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Toukir Ahmed
Tauquir Ahmed (born 5 March 1966) is a Bangladeshi architect and actor, turned director in both television and cinema. His films won many international and national awards including Bangladesh National Film Awards in the Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Story categories for the films ''Joyjatra'' (2004) and ''Oggatonama'' (2016). Education Ahmed studied in Jhenidah Cadet College (JCC) for his SSC and HSC exam. In JCC he actively took part in inter-house drama competition. He then studied architecture in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He completed film diploma from New York Film Academy in 2002. He had training in theatre direction from Royal Court Theatre, London (British Council Scholarship, 1995) and acting (Stage) from ITI training, University of Theatre of Nations, 1989. Career Ahmed started his career as a lead-actor in romantic role in early 1980s. Many of his dramas broadcast on BTV at that time. Ahmed came out as a film director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bipasha Hayat
Bipasha Hayat (born 23 March 1971) is a Bangladeshi actress, model, painter and playback singer. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film ''Aguner Poroshmoni'' (1994). She earned Meril Prothom Alo Awards in 1998, 1999 and 2002. Early life and education Hayat completed her master's from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka in 1998. Career During the 90's Hayat played many popular television dramas. She wrote her first TV play ''"Shudhui Tomake Jani"'' in 1997. She acted in two liberation war related movies ''Aguner Poroshmoni'' and '' Joyjatra''. The first of those which was directed by Humayun Ahmed, she portrayed the role of a young girl who was blocked in her house with her family inside the city of Dhaka. Ratri as her characters name fell in love with a guerrilla freedom fighter (played by Asaduzzaman Noor) who lived in their house during the war for shelter. Her affection towards the fighter reflects the support and con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abul Hayat
Abul Hayat (born 7 September 1944) is a Bangladeshi actor. He is also a writer, civil engineer and director. He earned Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Daruchini Dwip (2007) and was awarded Ekushey Padak for his acting in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh. He portrayed the Misir Ali character in the television film, ''Onno Bhuboner Cheleta''. Education Hayat completed his bachelor's in civil engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Early life and career Hayat was born on September 7, 1944, in Murshidabad, located in what is now known as West Bengal in India, to a Muslim family. He and his family later move to Chittagong in what was then East Pakistan due to his father's job transfer. He was an executive engineer of Dhaka WASA. Later, in 1978, he moved to Libya and worked there till 1981. He returned to Bangladesh in 1981 and started working in private job resigning from his government service. Haya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitra Nodir Pare
''Chitra Nodir Pare'' (known in English as ''Quiet Flows the River Chitra'') is a Bangladeshi Bengali directed by Tanvir Mokammel. It is a feature film on destiny of a Hindu family in East Pakistan. The film won seven national awards including the best film and the best director of the year 1999. Other awards were best Story, best Dialogue, best Art-Director, best Supporting Actress and best Make-up Man. The film was shown in London, Oslo, Fribourg (Switzerland), Singapore, Delhi, Calcutta and Trivandrum film festivals. Cast * Momtajuddin Ahmed - Shashikanta Sengupta * Afsana Mimi - Minoti * Tauquir Ahmed - Badal * Rawshan Jamil - Anuprova * Sumita Devi * Nazmul Huda Soundtrack The music of this film was directed by Syed Shabab Ali Arzoo. Response Film critic Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, writing in ''Cinemaya'' in 2000, named ''Chitra Nodir Pare'' as one of the top twelve films from Bangladesh. Awards See also * ''Srabon Megher Din ''Srabon Megher Din'' ( bn, শ্রাবণ � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanvir Mokammel
