Chashi Nazrul Islam
| Film Director and Producer |
| Actor, director, producer, screenwriter |
Full Name: Chashi Nazrul Islam
Affiliation: Bangladesh Film Director's Association
Position: Chairman
Date of Birth: October 23, 1941
Date of Death: January11, 2015
Place of Birth: Bangladesh
Home District: Munshiganj
Nationality: Bangladeshi
Profile:
Chashi Nazrul Islam (23 October 1941 – 11 January 2015) was a Bangladeshi film actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director twice for the films Shuvoda (1986) and Hangor Nodi Grenade (1997). He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2004 by the Government of Bangladesh. He was the first to make a film based on the liberation war 'Ora 11 Jana' after the 1971 war of independence.
Islam was 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 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 started working with the then renowned director Fateh Lohani in 1961 as an assistant director in the film Asiya. 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. 1971 came to work in this way. He joined the liberation war like everyone else. Islam was the first to make a film based on the liberation war 'Ora 11 Jana' after the 1971 war of independence. He made his directorial debut with the release of this film in 1972.
Islam has been elected as the President of Bangladesh Film Directors Association for four times. After all, he was elected from 2002-2004. He was the fourth time member of Film Censor Board of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. He was a former member of the Joint Production Committee of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. He was also a former Executive Member of Film Producers and Distributors Association. He was the Vice President (2003) Brothers Union Club.
Islam was actively involved with the BNP's affiliates. He was the president of the Nationalist Cultural Alliance (Jatiatabadi Sangskritik Jote).
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