Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury (c. 1930 – 8 May 2005) was a Bangladeshi cinematographer-turned-director. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography four times for the films ''

Golapi Ekhon Traine ''Golapi Ekhon Traine'' ( bn, গোলাপী এখন ট্রেনে, Gōlāpī Ekhon Trēnē, Golapi is now on a train - English name: The Endless Trail) is a Bangladeshi drama film based on the novel of Amjad Hossain ''Droupodi Ekhon ...

'' (1978), ''

Dui Poisar Alta ''Dui Poishar Alta'' ( bn, দুই পয়সার আলতা; English: Cheap Alta) is a 1982 Bangladeshi film starring Razzak and Shabana opposite him. She garnered Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the ...

'' (1982), ''Heera Mati'' (1988) and ''

Joyjatra ''Joyjatra'' ( bn, জয়যাত্রা) is Bangladeshi film directed by Tauquir Ahmed and produced by Azam Faruk, featuring Mahfuz Ahmed, Bipasha Hayat, Azizul Hakim, Ahsan Habib Nasim, and others. The film is set in the period of the Bang ...

'' (2004).

Career

Chowdhury began his career as an assistant cameraman in Lahore in 1954, becoming a cameraman in his own right in 1960. He was the first

camera operator A camera operator, or depending on the context cameraman or camerawoman, is a professional operator of a film camera or video camera as part of a film crew. The term "cameraman" does not imply that a male is performing the task. In filmmakin ...

Bangladesh Television Bangladesh Television ( bn, বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন), commonly known by its acronym BTV ( bn, বিটিভি), is the state-owned television network of Bangladesh. The network was originally established as the East ...

(BTV). In 1964, he was the cinematographer of

Ferdausi Rahman Ferdausi Rahman (; born 28 June 1941) also known as Ferdausi Begum is a Bangladeshi playback singer. She is the daughter of folk singer Abbas Uddin. She sang some popular film songs for Pakistani films also in the 1960s especially working with the ...

's musical program on BTV. He directed films ''Tansen'' (1970), ''Bhool Jokhmn Bhanglo'' (1974), and ''Pension'', which was screened at the 1984 Indian Film Festival. Fred Marshall, writing about Bangladeshi cinema for the ''International Film Guide'', called it "the most successful film ... of the past couple of years". Chowdhury directed a short film, titled ''Bangla Ma-er Damal Chhele'' (1994), produced by Bangladesh Shishu Academy. Chowdhury had his own production company ''Jibon Shimantey''.

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* 2005 deaths People from Brahmanbaria district Bangladeshi cinematographers Bangladeshi film directors Best Cinematographer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners 1930s births {{Bangladesh-bio-stub