Tanvir Mokammel (born 8 March 1955) is a Bangladeshi filmmaker and writer. He is the recipient of Ekushey Padak in 2017. He won Bangladesh National Film Awards total ten times for the films ''Nodir Naam Modhumoti'' (1995), '' Chitra Nodir Pare'' (1999) and ''Lalsalu'' (2001). He is the current director of Bangladesh Film Institute in Dhaka. Early life and education Tanvir Mokammel grew up in Khulna. His father worked as a magistrate in Narail and his mother was a teacher in a local college. He completed his master's in English literature at the University of Dhaka. Career Since he was a university student, Mokammel worked as a left-wing journalist for landless peasants in rural areas. As a filmmaker he has made six full-length features and fifteen documentaries and short films, some of which have received national and international awards. His feature films are ''"Nodir Naam Modhumoti"'' ''(The River Named Modhumati)'', ''" Chitra Nodir Pare"'' ''(Quiet Flows the River Chitra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nodir Naam Modhumoti
''Nodir Naam Modhumoti'' (translated as ''The River Named Modhumoti'') is a 1996 Bangladeshi Bengali language film directed by Tanvir Mokammel. It won 20th Bangladesh National Film Awards for the Best Story, Best Dialogue and Best Male Playback Singer. Background The film was banned by the Censor Board in 1994 citing the reason "anti-nationalist". Mokammel appealed this ban to the Bangladesh Supreme Court, and then to the High Court. The film was released later in 1996. Cast * Tauquir Ahmed * Aly Zaker * Raisul Islam Asad * Sara Zaker * Afsana Mimi Afsana Mimi (born 20 December 1968) is a Bangladeshi actress, model and director. Early life Mimi was born on 20 December 1968 at the Holy Family Hospital, Dhaka in the then East Pakistan. Her maternal ancestors are from Bagerhat. Career Mimi ... * Abul Khair Soundtrack The music of this film was directed by Syed Shabab Ali Arzoo. Awards References External links * 1996 films Bengali-language Bangladeshi fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suborna Mustafa
Suborna Mustafa (born 2 December 1960) is a Bangladeshi television, film and stage actress. She is the current Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Reserved Women's Seat-4 since February 2019. She is a member of Bangladesh Awami League party. Mustafa is notable for her roles in television drama serials including ''Kothao Keu Nei'' (1990), '' Aaj Robibar'' (1999) and '' Ayomoy'' (1991). She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress twice for her performance in the films ''Notun Bou'' (1983) and ''Gohin Baluchor'' (2017). She was awarded Ekushey Padak in culture category by the Government of Bangladesh in 2019. Early life and education Mustafa was born on 2 December 1960 in Dopdopiya Union, Nalchity Upazila, Jhalokati District. Her parents were Golam Mustafa, a film and television actor, and Husne Ara Mustafa, a radio producer of All India Radio, Radio Pakistan and Bangladesh Betar. She has a sister, Camelia Mustafa. Mustafa mostly spent at her maternal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afzal Hossain
Afzal Hossain (born 19 July 1954) is a Bangladeshi actor, director, writer and painter. Early life Hossain was born in Parulia, Satkhira in erstwhile East Bengal. His father, Ali Ashraf Hossain, was a medical officer. He has one brother Alfaz Hossain and sister Rumana Afroz. Hossain is married to Tazeen Halim Mona. Career Hossain started his acting career in theatrical productions in the mid-1970s. Later, he was enlisted as an actor of BTV and acted in dramas produced by BTV. He also starred in three movies including box office hit ''Dui Jibon'', ''Notun Bou'' and ''Palabi Kothay''. Since 1984, he became busy with making TVC and has contributed a lot in this sector to develop in today's level. On 22 January 2022, Hossain was awarded the Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel I
Channel i ( bn, চ্যানেল আই) is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel owned by Impress Group. It was launched on 1 October 1999, as Bangladesh's first digital television channel. It is one of the oldest satellite television channels in Bangladesh. Channel i is broadcast via satellite television using PanAm Sat and Bangabandhu-1, covering most of Asia and parts of Australia. It is sister to the radio station, Radio Bhumi. Background The Impress Group first moved beyond textile production and into television in the early 1980s, under the tutelage of Faridur Reza Sagor, who had before worked at state-run Bangladesh Television on a freelance basis. The initial steps into television resulted into the establishment of Impress Telefilm, which initially produced small mini-series and one-off shows for BTV. History Channel i began broadcasting on 1 October 1999 from a small building in the Siddheshwari neighborhood of Dhaka, with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakia Bari Momo
