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Abdur Razzak
(1942 - )
Romantic
heartthrob of the 1960s, Abdur Razzak was born on
23rd January, 1942. in Kolkata, Bengal, (now in West
Bengal, India). He migrated to erstwhile East Pakistan
in early 1960s.
Razzak
is still very much present in the film arena. Till
1990, Razzak played roles of the hero, often the
romantic hero. He took a break for about five years.
Then, quietly but firmly, he stepped back into the
filmi world in 1996, as a character hero and a director
with films like Abhijan and Shantan Jokhon Chakor
to his name.
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He
still stars as the hero in some films, but not as the kind
of hero most are acquainted with, that is, not as the lovey
dovey sweetheart who sweeps his love off her feet! At a
time when Bangladeshi films are at its nadir, Razzak tried
to make films that are social, realistic and of good quality.
Razzak has made more than 300 appearances in Bangla and
Urdu movies. He also directed around sixteen movies.
Khalid Mahmood Mithu
Khalid
Mahmood Mithu born in Dhaka on 1st January, 1960.
In 1986 he did his Masters in Fine Arts from Institute
of Fine Art, University of Dhaka.
Award (For TV Film)
2000 : Best TV Film Direction, on Liberation War “Aktture
Ora”.
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Awards (For Painting)
1997 : All Media Best Judges and Choice Award, Florida, USA.
1994 : 2nd Prize on Mixed Media, International Miniature Art
Competition, Montana,USA.
1991
: Excellence in All Entries Award International Miniature
Art
Competition,USA.
1988 : Best Award on Experimental Painting, Institute of Fine
Art,
University of Dhaka.
1981 : Class Best Prize on Water Colour, Institute of Fine
Art,
University of Dhaka.
1981 : Class Best Prize on Water Colour, Institute of Fine
Art,University of Dhaka.
Award (for Photography)
1993 : 2nd Prize on Labor’s Day, Bangladesh Photographic
Society,
Bangladesh.
1992 : 2 Special Awards, National Alliance Francaise Photographic
Contest, Dhaka.
1991 : 3 Awards, National Photographic Competition, Bangladesh.
1991 : 1st Prize, Lens View Photographic Association, New
York, USA.
1990 : Indian International Photographic Medal, CPS International
Solon.
1990 : 2nd & Honorable Mention Award on Girl Child Photographic
Contest, Dhaka.
1989 : Fuji Color Award, National Photographic Contest, Bangladesh.
1998 : 2nd Award, Camera Recreation Club, Dhaka.
1988 : Honorable Mention, Annual Photo Contest, Bangladesh
Photographic Society.
1988 : Honorable Mention, Iftekhar Photo Contest, Dhaka.
1988 : Special Photographic Award, National Museum, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
1988 : 2nd Prize, Camera Recreation Club, Dhaka.
1986 : Honorable Mention, National Photographing Contest,
Bangladesh.
TV Film Production (as a Script writer, Camera Director)
15 Documentary Films; 9 TV Dramas; 2 TV Serial Film &
45 Episode Drama; 300 hundred Song (Musical Program)
Exhibition
10 Solo Exhibition in Bangladesh & abroad.115 Group Exhibition,
in USA, England, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, France, China,
India, Japan, Slovenia, Germany, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Collection
Bangladesh National Museum, Foreign Ministry, State Guest
House, Dhaka and Private Collections in home and abroad.
Present Position
- President, Tone Miniature Art Society of Bangladesh.
- Joint Secretary, National Artist Association of Bangladesh
“Charu Shipi Sangsad”.
- Member of World Federation of Miniaturist.
- Member of Miniature Art Society of Florida, USA.
- Director of Chief Cameraman: Channel-I & Impress Tele
Film Ltd. Arzo Chalochitro & Poroma Vision.
- Member of the Governing Body-Bangladesh Photography Institute.
Sultan, SM (1923-1994) a renowned painter.
