Chashi Nazrul Islam is a Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

i film director and producer. He was born in October 23, 1941 in Bikrampur, Dhaka.

Chashi's father was a service holder at Jamshedpur, India. Chashi always wanted to be a hero like Dilip Kumar

Dilip Kumar

Dilip Kumar , is an Indian actor and a former Member of Parliament.He lives in Pali Hill, Bandra in Mumbai, India. He is commonly known as "Tragedy King",and is described as "the ultimate method actor" by Satyajit Ray....

. He often sold his own books, even stole friends' books to sell so he could manage money to watch movies. At the age of 16, his father died. He got a job at the office of his uncle, the auditor general of Pakistan. He was irregular in office. Instead, he was working on cultural programs. He was a member of theatre organisation Krishti Sangha.

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

He participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War

Bangladesh Liberation War

The Bangladesh Liberation War was an armed conflict pitting East Pakistan and India against West Pakistan. The war resulted in the secession of East Pakistan, which became the independent nation of Bangladesh....

 in 1971. After Bangladesh got independence, he made the first film on liberation war Ora Egaro Jon.

Filmography

• Ora Egaro Jon, 1972
• Sangram, 1974
• Bhalo Manush, 1975
• Bajimat, 1978
• Devdas, 1982
• Chandrakotha, 1985
• Shuvoda, 1986
• Lady Smuggler, 1986
• Mia Bhai, 1987
• Behula Lakhindar, 1987
• Biraha Betha, 1988
• Mahajuddha, 1988
• Basona, 1989
• Danga Fasad, 1990
• Padma Meghna Jamuna, 1991
• Desh Jati Zia, 1993
• Ajker Protibad, 1995
• Shilpi, 1995
• Hangor Nodi Grenade, 1995
• Hasan Raja, 2001
• Kamalpurer Juddha, 2002
• Megher Pore Megh, 2004
• Shasti
  Shasti (film)
  Shasti olso is a Bangladeshi Bengali language Film. The film presented by HSBC Bank Bangladesh. Released was 2004 in allover Bangladesh.-Cast:* Ilyas Kanchan as Dukhiram* Campa as Radha* Riaz as Chhidam* Purnima as Chandora...
  
  , 2005
• Shuva, 2005
• Drubhatara, 2006
• Devdas
  Devdas (2011 film)
  Devdas is an upcoming Bengali film based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novella Devdas. This is the second Bengali version and the first colour film version of the story in Bangla...
  
  , 2011 (2nd Time)

Awards

• Ekushey Padak
  Ekushey Padak
  Ekushey Padak is one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952 that took place on February 21, 1952.-2001:*Shah Abdul Karim...
  
  , 2004
• National Film Award, 1986, 1997
• Trab Award, 2003
• International Kalakar Award, 2005
• CJFB Award
• Bangladesh Film Critics Award, 1989
• Zahir Raihan Gold Medal, 1995
• Tarokalok Award, 1997
• BCRA Award, 2005
• Genesis Nazrul Honorary Award, 2003
• Binodan Bichitra Award, 2003
• Bangladesh Social Welfare Award, 1995
• Cine Directorial Social Welfare Award, 1989
• Bangladesh Cine Journalist Association Award, 1974
• Jagadish Chandra Basu Gold Medal, 1995
• Bangladesh National Youth Organisation Federation Award, 1989
• Sher-e-Bangla Memorial Award, 1988
• Cine Directorial Associates, 1985