Zakia Bari Mamo is a Bangladeshi model and actress who is best known around the country as Lux Channel I Superstar. After winning the Lux Channel I Superstar beauty pageant in 2006, she got a chance to act in ''Daruchini Dip''. For her role in her debut movie, she received the Bangladesh National Film Awards. After a long break, from her first movie, she acted in the second movie '' Prem Korbo Tomar Sathe'' in 2014. Flowing this year, she acted in another movie '' Chuye Dile Mon'' with co-actor Arifin Shuvoo. Early life Zakia Bari Momo was born on 19 December, in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh. She passed early life in the home district. At first, Momo dreamed of being a pilot, then an architect, but her early dream halted by media related passion, especially in dancing. She took part in Notun Kuri in 1995, the largest child cultural program in Bangladesh that was aired by Bangladesh Television. Momo won the competition, but she gets countrywide familiarity when she won the Lux Chanel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aupee Karim
Syeda Tuhin Ara Karim ( bn, অপি করিম), known as Aupee Karim, is a National Film Award-winning Bangladeshi actress, model, architect, and dancer. Besides, she is a faculty member at School of Architecture of American International University-Bangladesh. Education and career Karim completed her high school studies from Bangladesh Air Force Shaheen College. She earned the degree of Bachelor of Architecture from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2005. Later, she completed a Master of Architecture from Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Germany. As of 2020, she is an assistant professor of the School of Architecture at American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB). Karim appeared as a judge on the reality television show ''Lux-Channel i Superstar'' throughout 2014. Karim performs Kathak dance. Personal life Karim married Dr. Asir Ahmed in 2007. After the divorce, she married Masud Hasan Ujjal, a television producer on 2 September 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarin Ahmed
Tareen Jahan (born 26 July) is a Bangladeshi actress, model and singer. In 1987 or 1988, she stood first at the reality television competition program Notun Kuri for acting, dancing and storytelling divisions. Since then she started working on television as a child artist. She won Meril Prothom Alo Awards in 2006, 2007 and 2012. Early life Jahan came first in the acting, dancing, and storytelling category in Bangladeshi talent hunt ''Notun Kuri'' in 1985. She took classical music lessons from Hasan Ikram Ullah. Seeing Jahan's interest and enthusiasm for dancing, her mother, Tahmina Begum, would send her daughter to Tapan Das Gupta to learn dancing at the age of three and a half years. She was the youngest among the five sisters. She obtained a master's degree in social work from Lalmatia Women's College. Career Acting Jahan got her first major role as a child actor in the TV serial ''Ei Shob Din Ratri'' then she acted on the mega serial named ''Songsoptok'', based on the novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahfuz Ahmed
Mahfuz Ahmed (born 23 October 1967) is a Bangladeshi television and film actor. He is also a television presenter, model and television producer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor twice for his roles in ''Laal Sobuj'' (2005) and '' Zero Degree'' (2015). Early life Ahmed was born on 23 October 1967 at Jagatpur village in Ramganj Upazila of Lakshmipur District. Career In 1990, Ahmed started his career inspired by Humayun Ahmed. His notable work is Humayun Ahmed's directed films ''Srabon Megher Din'' and ''Dui Duari ''Dui Duari'' also ( bn, দুই দুয়ারী) is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language film. The film was released in 2000. Directed by Bangladeshi famous novelist, film director-writer Humayun Ahmed, produced and distributed by his film prod ...'', Mohammad Hannas's ''Bhalobashi Tomake'', Chashi Nazrul Islam's film '' Megher Pore Megh'' and Taukir Ahmed's '' Joyjatra''. He has his own production house named "Nokshikatha". Personal life Sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |