ATM Shamsuzzaman no longer exists

ATM Shamsuzzaman no longer exists. He died at his home in Sutrapur, Old Dhaka, around 9 am on Saturday (Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilahi Raziun). The actor’s younger brother, Saleh Zaman Selim, confirmed this information to NTV Online.

The popular actor was admitted to the hospital at different times for physical complications.

ATM Shamsuzzaman, one of the most popular actors in Bangladesh, was simultaneously director, narrator, screenwriter, dialogue writer and storyteller. He has won the National Film Award more than once for his performance. He received the Ekushey Padak in 2015 for his contribution to the arts.

ATM Shamsuzzaman was born on September 10, 1941 at Nanabari in Daulatpur, Noakhali. The people’s house was Barbari from Bholakot in Laxmipur district and Devendra Nath Das Lane from Old Dhaka lived in Dhaka. He studied at Pogoj School, Collegiate School, Loknath High School, Rajshahi. His father Nuruzzaman was a very well known lawyer and used to do politics with Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque. Mother Nurunnesa Begum. Shamsuzzaman was the oldest of five brothers and three sisters.

ATM Shamsuzzaman began his film career in 1981 as an assistant director on director Udayan Chowdhury’s ‘Bisakanya’. He wrote the first story and the screenplay for the movie ‘Jalchhabi’. The director of that film was Narayan Ghosh Mita, through this film the actor Farooq debuted. ATM Shamsuzzaman has written over a hundred scripts and stories. He began his film career as a comedian at the beginning. He came to the screen as an actor in 1975. He came to the fore in 1986 playing the role of Khal in “Nayanamani” by filmmaker Amjad Hossain. ‘Who is responsible?’ Directed by Kazi Hayat in 1986. He received the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in a movie. In 2019, he received the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ from the 2016 National Film Awards from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.