Fateh Lohani (1920 – 12 April 1975) was a Bangladeshi actor, film director, writer and journalist.
Education
Lohani passed Matriculation examination from St Mary's
Cathedral Mission High School
Cathedral Mission High School is an English-medium boys' school located at Bhowanipore.
History
The school was established in 1925 and is affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for Madhyamik Pariksha, and to the West Bengal ...
in
Calcutta
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...
. He completed his IA and BA degrees from
Ripon College in Kolkata. In 1950, he went to London and completed a two years course on drama producing at the Oldwick Theatre School. He took film education as a member of the
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...
.
.
Career
Lohani was involved in publication of the monthly literature magazine Agatya since 1949.
In 1949, he joined the Karachi Radio and later,
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. He returned to
in 1954 and started producing films and simultaneously, worked in radio, acted in drama and carried out the profession of writing. He was the first director of a feature film after the establishment of
in 1957.
Some of the dramas written by Lohani are Nibhrita Sanglap, Dur Thekey Kachhey and Sagar Dola. He translated some dramas such as
.
and Home Economics College, who died on 26 February 2022 in a hospital located in
, at the age of 96. Lohani had a brother
.
* President Award and Nigar Prize of Pakistan (1961)
* Mazid Almakki Award of Pakistan (1968)
* Bangladesh Film Journalists Association Award (1975)
* Silver Jubilee Trophy of FDC (1983)