Chashi Nazrul Islam (11 October 1941 – 11 January 2015)
was a Bangladeshi film director and producer. He won
Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director
National Film Award for Best Director ( bn, জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার) is the highest award for film directors in Bangladesh, presented annually at Bangladesh National Film Awards ceremony by the Mini ...
twice for the films
Shuvoda
''Shuvoda'' ( bn, শুভদা) is a 1986 Bangladeshi Bengali language film directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam from Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel of the same name.
Plot
Haran ( Golam Mustafa) family consists of his wife Shuvoda ( Anwara), t ...
(1986) and
Hangor Nodi Grenade
''Hangor Nodi Grenade'' is a 1997 film directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam. The story is based on the novel of the same name by Selina Hossain. That film won '' Bangladesh National Film Award'' in three categories including Best Director, Best Story ...
(1997).
He was awarded
Ekushey Padak in 2004 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 ...
.
Early life and career
Islam was born on 23 October 1941 at Shomoshpur village in
Sreenagar Upazila
Sreenagar ( bn, শ্রীনগর) is an upazila of Munshiganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Division of Dhaka
Geography
Sreenagar is located at . It has 36344 households and total area 202.98 km2.
Demographics
As of th ...
of
Munshiganj
Munshiganj ( bn, মুন্সীগঞ্জ), also historically known as Bikrampur, is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division and borders Dhaka District.
Geography
Total land area is 235974 acres (954 km2), ...
to Mosleh Uddin Khan and Shayesta Khanom. He was the eldest among four brothers and three sisters. His father was a service holder at Jamshedpur, India. At the age of 16, his father died. He got a job at the office of his uncle, the then auditor general of Pakistan. He was a member of the theatre organisation ''Krishti Sangha''.
[ After Islam got laid off from that job, he started to perform on radio programs in 1965.
Islam's brother in law Syed Awal, who was the chief assistant of director Fateh Lohani, introduced him to Lohani.][ He was first cast in a minor acting role in Asiya (1961).][ He got his breakthrough as an assistant director to ]Obaidul Huq
Obaidul Huq (31 October 1911 – 13 October 2007) was a Bangladeshi journalist, cinematographer, playwright and writer.
He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1981 by the Government of Bangladesh.
Early life and education
Huq was born to Bazlul Huq K ...
in the film Dui Diganto (1964).[ At the same time, he directed and voiced radio dramas including Ramer Sumoti, Socrates and Sakhina Birangana.][
Islam served as the chairman of the Bangladesh Film Director's Association, as a member of the censor board and of the joint production committee.][
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Death
At age 73, Islam died of liver cancer
Liver cancer (also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy) is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary (starts in liver) or secondary (meaning cancer which has spread from elsewhere to th ...
at the Labaid Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11 January 2015.[
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Filmography
Awards
References
External links
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Chashi Nazrul Islam, Munshigonj
Chashi Nazrul Islam, Gunijon
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1941 births
2015 deaths
Bangladeshi film directors
Bangladeshi film producers
Best Director National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners
Recipients of the Ekushey Padak