Nurul Alam Atique (Bengali: নুরুল আলম আতিক) is a Bangladeshi television dramatist, scriptwriter and film-maker.[1][2] Atique received the Bangladesh National Film Award as the best scriptwriter for the full-length feature film Kittonkhola directed by Abu Sayeed. He also received the National Award for Best Scriptwriter for the film Laal Moroger Jhuti, which he directed himself. This film, based on the Liberation War of 1971 in Bangladesh, won four National Awards, including Best Film.[3][4] He also received the Meril-Prothom Alo Awards as the best director and best scriptwriter for his first film Choturtha Matra.[5][6] Peyarar Subash is his recent film got official selection of 45th Moscow International Film Festival leter released in theatre in Bangladesh and available in Chorki.[7][8][9]

Nurul Alam Atique
নুরুল আলম আতিক
NA Atique in 2023
Born31 August 1969
Tangail, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materDhaka University, Film and Television Institute of India
Occupations
  • director
  • screenwriter
Years active1998- present
Notable work
SpouseMatia Banu Shuku
Children3
AwardsBangladesh National Film Award, Meril-Prothom Alo Awards

Early life and education

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Nurul Alam Atique was born in Tangail, Bangladesh. He completed his secondary education at Civil Aviation High School under the Dhaka Board, achieving first division in 1986. He continued his higher secondary education at Government Science College, Dhaka securing first division in 1988. Atique earned his B.A. from Dhaka University in 1992, obtaining a second class.[citation needed]

Atique pursued film literacy courses, completing a film appreciation course at the Chalachitram Film Society in Dhaka in 1993 and another at the Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies in 1994. In 1995, he completed a one-year common course in film-making at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, India.[10][11] [12][13]

Career

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Atique started his career as a computer graphics designer at Xenesys in 1998.[14] He later worked as a motion graphics designer at Eastern Panorama from 1999 to 2000.[15] He worked as a writer and director at Jolchobi Movie Factory from 2000 to 2003 and a production coordinator at Maachranga Productions from 2005 to 2007.[16] In 2021-2022, he served as a project coordinator at Black Mirror Films, and as a writer and director at Pandulipi Karkhana starting in 2008.[17] [18][19]

Personal life

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Nurul Alam Atique is married to Matia Banu Shuku, who is a producer at Pandulipi Karkhana. [20] Banu Shuku often collaborates with Atique as a producer and has her own independent career as a scriptwriter, editor, and filmmaker, primarily working with TV productions.[21] The couple has three children.[22][23]

Workshops, teaching, festival jury participation

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Nurul Alam Atique conducts film workshops, participates in festivals, the film society movement, and serves on juries across Bangladesh. He frequently conducts workshops at institutions like Bangladesh Cinema and Television Institute, Jahangirnagar University, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, and Independent University, Bangladesh.[24] [25] [26] Atique also contributes to the cultural landscape of Bangladesh through his role on film festival juries and award panels, including participation in events like the Liberation DocFest. [27] [28]

Filmography

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Year Title Director Writer Notes
2000 Kittonkhola No Yes 35mm Feature Film, Received Bangladesh National Film Award (best script) Directed by Abu Sayeed
2001 Phoolkumar No Yes 16mm Feature Film, Directed by Ashique Mustafa
2001 Choturtha Matra Yes Yes 78 min. Received Meril-Prothom Alo Awards 2002
2009 Dubshatar (In Too Deep) Yes Yes 92 min. Received Meril-Prothom Alo Awards 2010
2021 Manusher Bagaan (People of the Garden) Yes Yes 84 min. Unreleased
2021 Laal Moroger Jhuti (Call of the Red-rooster) Yes Yes 105 min. Received Bangladesh National Film Award (best film and best script)
2022 Peyarar Subash (The Scent of Sin) Yes Yes 95 min.
Attended in Main Competition, 45th Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, 2023
2025 Laal Yes Yes Received Govt. Grant. Based on the life of painter SM Sultan [29]

OTT productions

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Television productions

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  • Choturtha Matra / Tele Film
  • Cycle er Dana / Tele Film
  • Polayanporbo / Serial
  • Jora Ilish / Tv Drama
  • Bonophul / Tele Film
  • Jaal / TV Drama
  • Labonyo Prova / Mega serial
  • Chiti / TV Series
  • Baro vooter kichha / TV Drama
  • cinderella / TV Drama
  • Odrissho manob / Tele Film
  • Mone-mone / TV Serial
  • Chondrobindu / Non-fiction
  • Ekta Phone kora jabe, plz./ Scriptwriter
  • Everest / Tv Drama
  • Marmaid / Tv Drama
  • Ekta kinle ekta free/ Mega serial
  • Icecream/ TV Drama
  • A journey by boat/ TV Drama
  • Bikol pakhir gaan/ TV Drama
  • Obak Shondesh/ TV Drama
  • Kushumer Cahrpash/ TV Drama
  • Highway/ TV Drama
  • Dalim Kumar/ TV Drama
  • Saifulartish/ TV Drama
  • Golpoguchcho/ TV Series
  • Jadur Shahar/ Mega Serial

Books, journals and publications

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  • Editor, Nree (issues on SM Sultan, Myth etc.)
  • Writer, Notun Cinema Shomoyer Proyojon
  • Writer, Moger Mulluke Firingeer Beshati
  • Writer, Manusher Bagan (Poems)
  • Writer, Sofar Aaaka Sultaner Mukh

Awards and recognitions

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Year Award Work
2002 Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Script-writer) 4th Dimension
2002 Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Director) 4th Dimension
2003 National Award of Films (Bangladesh) (Best Script-writer) Kittankhola
2003 Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Director) Saikeler Dana
2008 Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Script-writer) Ekta Phone Kora Jabe Please
2010 Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Script-writer) [30] Bikol Pakhir Gaan
2010 Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Director) Bikol Pakhir Gaan
2010 Best Script Critics Award: Celebrating Life Bikol Pakhir Gaan
2010 Best Director Critics Award: Celebrating Life Bikol Pakhir Gaan
2011 Best Director: RTV-Diamond Jewellers Award Bikol Pakhir Gaan
2021 National Award Best Script-writer, Bangladesh[31] Laal Moroger Jhuti
2021 National Award Best Film, Bangladesh Laal Moroger Jhuti
2022 Audience Award: 20th Dhaka International Film Festival Laal Moroger Jhuti
2022 Best Story: Amar Vashar Chalachitra DU Film Society Laal Moroger Jhuti
2023 Best Director: 3rd Bangladesh Film Festival Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Laal Moroger Jhuti
2023 Official Selection at 45th edition of the Moscow International Film Festival[32] Peyarar Subash

References

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