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|name=Abdul Jabbar Khan<br />
|native_name=আব্দুল জব্বার খান<br />
|native_name_lang=bn<br />
|birth_date=1916<br />
|birth_place=Masadgaon village, [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now in [[Lohajang Upazila]], [[Munshiganj District]], Bangladesh)<br />
|nationality=Bangladeshi<br />
|occupation=engineer, filmmaker<br />
|alma_mater=[[Ahsanullah School of Engineering]]<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|1993|12|29|1916|df=y}}<br />
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'''Abdul Jabbar Khan''' (1916 – 29 December 1993) was a Bangladeshi filmmaker. He was credited with directing ''[[Mukh O Mukhosh]]'' (1956), the first [[Bengali-language]] film ever made in the then [[East Pakistan]] (currently Bangladesh).<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Khan, Abdul Jabbar|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Abdul_Jabbar |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Ayub Hossain |editor2-first=Ayub|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> The library of [[Bangladesh Film Development Corporation]] was named ''Abdul Jabbar Khan Library'' after him.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Abdul Jabbar khan was born in Masadgoan village in Dhaka-Bikrampur [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now in Lohajang Upazila of Munshiganj District, Bangladesh) in 1916. During his school days, Khan performed in plays like ''"Behula"'', ''"Vishwamangal"'', ''"Satirtha"'', ''"Samajpati"'', ''"Matir Ghar"'', and ''"Sohrab Rustam"''. In 1941, he earned a diploma from [[Ahsanullah School of Engineering]].<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Khan founded ''Kamlapur Dramatic Association''.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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===''Mukh O Mukhosh''===<br />
In 1953, at a cultural program, F. Dossani, a non-[[Bengali people|Bengali]] film producer, remarked that “The climate of this land is not fit for making movies.” Khan then decided to make a film based on his play ''"Dakaat"''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mna.com.bd/press/en/60th-anniversary-mukh-o-mukhosh/|title=60th anniversary of Mukh O Mukhosh|date=3 August 2016|access-date=23 January 2017|publisher=mna.com.bd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202030358/http://www.mna.com.bd/press/en/60th-anniversary-mukh-o-mukhosh/|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Khan released the film in ''Roopmahal Movie Theatre'' in [[Dhaka]] with the title ''Mukh O Mukhosh'' (''The Face and the Mask'') on 3 August 1956.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/12/d50812140197.htm|title=Remembering Mukh O Mukhosh and Abdul Jabbar Khan|author=Karim Waheed|date=12 August 2005|access-date=23 January 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was the director, screenwriter and the lead actor of the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/arcprint/details/10210/2015-08-04|title=Bangladesh Cinema steps into 60 yrs|date=4 August 2015|access-date=23 January 2017|newspaper=The Independent |location=Dhaka}}</ref> <br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''[[Mukh O Mukhosh]]'' (1956)<br />
* ''Joar Elo'' (1962)<br />
* ''Nachghar'' (1963, Urdu)<br />
* ''Banshari'' (1968)<br />
* ''Kanch Kata Hira'' (1970) <br />
* ''Khelaghar'' (1973)<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* Bangladesh Film Journalists Association Award<br />
* FDC Silver Jubilee Medal<br />
* Uttaran Medal<br />
* Hiralala Sen Memorial Medal<br />
* Gold Medal of the Bikrampur Foundation<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|1952690}}<br />
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