Sadek Khan (21 June 1933 – 16 May 2016) was a Bangladeshi journalist, columnist and filmmaker. In 2002, he was awarded
Ekushey Padak
Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contribut ...
by the
Government of Bangladesh
The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Con ...
.
Background
Khan was the eldest son of justice
Abdul Jabbar Khan
Justice Abdul Jabbar Khan (30 June 1902 – 23 April 1984) was the 6th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. He was preceded by Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry.
Early life
He was born on 1 January 1902 in Baher char, Barisal. He graduated fr ...
, former speaker of the then
Pakistan National Assembly
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and former president of East Pakistan Muslim League. His ancestors were from Baherchar-Khudrakathi village,
Babuganj Upazila
Babuganj ( bn, বাবুগঞ্জ) is an administrative unit of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.
Geography
Babuganj is located at . It has a total area of 164.88 km2.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Bangla ...
,
Barisal District
Barisal District, officially spelled Barishal District from April 2018, is a district in south-central Bangladesh, formerly called Bakerganj district, established in 1797. Its headquarters are in the city of Barisal, which is also the headqua ...
.
[ His siblings include former government minister and politician ]Selima Rahman
Selima Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician. She served as a State Minister at the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh during 2001–2006.
Background
Rahman is the daughter of justice Abdul Jabbar ...
, poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah
Abu Zafar Obaidullah (1934–2001) was a Bangladeshi poet. Two of his long poems, ''Aami-Kingbodontir-Kathaa Bolchi'' and ''Bristi O Shahosi Purush-er Jonyo Pranthona'', have become famous since their first publication in the late 1970s.
Li ...
, journalist and government minister A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan, government minister Rashed Khan Menon
Rashed Khan Menon (born 18 May 1943) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the president of Workers Party of Bangladesh and was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dhaka-8 in the 2008 general election. Menon was re-elected at the 2014 gene ...
, Architect Sultan M. Khan, Alan Khan, a photographer in Sydney, and ''New Age
New Age is a range of spiritual or religious practices and beliefs which rapidly grew in Western society during the early 1970s. Its highly eclectic and unsystematic structure makes a precise definition difficult. Although many scholars conside ...
'' news publisher Shahidullah Khan Badal.
Career
Khan was a Language Movement activist in 1952 and a freedom fighter of Bangladesh Liberation War
The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...
in 1971. He worked as a sub-editor in the '' Daily Sangbad'' during 1955–1957. He served as contributing editor in the '' Weekly Holiday''.[ He served as the chairman of the Press Institute of Bangladesh. He spoke against forming a war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh in November 2007.
Khan worked in the film industry.][ He directed and produced the film ''Nadi O Nari'' (''The River and the Women'', 1965). Film critic ]Ahmed Muztaba Zamal
Ahmed Muztaba Zamal is a Bangladeshi film critic. He is editor of ''Celluloid'', a quarterly film magazine, and is director of the Dhaka International Film Festival.
Biography
Zamal first attended a film festival, the Munich Film Festival, in 1991 ...
, when asked by ''Cinemaya
''Cinemaya'' (a blend of ''cinema'' and ''maya'' (illusion)) is a film magazine established in 1988 devoted exclusively to coverage of Asian film. It is published in New Delhi, India and distributed internationally. The present editor-in-chief of ...
'' in 2000 to select the top ten films from Bangladesh, named ''Nadi O Nari'', made when the country was still East Pakistan, as one of the top twelve. He also directed the 1965 Urdu film ''Kaise Kahun''.
Personal life
Khan was married to Anjuman Chowdhury Khan. Together they had a son Kishon Khan.
References
1933 births
2016 deaths
Bangladeshi journalists
Bangladeshi columnists
Bengali language movement activists
Recipients of the Ekushey Padak
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