Rumi

Eid streaming checklist: The best of OTT on your festivities

Let’s take a look at the exciting lineup of Eid offerings, exploring the myriad hues of Bengali web entertainment set to grace our screens this festive season.

Chanchal Chowdhury phenomenal as blind policeman in ‘Rumi’ trailer

With the much-anticipated trailer of Vicky Zahed’s “Rumi” which dropped on Monday evening, fans and admirers of the genre are appreciating the brilliance of the web-series across social media platforms.

Chanchal Chowdhury set for stellar comeback on OTT

The power-packed performer and three-time National Film Award-winning actor Chanchal Chowdhury is gearing up with some exciting new projects on OTT after a while. For this upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, he will be featured in the much-awaited Chorki-backed original web-film, “The Last Defenders of Monogamy”, directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.

Essay / Moezzi’s ‘The Rumi Prescription’ and Rumi’s relevance in this manic world

Rumi's spiritual and motivational verses not only empower us to confront life's frustrations and anxieties but also illuminate the path to genuine emotional fulfilment and inner peace.

BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / A much-needed Bangla text on the history of Sufism

Sufibad O Sufider Shorup Shondhaney (‘In search of the nature of Sufism and Sufis’), written by Syed Rezaul Karim and published in 2020 by Bangla Academy, is a welcome addition to the meager collection of books written in Bangla on Sufism.

Rumi wasn't yours: Afghan fury as Iran, Turkey claim Sufi poet

Who can lay claim to Rumi, the Sufi mystic who is one of the world's most beloved poets? A bid by Iran and Turkey to do so has exasperated Afghanistan, country of his birth eight centuries ago.

April 8, 2024
April 8, 2024

Eid streaming checklist: The best of OTT on your festivities

Let’s take a look at the exciting lineup of Eid offerings, exploring the myriad hues of Bengali web entertainment set to grace our screens this festive season.

April 2, 2024
April 2, 2024

Chanchal Chowdhury phenomenal as blind policeman in ‘Rumi’ trailer

With the much-anticipated trailer of Vicky Zahed’s “Rumi” which dropped on Monday evening, fans and admirers of the genre are appreciating the brilliance of the web-series across social media platforms.

March 28, 2024
March 28, 2024

Chanchal Chowdhury set for stellar comeback on OTT

The power-packed performer and three-time National Film Award-winning actor Chanchal Chowdhury is gearing up with some exciting new projects on OTT after a while. For this upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, he will be featured in the much-awaited Chorki-backed original web-film, “The Last Defenders of Monogamy”, directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.

September 29, 2023
September 29, 2023

Moezzi’s ‘The Rumi Prescription’ and Rumi’s relevance in this manic world

Rumi's spiritual and motivational verses not only empower us to confront life's frustrations and anxieties but also illuminate the path to genuine emotional fulfilment and inner peace.

September 16, 2021
September 16, 2021

A much-needed Bangla text on the history of Sufism

Sufibad O Sufider Shorup Shondhaney (‘In search of the nature of Sufism and Sufis’), written by Syed Rezaul Karim and published in 2020 by Bangla Academy, is a welcome addition to the meager collection of books written in Bangla on Sufism.

June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016

Rumi wasn't yours: Afghan fury as Iran, Turkey claim Sufi poet

Who can lay claim to Rumi, the Sufi mystic who is one of the world's most beloved poets? A bid by Iran and Turkey to do so has exasperated Afghanistan, country of his birth eight centuries ago.