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Tareque Masud

Bangladeshi director Tareque Masud died in a car accident in Ghior district of Bangladesh on Saturday.

Masud’s wife, American film producer Catherine Masud suffered from serious injuries. Journalist, cinematographer and currently Head of local television channel Atn Ashfaque Munier Mishuk was another victim of the car crash. The accident happened when the car they were traveling in collided head-on with a bus.

It is reported that the group was returning to Dhaka after visiting a potential location for Masud’s forthcoming film The Paper Flower.

One of the prominent filmmakers of Bangladesh, Masud was known for his documentary Song Of Freedom (Muktir Gaan) in 1995. His film The Clay Bird won a Fipresci prize in Directors Fortnight at Cannes in 2002.

The film that had screenings at various film festivals is the story of a young boy studying at a madrasa and was inspired by Masud’s own education.

Bangladeshi filmmaker Tareque Masud died yesterday in a head-on collision with a bus outside Dhaka, report Syed Zain al-Mahmood and Saad Hammadi in the Guardian. Also in the car were his wife, the American-born producer Catherine Masud and painter Dhali Al Mamun (both now in the hospital in critical condition); and Ashfaque Munier Mishuk, CEO of Atn News, who died in the crash.

The Guardian: "Masud, 55, rose to prominence with the films Muktir Gaan [Song of Freedom] in 1995 and Matir Moina [The Clay Bird] in 2002, the latter based on his experiences as a madrassa student during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971. The film won a Fipresci prize at the 2002 Cannes film festival and was the first Bangladeshi film to compete for the best foreign-language film award at the Oscars…. Thousands of people gathered at the Central Shaheed Minar monument in Dhaka on Sunday to pay their respects. The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, said: 'It is...

Director of Cannes award-winning Matir Moina killed along with four others in head-on collision with bus

One of Bangladesh's most prominent and celebrated film-makers died on Saturday when the car in which he was travelling collided head-on with a bus outside Dhaka.

Tareque Masud died along with Ashfaque Munier Mishuk, the head of a local television channel, and three other people. Masud's American-born wife and producer, Catherine Masud, and Bangladeshi painter Dhali Al Mamun are in a serious condition in hospital.

Masud, 55, rose to prominence with the films Muktir Gaan in 1995 and Matir Moina in 2002, the latter based on his experiences as a madrassa student during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971.

The film won a Fipresci prize at the 2002 Cannes film festival and was the first Bangladeshi film to compete for the best foreign-language film award at the Oscars.

Mishuk, 52, was an eminent cinematographer and journalist who had worked for BBC World,...

Dhaka, The Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii) will for the first time organise screening and discussions on films and filmmakers from Bangladesh to mark Ekushey February (Feb 21), the day on which the movement for Bangladesh's cultural renaissance started. Top Bangladeshi filmmakers Tanvir Mokammel, Abu Sayeed, Tareque and Catherine Masud will travel to Pune, the headquarters of the state-run Ftii, to participate in the two-day interaction Feb 21-22, The Daily Star said Wednesday. Mokammel's "Swapnobhumi" will be screened along with "Chitra Nadir Parey".Abu Sayeed's "Nirontor", and Tareque and Catherine Masud's two films, "Matir Moina" and "Muktir Gaan" will also be screened.This is the first time that Ftii is focussing on films ...