103.154.236.67 at 06:41, 23 November 2022

2022-11-23T06:41:46Z

New page

{{short description|Bangladeshi actor and politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=March 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Asaduzzaman Noor
| native_name = আসাদুজ্জামান নূর
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Asaduzzaman Noor Korea 2014.png
| caption = Noor in [[Gwangju]], South Korea (Oct 2014)
| office1 = [[Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Bangladesh)|Minister of Cultural Affairs]]
| primeminister1 = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| predecessor1 = [[Hasanul Haq Inu]]
| term_start1 = 13 January 2014
| term_end1 = 7 January 2019
| successor1 = [[K. M. Khalid]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament#Bangladesh|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency = [[Nilphamari-2]]
| term_start = 10 October 2001
| predecessor = [[Ahsan Ahmed]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|10|31}}
| birth_place = [[Jalpaiguri]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]
| occupation = Actor, cultural activist, politician, reciter
| spouse = Shaheen Akhter
}}

'''Asaduzzaman Noor''' (born 31 October 1946)<ref name=protidin>{{cite news |script-title=bn:আজ আসাদুজ্জামান নূরের জন্মদিন |trans-title=Asaduzzaman Noor's birthday today |url=http://www.bd-pratidin.com/entertainment/2014/10/31/40410 |language=bn |newspaper=BD Pratidin |date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/asaduzzaman-noors-72nd-birthday-today-1654267|title=Asaduzzaman Noor's 72nd birthday today|date=2018-10-31|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/tags/asaduzzaman-noor|title=Asaduzzaman Noor|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi actor, politician and activist. He has been a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from [[Nilphamari-2]] constituency since 2001 and served as the [[Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Bangladesh)|Cultural Affairs Minister]] during 2014–2019.

Noor worked as an actor in theatre, film and television productions. He is best known for his role as [[Baker Bhai]] in the television series ''[[Kothao Keu Nei]]''. His other notable television works include ''[[Ei Shob Din Ratri]]'', ''[[Aaj Robibar]]'', ''[[Ayomoy]]'', ''[[Bohubrihi]]'' and ''[[Nokkhotrer Raat]]''. His notable films are ''[[Shonkhonil Karagar]]'' (1992) and ''[[Aguner Poroshmoni]]'' (1994).

In 2018, Noor was awarded the [[Independence Day Award]], the highest civilian state award in Bangladesh, by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/03/20/asaduzzaman-noor-and-shykh-seraj-to-receive-independence-day-awards|title=Asaduzzaman Noor and Shykh Seraj to receive Independence Day Awards |work=bdnews24.com|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref>

==Early life==
Noor was born in [[Jalpaiguri]] in [[West Bengal]] (now in India) on 31 October 1946 to Abu Nazem Mohammad Ali and Amina.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amarmp.com/mp/30/biography|title=Asaduzzaman Noor -আসাদুজ্জামান নূর Biography|website=Amarmp|language=en|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref> His family migrated to [[Nilphamari District]] in [[East Bengal]] (now in Bangladesh) in 1948.<ref name=neta>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/anandadhara/সাক্ষাৎকার/অভিনেতা-যখন-নেতা-76568|script-title=bn:অভিনেতা যখন নেতা|date=2016-08-22|work=The Daily Star |language=bn|access-date=2019-07-13}}</ref> Both of his parents worked as school teachers.<ref name=neta/> He studied in Nilphamari College, [[Carmichael College]] and the [[University of Dhaka]].<ref name=neta/>

