Atiqul Haque Chowdhury (15 December 1930 – 17 June 2013) was a prominent media personality in Bangladesh. He had significantly contributed to the development of

Bangladesh Television Bangladesh Television ( bn, বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন), commonly known by its acronym BTV ( bn, বিটিভি), is the state-owned television network of Bangladesh. The network was originally established as the East ...

and

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Biography

Chowdhury began his career as a producer and programme organiser at Radio Pakistan Dhaka in 1960, later joining PTV Dhaka in 1965. Atiqul Haque Chowdhury has been one of the leading personalities actively involved in the BTV in its golden era (from late 1970s to late '80s). He started as a producer and retired as the deputy director general of the state-run TV station in 1991. During his tenure, he made over 450 TV plays. A number of quality radio plays were also written and directed by him. Atiqul Haque Chowdhury has been entertaining the audience of radio and television by producing many good dramas in the last 50 years. Apart from producing his own radio and TV plays, he has projected many good pieces of literature of the greatest Bengali writers through both the media, and has earned a name and fame by his analytical and insightful creativity. With his spellbinding dramatic skill, he could make the listeners and viewers sob or burst into laughter, and he raised watchers' emotions to the fullest. He has skilfully manifested his own literary taste, social consciousness and creative outlooks not only through his writing but also through the plays written by others. He was committed to experimenting with plays and avoiding the usual way of producing plays. He has also manipulated symbols and allegory. His treatment of symbols and allegory was entertaining as well as thought-provoking. Imbibed with true patriotism he is still on the drama horizon of Bangladesh as a beacon light to inspire his listeners and viewers irrespective of caste, creed and birth. He was also a guest teacher at the Department of Drama and Dramatics at

Jahangirnagar University Jahangirnagar University ( JU) is a publicly funded university located in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the only fully residential university in Bangladesh. It operated as a project until 1973, when the 'Jahangirnagar Muslim University Act' w ...

for 11 years. He later jointed

Ekushey Television Ekushey Television ( bn, একুশে টেলিভিশন; , in reference to 21 February), also known by its acronym ETV, is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language privately owned satellite and cable television channel owned by S. Alam Group of ...

as an Advisor.

List of works

Notable radio productions

Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resha ...

’s ''Nosto Nirr'' and ''Shesher Kobita'' * Sharat Chandra’s ''Pother Dabi'', ''Srikanto'' and ''Debdash'' * Abu Ishaque’s ''Surjo Dighol Bari''

Notable TV productions

’s ''Shesher Kobita'', ''Maloncha'', ''Chokher Bali'', ''Drishtidan'', ''Khoka Babur Prottabortan'' and ''Guptadhan'' * Shawkat Osman’s ''Kritodasher Hashi'' *Nazmul Alam's ''Koch O Athocho Pabitra'' *

Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed (; 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and professor. His breakthrough was his debut novel '' Nondito Noroke'' published in 1972. He wrote over 20 ...

’s ''Kushum'' * Enamul Haque’s ''Ghriho Bashi''

Radio and TV plays written by him, produced by him

*''Durbin Diya Dekhun'' *''Nil Nokshar Shondhaney'' *''Shukher Upoma'' *''Babar Kolom Kothai?''

Awards

Bangla Academy The Bangla Academy ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি, ) is an autonomous institution funded by the Bangladesh government to foster the Bengali language, literature and culture, to develop and implement national language policy and to d ...

honorary Fellowship (2010) for writing and directing TV plays, *Sequence of Merit Award from ''Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy'' (twice), *Honorary Doctorate Degree from ''World Development Council'' (New Delhi, 1990) for his contribution to TV plays, *Best TV Producer Award (1976)

References

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