Atiqul Haque Chowdhury Explained

Atiqul Haque Chowdhury
Native Name:	আতিকুল হক চৌধুরী
Native Name Lang:	bn
Birth Date:	15 December 1930
Death Date:	^[1]
Nationality:	Bangladeshi
Occupation:	Media personality, producer, director, playwright

Atiqul Haque Chowdhury (15 December 1930 – 17 June 2013^[1]) was a prominent media personality in Bangladesh.^[2] He significantly contributed to the development of Bangladesh television and radio.

Biography

Chowdhury began his career as a producer and programme organiser at Radio Pakistan Dhaka in 1960, later joining PTV Dhaka in 1965. Atiqul Haque Chowdhury has been one of the leading personalities actively involved in the BTV in its golden era (from late 1970s to late '80s). He started as a producer and retired as the deputy director general of the state-run TV station in 1991. During his tenure, he made over 450 TV plays.^{[2] [3]} A number of quality radio plays were also written and directed by him.

Atiqul Haque Chowdhury has been entertaining the audience of radio and television by producing many good dramas in the last 50 years. He was committed to experimenting with plays and avoiding the usual way of producing plays. He has also manipulated symbols and allegory. His treatment of symbols and allegory was entertaining as well as thought-provoking.^[3] Imbibed with true patriotism he is still on the drama horizon of Bangladesh as a beacon light to inspire his listeners and viewers irrespective of caste, creed and birth.^[4]

He was also a guest teacher at the Department of Drama and Dramatics at Jahangirnagar University for 11 years.^[2] He later jointed Ekushey Television as an Advisor.^[2]

List of works

Notable radio productions

• Tagore’s Nosto Nirr and Shesher Kobita
• Sharat Chandra’s Pother Dabi, Srikanto and Debdash
• Abu Ishaque’s Surjo Dighol Bari

Notable TV productions

• Tagore’s Shesher Kobita, Maloncha, Chokher Bali, Drishtidan, Khoka Babur Prottabortan and Guptadhan
• Shawkat Osman’s Kritodasher Hashi
• Nazmul Alam's Koch O Athocho Pabitra
• Humayun Ahmed’s Kushum
• Enamul Haque’s Ghriho Bashi

Radio and TV plays written by him, produced by him

• Durbin Diya Dekhun
• Nil Nokshar Shondhaney
• Shukher Upoma
• Babar Kolom Kothai?

Awards

• Bangla Academy honorary Fellowship (2010) for writing and directing TV plays,^[5]
• Sequence of Merit Award from Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (twice),
• Honorary Doctorate Degree from World Development Council (New Delhi, 1990) for his contribution to TV plays,
• Best TV Producer Award (1976)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Atiqul H Chy no more . The Daily Star . June 19, 2013.
2. News: Atiqul Haque Chowdhury joins ETV as adviser. September 13, 2011. The Daily Star. July 3, 2010.
3. News: Chowdhury . Kabir . Best wishes and congratulations!On the 80th birthday of Atiqul Haque Chowdhury . September 13, 2011 . The Daily Sun . December 15, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120331082036/http://www.daily-sun.com/print_news.php?path=data_files%2F2010%2F12%2F15%2F68&cat_id=1&menu_id=7&news_type_id=1&index=7 . March 31, 2012 .
4. News: Ahmed . Mozaffar . Birthday wishes for Atiqul Haque Chowdhury . September 13, 2011 . The Independent . December 15, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120401081039/http://www.theindependentbd.com/paper-edition/editorial/post-editorial/23949-birthday-wishes-for-atiqul-haque-chowdhury.html . April 1, 2012 .
5. News: 11 awarded Bangla Academy fellowship . September 13, 2011 . The New Age . December 26, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324220139/http://www.newagebd.com/2010/dec/26/time.html . March 24, 2012 .
6. News: Kamol. Ershad. Programme to felicitate Atiqul Haque Chowdhury. September 13, 2011. The Daily Star. December 19, 2006.