==Career==
===Acting===
[[File:Asaduzzaman Noor - Kolkata 2016-02-02 0545.JPG|thumb|Asaduzzaman Noor in Kolkata.]]
Noor's acting career began with the theatre. In 1973, he joined the theatre group "Nagorik".<ref name="Dhaka Courier">{{cite magazine |title=Momtazuddin Ahmed and Asaduzzaman Noor honoured |url=http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/momtazuddin-ahmed-and-asaduzzaman-noor-honoured/ |magazine=Dhaka Courier |access-date=21 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811144608/http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/momtazuddin-ahmed-and-asaduzzaman-noor-honoured/ |archive-date=11 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a receptionist of the paper "Chitraly" at that time and went to take the interview of the prominent actors that time.<ref name="Dhaka Courier"/> There he met [[Aly Zaker]], an actor of Nagorik, who asked him to visit the rehearsal of his new team. Later he joined that group. At first, he used to work behind the stage as a prompter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dasgupta |first1=Priyanka |title=Bangla min: City theatre reflects changing times |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Bangla-min-City-theatre-reflects-changing-times/articleshow/47559788.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd |access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref> At one point the rehearsal of the drama "Toilo Shonkot" which was written by Rashid Haider was going on, when with only two days remaining until performance day, the leading actor of that drama [[Abul Hayat]] got injured. As Noor had learned all the lines in his role as a prompter, Zaker asked Noor to take the part.<ref name="ds29Nov2006">{{cite news |last1=Kamol |first1=Ershad |title=Asaduzzaman Noor and Faiz Zahir bag awards |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/11/29/d611291401134.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=29 November 2006 |access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref> Following a bit of persuasion from the other cast Noor performed the role and thus began his career as an actor. Noor's first television drama "Rang-er Phanush" was directed by [[Abdullah al Mamun (actor)|Abdullah al Mamun]] in 1974.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-47226|title=Asaduzzaman Noor and the leading ladies|date=25 July 2008|access-date=11 August 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star|first=Nadia|last=Sarwat}}</ref><ref name="pa8Sep2005">"Onek Din Por", ''Prothom Alo''. 8 September 2005.</ref>

Noor got his break-through in acting during his early days as a [[Bangladesh Television]] dramatic artist and has since starred in many television shows and films.

In 2018, Noor returned to the stage with his long-term acting partner, Zaker, in a Bengali adaptation of [[Bertolt Brecht|Bertolt Brecht's]] play [[Life of Galileo|The Life of Galileo]] about the 17th Century polymath [[Galileo Galilei]]. The role of Galileo was played by Zaker with Noor playing a number of supporting roles. The play ran for a limited number of performances in Dhaka's [[Bailey Road, Dhaka|Bailey Road]].

===Politics===
[[File:Asadujjaman Nur (5) (cropped).JPG|left|180px|thumb|Noor in 2014.]]
Noor came to politics during the period of [[Field Marshal Ayub Khan|Ayub Khan]] in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gunijon.com/asaduzzaman-noor.html |title=Asaduzzaman Noor |website=gunijon.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012005554/http://www.gunijon.com/246824692509247924882498246825092480.html |archive-date=12 October 2013 |access-date=21 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a student and had joined the East Pakistan Students' Union, which was a left-sided organisation. Later he became the chairman of the ''Nilfamari Mohokuma Shomeetee''.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} In 1966, he was admitted to [[Dhaka University]] to study law, where he met [[Natyaguru]] [[Nurul Momen]] as his teacher. He was still a member of the Students' Union. Later he became the cultural secretary of the central committee. He also was the chairman of the Shongskriti Shongshod, a very large cultural organisation of Dhaka University.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} Noor stayed in the Iqbal Hall (now Johurul Huq hall) which was the centre of student politics during that period. At that time Noor came in contact with the versatile student leaders of that time. Though the followers of different political belief they worked together against the dictatorship of West Pakistan government.

At the eve of [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], Noor left Dhaka and came back to [[Nilphamari District]] when he received an order from his political party on 8 March 1971. There he helped the then East Pakistan Rifles (now [[Border Guards Bangladesh]]). He crossed the border during the War of Liberation on 8 April. Noor was a freedom fighter under the Sector-6 and helped to organise the war and took training. He also helped to recruit freedom fighters during the nine-month war period. But following the liberation of Bangladesh he grew more distant with active politics. However, later Noor became active in the [[1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh|1990 Mass Uprising]] against the military leader [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad|Ershad]].

In 1996, Noor was asked by the [[Bangladesh Awami League]] leader and future Prime Minister, [[Sheikh Hasina]], to run as an Awami League candidate in the upcoming parliamentary election. However, claiming he was not yet ready, he postponed participation until the subsequent general election in 2001, running in his home-town, Nilphamari. In the [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001 general election]] Noor was elected as the Member of Parliament for [[Nilphamari-2]], a constituency in the north-west, where he won with 38% of the popular vote. In the subsequent [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]] Noor was re-elected, increasing his vote share to 62%. In 2013, his election convoy in Nilphamari was attacked by activists of [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]], causing the deaths of five people.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bilu |first1=Hasibur Rahman |title=Asaduzzaman Noor's car attacked, 5 dead |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/dec/14/asaduzzaman-nur%E2%80%99s-car-attacked |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref> Noor ran unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]], as the election was boycotted by the opposition alliance. He was elected for a fourth consecutive time in the [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018 general election]] for Nilphamari-2.

