Filmmaker Amjad Hossain on life support

Entertainment Desk: Eminent filmmaker, director and actor Amjad Hossain has been put on life support at a city hospital as his condition worsened.

He was admitted to Impulse Hospital in the capital’s Tejgaon area after he suffering a stroke.

S A Haque Alik, general secretary of Directors' Guild of Bangladesh, confirmed the news to risingbd.

He said, “His (Amjad) physical condition is very bad. He was taken to the hospital at around 9:30am after he had suffered a stroke early in the morning. Currently, he has been put on life support at the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Physicians have kept him on observation. They still could not tell us anything about him.”

Amjad Hossain was born on 14 August, 1942 in Jamalpur, East Bengal, British India (now Bangladesh) in a Muslim family.

He started writing rhymes and poems at his early age. He also wrote short stories, juvenile stories and novels. Amjad was directed connected with Mass uprising in 1969 against Ayub Khan and Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.

Though he started his film career as actor in Dharapat film in 1963, he established himself as a director and writer afterwards.

Notable films directed by Amjad Hossain are Golapi Ekhon Traine (1978), Sundori (1979), Koshai (1980), Jonmo Theke Jolchi (1982), Dui Poysar Alta (1982), Bhat Dey (1984), Golapi Ekhon Dhakay (2006), Golapi Ekhon Bilatey (2010). Amjad Hossain received National Film Award, Bangladesh in Best Director, Best Producer, Best Story, Best Dialogue, Best Screenplay, Best Lyricist categories for 11 times for his contribution in these areas.

Additionally, he received Ekushey Padak in 1993, Agrani Bank Juvenile Literature Award in 1993 and 1994, and Bangla Academy Award in 2004 for his contribution in Bengali literature.

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