| Muhammad Khasru | |
| Birth Date: | 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Hooghly, West Bengal |
| Occupation: | Writer, activist |
Muhammad Khasru (1946 – 19 February 2019) was a Bangladeshi journalist and activist who pioneered the film society movement in the country.[1] He played an important role in establishing the Federation of Film Societies of Bangladesh in 1973 and Bangladesh Film Archive in 1978.[2] [3]
Khasru was born in 1946 at Hooghly district of West Bengal, India.[3] [2] His father worked at the Hooghly Jute Mill. But after the communal riots broke out in India, his family migrated to Dhaka in the 1950s.[4] They settled in their ancestral home at Mohonpur village in Keraniganj Upazila of Dhaka district.[2] [5]
Works and writing: Bangladesher Cholochitro Songsod Andolon, Dhrupadi (an edited works).