Russell Farazi

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Russell Farazi
রাসেল ফরাজী
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NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationFilm actor
Years active2001—unknown
Notable work Matir Moina
Awards National Film Award

Russell Farazi is a Bangladeshi film actor [1] He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Child Artist for the film Matir Moina (2002). [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Selected films

Awards and nominations

National Film Awards

YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
2002 National Film Award Best Child Artist Matir Moina Won [5]

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References

  1. আলো ছড়াচ্ছে যে শিশু শিল্পীরা. banglainsider.com (in Bengali).
  2. Rashed Shaon. চার দশকে আমাদের সেরা চলচ্চিত্রগুলো. bdnews24 (in Bengali). Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  3. A web resource on Tareque Masud and his film Matir Moyna compiling many of his film reviews and interviews
  4. "Matir Moina ready to take off clean". The Daily Star. 21 October 2002. Archived from the original on 8 November 2002.
  5. জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) [List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)]. Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (in Bengali). Retrieved 25 March 2019.