Tareque Masud

Tareque Al Masud
তারেক মাসুদ
Masud in Sylhet, December 2010
Born
Tarequer Masud

(1956-12-06)6 December 1956
Died13 August 2011(2011-08-13) (aged 54)
Resting placeNurpur, Bhanga, Faridpur
MonumentsThe Wreckage Microbus of Mishuk Munier and Tareque Masud
NationalityBangladeshi
Other namesCinema Feriwalla
EducationMA
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Occupations
  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
  • lyricist
Years active1995–2011
Known forMatir Moina
Notable work
SpouseCatherine Masud
Children1
AwardsEkushey Padak (2012)
Websitetarequemasud.org
Signature

Tareque Masud (6 December 1956 – 13 August 2011) was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist.[1] He first found success with the films Muktir Gaan (1995) and Matir Moina (2002), for which he won three international awards, including the International Critics' FIPRESCI Prize, in the Directors' Fortnight at 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The film became Bangladesh's first film to compete for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Masud died in a road accident on 13 August 2011 while returning to Dhaka from Manikganj on the Dhaka-Aricha highway after visiting a filming location.[3] Masud was working on Kagojer Phool (The Paper Flower).[4][5]

In 2012, he posthumously received Ekushey Padak, the second highest civilian award of Bangladesh.[6] In 2013, New York University Asian/Pacific/American Institute, and South Asia Solidarity Initiative, hosted the first North American retrospective of his films.[7]

  1. ^ Punny Kabir (13 August 2012). "Revealing Tareque Masud as a lyricist". New Age. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  2. ^ Official Tareque Masud website
  3. ^ "Crash victims' bodies arrive, probe begins". bdnews24.com. 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  4. ^ তারেক মাসুদ ও মিশুক মুনীরসহ নিহত ৫. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  5. ^ সড়ক দুর্ঘটনায় মারা গেছেন তারেক মাসুদ, মিশুক মুনীরসহ ৫ জন. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  6. ^ "15 personalities receive Ekushey Padak". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Tareque Masud Journey Interrupted". NYU. Retrieved 13 May 2013.

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