Masum Reza | |
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মাসুম রেজা | |
Born | |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Alma mater | Rajshahi University |
Occupation | Playwright |
Spouse | Selina Shelley |
Masum Reza is a Bangladeshi playwright, television drama and stage play director. [1] He is best known for writing the screenplay of the television drama serial Ronger Manush (2004). In 2016, he won Bangla Academy Literary Award in the drama category. [2] He wrote screenplay for films including Meghla Akash (2002), Molla Barir Bou (2005), Bapjaner Bioscope (2015) and Hason Raja (2017). [3] In 2010, he published two novels. [4]
Reza debuted in direction in Chand Alir Documentary, a street play, in Kushtia in 1979. [5] He has been associated with the theater troupe Desh Natok since 1988. [3] His full-fledged stage play is Birsa Kabya. [5] He first wrote the screenplay for the television drama Koitab. [3]
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