Nuhash Humayun ( bn, নুহাশ হুমায়ূন) 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 ...

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and

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. His works include ''

Moshari ''Moshari'' () is a 2022 Bangladeshi horror short film directed by Nuhash Humayun and produced by Little Big Films. Set in a fictitious world in the future, the film features Sunerah Binte Kamal, Nairah Onora Saif and Moyed Bhuiyan in lead roles. ...

'', ''

Pett Kata Shaw ''Pett Kata Shaw'' is a 2022 Bangladeshi horror web series. It is written and directed by Nuhash Humayun. The series was released on online video-on-demand platform Chorki. Sohail Mondal, Shirin Akter Shila, Afzal Hossain, Chanchal Chowdhury, ...

'', ''

Sincerely Yours, Dhaka ''Sincerely Yours, Dhaka'' ( bn, ইতি, তোমারই ঢাকা) is a 2018 Impress Telefilm drama film produced as Bangladesh's first anthology film directed by eleven individual directors. It is a collection of gritty shorts centered ...

''. His theatrical debut ''Sincerely Yours, Dhaka'' had its world premiere at the 2018

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and is currently on

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. His upcoming film ''Moving Bangladesh'' will be released in 2023.

Early life

Nuhash Humayun was born on January 1, 1992, in Dhaka, Bangladesh to

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 200 ...

(d. 2012) and Gultekin Khan. His parents divorced when he was 11 years old. He stayed with his mother. His father was a

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filmmaker Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, castin ...

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

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, and

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. After the divorce, his

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married actress Maher Afroz Shaon. Nuhash was 20 years old when his

died on July 19, 2012, from cancer. He attended his fathers funeral when his fathers corpse went to

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

from

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. Nuhash's grandfather Faizur Rahman Ahmed was a

freedom fighter who died during the war. Zafar Iqbal and

Ahsan Habib Ahsan Habib (2 January 1917 – 10 July 1985) was a Bangladeshi poet and literary figure in Bengali culture. He was born in the village of Shankarpasha, in Pirojpur. Before the India-Pakistan partition, he worked on several literary magazines: ' ...

are his paternal uncles. His paternal aunts are Sufia Haider, Momtaz Shahid and Rukhsana Ahmed. He has three sisters named Nova Ahmed, Sheila Ahmed, and Bipasha Ahmed. He has 2 half brothers named Nishad Humayun and Ninith Humayun. He had a half sister named Lilaboti who didn't survive for very long. His sister

Shila Ahmed Shila Ahmed (Bengali: শিলা আহমেদ) is a Bangladeshi television and film actress. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Child Artist Award for her performance in ''Aguner Poroshmoni'' (1994). Early life and career Ahme ...

worked as a child actress in their father's projects.

Career

Humayun's early works include short films like ''Paperfrogs'', ''700 Taka'', and ''Pizza Bhai''. He first came to the limelight after his film ''

'' was selected for Bangladesh's entry for the 93rd Academy Awards. He became famous for his web series ''

''. His direction and metaphors in the series were praised. This series was selected for the Harbor section in the 52nd edition of

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. His short film ''

'' won awards in many international festivals. Consequently, he was signed by

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and

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in 2022.

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and

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became executive producers of the film. It is the first-ever Oscar qualifying film from Bangladesh. After the success of ''Moshari'', American over-the-top platform

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gave him the chance to direct an episode of their show ''Bite-Size Halloween''. The episode is titled "Foreigners Only".

Filmography

Web works

Films

Short films

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Humayun, Nuhash 1992 births Living people Bangladeshi film directors Bangladeshi screenwriters Children of Humayun Ahmed