Faridur Reza Sagar

Faridur Reza
Born Faridur Reza Sagar
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Occupation Director, producer, writer, author
Years active 1966–present
Parent(s) Fazlul Haque
Begum Rabea Khatun
Awards Ekushey Padak (2015)

Faridur Reza is a Bangladeshi film producer, director and a writer. He is also the managing director of Impress Telefilm Ltd and Channel-i.[1][2] In 2005, for his very special contribution for children's litterateur he was awarded the Bangla Academy Award.[3] Faridur Reza received international acclaim for his films Nirantor (Forever Flows, Year: 2006) and Swapnodanay (On the Wings of Dreams, Year: 2007) along with many other films.[4] He was awarded the Ekusahy Padak in 2015. [5]
He was also present at the Rabindra Utsab ceremony held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, where the Rabindra Sangeet album Sruti Gitobitan, which comprised all 2222 Tagore songs and which was brought out by Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya, principal of Shurer Dhara School of Music, was unveiled.[6]

Early life

Faridur Reza was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to Bangladeshi fiction writers Begum Rabea Khatun and Director Fazlul Haque. He studied at the Open University and earned a degree.[1] Faridur Reza himself played the leading role in the Bangladesh's first children's cinema made by his father. Since his childhood he has been involved with many children-friendly TV Shows on Bangladesh Television. He earned fame as a young presenter, program conductor and involving with television program since the inception of Bangladesh Television.

Career

Faridur Reza Sagar entered Bangladeshi film industry in 1966 as an actor, portraying lead role in first children's cinema in Bangladesh President. He also started writing literatures, some mentionable publications are A Story Bokk, Meghna-O-Galpa Buro, Meghna and Aladin's lamp, Meghna-O-Eti, Cox's Bazar Kakatua or Television, Jibober Shangee. He has written over fifty books for the children. Adventure, Mystery, Travel, Reminiscence, Horror, Liberation War, Fantasy- these are varieties of genres that he has in his bag of creativity, for the children. He has written many scripts and dramas for the children as well.[7] He is the man who changed the image of the film industry who have solely produced at least 42 feature films.

Television

While Bangladesh continues to face all sorts of complexities with party politics and rivalry, Faridur Reza Sagor is found to be a neutralist. By his initiatives, he has made a neutral ground for open dialogues on Channel-i named Tritiyo Matra which is successfully going on air for the last 6 years. Through this program, he has made a common ground for opinion sharing among the political, economic, social leaders and the mass people. Through such he has made it easier for Bangladeshis around the world to watch their countries affairs on TV as well as express their views. While Tritiyo Matra is just one, over the last decade Mr. Sagor has been a lead initiator and patron for hundreds of other remarkable events throughout the country and with a variety of individuals or professionals, beyond media horizons. Though he is also a fine businessman; we see him being more remembered or referred to by the people of all levels of the society, as they say see him as a great man with a huge heart, a true friend and also amazingly innovative!

Awards

He got Bangla Academy Award ANF Agrani Bank Juvenile Literature Award of Shishu Academy. In 2005, for his very special contribution for children's litterateur he was awarded the Bangla Academy Award. Apart from this, he has received Agrani Bank Children's Literature Award, Chander Haat Children's Literature award, Euro Children's literature Award. Among the awards, he was also awarded with Bangladesh Film Journalists Association Award, Cultural Reporters Award, National Film Award (2002) and many national level awards.[8]

Selected filmography

Producer

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