Faridur Reza Sagar

Faridur Reza Sagar
Native name	ফরিদুর রেজা সাগর
Born	(1955-02-22) February 22, 1955 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Occupation	Writer, film producer, company director
Years active	1966–present
Parent(s)	Fazlul Haque Begum Rabea Khatun
Awards	Bangla Academy Award (2005), Ekushey Padak (2015)

Faridur Reza Sagar (Bengali: ফরিদুর রেজা সাগর) is a Bangladeshi writer and film producer. He is also the managing director of Impress Telefilm Ltd and Channel-i.

In 2005, for his very special contribution for children's literature he was awarded the Bangla Academy Award. Sagar received international acclaim for producing films Forever Flows, On the Wings of Dreams, and many others. He was awarded the Ekusahy Padak in 2015 for his substantial contribution to the field of mass media.

Early life

Sagar was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to fiction writer Begum Rabea Khatun and director Fazlul Haque. Sagar himself played the leading role in Bangladesh's first children's cinema made by his father. Since his childhood he has been involved with many children-friendly TV Shows on Bangladesh Television. He earned fame as a young presenter, program conductor and involving with television program since the inception of Bangladesh Television.

Career

Sagar entered Bangladeshi film industry in 1966 as an actor, portraying lead role in first children's cinema in Bangladesh President. He also started writing literature, some mentionable publications are: A Story Bokk, Meghna-O-Galpa Buro, Meghna and Aladin's lamp, Meghna-O-Eti, Cox's Bazar Kakatua or Television, Jibober Shangee. He has written over fifty books for children. Adventure, mystery, travel, reminiscence, horror, Liberation War, science fiction - these are varieties of genres that he has in his bag of creativity, for children. He has written many scripts and dramas for children as well. He is the man who changed the image of the film industry who has solely produced at least 42 feature films.

While Bangladesh continues to face all sorts of complexities with party politics and rivalry, Sagar is found to be a neutralist. By his initiatives, he has made a neutral ground for open dialogues on Channel-i named Tritiyo Matra which is successfully going on air for the last 6 years. Through this program, he has made a common ground for opinion sharing among the political, economic, social leaders and the mass people. Through such he has made it easier for Bangladeshis around the world to watch their countries affairs on TV as well as express their views. While Tritiyo Matra is just one, over the last decade Sagar has been a lead initiator and patron for hundreds of other remarkable events throughout the country and with a variety of individuals or professionals, beyond media horizons. Though he is also a fine businessman; we see him being more remembered or referred to by the people of all levels of the society, as they say see him as a great man with a huge heart, a true friend and also amazingly innovative!

Awards

In 2005, for his contribution for children's literature he was awarded the Bangla Academy Award. Apart from this, he has received the Agrani Bank Children's Literature Award, Chander Haat Children's Literature Award, and Euro Children's Literature Award. Among film awards, he was awarded the Bangladesh Film Journalists Association (BACHSAS) Award, Cultural Reporters Award, National Film Award, and many national level awards.

Selected filmography

Producer

• Punishment (2004)
• The Alienation (2006)
• Forever Flows (2006)
• Daruchini Dip (2007)
• On the Wings of Dreams (2007)
• Beyond the Circle (2009)
• My Friend Rashed (2009)
• Third Person Singular Number (2009)
• Pleasure Boy Komola (2012)
• The Red Point (2012)
• Uttarer Sur (2012)
• Jalal's Story (2014)
• Krishnopaksho ( কৃষ্ণপক্ষ) (2016)

See also

• Cinema of Bangladesh
• Impress Telefilm Ltd.
• List of Bangladeshi people

External links

• Faridur Reza Sagar at the Internet Movie Database