Native name চাষী নজরুল ইসলাম Role Film director Name Chashi Islam | Years active 1963–2014 Citizenship Bangladeshi | |
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Born 23 October 1941 ( 1941-10-23 ) Shomoshpur village, Sreenagar Upazila, Munshiganj, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) Occupation Actor, director, producer, screenwriter Spouse Jotsna Kazi (m. 1969–2015) Children Chashi Manni Islam, Chashi Anni Islam Parents Mosleh Uddin Khan, Shayesta Khanom Movies Similar People Bulbul Ahmed, Abdur Rajjak, Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique, Purnima, Kabori Sarwar | ||
Tribute to director chashi nazrul islam biography by alisha pradhan
Chashi Nazrul Islam (23 October 1941 – 11 January 2015) was a Bangladeshi film director and producer.
Contents
- Tribute to director chashi nazrul islam biography by alisha pradhan
- Official trailer antorango bangla movie 2015 emon alisha chashi nazrul islam
- Early life and career
- Death
- References
Official trailer antorango bangla movie 2015 emon alisha chashi nazrul islam
Early life and career
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 he got laid off from that job, he started to perform on radio programs in 1965. He directed and voiced popular radio dramas like Ramer Sumoti (1965), Socrates (1966), and Sokhina Birongona (1974). Chashi started his career in visual media in 1964 when he had the opportunity to work on television program through audition. He worked as assistant director on the film Dui Digonto, directed by Obaidur Rahman. Later he assisted Fateh Lohani.
He participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. After Bangladesh achieved independence, he made the first film on the subject of the liberation war, Ora Egaro Jon. His last movies were Antaranga Released in 2015 & Bhul jodi Hoi 2015, where he Launched Alisha Pradhan in Dhallywood but ironically he could be part of the release.
Death
At 73 Islam died of liver cancer at the Labaid Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11 January 2015.