Alamgir Kabir

Career of Alamgir Kabir

Alamgir Kabir was a great Bangladeshi film director and cultural person. He has made some of the most seminal films in Bangladesh film history. Three of his feature films are featured in the "Top 10 Bangladeshi Films" list by British Film Institute [BFI].

He was born on 26 December 1938 at Rangamati district. He completed the matriculation in 1952 from Dhaka Collegiate School and the intermediate in 1954 from Dhaka College. After completion of bachelors from the Dhaka University in Physics, he went to England to study Electrical Engineering at Oxford University. In that time he came across the Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman. He watched it several times and became attracted to filmmaking. He went on to complete a number of courses on the history of the film industry, film direction and aesthetics.

In 1966, Alamgir came back home. Then he started his professional life as a journalist and very soon became popular as a serious film critic. With the start of the war of independence in 1971, he joined the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra as chief of its section of English. He also worked as the chief reporter of the Bangladesh government in exile. This period also he starts of his directorial life with making of documentaries.

After the war of independence, he started making feature films. His films were critically acclaimed and were very popular.

Personal Life of Alamgir Kabir

He married Manjura Begum in 1968. They passed 7 years family life. In 1975, after separation from her, again he got married to actress Jayasree Kabir. He was the father of three daughters. He was killed in an unfortunate road accident on 20 January 1989.

Creations of Alamgir Kabir

Total creation of Almgir Kabir is 9 short films and 7 feature films in his very short creating life.

1. Short films

Liberation Fighter
Pogrom in Bangladesh
Culture in Bangladesh
Sufia, Amulya Dhan (The Invaluable)
Bhor Holo Dor Kholo (Open the Door now at the Dawn)
Amra Dujan (The Two of Us)
Ek Sagar Rakter Binimoye (At the Cost of a Sea of Blood)
Monikanchan (The Diamond)
Chorasrot (The Unseen Trend)

2. Feature films

Mahanayak (The Great Hero) - 1985
Parinita (The Wedded) - 1984
Mohana (The Mouth of a River) - 1982
Rupali Saikate (Along the Silver Beach) - 1979
Simana Periey (Beyond the Borders) - 1977
Surja Kannya (Daguhter of Sun) - 1975
Dhire Bahe Meghna (Quiet Flows the Meghna) - 1973

Awards of Alamgir Kabir

Cine Journalists Award
Zahir Raihan Film Award of Uttaran
Syed Mohammad Parvez Award