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Tareque Masud (6 December 1956 – 13 August 2011) was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist.

  • Masud, Tareque (1956-2011) a noted filmmaker of Bangladesh, was born on 6 December 1956 in Nurpur Village under Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district.
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  • Tareque Masud is a filmmaker based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Masud was born in 1956 at Nurpur village under Bhanga upazila in Faridpur.

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    Tareque Masud

    Bangladeshi film director

    Tareque Masud (6 December 1956 – 13 August 2011) was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist.[1] He first found success with the films Muktir Gaan (1995) and Matir Moina (2002), for which he won three international awards, including the International Critics' FIPRESCI Prize, in the Directors' Fortnight at 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The film became Bangladesh's first film to compete for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

    Masud died in a road accident on 13 August 2011 while returning to Dhaka from Manikganj on the Dhaka-Aricha highway after visiting a filming location.[3] Masud was working on Kagojer Phool (The Paper Flower).[4][5]

    In 2012, he posthumously received Ekushey Padak, the second highest civilian award of Bangladesh.[6] In 2013, New York University Asian/Pacific/American Institute, and South Asia Soli