Hashibur Reza Kallol is a

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...

film director best known for his 2017 film ''

Swatta ''Swatta'' ( bn, সত্তা, ) is a 2017 Bangladeshi romantic tragedy film. The film directed by Hashibur Reza Kallol and produced by Sohani Hossain under the banner of Taranga Entertainment. It is a story written by Sohani Hossain and a s ...

'', for which he received the

Bachsas Award Bachsas ( Bangladesh Cholochitra Sangbadik Samity) Awards was introduced in 1972 to encourage the fledgling film industry of the country. Bangladesh Cholochchitra Shangbadik Samity (Bangladesh Cine-Journalists' Association) gave out their most p ...

in the category of Best Director.

Career

Kallol started his work life as a photographer at ''

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'' newspaper. Kallol wrote and directed the 2011 docu-fiction style film ''Andho Nirangam'', about modern day

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s and

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's philosophy. His second film, the romance ''

'', featuring

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and

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, took two and a half years to shoot. It was released in 2017. For the film, he received the

in the category of Best Director. As of 2022, Kallol is also multimedia editor of ''The Daily Star''.

Filmography

* ''Andho Nirangam'' (2011) *

(2017)

Awards

* 2017

in the category of Best Director for ''Swatta''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kallol, Hashibur Reza Bangladeshi film directors Bangladeshi film producers Bangladeshi screenwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Jessore District