His real name was Sheikh Mohammad Sultan but he is more widely
known as SM Sultan. He was born on 10 August 1923 at Masimdia,
a village in Narail district. His father worked as a mason,
and Sultan joined him after five years of schooling at the
Victoria Collegiate School in Narail. Sultan also began to
draw the buildings his father used to work on and thus developed
a liking for art. Sultan knew that an art education was only
possible in Calcutta, but family hardship stood in the way.
It was then that the zamindar of the area, Dhirendranath Roy
offered his help. With monetary support from the zamindar,
Sultan went to Calcutta in 1938.
Mustafa
Monwar
Mustafa
Monwar, known as the "puppet man", puts
on shows using puppets made of wood, clay and cloth
and also has a weekly children's television programme.
The
literacy rate in Bangladesh is 65 percent and most
people do not have access to television, books or
newspapers, but Monwar said puppets can play a role
in education, especially of children.
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"I
adapt the old village tradition of delivering social messages
through puppet shows," like preventing AIDS, he said,
adding that for generations puppets have been used as entertainment.
Monwar,
65, credits his father the late Golam Mustafa, a poet, for
his interest in puppetry as he often invited troopes to
perform at their home in remote Monohurpur village in the
western Jhenidah district. But it was not until he was a
student that he took it up seriously. "In 1958 when
I was studying art in Calcutta, a puppet show came to town
from Rajasthan and the quality of their sculpture and simplicity
drove me to implement my childhood ideas."
During
Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, he
travelled to refugee camps in India to boost the morale
of people who had fled the conflict. Despite difficult times
the puppets gave them joy as well as messages of patience
and eventual victory, war veterans said.
The
soft-spoken artist said it takes him about a month to make
a puppet, including conceptualizing the character, at his
studio in Dhaka. Monwar's fame has spread outside the country
and he is the Bangladesh representative of the Denmark-based
International Puppet Development Centre. He has received
national and international awards, including one for graphic
design in an All India Fine Arts competition in 1957. He
received the Joinul Abedin Gold Medal for "his outstanding
contribution to painting".
His
weekly slot on state-run Bangladesh Television has been
running since 1965 and is among the channel's most popular
programmes. But he does not limit himself to puppetry, also
making films and encouraging new talent. "Bangladesh
has a very rich literary heritage and when I like a story
I think of turning it into a film," he said. This "is
sharing a good story with many others as reading habits
are falling away every day," he added.
His
teleplays include the Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
and Raktokorobi by Rabindranath Tagore. The noted Indian
filmmaker Satyajit Ray lauded Monwar for his crafty use
of stage design and the atmospheric aspect of his television
productions.
Babita
The
big screen could not canvas all that she had to offer.
She is, the internationally renowned, but our very
own beauty queen of Bangladesh- one word, a legend,
Babita.
She
has starred in movies such as Shundori (and she was
Beautiful), Golapi Ekhon Train’e (Flower in
the Train), Ms. Lanka (with Pakistani heartthrob Faisal
Khan), Fuleshori (Goddess of Flowers), Aushoni Shonket
(Evil Signal) directed by Satyajit Rai, and many others.
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Shaon
Shaon,
five-foot eight inch tall, is the youngest daughter
of Nurul Islam Talukdar, a lawyer of the Supreme Court,
and mother Jakera Islam. Apart from her studies she
has a knack for traveling, dancing, swimming, music
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She
has a very good command of English. She wants to serve the
distressed children and women of Bangladesh as a lawyer
in future.
Currently, she works as a model for 'Elite 2001 Promotion
and Event Management'. She has appeared as a model at a
number of fashion shows at home and abroad including French
Fashion Week, Dhaka, in 1997, Under the Auspice of UNESCO
in the US and London Fashion Week in 1998, Artist Collection
and Arang Bridal Collection in 2000 and Bridal Asia Fashion
Show in Delhi.
