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{{Short description|Bangladeshi film director}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Chashi Nazrul Islam
| native_name = চাষী নজরুল ইসলাম
| native_name_lang = bn
|image = File:Zafor Firoze and Chashi.jpg
| caption = Chashi Nazrul Islam with Director Zafor Firoze
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1941|10|11}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|1|11|1941|10|11}}
| birth_place = Shomoshpur, [[Sreenagar Upazila|Sreenagar]], [[Munshiganj District|Munshiganj]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| spouse = {{marriage|Kaniz Salma Islam|1969}}
| years_active = 1963–2014
| occupation = Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
| nationality = Bangladeshi
}}
'''Chashi Nazrul Islam''' (11 October 1941 – 11 January 2015)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/chashi-nazrul-passes-away-59508|title=Chashi Nazrul passes away|date=12 January 2015|work=The Daily Star|access-date=18 September 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref name=memory>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/chashi-nazrul-islam-loving-memory-199960|title=Chashi Nazrul Islam - In loving memory|date=11 January 2016|work=The Daily Star|access-date=18 September 2018|language=en}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi film director and producer. He won [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director]] twice for the films [[Shuvoda]] (1986) and [[Hangor Nodi Grenade]] (1997).<ref name=nfa>{{cite web|url=http://www.fdc.gov.bd/site/page/f3bb17fe-d9ad-4b61-bd8a-5824262691ad/১৯৭৫-২০১২|script-title=bn:জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২)|language=bn|trans-title=List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)|access-date=25 March 2019|publisher=Bangladesh Film Development Corporation|work=Government of Bangladesh}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2004 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==
Islam was born on 23 October 1941 at Shomoshpur village in [[Sreenagar Upazila]] of [[Munshiganj District|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''.<ref name=memory/> After Islam got laid off from that job, he started to perform on radio programs in 1965.

Islam's brother in law Syed Awal, who was the chief assistant of director [[Fateh Lohani]], introduced him to Lohani.<ref name=memory/> He was first cast in a minor acting role in Asiya (1961).<ref name=memory/> He got his breakthrough as an assistant director to [[Obaidul Huq]] in the film Dui Diganto (1964).<ref name=memory/> At the same time, he directed and voiced radio dramas including Ramer Sumoti, Socrates and Sakhina Birangana.<ref name=memory/>

Islam served as the chairman of the Bangladesh Film Director's Association, as a member of the censor board and of the joint production committee.<ref name=memory/>

== Death ==
At age 73, Islam died of [[liver cancer]] at the Labaid Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11 January 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Noted filmmaker Chashi Nazrul passes away|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/noted-filmmaker-chashi-nazrul-passes-away-59387|access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref> Two of his films released after his death, Ontorongo (6 December 2015) and Bhul Jodi Hoy (8 January 2016).<ref name=memory/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0e0e6; text-align:center;"
!'''Year '''
! style="width:25;" | '''Film'''!! style="width:30;"|'''Notes'''
|-
|1972
|''[[Ora Egaro Jon]]''||First film on [[Bangladeshi Liberation War]]
|-
|1974
| ''[[Sangram (1974 film)|Sangram]]'' ||
|-
|1975
| ''Bhalo Manush'' ||
|-
|1978
| ''Bajimat'' ||
|-
|1982
| ''Devdas'' ||
|-
|1985
| ''Chandrakotha'' ||
|-
|1986
|''[[Shuvoda]]'' ||
|-
|1986
| ''Lady Smuggler'' ||
|-
|1987
| ''Miah Bhai''||
|-
|1987
| ''Behula Lakhindar'' ||
|-
|1988
| ''Biraha Betha'' ||
|-
|1988
| ''Mahajuddha'' ||
|-
|1989
| ''Basona'' ||
|-
|1990
| ''Danga Fasad'' ||
|-
|1991
| ''Padma Meghna Jamuna'' ||
|-
|1993
|''Desh Jati Zia'' || Documentary
|-
|1995
| ''Ajker Protibad''||
|-
|1995
| ''Shilpi''||
|-
|1997
| ''[[Hangor Nodi Grenade]]''||
|-
|2001
| ''Hason Raja''||
|-
|2002
| ''Kamalpurer Juddha''||
|-
|2004
| ''[[Megher Pore Megh]]''||
|-
|2004
| [[Shasti (film)|''Shasti'']]||
|-
|2006
| [[Shubha (film)|''Shuva'']]||
|-
|2006
| '' Dhrubotara ''||<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-95567|title=Subarno Kazi: Carrying on the legacy of Nazrul|date=5 July 2009|work=The Daily Star|access-date=18 September 2018|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|''Dui Purush''
|
|-
|2013
| [[Devdas (2013 film)|''Devdas'']]|| Remake
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Antaranga (film)|Antaranga]]'' || Cast: [[Mamnun Hasan Emon]], Debut film of [[Alisha Pradhan]]
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Bhul Jodi Hoi]]'' || Cast: [[Mamnun Hasan Emon]], [[Alisha Pradhan]], [[Samraat (actor)|Samraat]]
|-
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0d0e7; text-align:center;"
! style="width:9%;"|'''Year'''
! style="width:25%;"| '''Award Title '''
! style="width:12%;"| '''Category'''
! style="width:16%;"|'''Film'''
|-
|2009 || [[Bachsas Awards]] || Life Time Achievement<ref>{{cite news|script-title=bn:বাচসাস চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার পেলেন রাজ্জাক-কবরী জুটি|newspaper=Kaler Kantho|date=27 December 2014|url=http://www.kalerkantho.com/online/entertainment/2014/12/27/168306 |language=bn |access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref>||
|-
| 2005 || International Kalakar Award || Best Director || –
|-
| 2005 || BCRA Award ||Best Director || –
|-
| 2004 || [[Ekushey Padak]] || Contribution to Bangladeshi films || –
|-
| 2003 || Binodan Bichitra Award ||Best Director || –
|-
| 2003 || Indo-Bangla Kala Music Award || Zahir Raihan Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{cite news|title=Bridging the cultural divide: Indo-Bangla Kala Music Award 2003 held in New York|author=Shilpi Mahalanobish|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/04/23/d40423140287.htm|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=23 April 2004|access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref> || –
|-
| 2003 || Trab Award || || –
|-
| 2003 || Genesis Nazrul Honorary Award || || –
|-
| 2003 || CJFB Award ||Best Director || –
|-
| 1997 || [[National Film Award (Bangladesh)|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 (Bangladesh)|National Film Awards]] || Best Director || Shuvoda
|-
| 1985 || Cine Directorial Associates || ||
|-
| 1974 || Bachsas Awards || Best Director || Songram
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb Name|2612251}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111021060049/http://munshigonj.com/Famous/Chasi/DilipKumarChasi.htm Chashi Nazrul Islam, Munshigonj]
* [http://www.gunijan.org.bd/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=33 Chashi Nazrul Islam, Gunijon]

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[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]

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