Firdausul Hasan is a

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

from

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. His production house Friends Communication won best feature film in

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in the 65th National Awards for his film

Mayurakshi ''Mayurakshi'' is a 2017 Bengali film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Firdausal Hassan & Probal Halder for Friends Communication. The music was composed by Debojyoti Mishra. The film won the award for Best Bengali feature film at the ...

. He was the former president of

Film Federation of India The Film Federation of India (FFI) is an apex body of the Indian film producers (around 18,000), distributors (around 20,000), exhibitors (around 12,000) and studio owners, headquartered in Mumbai.Shahid Alikhan, R. A. Mashelkar, "Intellectual pro ...

from 2019 to 2020. Under his leadership, FFI organized first Global Cinema Festival and Bharat Bangladesh Film Awards. In 2015 he chaired the position of the president of Bengal Film and Television Chamber of Commerce till 2021. He served this position till 2021.

Biography

Hasan went to St. James' School. After finishing school, he was accepted in

St. Xavier's College, Kolkata St. Xavier's College is a private, Catholic, autonomous higher education college under Calcutta University run by the Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus in Kolkata, India. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1860 and named after St. F ...

, where he completed his graduation. In his graduation days, he became involved with the students union and was elected as the General Secretary of College the Students Union. He was the honorary secretary of

Calcutta Alumni Association from 2007 to 2009, 2011 to 2017 and 2021-.

Career

He has been working in the

Bengali film industry Tollywood, also known as Cinema of West Bengal, is an Indian film industry of Bengali-language motion pictures. It is based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The origins of the nickname Tollywood, a portmanteau of the w ...

as the producer. He founded and till now runs the film production and distribution company called

Friends Communication ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane (producer), David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting List of Friends episodes, ten seasons. With an ensemble cast ...

. Apart from the film production and distribution company, he owns an event management company known as the "Flicker Book Entertainment LLB". He has also been involved in an administrative and proprietorship capacity with two colleges in Baharampore,

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, India. The colleges are called Baharampore B.Ed. college and Baharampore D.L. Ed College. He is also the franchise owner of the Dart Shooting team registered in India, called the Sharp Shooters Sporting Club.

Awards and accolades

National Award for the "Best Bengali Feature Film" at the

65th National Film Awards The 65th National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2017 in Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 13 April 2018. The awa ...

in 2018 for his production "

". Best

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and also the "Best Indian Cinema Award" at the 10th

Bengaluru International Film Festival The Bengaluru International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, which previews films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1996, Suchitra B ...

. Mother Teresa Millennium awards (2019), XIA Business leader of the year (2018), XIA outstanding alumni (2019), and the Doshobhuja Bangali Award (2020). Bengal International Excellence Award 2021.

Filmography

* ''

Rupkatha Noy ''Rupkatha Noy'' is a 2013 Bengali film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Firdausal Hassan and Probal Halder for Friends Communication. The music was composed by Joy Sarkar. Plot Sisir Roy (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a 72-year-old man, ...

'', 2013 * ''Take One'', 2014 * ''

Abby Sen ''Abby Sen'' is a 2015 Bengali science fiction comedy film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Firdausul Hassan and Probal Halder. It features Abir Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Bratya Basu, and Priyanka Sarkar in lead rol ...

'', 2015 * '' Natoker Moto'', 2015 * ''Family Album'', 2015 * ''

Shaheb Bibi Golaam ''Shaheb Bibi Golaam'' is an Indian Bengali thriller film directed by Pratim D. Gupta and stars Anjan Dutt, Swastika Mukherjee and Ritwick Chakraborty in the lead roles. The film depicts the story of a contract killer, a housewife and a taxi d ...

'', 2016 * ''

Meghnad Badh Rahasya Meghnad Badh Rahasya (''English:The Mystery of the Murder of Meghnad'') is a 2017 Indian Bengali-language suspense thriller film directed by Anik Dutta with Debojyoti Mishra as music director. It was the third movie of Dutta which was released ...

'', 2017 * ''

Mukhomukhi ''Mukhomukhi'' is an Indian Bengali language film directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee. The film is based on a drama ''Abayab'' written by the director himself. The film released in India on 1 February 2019. Plot Agnibha (Played by Rajatava) is ...

'', 2019 * ''

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'', 2021 * '' Mahananda'', 2022 * ''

Aparajito ''Aparajito'' ( bn, অপরাজিত ''Ôporajito''; ''The Unvanquished'') is a 1956 Indian Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray (1921–1992), and is the second part of ''The Apu Trilogy''. It is adapted from ...

'', 2022 * ''Shesh Pata,'' 2023 * ''Padatik,'' 2023 * ''Hubba,'' 2023

Television (mega serial)

* ''Jahanara'' , 2018 * '' Agnisikha'' , 2021 * '' Saathi'', 2022 * ''

Uron Tubri ''Uron Tubri'' is a 2022 Indian Bengali language Drama television series that released on 28 March 2022 on Zee Bangla. The series is produced under the banner of Friends Communication. It stars Sohini Banerjee and Swastik Ghosh in lead roles. ...

'', 2022 * '' Phaguner Mohona'',2023

Theater

Rangini , 2018

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasan, Firdausul Living people Bengali film producers Bengali Hindus Indian Hindus Year of birth missing (living people) Film producers from Kolkata St. Xavier's College, Kolkata alumni