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Ferdousi Mazumder
Bangladeshi actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ferdousi Mazumder (née Ara Begum; born 18 June 1943)[1] is a Bangladeshi film, television and stage actress. She was awarded Ekushey Padak (1998), Independence Day Award (2020) and Bangla Academy Literary Award (2020) by the government of Bangladesh.[2] As of 2009, on stage she has given over 1200 performances of about 35 plays, mostly for her own group, Theatre.[1] Director Abdullah Al Mamun called her "one of the most sought after actresses of the golden era of BTV dramas".[3]
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Early life
Mazumder was an intermediate student of Eden College.[1] She earned her master's degree in both Bengali and Arabic from the University of Dhaka.[citation needed]
Career
Mazumder started her drama career through her brother, Munier Chowdhury, a playwright and novelist.[1] She first acted in the drama Daktar Abdullahar Karkhana, written by Shawkat Osman, which was a production of the then Iqbal Hall of the University of Dhaka.[1] Ferdousi also acted in the first televised drama of the East Pakistan branch of PTV (now Bangladesh Television), Ektala Dotala (1964).[1] Over the years, she performed in plays like Kokilara, a one-woman play, Eka, a one-character non-verbal play, Tamoshi, written by Nilima Ibrahim and others.[1] She directed five stage plays including Meherjan Arekbar, Tahara Tokhono, Chithi and Dui Bon.[1]
After the independence of Bangladesh, in 1972, a group of Chhatra Shikkhak Natya Goshthi members formed a theatre troupe calling it Theatre. Majumdar was one of the founding members of the troupe.[1]
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Personal life
Mazumder is married to Ramendu Majumdar since around 1970.[4][5] Together they have a daughter, Tropa Mazumder (b. 1973).[6] Her father, Khan Bahadur Abdul Halim Chowdhury, was a district magistrate. Her brother Munier Chowdhury was an educationist and writer. Another brother, Kabir Chowdhury, was a professor and intellectual.[7] Another two brothers Lt. Colonel Abdul Qayyum Chowdhury[8] and Mehboob Chowdhury served in the Pakistan Army.
Awards
- Bangla Academy Literary Award (2020)[9]
- Independence Day Award (2020)[10]
- Ekushey Padak (1998)
- William Kerry Award (1998)
- Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award for Best Actor (1978)
- First National TV Award for Best Acting (1975)
- Sequence Award of Merit for performance in TV for a decade[1]
Works
- Daktar Abdullahar Karkhana
- Eka
- Songsoptok
- Kokilara
- Tamoshi[1]
- Payer Awaj Pawa Jay
- Ekhon Dushshoomoy
- Dui Bon
- Shubochon Nirbashone
- Ghore Baire[1]
- Meraj Fakirer Ma
- Madhobi
- Mukti
References
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