Tareque masud biography books

Bangladeshi film director

Tareque Masud (6 December – 13 August ) was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist.^[1] He first found success with the films Muktir Gaan () and Matir Moina (), for which he won three international awards, including the International Critics' FIPRESCI Prize, in the Directors' Fortnight at 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 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 , he posthumously received Ekushey Padak, the second highest civilian award of Bangladesh.^[6] In , New York University Asian/Pacific/American Institute, and South Asia Solidarity Initiative, hosted the first