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Shilpakala Padak
Shilpakala Padak is an award instituted by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) to recognize ten established artists for their contributions to the fields of Bangladeshi arts, theater, music, dance, instrumental music, folk music and film and others. The academy is the principal state-sponsored national cultural center of Bangladesh as a statutory organization under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The award is presented annually by the President of Bangladesh The president of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি — ) officially the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশে ... at National Theatre Hall Auditorium of Shilpakala Academy. The award includes ৳100,000, a certificate and an uttorio. Winners References {{Orders, decorations, and medals of Bangladesh Civil awards and decorations of Bangladesh Bangladeshi media awards Awards establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shilpakala Academy
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy ( bn, শিল্পকলা একাডেমি; National Academy of Fine and Performing Arts) is the principal state-sponsored national cultural center of Bangladesh. History It is the national academy of fine and performing arts. The academy was established through an act of Parliament in 1974 as a statutory organization under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. But subsequently the Act of 1974 of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy was amended through a new act of Parliament in 1989. The academy is headed by a Director General. The overall direction for the functioning of the academy is provided by an Executive Council (Shilpakala Academy Parishad) headed by the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The Director General of the academy, Liaquat Ali, is responsible for its administration. He is also responsible for the implementation of decisions taken by the council. He is assisted in his work by an executive committee which is e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadira Begum
Nadira Begum (died 6 November 2023) was a Bangladeshi folk singer. She was awarded Shilpakala Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2015. She was notable for songs like ''Kolo Kolo Cholo Cholo Nodi Kore Tolmolo''. Life and career Nadira Begum was born to A.K.M. Abdul Aziz, a classical and folk singer. She was enlisted as a radio artiste in 1960s. Begum served as the president of the Bhawaiya Academy. Begum died in Dhaka on 6 November 2023. She was buried in Joypurhat District Joypurhat ( bn, জয়পুরহাট জেলা, ''Joypurhat Jela'', also ''Joypurhat Zila'') is a district in the northern part of Bangladesh. It is one of the 8 districts of Rajshahi Division. History Ancient history Joypurhat was .... References External Links * 20th-century births Year of birth missing 2023 deaths Bangladeshi folk singers 21st-century Bangladeshi women singers 21st-century Bangladeshi singers Place of birth missing Date of birth missing {{Bangla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayanta Chattopadhyay
Jayanto Chattopadhyay (born 28 July 1946) is a Bangladeshi actor and reciter. He studied in English literature from Calcutta University. He portrayed the famous character Misir Ali in a television drama named ''Trishna''. Works Films * '' Adam Surat'' (1989) * ''Kittonkhola'' (2000) * '' Matir Moina'' (2002) (The Clay Bird) * ''Joyjatra'' (2004) * '' Ontarjatra'' (2006) * ''Nirontor'' (2006) * ''Banshi'' (2007) * ''Noy Number Bipod Sanket'' (2007) * ''The Last Thakur'' (2008) * ''Runway'' (2010) * '' Opekkha'' (2010) * ''Ghetuputra Komola'' (2012) * ''Pita - The Father'' (2012) * '' Shikhandi Kotha'' (2013) * ''Sutopar Thikana'' (2015) * ''Matir Projar Deshe'' (2018) * ''Padmar Prem'' (2019) * '' Kagojer Phul'' (TBA) * ''Amar Ache Jol'' (2008) * ''Krishnopokkho'' (2016) * '' Birotto'' (2022) Drama serials * ''Bishaash'' (2010) * ''Kala Koitor'' (2012) Dramas * ''Trishna'' * ''Lilaboti'' * ''Khela'' Web Series See also * Cinema of Bangladesh * Bangladeshi film actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM Mohsin
S. M. Mohsin (30 January 1948 – 18 April 2021) was a Bangladeshi stage and television actor. He became an honorary fellow of the Bangla Academy in 2018. In 2020, he was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to acting. Education and career Mohsin originated from Tangail District. He completed his bachelor's in Bangla and journalism from the University of Dhaka. Mohsin worked as a faculty member of Drama and Dramatics Department at Jahangirnagar University, an acting director general of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and the first project director of National Theatre. Mohsin acted in ''Roktey Bheja Shapla'', a play directed by Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, and ''Kobor'' and ''Chithi'' by Munier Chowdhury. He debuted his first radio play in ''Padakkhep''. Mohsin performed with the theatre troupe ''Drama Circle''. Works ;Theatre plays * ''Dipantor'' * ''Kobor'' * ''Subochon Nirbashon'' * ''Chup Adalat Cholchhey'' ;Television serial plays * ''Mohor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kangalini Sufia
Sufia Khatun (known as Kangalini Sufia; born 01 January 1961) is a Bangladeshi folk singer. Her real name is ''"Anita Halder"''. She performed as a playback singer for the films ''Darodi Shatru'', ''Agun'' and ''Raj Shinghashon''. Early life Sufia was born in 1948/49 in greater Faridpur to Khokon Halder and Tulu Halder. At the age of 14/15, she began singing at village functions. Around 1974, she converted to Islam and took on the name Sufia Khatun. Artist Mustafa Monwar christened her "Kangalini Sufia". Music Sufia mostly performs with a five-member troupe that includes Baul Jahangir, Baul Mander Fakir, Pushpo (Sufia's sister), Chumki Kangalini (Sufia's granddaughter) and Bilkis Banu. She collaborated with other musicians including Kuddus Boyati, Abdur Rahman Boyati and Anusheh Anadil. In October 2016, Sufia released her first CD album titled ''Ma''. Notable songs * ''Poraner Bandhob Re, Buri Hoilam Tor Karone'' * ''Konba Pothey Nitaiganj Jai'' * ''Amra Nari Koto Koshto Kor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasir Ali Mamun
