belonged to rich and educated families. The Gulshan café […]
Traditional Highborn Women Concept in Television Drama; a Study on Bangladesh Context
Established as a secular people’s republic in 1971, Bangladesh is the most densely populated country in the world with a population of approximately 160 million. Bangladesh acceded to CEDAW in 1984 and continues to maintain reservations to Articles 2 and 16(1c). The Constitution recognizes equal rights for women and men in the public sphere and […]