Spouse(s) Shahanara Rauf | Name AKM Rouf | |
Died April 1, 2000(2000-04-01) | ||
A. K. M. Abdur Rouf (15 December 1935 – 1 April 2000) was the founder-curator of Bangladesh Film Archive (BFA). He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2010 for his contribution to arts by the Government of Bangladesh.
Early life and career
Rouf was born in Khulna. He started his career as a Civil Service cadre in East Pakistan. He was the calligrapher of the constitution (1972) of People's Republic of Bangladesh. During his role as the founder curator of BFA, Rouf collected documents and prints of old films. His collection included a print of Mukh O Mukhosh, photographs of the first silent film made in Dhaka, The Last Kiss; a print of "Dhrubo," (1934) directed by Kazi Nazrul Islam; Pramathesh Barua's Devdas (1935) and a print of the first silent film made in the sub-continent, Raja Harish Chandra.
Rouf was also a cover designer. He designed covers of nearly 2800 books.
He died on April 1, 2000.