Masum Reza Explained
Masum Reza |
Native Name: | মাসুম রেজা |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Birth Place: | Kushtia, Khulna |
Alma Mater: | Rajshahi University |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Occupation: | Playwright |
Spouse: | Selina Shelley |
Masum Reza is a Bangladeshi playwright, television drama and stage play director.[1] He is best known for writing the screenplay of the television drama serial Ronger Manush (2004). In 2016, he won Bangla Academy Literary Award in the drama category.[2] He wrote screenplay for films including Meghla Akash (2002), Molla Barir Bou (2005), Bapjaner Bioscope (2015) and Hason Raja (2017). In 2010, he published two novels.
Career
Reza debuted in direction in Chand Alir Documentary, a street play, in Kushtia in 1979. He has been associated with the theater troupe Desh Natok since 1988.[3] His full-fledged stage play is Birsa Kabya. He first wrote the screenplay for the television drama Koitab.[3]
Works
- Stage plays
- Television dramas
- Films
- Novels
- Meen Konna-do (2010)
- Goalkeeper (2010)[9]
Awards
Notes and References
- News: Masum Reza: Back to the stage after 17 years. January 27, 2017. January 20, 2017. The Daily Star. Shah Alam Shazu.
- News: 11 get Bangla Academy award . The Daily Star . UNB. 28 January 2016 . 27 January 2017.
- News: Expressing powerful emotions on screen. 5 September 2014. 27 January 2017. The Daily Star. Shah Alam Shazu.
- News: Theatre premieres Kuhokjal. Saurav Dey. 22 August 2014. 27 January 2017. The Daily Star.
- News: Nittapuran : An adapted play from the Mahabharata. 19 July 2004. 27 January 2017. The Daily Star.
- News: New TV serial Megh Rang Meye. 23 August 2005. 27 January 2017. The Daily Star.
- News: Stories of rural lives take up the small screen. 8 January 2013. 27 January 2017. The Daily Star. Shah Alam Shazu.
- News: The Village Engineer on Rtv. 28 January 2016. 27 January 2017. The Daily Star.
- News: Playwright Masum Reza turns novelist. 24 February 2010. 27 January 2017. The Daily Star.
- News: 32nd BACHSAS Awards: A glitzy night. 28 June 2004. 27 January 2017. The Daily Star. Afsar Ahmed.
- News: 'Rural life is the mainstay of my TV plays'-- Masum Reza. 28 November 2004. 27 January 2017. The Daily Star.
- Web site: Meril-Prothom Alo awards for 2005 given. The Daily Star. May 13, 2006. 27 January 2017.