Anwar Hossain (6 December 1931 – 13 September 2013) was a Bangladeshi actor, best known for playing the role of
Siraj ud-Daulah
Mirza Muhammad Siraj-ud-Daulah ( fa, ; 1733 – 2 July 1757), commonly known as Siraj-ud-Daulah or Siraj ud-Daula, was the last independent Nawab of Bengal. The end of his reign marked the start of the rule of the East India Company over Ben ...
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) and ''Dayi Ke?'' (1987).
Early life
Hossain was born in Jamalpur, as the third child of Nazir Hossain and Shadiya Khatun.
Career
Hossain started his film career through ''Tomar Amar'', released in 1958. His notable
National Film Awards
* Bangladesh Film Journalist Association Award ( Bachsas Awards) in 1979
* Chalachitra Darshak Forum in 2006
* Channel-I Film Mela Award in 2009
Death
Hossain was admitted to hospital in August 2013 for suspected
gallstone
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s. Doctors ruled surgery would be too invasive.
Bangladeshi Prime Minister
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী, translit=Bangladesher Prodhanmontri), officially Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজা ...
Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh since January 2 ...
visited him in hospital shortly before his death and issued his family with a cheque for one million Taka, equivalent to approximately eleven thousand
US dollars
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. He died the following day, on 13 September 2013.