In 2014, Noor was appointed to the [[Third Sheikh Hasina Cabinet|Cabinet]] by the Prime Minister, [[Sheikh Hasina]], as Minister for the [[Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Cultural Affairs]]. He served a full term as Minister but was dropped from the subsequent Cabinet formed in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/the-awami-league-big-shots-dropped-new-cabinet-members-1683757|title=The AL big shots dropped|date=2019-01-06|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref>

=== Other activities ===

Noor is an elocutionist known for his poetry and prose recitation and his oration.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/perspective/asaduzzaman-noor-turns-70-1306777|title=ASADUZZAMAN NOOR TURNS 70|date=2016-10-31|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2018-12-26}}</ref> He has lent his voice to numerous television shows as a narrator and to advertisements.

Noor is the former Vice Chairman at Asiatic Three Sixty and the former managing director at Desh Television, but resigned from these posts when assuming his role a Minister.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/03/31/asiatic-clarifies1|title=Asiatic clarifies |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2018-12-26}}</ref> He is also a trustee at the Bangladesh [[Liberation War Museum]].

==Works==

===Television===
* ''[[Ei Shob Din Ratri]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Ayomoy]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Bohubrihi]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Kothao Keu Nei]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Nokkhotrer Raat]]'' (1995)
* ''Priyo Podorekha'' (1992)
* ''[[Aaj Robibar]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Ke Hotey Chay Kotipoti]]'' (2011)
* ''Osthir Somoy Shostir Golpo: Hotel Albatross'' (2017)

===Films===
* ''Hooliya'' (1984)
* ''[[Shonkhonil Karagar]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Aguner Poroshmoni]]'' (1994)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaudhuri |first1=Dibyajyoti |title=I miss all the fun: Asaduzzaman Noor |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/I-miss-all-the-fun-Asaduzzaman-Noor/articleshow/12686070.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd |access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref>
* ''[[Chandrokotha]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Daruchini Dip]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Biography of Nazrul]]'' (2020), as a narrator
* ''[[Joy Banglar Dhoni]]''{{dagger}} (2022)

===Web series===
*''[[Unoloukik (Bangladeshi TV Series)|Unoloukik]]''

==Awards==
* Shahid Munier Chowdhury Award (2006)<ref name="ds29Nov2006" />
* Syed Badruddin Hossain Memorial Award (2015)<ref name="Dhaka Courier"/>
* World Theatre Day Award (2015)<ref>{{cite news |title=World Theatre Day observed in Dhaka, Ctg |url=http://newagebd.net/106789/world-theatre-day-observed-in-dhaka-ctg/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |date=29 March 2015 |access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref>
* [[Independence Day Award]], (2018)

== Personal life ==
Noor is married to Shaheen Akhter, a professor of paediatric neurology in [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University]] and the director of the Institute of Paediatric Neurodisorder and Autism (IPNA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bsmmu.edu.bd/?page=menu&content=152990588427|title=Institute of Paediatric Neurodisorder and Autism (IPNA) - BSMMU|website=www.bsmmu.edu.bd|access-date=2018-12-26}}</ref> Together they have a son, Shudeepto, and a daughter, Shuprova.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/deshi-grapevine/shuprova-tasneem-ties-the-knot-1462693|title=Shuprova Tasneem Ties the Knot!|date=16 September 2017|access-date=22 September 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{IMDb name|0634769}}

{{Bengali theatre}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Noor, Asaduzzaman}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:People from Jalpaiguri district]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi actor-politicians]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi male film actors]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi male television actors]]
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi male actors]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi male stage actors]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]
[[Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Cultural Affairs ministers of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Carmichael College alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century Bengalis]]
[[Category:21st-century Bengalis]]

Asaduzzaman Noor - Revision history

103.154.236.67 at 06:41, 23 November 2022