Kazi Hayat | |
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Born | Hayat Ali Kazi February 15, 1947 [1] |
Nationality | Pakistani & Bangladeshi |
Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, actor |
Years active | 1974–present |
Family | Kazi Maruf (son) |
Kazi Hayat (born 15 February 1947, although in a newspaper Hayat claimed that he was born on 13 April 1948) [1] [2] is a Bangladeshi film director, producer, writer, and actor. [3] In 2023 he performed in Priyotoma , which is the highest grossing Bangladesh film of all-time.
Hayat won Bangladesh National Film Awards eight times - Best Story for Dayi Ke (1987), Best Dialogue and Best Screenplay for Traash (1992), Best Story for Chandabaz (1993), Best Director and Best Screenplay for Desh Premik (1994), Best Cinematography for Ammajan (1999), and Best Director for Itihas (2002). [4] [5]
Hayat started his career as an assistant director in 1974. [4] He debuted his directorial career with the film The Father (1979). [6] In 2014, he released Shorbonasha Yabaa starring Kazi Maruf and Prosun Azad. [7]
In 2020, he directed political action film Bir, which marked as the 50th directorial venture of him and first collaboration with Shakib Khan as a director. [8] [9] In 2023, he played as Shakib Khan's father in Himel Ashraf's tragic romance Priyotoma , which became the highest grossing Bangladeshi film of all time.
Hayat's son Kazi Maruf is an actor. [10]
In January 2022, Hayat was admitted to United Hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) due to myocardial infarction (MI). [11]
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2018 | Jodi Hatta Dhoro | Imran Mahmudul, Bristy | Imran Mahmudul, Bristy, Khaleda Akter Kolpona | Saikat Reza |
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