Momtazuddin Ahmed (dramatist)

Momtazuddin Ahmed
Ahmed in Illinois during Tagore Festival (2006)
Ahmed in Illinois during Tagore Festival (2006)
Native name
মমতাজউদ্দীন আহমদ
Born(1935-01-18)18 January 1935
Malda, Bengal Presidency, British India (Nowadays Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh)
Died2 June 2019(2019-06-02) (aged 84)
Evercare Hospital Dhaka, Bangladesh
OccupationEducationist, Dramatist
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationMA (Bengali)
Genredrama, essay, short story, screenplay
Notable worksShadhinota Amar Shadhinota (বাংলা): স্বাধীনতা আমার স্বাধীনতা

Saat Ghater Kanakori (বাংলা):সাত ঘাটের কানাকড়ি

Ki Chaho Shankhachil (বাংলা): কি চাহ শঙ্খচিল
Notable awards
SpouseQuamrunnessa Begum Kumu
Children2 daughters and 2 sons

Momtazuddin Ahmed (18 January 1935 – 2 June 2019)[1][2] was a Bangladeshi playwright-actor and educationist. He was also active in the field of culture, performance, literature and other socio-political activities.[3][4] His theatre activities were mostly in the field of satire.[5]

Career

Ahmed taught Bengali, Sanskrit, and European drama in several non-government and government colleges for over 32 years.[4] He served as a professor in the department of Bengali, at Jagannath University and a part-time lecturer at the department of Music and Dramatics, at the University of Dhaka.[2]

Ahmed was involved in teaching, writing and acting in his career. He was an activist at the Bengali language movement.[3]

Rabindra Bharati University included his writings Raja Onushwarer Pala and Ki Chaho Shankhachil in its curriculum.[6] Ahmed was in charge of formulating the national curriculum and text books from 1976 to 1978.[2]

Ahmed was a director of the Department of Research and Publications at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy during 1977–1980.[5][2] Later, he served the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations as cultural minister.[4]

Ahmed died on 2 June 2019 in Dhaka at the age of 84.[7] He was buried at his ancestral home at Bholahat Upazila in Chapai Nawabganj District.[6]

Work

Ahmed wrote 25 plays for stage, radio and television and directed several of them. Most of his directions and writings were for his theatre troupe Theatre (Natok Shoroni).[5]

  • Ami[2]
  • Lalu Shalu Ebong Syed Waliullah[2]
  • Ki Chaho Shankhachil[6]
  • Raja Anushwarer Pala[6]
Plays
  • Shadhinota Amar Shadhinota
  • Bokulporer Shadhinota
  • Shaat Ghater Kana Kori[8]
  • Ohey Tanchak (an adaptation of a Molière satire)
  • Khamakha Khamakha (an adaptation of a Shakespeare comedy)
  • Barnochora[5]
Others
  • Jamidar Darpan (a re-writing of Mir Mosharraf Hossain's play)

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Celebrating a playwright". The Daily Star. 18 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Momtazuddin no more". The Daily Star. 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  3. ^ a b "Momtazuddin Ahmed". Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d "Momtazuddin back on screen after 5 years". Daily Sun. December 9, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d "Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy honours Professor Momtazuddin Ahmed". The Daily Star. May 17, 2008. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d "Playwright Momtazuddin dies at 84". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  7. ^ চলে গেলেন মমতাজউদদীন আহমদ. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Shat Ghater Kanakori : A political satire". The Daily Star. 2004-01-23. Retrieved 2019-06-02.