Masud Parvez (born 21 February 1947; known by his stage name Sohel Rana) is a Bangladeshi film actor, director,politician and producer. At present, he is a presidium member of the Jatiya Party. He won

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for his role in the film Ojante (1996), the Best Supporting Actor award for Sahoshi Manush Chai (2003) and the Bangladesh National Film Award for Lifetime Achievement 2019. Known for his witty dialogues in action films and other types of social characters, he was able to establish himself as one of main leading actors in the action scenes of the film industry. Starting his career with the film Ora Egaro Jon, his successful career flourished with many hit films such as ''Epar Opar'', ''Dost Dushmon'', ''Jinzir'', ''Gherao'', ''Gaddar'', ''Jobab'', ''Badla'', ''CID'', ''Juboraj'', ''Nag Purnima'', ''Shahjada'', ''Salim Javed'', ''Badhon Hara'', ''Ostad Sangred'', ''Chor'', ''Akheri Nishan'', ''Prem Bodnam'', ''Data Hatemtai'', ''Gunaghar'', ''Sokhi Tumi Kar'', & ''Ostad Sangred''. With a decade end to his career, he continued to be among the top action stars of the film industry and delivered many hits in the 1980's and early 1990's as well with films such as ''Al Helal'', ''Ottachar'', ''Jarka'', ''Basona'', ''Bojromusti'', ''Tin Konna'', ''Bir Purush'', ''Bir Juddha'', ''Shahi Kandan'', ''Humki'', ''Oborodh'', ''Top Rongbaz'', ''Lat Shaheb'', ''Chokher Pani'', ''Shotru Voyonkar'', ''Josh'', ''Commander'', ''Opohoron'', ''Ghorer Shotru'', ''Shotru Shabdan'', & ''Mrittur Sathe Panja''

Career

Acting

Rana debuted producing films in 1972 with the film Ora Egaro Jon. He founded Parvez Films in 1983 which produced the first film, ''Masud Rana'' (1974). It was based on fictional spy series

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. Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury addressed him as ''Dashing Hero'' in 1974 and since then he has often be referred as such. Rana acted in television drama plays including ''Abar Joddha Habo'' (2014).

Politics

While studying at

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in Mymensingh, he was the president of the college

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unit, the student division of

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. In 1965, Rana held the position of General Secretary for the Greater Mymensingh unit. By 1966, he became the assistant general secretary of the

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and in 1968, he served as a member of its executive committee. Following the

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, Rana was elected the vice president of Iqbal Hall of the

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in 1972. In 2009, Rana joined the

Jatiya Party (Ershad) The Jatiya Party (, ; JaPa or JP(E)) is a political party of Bangladesh. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammed Quader. On 3 January 2019, the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance a ...

and was appointed as the presidium member of the party. He was appointed adviser on election affairs to Hussain Mohammad Ershad, president of the Jatiya Party in 2012. In October 2024, Rana launched his new political organisation titled "Bangladesh Justice Party" (''Bangladesh Insaf Party'' in Bengali). The part committee would consist 51-members. The official symbol would be a pigeon.

Filmography

Producer

* '' Ora Egaro Jon'' (1972) * ''

'' (1974) * ''Bojro Mushti'' (1989) * ''Oddrisho Shotru'' (2014)

Personal life

Rana is married to medical officer Zeenat Begum since 16 August 1990. Together they have a son - Mashroor Parvez, a filmmaker.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rana, Sohel Living people 1947 births Ananda Mohan College alumni Male actors from Dhaka Bangladeshi male film actors 20th-century Bangladeshi male actors 21st-century Bangladeshi male actors Best Actor National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Best Supporting Actor National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners National Film Award (Bangladesh) for Lifetime Achievement recipients Awami League politicians