Nasiruddin Yousuff is a Bangladeshi stage and film director. He won

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for the film ''

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'' (2011). He was awarded

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by the

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in 2010 for his contribution to Bangladeshi theater. He was a freedom fighter, an urban guerrilla fighter who fought for independence of Bangladesh.

Career

Yousuff, along with

Selim Al Deen Muhamed Mianudin Ahmed (18 August 1949 – 14 January 2008) was a Bangladeshi playwright and theatre artist. He was the founder chairperson of the Department of Drama and Dramatics at Jahangirnagar University. He was awarded Bangla Academy Liter ...

, founded "Dhaka Theatre" in 1973 and later "Bangladesh Gram Theatre". He is the organising secretary of Bangladesh Centre of International Theatre (BCITI). He served as the president and director of the Committee for Cultural Identity and Development (CIDC).

Works

* (1993) * ''

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'' (2019) * ''

'' (2011) * ''Shey Kotha Boley Jai''

Personal life

Nasiruddin Yousuff passed

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from Old Dacca's Nawabpur Government High School in 1966. Yousuff is married to artist

Shimul Yousuf Shimul Yousuf (born 24 March 1957) is a Bangladeshi actress, director, and singer. In 2023, she was awarded the Ekushey Padak, the second highest award for civilians in Bangladesh. Early life Yousuf was born in Dhaka on 24 March 1957 and is the ...

. Together they have a daughter Esha Yousuf.

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* Living people Bangladeshi theatre directors Recipients of the Ekushey Padak Best Film Directing Meril-Prothom Alo Critics Choice Award winners Best Director National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Place of birth missing (living people) Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy Best Screenplay National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners 1950 births {{Bangladesh-bio-stub