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Today, on the death anniversary of Fazlul Haque, the ‘Fazlul Haque Memorial Award’ 2022 will be given at 12 noon at Channel-i Studio. This year’s award goes to film director Delwar Jahan Jhantu and film journalist Abdullah Zeyad. The prize money is Tk 25,000 each, a letter of appreciation and a crest. Bangladesh Film Development Corporation named its main auditorium as ‘Fazlul Haque Memorial Auditorium’ to pay tribute to the veteran.
To remember the veteran, every year Fazlul Haque Smriti Committee distributes two awards in the categories of film journalism and film direction for the finest works. The award was introduced by renowned litterateur Rabeya Khatun, wife of Fazlul Haque, in 2004.
Fazlul Haque—the pioneer of Bangladesh’s film journalism, editor of first film newspaper ‘Cinema’ and director of the first children’s film ‘President’, was born to an aristocratic family in Bogra on May 26 in 1930.
To note, noted litterateur Rabeya Khatun is the wife of Fazlul Haque and his elder son Faridur Reza Sagor is a renowned children litterateur, media personality and managing director of Impress Telefilm and Channel i. His younger son architect Farhadur Reza Prabal, once popular anchor of Bangladesh Television, is currently living in Australia. Fazlul Haque’s elder daughter Keka Ferdousi is an eminent culinary expert and Farhana Mahmud Kakoli is his younger daughter.
Fazlul Haque died on October 26 in 1990.
