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Shankhonad
Shankhonad ( bn, শঙ্খনাদ, ''Wail of the Conch'') is a 2004 Bangladeshi drama film directed by Abu Sayeed. It stars Zahid Hasan, KS Firoz, Nazma Anwar, and Fazlur Rahman Babu. Plot Osman returns to his ancestral village on a stormy night, the same village he had fled in the dark of the night 27 years ago. He finds shelter in the home of Mannaf Khan, a village elder. Osman seeks to rediscover his childhood and goes about reliving the past through childhood memories. He meets Kunjo Buri who had nursed him as an infant. He also meets his boyhood friend Fazlu. Osman is not after worldly gains, he wants to spend the rest of his life in the village, and relive the nostalgia of bygone days. That, however, is not to be. He comes face to face with a reality of a markedly different kind, when Mannaf Khan realizes he is the son of the pair his father murdered. "After more than 27 years of absence Chand returns to his birthplace in a stormy night. When he was still a child his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junaid Halim
Junaid Halim is a Bangladeshi film actor and editor. He is also one of the renowned professors of film studies in Bangladesh. He teaches films aJagannath University one of the reputed public universities in Bangladesh. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Editing three times for the films ''Shankhonad'' (2004), ''Britter Baire'' (2009) and '' Maya: The Lost Mother'' (2019). Early life Junaid Halim was born in Madhabdi municipality area in Narsingdi District under Dhaka division. His parents are late A. J. M Abdul Halim Mollah and late Rijia Halim. Education Professor Junaid Halim obtained his honors and masters degrees from the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Dhaka (1983-87). He later have flown to India to pursue his higher education at the Film and Television Institute, Pune and completed his Diploma in Cinema (Specialization in Editing) in (1995-1996). He returned to Dhaka later and joined as a lecturer of the Department of Mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Sayeed (film Director)
Abu Sayeed (born 1962) is a Bangladeshi film director, screenwriter, and television producer. As a filmmaker he has made six full-length features and two short films, some of which have received 6 national and 4 international awards. Biography Sayeed graduated from United High School, Naogan, and then attended Government Azizul Haque College. In 1987, at the age of 25, Abu Sayeed made his first film, the short ''Aborton''. It was released the following year and won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Short Film. Sayeed started work on his second short film, ''Dhushar Jatra'', in 1989. It was released in 1992, and also won the National Award for Best Short Film. The short films were not lucrative, however, so in 1997 Sayeed shifted to television production, which was more profitable. 2000-present In 2000, Sayeed directed his first feature film, ''Kittonkhola''. It won National Awards for Best Film, Best Director, and in seven other categories. His second feature, ''Shan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazma Anwar
Nazma Anwar ( – 14 December 2004) was a Bangladeshi film and television actress, and drama activist. She performed in Bengali films including ''Hajar Bachhor Dhore'' (2005), ''Dukhai'' (1997) ''Joyjatra'' (2004), '' Shonkhonil Karagar'' (1992), ''Chittagong: The Last Stopover'' (2000), ''Shankhonad'' (2004) and also in television drama plays including ''Iblish'', ''Kothao Keu Nei'', and ''Tahara''. Early life Anwar was born in 1941 in Munshiganj District in the-then British India. Her father was a professor of Arabic in the Government Haraganga College. She moved to Dhaka with her family when while she finished her sixth grade in school. Career Anwar started her career as a theater activist by joined Dhaka Drama Circle in 1960s. In 1981, she joined in Aranyak Natyadal, a theater group in Bangladesh. In 2001, she played in the tele drama ''Kariman Bewa'' (2001), based on the biography of freedom fighter Taramon Bibi. Personal life Anwar had five children. Her daughter, Ishrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zahid Hasan
Zahid Hasan (born 4 October 1965) is a Bangladeshi film, television and stage actor. He has been working as an actor in the show business arena of Bangladesh since the 1990s. He is also a TV commercial model. He was awarded Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film '' Srabon Megher Din'' (1999). Career Hasan was part of a theatre group for several years before moving to television in 1990. He took the lead in the BTV adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's ''Shomapti'' and the protagonist in ''Bichchhu''. While he made his first film appearance in 1986, his most notable role was in 2000's '' Srabon Megher Din'', for which he won a National Award. In addition to acting, he has directed several serials and teleplays. Personal life Hasan is married to Sadia Islam Mou, a Bangladeshi model and dancer. Together they have a daughter and a son. Hasan has a production house named Pushpita Visuals. Works Television Hasan is well known for his comedic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KS Firoz
Khandaker Shaheed Uddin Firoz (known as KS Firoz; 7 July 1946 – 9 September 2020) was a Bangladeshi actor. Background and career Firoz was born in Wazirpur, Barisal in the then Bengal Presidency, British India. He was brought up in Dhaka's Lalbagh area. Firoz joined the Bangladesh Army in 1967, and reached the rank of Major before retiring in 1977. He was active in the Dhaka theatre circuit, and got his breakthrough in ''King Lear''. He made his career debut in the television drama ''Dwip Tobuo Jwoley'' and in films in ''Lawarish''. Personal life Firoz married Madhobi in 1974, and had three daughters. He died from COVID-19 complications during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh on 9 September 2020, at the age of 74. Works ;Films * ''Padma Nadir Majhi'' * ''Nodir Naam Modhumoti'' * ''Shankhonad'' * ''Brihonnola'' * ''Chandragrohon'' * ''Tumi Amar'' (1994) * ''Devdas'' ;Drama * ''Ayomoy'' * ''Banshi'' * ''Dressing Table Dressing commonly refers to: * Dressing (knot), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fazlur Rahman Babu