Sri Sirsendu Mukherjee
Sri
Sirsendu Mukherjee, distinguished Bengali novelist
and writer of short stories, detective stories and
especially in teenage literature. He was born at Moymonsingha
(now in Bangladesh) and graduated. In Bengali from
Calcutta University.
After doing many odd jobs, he turned into journalism.
He is now an Assistant Editor of Ananda Bazar Patrika.
Sri Mukherjee has published several books. |
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Among these the notable books are Durbin, Manabzomin, Bandhan
O Bisarjan, Monozder Adbhut Bari, Srestha Gojenda Galpa, Sera
Bhuter Galpa. He was awarded several times and got many awards
like the Ananda Puraskar, the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Vidyasagar
Award etc.
Anjuman Ara Begum
Anjuman Ara Begum was the lady with a golden voice. She rose
to popularity around the 1960s. Whether it was radio, television
or gramophone records being played in wayside restaurants,
her fresh, melodious voice was audible far and wide.
She
was the daughter of Dr Kasiruddin Talukder and Begum Ziaunnahar
Talukder of Bogra. Anjuman Ara was born in a cultured family
where almost all her family members were highly educated.
She completed BA (Hons), MA from the Department of Sociology,
Dhaka University while continuing her career as a professional
singer.
Runa Laila
Runa
Laila is adored by millions and there has never been
anyone quite like her. The immense pathos and longing
in Runa`s voice was ideal for the tragic Pakistani
movies of the 1960s.
Born to a middle class family on November 17, 1952,
in the north Eastern city of Sylhet, Bangladesh, Runa
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The year 1958 proved to be a turning point in six year old
Runa`s life. From that time on, she was a singer, appearing
in a string of hugely popular songs.
Runa made her music debut in 1964 by recording songs for
the Pakistani movie, `Jugnu` at the age of twelve. Recording
song after hilarious song, she became one of the stalwarts
of the Pakistani music scene within the next five years.
Her next song catapulted Runa into instant fame and she
became one of the Pakistani show business`s most cherished
artists: `Unki nazroan say mohabbat ka jo paigham mila,
dil ye samjha keh chalakta hua ik jaam mila` (The film `Hum
Dono`, 1966, director, Al-Hamid, composer, Shaukat Ali Nashad,
cast: Deeba, Kamal, Kumar, Nirala, Kamal Irani)
Highly
skilled at tragic scores, she captivated the golden-era
audiences, becoming a favorite in the film `Ghironda`: `Kaisa
ghironda tuta, pyar nay hum ko luta, bairi hain duniya walay
jaaon kahan`.
The
film `Ghironda` established her national reputation and
her popularity skyrocketed as one of the most competent
singers of all time.
Akhtarun Nahar Ivy
Born
in 1943 - Dev Pahar, Chittagong, Bangladesh.Bachelor
of Fine Arts; Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka - 1978,
Secured 1st Position, then Masters of Fine Arts (Ceramics);
Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka - 1982.
1 Exhibitions Byram-Shubert Library
in Greenwich, CT
July 19th - Aug 31st, 2003
2 Solo Ceramic Art Exhibition, Bangladesh
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3 National Art Exhibition and Group Art
Exhibition 1982 -1986
Asian Art Exhibition - 1981
4 Annual Exhibitions of Institute of Fine
Arts- 1976 -1980
National Science Exhibition - 1977
5 1st Solo Ceramic Art Exhibition 1st ever
in the country - 1978
Awards
Shahid Memorial Prize 1976
Department First Prize - 4 consecutive years 1977-1980
Special Prize for Experimental work 1981-1982
Akhtarun Nahar has chosen clay as the medium for her art.
Although clay is a very common material, to prepare it as
an ingredient for creating art is not a simple task. Clay
in its dry form is very subtle. From the prehistoric time
mankind has prepared clay by firing it in various ways to
use it as an element to create art.
