Masum Reza
{{Short description|Bangladeshi writer and director}}
{{infobox person
|name=Masum Reza
|native_name= মাসুম রেজা
|native_name_lang=bn
|image = Masum Reza Portrait.jpg
|caption = Reza in October 2018
|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.{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/tv/masum-reza-back-the-stage-after-17-years-1347802|title=Masum Reza: Back to the stage after 17 years|accessdate=January 27, 2017|date=January 20, 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star|author=Shah Alam Shazu}} 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.{{cite news |title=11 get Bangla Academy award |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/11-honoured-bangla-academy-awards-208660|publisher=The Daily Star |work=UNB|date=28 January 2016 |accessdate=27 January 2017}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/expressing-powerful-emotions-on-screen-40203|title=Expressing powerful emotions on screen|date=5 September 2014|accessdate=27 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Star|author=Shah Alam Shazu}} His full-fledged stage play is Birsa Kabya. He first wrote the screenplay for the television drama Koitab.
Works
;Stage plays
- Surgaon (2017)
- Kuhokjal (2014){{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/a-tale-of-deception-and-disillusionment-38108|title=Theatre premieres Kuhokjal|author=Saurav Dey|date=22 August 2014|accessdate=27 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Star}}
- NityaPurana (2001){{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/07/19/d407191403113.htm|title=Nittapuran : An adapted play from the Mahabharata|date=19 July 2004|accessdate=27 January 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}
;Television dramas
- Ronger Manush (2004)
- Megh Rang Meye (2005){{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/23/d508231403106.htm|title=New TV serial Megh Rang Meye|date=23 August 2005|accessdate=27 January 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}
- Saat Sawdagor (2013){{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-264233|title=Stories of rural lives take up the small screen|date=8 January 2013|accessdate=27 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Star|author=Shah Alam Shazu}}
- The Village Engineer (2016){{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/tv/%E2%80%9Cthe-village-engineer%E2%80%9D-rtv-207727|title=The Village Engineer on Rtv|date=28 January 2016|accessdate=27 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Star}}
;Films
- Meghla Akash (2002)
- Molla Barir Bou (2005)
- Bapjaner Bioscope (2015)
- Hason Raja (2017)
;Novels
Awards
- Bachsas Award (2003){{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/06/28/d406281402119.htm|title=32nd BACHSAS Awards: A glitzy night|date=28 June 2004|accessdate=27 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Star|author=Afsar Ahmed}}
- Zakaria Smrity Padak (2004){{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/11/28/d41128140192.htm|title='Rural life is the mainstay of my TV plays'-- Masum Reza|date=28 November 2004|accessdate=27 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Star}}
- Meril Prothom Alo Awards for Best Playwright (2006){{cite web|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/05/13/d6051301118.htm|title=Meril-Prothom Alo awards for 2005 given|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=May 13, 2006|accessdate=27 January 2017}}
- Bangla Academy Literary Award (2016)
- National Film Awards (Bangladesh) (2017)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|5067975}}
{{Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Story}}
{{Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay}}
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Category:People from Kushtia District
Category:University of Rajshahi alumni
Category:Bangladeshi dramatists and playwrights
Category:Bangladeshi male novelists
Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award
Category:Best Screenplay National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Best Story National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners
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