Abul Khair was a Bangladeshi television and film actor. He won

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor ( bn, জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার) is the highest award for actors in a supporting role in Bangladesh. List of winners ;Key Records and sta ...

four times for his roles in the films ''Dohon'' (1984), ''

Rajlakshmi Srikanta ''Rajlakshmi Srikanta'' ( bn, রাজলক্ষ্মী শ্রীকান্ত) is a Bangladeshi Bengali language film released in 1987. The film is directed by Bulbul Ahmed and based on a novel by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay. The screenp ...

'' (1987), ''Onno Jibon'' (1995) and ''Dukhai'' (1997).

Career

Khair's acting career started in the mid 1950s . Later in life when he again started performing in television he acted in many Humayun Ahmed's Television drama and film drama serial '' Ei Shob Din Ratri''. He later acted in ''

Bohubrihi ''Bohubrihi'' was one of the most popular drama serials ever aired on Bangladesh Television. The bangla word Bohubrihi means the multiple dimension of anything and here it means the mystery of life. The story was written by famous author, drama ...

'', ''

Aaj Robibar Aaj Robibar (Bengali: আজ রবিবার; ''Today's Sunday'') is a Bangladeshi television sitcom created by Humayun Ahmed that was originally aired on BTV in 1997—considered one of the finest works from Humayun Ahmeds filming career. I ...

'', ''

Ayomoy ''Oyomoi'' ��য়োময়(''The man who would not die'') was a popular Bangladeshi television serial, written by Humayun Ahmed and directed by Nawazish Ali Khan, originally aired on Bangladesh Television in 1990–91. Blending fact with f ...

'' and others. Besides being an actor on television and movies, he also held several executive positions domestically and internationally as follows: * Director of Films, Ministry of Information of the then Government of East Pakistan and later on Government of Bangladesh during 1968 to 1976. * During that time he got permission from Pakistan government to go to India to Directed documentary on now National Poet

Kazi Nazrul Islam Kazi Nazrul Islam ( bn, কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম, ; 24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengali poet, Bengali literature, writer, Bangladeshi music, musician, and is the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul is regarded as one ...

(The Rebel Poet) in 1970. * He orchestrated and directed the

7 March speech of Bangabandhu The 7 March Speech of Bangabandhu was a public speech given by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Founding Father of Bangladesh on 7 March 1971 at the Ramna Race Course (now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka to a gathering of over two million (2,000000) peop ...

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengalis, Beng ...

(the only copy was restored and saved by him during the war). * He also made documentary on Bangladesh " This is Bangladesh" which was shown at the Montreal World Film Festival (1977) * Managing Director of FDC (Film Development Corporation) during 1973 to 1975 * International Film Director,

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

, New York City, United States during 1976 to 1980. In this capacity, he made many documentary movies on human habitat in Sri Lanka, Canada, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. He directed the documentary "The Big Village" for UN which is in the

Bangladesh Film Archive Bangladesh Film Archive is an independent institution that is the national film archive of Bangladesh and preserves films, commercials and other visual medias produced in Bangladesh. It is located in Shahbagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The arch ...

and as well as the UN film archive.

Works

Television

* '' Ei Shob Din Ratri'' * ''

Kothao Keu Nei ''Kothao Keu Nei'' (Bengali: কোথাও কেউ নেই, English: ''No one is nowhere'') is a Bangladeshi drama television series written by Humayun Ahmed, which aired on Bangladesh Television from 1993 to 1994. The series is about the s ...

'' (কোথাও কেও নাই) * ''

'' * ''

'' (1999) * ''

'' * ''Nimful'' (1997) * ''Shobinoy Nibedon'' (1965)

Film

References

External links

* 1929 births 2001 deaths Bangladeshi male film actors Bangladeshi male television actors Place of birth missing Place of death missing Best Supporting Actor National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners {{Bangladesh-actor-stub