Inam Ahmed (1 February 1922 – 13 September 2003) was a Bangladeshi film actor. He also acted in plays. He first appeared on onscreen in the West Bengali film ''Somadhan'' in 1943.

Early life

Ahmed was born in 1922 to a Muslim family in Golapganj Upazila of

Sylhet District Sylhet District (), located in north-east Bangladesh, is one of the four districts in Sylhet Division, which contains Sylhet, the regional capital. History Sylhet District was established on 3 January 1782, and until 1878 it was part of Benga ...

East Bengal East Bengal (; ''Purbô Bangla/Purbôbongo'') was the eastern province of the Dominion of Pakistan, which covered the territory of modern-day Bangladesh. It consisted of the eastern portion of the Bengal region, and existed from 1947 until 195 ...

. He began acting in plays at the age of 8. In 1941, he graduated from Calcutta University and then joined the Assam Civil police.

Career

Ahmed took part in several plays on a regular basis when he was in Assam. After three years of service, he moved to Calcutta. While working in a non-governmental organization, he looked for an opportunity to do work in film. In 1943, he appeared in the film ''Somadha'', directed by Premendra Mittea. In 1950, Ahmed moved to Dhaka. There, he worked for several organizations. In 1956, after releasing the film ''

Mukh O Mukhosh ''Mukh O Mukhosh'' () was the first Bengali-language feature film to be made in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). It was produced by Iqbal Films and directed by Abdul Jabbar Khan. Nuruzzaman (d. 1975) was the founder producer of Iqbal Films. The ...

'', Ahmed became popular. It was the first

Bengali-language Bengali, also known by its endonym Bangla (, , ), is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is native to the Bengal region (Bangladesh, India's West Bengal and Tripura) of South ...

feature film to be made in

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

. Ahmed died on September 13, 2003.

Filmography

* ''Somadhan'' (1943) * ''

'' (1956) * '' Harano Din'' (1961) * ''Sonar Kajol'' (1962) * ''Chanda '' (1962) * ''Joar Elo'' (1962) * ''Natun Sur'' (1962) * ''Kaser Deyal'' (1963) * '' Sutorang'' (1964) * ''Rupban'' (1965) * '' Nacher Putul'' (1971) * ''Chandranath'' (1984) * '' Shuvoda (1986) * ''Ekhono Onek Raat'' (1997)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Inam 1922 births 2003 deaths Bangladeshi male film actors