Fazlur Rahman Babu (born 22 August 1960) is a Bangladeshi actor and singer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 4 times for his roles in the films ''Shonkhonaad'' (2004), '' Meyeti Ekhon Kothay Jabe'' (2017), ''Fagun Haway'' (2019) and '' Bishwoshundori'' (2020). He also won Best Performance in a Comic Role for '' Gohin Baluchor'' (2017). Babu has also been featured in an Indian film. Early life Babu was born on 22 August 1960 at Faridpur district in the then East Pakistan. He completed his school and college life in Faridpur. His father was a service holder, thereby he had to roam one place to another around the country. Babu was interested in acting from his childhood. In Faridpur, he joined ''Boishakhi Natya Gosthi'' pursuing to build up a career in the media arena. Career Acting and banking Babu started his acting career in 1978 when he joined the theatre group ''Baishakhi Natya Ghosthi'' in Faridpur. That same year, Babu acted for first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasreen Jahan
Nasreen Jahan (born 1966) is a Bangladeshi writer and literary editor. She came to notice with the publication of her novel ''The Woman Who Flew: Urukku'' in 1993. Life Jahan was born and brought up in Mymensingh. She joined the ''Chander Hat'', a national children's and juvenile organization in 1974 and started to write rhymes and short stories in the children's page of daily newspaper Doinik Bangla. She was profusely encouraged by Literary Editor Late Ahsan Habib who was also a top-brass poet of Bangladesh. Later she concentrated on short stories and published in all leading literary papers and magazines of the country including the ''Kishore Bangla''. She is married to poet ''Ashraf Ahmed'' and has the only daughter ''Orchi Otondrila''. Her novel ''Urukku'', published in 1993, became a hit after it was awarded the Philips Literary Award in 1994. For a brief period in 1993–94, she worked for the ''Banglabazaar Patrika'' published for its weekly literary supplement. Since lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S I Tutul
A B M Shahidul Islam, known as S.I. Tutul, is a Bangladeshi singer and musician who is the lead singer and lead guitarist of the Dhrubotara Band. He also works in the Bangladeshi film industry. He won Bangladesh National Film Awards for Best Music Director (''Daruchini Dwip'', 2007), Best Music Composer ('' Bapjaner Bioscope'', 2015) and Best Male Playback Singer ('' Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na'', 2010; ''Bapjaner Bioscope'', 2015). Musical career Tutul was a founding member of the band LRB. In 2005, he founded a band called "Face to Face" which was later renamed to ''Dhrubotara'' in 2011. In 2006, Bangladesh won an international film award from the International Film Festival in Chennai for the film 'Nirontor. Tutul was the music director of the film, which was selected as a Bangladeshi submission for Academy Award in 2006.' In 2005, filmmaker ''Mostofa Sarwar Farooki'' offered Tutul a movie called ''Bachelor'' which was a success and brought him nationwide fame as a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahfuzur Rahman Khan
Mahfuzur Rahman Khan, aka, Mahfoozur Rahman Khan (10 May 1949 – 6 December 2019), was a Bangladeshi cinematographer having received the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography a record breaking ten times during his career. Though he was also a film director, actor and producer, he was most famously remembered for working behind the camera in films directed by Humayun Ahmed and other legendary film makers including Shibli Sadik and Alamgir Kumkum. Family Khan was born 10 May 1949 to the renowned family of Hakim Habib Ur Rahman Road in Old Dhaka. He was the eldest of six brothers and three sisters. From a young age Mahfouz was drawn to photography, very much inspired by the photographs his father took with his 120 film box camera. Before he was sent to boarding school at Dhaka Residential Model College, Mahfouz inherited his father's camera. Back then, it would take a week for photos to come back from the developers and there was much anticipation. When his frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali-language Bangladeshi Films
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India. With approximately 300 million native speakers and another 37 million as second language speakers, Bengali is the fifth most-spoken native language and the seventh most spoken language by total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the fifth most spoken Indo-European language. Bengali is the official and national language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. Within India, Bengali is the official language of the states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam. It is also a second official language of the Indian state of Jharkhand since September 2011. It is the most widely spoken language in the Andaman and Nicobar Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Films
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. ''Shrek 2'' was the year's top-grossing film, and '' Million Dollar Baby'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy described 2004 as "a banner year for actors, particularly men." He went on to emphasize, "I can't think of another year in which there were so many good performances, in every genre. It was a year in which we saw the entire spectrum of demographics displayed on the big screen, from vet actors such as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, to seniors such as Pacino, De Niro, and Hoffman, to newcomers such as Topher Grace. As always, though, the center of the male acting pyramid is occupied by actors in their forties and fifties, such as Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Kevin Kline, Don Cheadle, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
