Film Director And Producer Chashi Nazrul Islam Self-History

Early life and career
Islam was born on 23 October 1941 at Shomoshpur village in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj to Mosleh Uddin Khan and Shayesta Khanom. He was the eldest among four brothers and three sisters. His father was a service holder at Jamshedpur, India. At the age of 16, his father died. He got a job at the office of his uncle, the then auditor general of Pakistan. He was a member of the theatre organisation Krishti Sangha.

After he got laid off from that job, he started to perform on radio programs in 1965. He directed and voiced popular radio dramas like Ramer Sumoti (1965), Socrates (1966), and Sokhina Birongona (1974). Chashi started his career in visual media in 1964 when he had the opportunity to work on television program through audition. He worked as assistant director on the film Dui Digonto, directed by Obaidur Rahman. Later he assisted Fateh Lohani.

He participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. After Bangladesh achieved independence, he made the first film on the subject of the liberation war, Ora Egaro Jon. His last movies were Antaranga Released in 2015 & Bhul jodi Hoi 2015, where he Launched Alisha Pradhan in Dhallywood but ironically he could be part of the release.

Awards

Year	Award Title	Category	Film
2009	Bachsas Awards	Life Time Achievement
2005	International Kalakar Award	Best Director	–
2005	BCRA Award	Best Director	–
2004	Ekushey Padak	Best Director	-
2003	Binodan Bichitra Award	Best Director	–
2003	Indo-Bangla Kala Music Award	Zahir Raihan Lifetime Achievement Award	-
2003	Trab Award		–
2003	Genesis Nazrul Honorary Award		–
2003	CJFB Award	Best Director	–
1997	National Film Awards	Best Director	Hangor Nodi Grenade
1997	Tarokalok Award		-
1995	Bangladesh Social Welfare Award
1995	Zahir Raihan Gold Medal
1995	Jagadish Chandra Basu Gold Medal
1989	Bangladesh Film Critics Award	Best Director	Biraha Byatha
1989	Cine Directorial Social Welfare Award
1989	Bangladesh National Youth Organisation Federation Award
1988	Sher-e-Bangla Memorial Award
1987	National Film Awards	Best Director	Shuvoda
1985	Cine Directorial Associates
1974	Bachsas Awards	Best Director	Songram

Death

At 73 Islam died of liver cancer at the Labaid Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh on January 11, 2015.