Shameem Akhtar

Shameem Akhtar is a Bangladeshi director and screenwriter, known for her trilogy of films about women's experiences of the Bangladesh Liberation War.^[1][2]

Career

Akhtar made her debut with a 10 minute long non-fiction film The Conversation, assisted by Tareque Masud. In 1993, she made another non-fiction film The Eclipse. Her film Rina Brown was released in 13 January, 13 years after her first film. The film deals with 1971's Indo-Pakistan war.^[3] She also made Kalpurush film in 2010.

Filmography

• 1991 The Conversation
• 1993 Grohonkal (The Eclipse)
• 1999 Itihaash Konna (Daughters of History)^[4][5]
• 2002 Shilalipi (The Inscription)^[4][6]
• 2017 Rina Brown^[1]

Awards

• 2020 Shilpakala Padak^[7]