Nasir Ali Mamun (born 1953) is a Bangladeshi portrait photographer. He is known as Camerar Kobi (The Poet with the Camera). He received The Daily Star-Standard Chartered Bank's ''Celebrating Life Lifetime Achievement Award'' in photography in 2017. In 2016, Mamun released a photo album titled ''Ananta Jibon Jodi'' featuring photographs of writer Humayun Ahmed. Bibliography * ''Ahmed Sofar Samay'' (Era of Ahmed Sofa Ahmed Sofa ( bn, আহমদ ছফা, ; 30 June 194328 July 2001) was a Bangladeshi writer, thinker, novelist, poet, philosopher and public intellectual. Sofa is considered by many, including National Professor Abdur Razzaq and Salimullah Kha ...) * ''Charalnama'' (Story of the Untouchable) * ''Mati of Manush'' (Earth and Human) References 1953 births Living people People from Dhaka Bangladeshi photographers {{Bangladesh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharmila Banerjee
Sharmila Banerjee is a classical, folk and creative dancer, and choreographer from Bangladesh. . Education Banerjee is a graduate from the University of Dhaka in Management Studies. She graduated from the Visva-Bharati University at Shantiniketan with a Bachelor of Music degree in Dance under ICCR Scholarship. In Shantiniketan, she received training in the Kathakali and Manipuri dance styles. Career Banerji teaches as the head of the dance department at Chhayanaut, and runs her own private institution of dance named Nritya Nandan. She has performed and choreographed in Bangladesh Television Dance Programs. She composed and directed Tagore's dance drama “'' Chitrangada”, “Chandalika”, “Shyama”, “Mayar Khela” “Kalmrigaya''”, and other productions based on various Bengali literature of Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam Kazi Nazrul Islam ( bn, কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম, ; 24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengali poet, Bengali li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mita Haque
Mita Haque (6 September 1962 – 11 April 2021) was a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer. She had 14 solo musical albums released from India and 10 musical albums released in Bangladesh. She was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2020 for her contributions to music. Career Haque's mentors were Sanjida Khatun and her paternal uncle Waheedul Haq. At the age of eleven, she participated at the International Children's Festival in Berlin. Later in 1976 she started taking formal music lessons from tabla player Mohammad Hossain Khan. Haque used to run a music school ''Surtirtha''. She also served as the head of the Rabindra Sangeet Department at Chhayanaut Sangeet Bidyayatan in Dhaka. Haque also served as a lecturer at Chhayanaut Sangeet Vidyayatan in Dhaka. Personal life Haque was married to actor-director Khaled Khan (d. 2013). Death Haque died on 11 April 2021 after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh The COVID-19 pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Jamil Ahmed
Syed Jamil Ahmed is a Bangladeshi scholar, theatre director, and founding chair of the Department of Theatre and Music at the University of Dhaka. His most notable theatre productions include ''Kamala Ranir Sagar Dighi'' (1997), ''Ek Hazar Aur Ek Thi Rate'' (1998), ''Behular Bhasan'' (2004), ''Pahiye'' (2006) and ''Shong Bhong Chong'' (2009). He won Nandikar National Theatre Award of Calcutta and the B.V. Karanth Award of India's National School of Drama (NSD). Early life and education Ahmed joined the Liberation War in 1971 as a freedom fighter. The violence of the war impacted him, "having seen dead bodies rotting with gaping holes and the charred remains of abandoned homes, orhaving walked the streets of Dhaka city, clasping the clip of an unpinned grenade in istrousers pocket." Ahmed came in touch with an amateur theatre group named Dhaka Theatre in 1974 and began to consider theatre as a career. In 1975, Ahmed received a scholarship from the Indian Council for Cultural Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalidas Karmakar
Kalidas Karmakar (10 January 1946 – 18 October 2019) was a Bangladeshi artist. He specialized in viscosity printing. He was awarded Shilpakala Padak (2016) and the Ekushey Padak (2018) by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to fine arts. Early life Karmakar completed a two-year pre-degree course at Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka. In 1969, he later graduated from Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata. His first ever-major solo exhibition was held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Gallery in August 1976. He worked with the English painter Stanley William Hayter. He died on 18 October 2019 at the age of 73. Awards * Sultan Gold Award (2015) * Shilpakala Padak (2016) * 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 recognize contribut ... (2018) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golam Mostafa Khan
Golam Mostafa Khan ( – 13 November 2022) was a Bangladeshi dance artist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2020 and Shilpakala Padak in 2016 by the Government of Bangladesh. Khan died in Dhaka on 13 November 2022, at the age of 82. Awards * Shilpakala Padak (2016) * 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 recognize contribut ... (2020) References 1940s births Year of birth missing Place of birth missing 2022 deaths Bangladeshi male dancers Bangladeshi dancers Recipients of the Ekushey Padak {{Bangladesh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pabitra Mohan Dey
Pabitra Mohan Dey (born 1 May 1937) is a Bangladeshi tabla (a percussion instrument in the form of a drum) player. He was awarded 2016 Shilpakala Padak by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to instrumental music and won the Independence Award in 2023 for his contribution to the field of cultural. Early life and career Dey was born on 1 May 1937 in Chukaitola, Akua, Mymensingh. He took tabla lessons from his elder brother Mithun Dey. Dey is serving as a tabla teacher at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) Sangeet Bidhalaya. Awards * "Rabindra Padak"" by Jatiya Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad (2009) * Shilpakala Padak by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy ( bn, শিল্পকলা একাডেমি; National Academy of Fine and Performing Arts) is the principal state-sponsored national cultural center of Bangladesh. History It is the national academy of f ... (2016) References Living people 1937 births Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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