Chashi Nazrul Islam (11 October 1941 – 11 January 2015) was a Bangladeshi film director and producer. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director twice for the films Shuvoda in 1986 and Hangor Nodi Grenade in 1997. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2004 by the government of Bangladesh.
Early life and career Nazrul Islam was born on 23 October 1941 at Shomoshpur village in Sreenagar Upazila of Munshiganj 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 Nazrul Islam got laid off from that job, he started to perform on radio programs in 1965.
Nazrul 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 in the film Dui Diganto (1964). At the same time, he directed and voiced radio dramas, including Ramer Sumoti, Socrates, and Sakhina Birangana. In 2006, he directed Shuva, based on Rabindranath Tagore's novel Shuvashini, with Shakib Khan and Dilara Hanif Purnima, which was praised by critics and audiences. In 2013, he directed Devdas, based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel Devdas, who also directed the 1982 version, featuring Shakib Khan as Devdas, alongside Moushumi and Apu Biswas in the leading roles. It received a positive response from critics and a good opening at the box office, and won National Film Awards thrice at the 38th National Film Awards and was nominated in one category at the 16th Meril-Prothom Alo Awards.
Nazrul Islam served as the chairman of the Bangladesh Film Director's Association, and as a member of the censor board and of the joint production committee.
Death At age seventy-three, Nazrul Islam died of liver cancer at the Labaid Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 11 January 2015. Two of his films were released after his death, Ontorongo (6 December 2015) and Bhul Jodi Hoy (8 January 2016).
Filmography Year FilmNotes1972Ora Egaro JonFirst film on Bangladeshi Liberation War1974 Sangram 1975 Bhalo Manush 1978 Bajimat 1982 Devdas 1985 Chandrakotha 1986Shuvoda 1987 Lady Smuggler 1987 Miah Bhai1987 Behula Lakhindar 1988 Biraha Betha 1988 Mahajuddha 1989 Basona 1990 Danga Fasad 1991 Padma Meghna Jamuna 1993Desh Jati Zia Documentary1995 Ajker Protibad1995 Shilpi1997 Hangor Nodi Grenade2001 Hason Raja2002 Kamalpurer Juddha2004 Megher Pore Megh2004 Shasti2006 Shuva2006 Dhrubotara 2011Dui Purush2013 Devdas 2015 Antaranga 2016 Bhul Jodi Hoi
Awards Year Award Title CategoryFilm2009 Bachsas Awards Life Time Achievement 2005 International Kalakar Award Best Director – 2005 BCRA Award Best Director – 2004 Ekushey Padak Contribution to Bangladeshi films – 2003 Binodan Bichitra Award Best Director – 2003 Indo-Bangla Kala Music Award Zahir Raihan Lifetime Achievement Award – 2003 Trab Award – 2003 Genesis Nazrul Honorary Award – 2003 CJFB Award Best Director – 1997 National Film Awards Best Director Hangor Nodi Grenade 1997 Tarokalok Award – 1995 Bangladesh Social Welfare Award 1995 Zahir Raihan Gold Medal 1995 Jagadish Chandra Basu Gold Medal 1989 Bangladesh Film Critics Award Best Director Biraha Byatha 1989 Cine Directorial Social Welfare Award 1989 Bangladesh National Youth Organisation Federation Award 1988 Sher-e-Bangla Memorial Award 1987 National Film Awards Best Director Shuvoda 1985 Cine Directorial Associates 1974 Bachsas Awards Best Director Songram
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Chashi Nazrul Islam, Munshigonj Chashi Nazrul Islam, Gunijon