Shahjahan Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi film director and scriptwriter. As of 2011, he has made five films – ''Pinjar'' (1975), ''Shatru'' (1985), ''

Uttarer Khep ''Uttarer Khep'' is a 2000 Bangladeshi drama film directed by Shahjahan Chowdhury and starring Champa and Manna in lead roles. Champa earned a Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress for her role. The film is based on the same name novel o ...

'' (2004) and ''Ek Khanda Jami'' (2004) and ''Madhumati'' (2011).

Career

Before 1971, Chowdhury worked for the newspaper ''Khobor''. Chowdhury debuted in film making through ''Pinjar'' (1975). He was co-director with the Pakistani filmmaker

Suroor Barabankvi Syed Saeed-ur-Rehman, also known by his pen name Suroor Barabankvi, ( 30 January 1919 – 13 April 1980) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and lyricist. Life and career Born Syed Saeed ur Rehman in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, British India in 1919 ...

for the film ''Akhri Station''. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, he began working with ''

Weekly Bichitra Bichitra is a defunct weekly literary magazine. It was owned by the Government of Bangladesh and edited by Shahadat Chowdhury. The magazine has been described as a historic milestone and a pioneering magazine. History Fazal Shahabuddin is the fo ...

''. He later published the monthly, ''Nipun''. He has been serving as the editor and publisher of the ''Weekly Nipun'' since 2009.

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