Morshedul Islam

Morshedul Islam (born 1 December 1958) is a Bangladeshi film director. His notable films include Agami (1984), Chaka (1993), Dipu Number Two (1996), Dukhai (1997), Khelaghor (2006), Durotto (2006) and Amar Bondhu Rashed (2011).

Morshedul Islam
Born	(1958-12-01) December 1, 1958 (age 66) at Dhaka, Bangladesh
Spouse	Munira Morshed Munni
Children	2

Biography

Islam was born on 1 December 1958 in Dhaka, in then East Pakistan. He made his film-making debut in 1984 with the short film Agami while he was a student. Film critic Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, writing in Cinemaya in 2000, named Islam's Chaka as one of the top twelve films from Bangladesh.^[1]

Filmography

• Agami (1984)
• Nouka O Jibon (1986)
• Shuchona (1988)
• Chaka (The Wheel, 1993)
• Dipu Number Two (1996)
• Dukhai (1997)
• Brishty (2000)
• Shorot 71 (2000)
• Durotto (2004)
• Khelaghor (2006)
• Vooter Bari (2007)
• Priyotomeshu (2009)
• Amar Bondhu Rashed (2011)
• Anil Bagchir Ekdin (2015)
• Ankhi O Tar Bandhura (2017)

Awards and honours

• International Critics Award in International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg in 1983
• Best telefilm, National Film Award 1984
• Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director, 2015, Anil Bagchir Ekdin (jointly with Reazul Mowla Rezu's Bapjaner Bioscope)^[2]