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).

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.

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)