Humayun Ahmed was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and professor. His breakthrough was his debut novel Nondito Noroke published in 1972. He wrote over 200 fiction and non-fiction books, many of which were bestsellers in Bangladesh. His books were the top sellers at the Ekushey Book Fair during the 1990s and 2000s. He won the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1981 and the Ekushey Padak in 1994 for his contribution to Bengali literature.
Himu or Himaloy is a fictional character created by the Bangladeshi writer Humayun Ahmed who appears in a disjunct series of novels. The character first appeared in the novel titled Mayurakkhi published in 1990.
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The experiences of Muslim women vary widely between and within different societies. At the same time, their adherence to Islam is a shared factor that affects their lives to a varying degree and gives them a common identity that may serve to bridge the wide cultural, social, and economic differences between them.
The cinema of Bangladesh, better known as Dhallywood, is the Bengali-language film industry based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has often been a significant film industry since the early 1970s. The dominant style of Bangladeshi cinema is melodramatic cinema, which developed from 1947 to 1990 and characterizes most films to this day. Cinema was introduced in Bangladesh in 1898 by the Bradford Bioscope Company, credited to have arranged the first film release in Bangladesh. Between 1913 and 1914, the first production company, Picture House, was opened. A 1928 short silent film titled Sukumari was the first Bengali-produced film in the region. The first full-length film, The Last Kiss, was released in 1931.
Housefull is a Bangladeshi drama serial written by Redoan Rony and Iftekhar Ahmed Fahmi and also directed by them. The 122 episode TV dramaserial was aired on NTV and the last episode was aired on July 23, 2009. The drama serial has an urban setting of the modern Dhaka, depicting colourful and interesting lifestyles of some families living in Dhaka. This drama stars Abul Hayat, Sohel Khan, Schumonn Patwary, Mosharraf Karim, Monira Mithu, Siddiqur Rahman, Sumaiya Shimu, Mithila, Mishu Sabbir, Adnan Faruque Hillol, Hasan Masood, Zillur Rahman, Maznun Mizan, Ishtiak Ahmed Rumel, Marzuk Russell, Nova Firoz, Sadia Jahan Prova, Aparna Ghosh, Monalisa and Tinni
Shakib Khan born 28 March 1984, also known by the initialism SK, is a Bangladeshi actor, producer, occasional singer, film organiser and media personality who works in Bengali films, both in Bangladesh and West Bengal. In his career spanning about two decades, Khan has been the propeller of the contemporary film industry Dhallywood. He is popularly known in the media as "King Khan"and "Number One Shakib Khan" Currently he is the highest paid actor in Bangladesh.
Krishnopokkho is a 2016 Bangladeshi Bengali language romance drama film based on novel of the same name written by Humayun Ahmed. The film's adapted screenplay was written and directed by Meher Afroz Shaon and starring Riaz, Tania Ahmed, Ferdous Ahmed, Wahida Mollick Jolly and Faruque Ahmed. This is the debut film by the director. The storyline revolves around two star-crossed lovers who are not destined to be together.
Shuvro, sometimes transliterated as Shubhro or Śubhra, is a fictional character created by Bangladeshi writer Humayun Ahmed. Shuvro is one of Ahmed's recurring characters, who first appeared in the short story "Ekti Shada Gari". The character became popular, and Ahmed wrote six novels about Shuvro between 1990 and 2010, including Daruchini Dip, which was adapted as a film in 2007 starring Riaz as Shuvro.
