Tele Samad | |
Native Name: | টেলি সামাদ |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Birth Date: | 8 January 1945 |
Birth Place: | Munshiganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Occupation: | Actor |
Tele Samad (8 January 1945 – 6 April 2019) was a Bangladeshi actor.[1] He acted in over 600 films.[2]
Samad studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka.[1]
Samad made his debut in 1973 film Kar Bou, directed by Nazrul Islam.[2] He got his breakthrough in the film Noyonmoni, directed by Amjad Hossain.[2] He also performed as a playback singer in more than 50 films.[1] He served as the music director of the film Mona Pagla.[1]
Samad suffered from different medical complications including kidney and heart problems and infections in his leg and had undergone a leg operation.[3] He died on 6 April 2019 at the age of 74.[4] [5]