
Humayun Ahmed
Writing
Biography
Humayun Ahmed was a prominent Bangladeshi writer, dramatist, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He is considered as the greatest writer of his generation. Humayun Ahmed directed films based on his own stories. His first film, Aguner Poroshmoni (1994), based on the Bangladesh Liberation War, won the 19th Bangladesh National Film Awards in a total of eight categories, including the awards for the Best Film and the Best Director.Another film Shyamal Chhaya (2005) was also based on the same war.His last directed film, Ghetuputra Kamola (2012), the story of a teenage boy, was set in the British colonial period. Shyamol Chhaya and Ghetuputra Kamola were selected as the Bangladeshi entries for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006 and 2012 respectively, but were not nominated. In 2009, Ahmed appeared as one of two judges for the reality television music competition show Khudey Gaanraaj.
Known For

On a foggy winter journey, the Bonolota Express carries strangers burdened by secrets whose lives begin to collide within the train’s confined corridors. As the night unfolds, personal and political crises erupt, exposing hidden grief, moral decay, and moments of unexpected compassion amid chaos and revolt. By dawn, the train moves on, leaving its passengers irrevocably changed by a single journey where illusions collapse and human truths emerge.
Bonolota Express

A 90's iconic slice of life genre drama directed by the famous Novelist of Bangladesh, Humayun Ahmed, based on his own novel, Nokkhotrer Raat (Starry Night), centered around the ups and downs of a middle class family of six, casting Abul Hayat, Asaduzzaman Nur, Sarah Zaker, Shomi Kayser and many popular faces from the 90's. The story starts by showing a typical day of a middle class family and it unfolds by revealing different chapters that a family goes through, from day to day life, thereby unfolding an extraordinary tale of love, sorrow, struggle, crisis, heart break, sudden demise, and above all, unity and integrity, out of a seemingly ordinary family.
Nokkhotrer Raat

A TV adaptation of the famous novel with the same name by Humayun Ahmed, focusing on Mr. Sobhan and his family.
Bohubrihi

Kothao Keu Nei was one of the most popular drama serials ever aired on Bangladesh Television. The story was written by Humayun Ahmed. perhaps it is the most popular drama serial in Bangldesh's history ever.At the end of this drama the character " BAKER VAI" was sentenced to death.To stop the execution of innocent "BAKER VAI"S death, people came on street and brought out a procession against this injustice.May be it is a rare case in world's history either. He also wrote a book with the same title. The character" BAKER VAI"from the serial became a legend.In 1990 this drama serial 1st aired on Bangladesh Television.
Kothao Keu Nei

A british bangladeshi returns to his country to learn and write about village singing group in bangladesh . He stays in the group leader and his daughter in their house. While trying to learn about the group he learns about the entire village and the culture.
Urey Jai Bok Pokkhi

A girl with extraordinary powers goes to a psychiatrist for a solution. Debi: Misir Ali Prothombar or simply Debi is a 2018 Bangladeshi supernatural thriller film based on Humayun Ahmed's novel of the same name. It is directed by Anam Biswas, starring Chanchal Chowdhury as Misir Ali, Jaya Ahsan, Iresh Zaker, Animesh Aich, and Sabnam Faria.
Debi

The sitcom revolves around the day to day life of an eccentric household consisting of a grandfather, his three socially in-adept sons, two granddaughters, a boarder, the male-servant and the maid. From the eldest brother who remains a bachelor and plays chess with himself, to the servant who tries to peek in through a key-hole and gets squirted with ink on a daily basis, this show is thoroughly entertaining.
Aaj Robibar

A girl living in a jungle near a village possesses some psychic power. He established some sort of telekinetic communication with a village boy who starts calling her 'mother'. A professor from the capital came to know about her and tries to understand her power. One of his relative who has higher degrees on psychology from abroad tried but failed miserably.
Kala Koitor
Translated as "The man who would not die", Ayomoy was a popular Bangladeshi TV serial, written by Humayun Ahmed and originally aired on Bangladesh television. Blending fact with fiction it is set in the period of British raj, the story centres around a declining Bengali zamindar family .
Ayomoy

University students aspire to visit a beach named Saint Martin.
Daruchini Dwip

The second movie directed by Humayun Ahmed. Revolving around a folk singer, his love interest and the local aristocratic family's involvement, the movie offered some beautiful folk songs like Amar Gaye Joto Dukhkho Shoy by Bari Siddiqui. Golam Mustafa, Zahid Hasan, Mahfuz, Mukti and Shaon played the main characters in the film.
Srabon Megher Din

An old landlord wants to spend his last days with his family but they don't want to come to his place, so he mimics his own death to bring them.
Noy Number Bipod Shongket

A teenager falls in love with her father's servant.
Amar Ache Jol

The struggles of a middle class family in Dhaka.
Shonkhonil Karagar

A mysterious stranger befriends a middle class family.
Dui Duari

A teenage boy is hired along with the music group of his father by a Zamindar (landlord) for entertaining him until the annual flood is over in the Haor region of East Bengal. But the boy finds out that he has to do something more than the rest of the members of the group are required- he has to satisfy the landlord sensually as well. The wife of the landlord cannot stand this new 'rival' of hers and conspires to kill the boy.
Pleasure Boy Komola

All sorts of character get on board a bus bound for Teknaf, Cox's Bazar on a pleasure trip organized by a new travel company named Somudro Bilash Private Limited, owned by Mr. Rafiq.
Somudro Bilash Private Limited

A young man from a village visits the city and gets entangled in the drama of his host family. Nuruzzaman comes to Dhaka to try to find sponsors who will donate money to build a girl's school back in his home village. He stays with Tithi and her family in Dhaka.
Tithi's Blue Towel

A Hindu man caught in the midst of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 risks his life to see his sister.
A Day in the Life of Anil Bagchi

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