Chashi Nazrul passes away

New Age Online

Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winner renowned filmmaker, Chashi Nazrul Islam passed away at Labaid specialized hospital in the city on early Sunday. He was 73.Nazrul, suffering from Liver cancer, breathed his last at around 6:00am.Born in October 23, 1941 in Bikrampur of Dhaka, Nazrul began his career in a radio in 1965. He directed and voiced many popular radio dramas, such as, Ramer Sumoti (1965), Socrates (1966), Sokhina Birongona (1974) etc.

He started his career in visual media in 1964 with Bangladesh Television. He worked as a assistant director of film Dui Digonto, directed by Obaidur Rahman. Later he assisted Fateh Lohani.He participated in the 1971 Liberation War. After independence, he made the first film on liberation war ‘Ora Egaro Jon’, known as his most famous work.

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