Ahmed Iqbal Haider Explained

Ahmed Iqbal Haider
Native Name:	আহমেদ ইকবাল হায়দার
Native Name Lang:	bn
Nationality:	Bangladeshi
Occupation:	Theatre director
Birth Place:	Patiya Upazila, Chittagong
Awards:	Ekushey Padak (2021)

Ahmed Iqbal Haider is a Bangladeshi theatre director. As of 2012, he directed a total 56 plays . He serves as the Artistic Director of Theatre Institute Chittagong (TIC). In 2021, he was awarded Ekushey Padak from the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to drama.^[1]

Career

Haider debuted in theatre in 1975.^[2] He is the team leader of Tirjak Natyadal, a theatre troupe based in Chittagong, Bangladesh.^[3]

Haider is the organising secretary of International Theater Institute Bangladesh Chapter and participated as a Bangladeshi representative in 31st, 32nd and 33rd ITI World Congress.^[3]

Works

• Bishorjon (by Rabindranath Tagore)
• Rathjatra (by Rabindranath Tagore)
• Raktokarobi (by Rabindranath Tagore)^{[4] [5]}
• Raja (by Rabindranath Tagore)
• Dakghar (by Rabindranath Tagore)^[6]
• Merchant of Venice (by William Shakespeare)
• Oedipus (by Sophocles)
• Madhumala (by Kazi Nazrul Islam)^[7]
• Buro Shalikher Gharey Rown (by Michael Madhusudan Dutta)
• Dwarruddha (by Jean Paul Sartre)
• Atotayi (by Selim Al Deen)
• Smriti: '71 (by Zia Haider)^[3]
• Tarangobhango (by Syed Waliullah)^[8]
• Swat (by Mamunur Rashid)^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021-02-04. 21 eminent personalities named for Ekushey Padak. 2021-02-07. The Daily Star. en.
2. Web site: 'We will arrange another festival in December'-- Haider. 2021-02-07. The Daily Star. 2004-10-11. 2022-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20220703045958/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/10/11/d410111405118.htm. dead.
3. Web site: 2012-04-06. Reflection of life in theatre. 2021-02-07. The Daily Star. en.
4. Web site: Poor Presentation of Tagore's Classics. 2021-02-07. The Daily Star. 2009-02-01. 2021-06-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210621015630/https://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2009/02/01/theatre.htm. dead.
5. Web site: 2012-07-16. 100th show of Tirjak's Rakto Karobi. 2021-02-07. The Daily Star. en.
6. Web site: 2011-07-14. Tirjak Natyadal produces Tagore's Raja. 2021-02-07. The Daily Star. en.
7. Web site: 2012-04-02. Theatre Festival. 2021-02-07. The Daily Star. en.
8. Web site: 2020-01-02. Tirjak Natyamela 2019 concludes. 2021-02-07. The Daily Star. en.
9. Web site: 2013-03-26. "Swat" draws full house in Chittagong. 2021-02-07. The Daily Star. en.