Ferdousi Mazumder (Template:Nee; born 18 June 1943)[1] is a Bangladeshi film, television and stage actress. She was awarded Ekushey Padak (1998, Independence Day Award and Ekushey Padak (2020) by the Government of Bangladesh.[2] As of 2009, on stage she has given over 1200 performances of about 35 plays, mostly for her own group, Theatre.[1]
Early life
Mazumder was an intermediate student of Eden College.[1] She earned her master's degree in both Bengali and Arabic from the University of Dhaka.Template:Citation needed
Career
Mazumder started her drama career through her brother, Munier Chowdhury, a playwright and novelist.[1] She first acted in the drama Daktar Abdullahar Karkhana, written by Shawkat Osman, which was a production of the then Iqbal Hall of the University of Dhaka.[1] Ferdousi also acted at the very first televised drama of Bangladesh Television, Ektala Dotala (1964).[1] Over the years, she performed in plays like Kokilara, a one-woman play, Eka, a one-character non-verbal play, Tamoshi, written by Nilima Ibrahim and others.[1] She directed five stage plays including Meherjan Arekbar, Tahara Tokhono, Chithi and Dui Bon.[1]
After the independence of Bangladesh, in 1972, a group of Chhatra Shikkhak Natya Goshthi members formed a theatre troupe calling it Theatre. Majumdar was one of the founding members of the troupe.[1]
Personal life
Mazumder is married to Ramendu Majumdar since around 1970.[3][4] Together they have a daughter, Tropa Mazumder. Her father, Khan Bahadur Abdul Halim Chowdhury, was a district magistrate. Her brother Munier Chowdhury was an intellectual. Another brother, Kabir Chowdhury, was a professor and intellectual.[5]
Awards
- Independence Day Award (2020)[6]
- Ekushey Padak (1998)
- William Kerry Award (1998)
- Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award for Best Actor (1978)
- First National TV Award for Best Acting (1975)
- Sequence Award of Merit for performance in TV for a decade[1]
Works
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Holding Her Audience Captive. The Daily Star(19 June 2009). Retrieved 19 November 2022.
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- ↑ Personal Musings. The Daily Star(2021-06-30). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ↑ Ferdausi Majumdar - Tale of the Thespian(19 November 2016). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
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- ↑ 10 named for Independence Award. New Age. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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