Nargis Akhter
Using
film to get across a message to the public is a common
practice of filmmakers and directors. The challenge
however, is to make a film that will hold the viewers'
attention throughout the film while exposing them
to a social message. Nargis Akhter, film maker and
director has done the daunting task of combining entertainment
with social awareness building. |
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She has also embarked upon areas few filmmakers would dare
to approach and that too with remarkable boldness and honesty.
Founder
- director of FEMCOM, an all-women media group, Nasrin Akhter
has recently been in the news for her widely acclaimed film
on AIDS, "Meghla Akash" which was selected among
the best of films (out of 600 entrees) at the International
Women's Film Festival in Germany recently. Before this she
produced and directed the first telefilm on AIDS in Bangladesh
-- 'Ajana Ghatak' starring Ilias Kanchan and Chompa, which
contains motivational messages on HIV/AIDS prevention.
Novera Ahmed
Novera
Ahmed, a highly talented, audacious and somewhat enigmatic
pioneer sculptor of Bangladesh who is credited with
the original design of the Shaheed Minar, a historical
memorial monument for the martyrs of the language
movement of 1952. In 1957. the work of Shaheed Minar
evolved - Novera Ahmed collaborated with Hamidur Rahman
in the field of designing the fountain and embellishing
the landscape with sculptures and design of plants
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Both
Hamidur Rahman and Novera Ahmed had spent time in Florence
and Novera had studied sculpture under Dr. Vogel in London
and the famous Italian Venturino Venturi in Florence. She
was especially fascinated by the great tradition of fountain
sculptures abounding in Italian cities, such as the Fontana
Trevi in Rome and Piazza Vecchio in Florence and garden
designing as in Bobli Gardens and Villa Borghese. Mughals
had practiced fountain art in India, but only in well-laid
gardens, as pan of the designs of these gardens. In Europe
however, fountains had been a part of the aesthetic layout
of cities. When Novera came back to Dhaka, she became the
first practitioner of fountain art in Bangladesh.
Sumita Devi
1936
- 2004
Born in 1939 in Manikganj, Sumita Devi made her acting
debut in the late fifties and proved her mettle as
a talented heroine in the film Asiya, directed by
Fateh Lohani in 1967.
Sumita Devi appeared in about 200 films and 150 radio
and television dramas. Her major films include Kokhono
Asheni, Sangam (Urdu), Dui Digoto, Tero Nombor Feku
Ostagar Lane etc. In 1959 she married eminent film
maker Zahir Raihan and acted in many of Zahir’s
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She
was awarded the All Pakistan Critic Award in 1962 and Nigar
Prize in 1963. After the independence of Bangladesh she
was honoured with the Bangladesh Film Journalists Association
Award and the Television Reporters Association of Bangladesh
Award. Sumita Devi was also awarded the Agartala Muktijuddho
Award (2002) and Janakantha Gunijan and Protiva Sommanona
(2002).
Fazlur Rahman Khan (1929 — 1982)
In
step with the abounding vitality of the time, structural
engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan (1929 — 1982) ushered
in a renaissance in skyscraper construction during
the second half of the 20th century. Fazlur Khan was
a pragmatic visionary: the series of progressive ideas
that he brought forth for efficient high-rise construction
in the 1960s and ‘70s were validated in his
own work, notably his efficient designs for Chicago’s
100-story John Hancock Center and 110-story Sears
Tower (the tallest building in the United States since
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One
of the foremost structural engineers of the 20th century,
Fazlur Khan epitomized both structural engineering achievement
and creative collaborative effort between architect and
engineer. Only when architectural design is grounded in
structural realities, he believed — thus celebrating
architecture's nature as a constructive art, rooted in the
earth — can "the resulting aesthetics …
have a transcendental value and quality."
Fazlur
Khan was always clear about the purpose of architecture.
His characteristic statement to an editor in 1971, having
just been selected Construction's Man of the Year by Engineering
News-Record, is commemorated in a plaque in Onterie Center
(446 E. Ontario, Chicago).
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