Masum Reza

Masum Reza is a Bangladeshi playwright, television drama and stage play director.[1] He is best known for writing the screenplay of the television drama serial Ronger Manush (2004). In 2016, he won Bangla Academy Literary Award in the drama category.[2] He wrote screenplay for films including Meghla Akash (2002), Molla Barir Bou (2005), Bapjaner Bioscope (2015) and Hason Raja (2017).[3] In 2010, he published two novels.[4]

Masum Reza
মাসুম রেজা
Reza in October 2018
Born
Kushtia, Khulna
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materRajshahi University
OccupationPlaywright
Spouse(s)Selina Shelley

Career

Reza debuted in direction in Chand Alir Documentary, a street play, in Kushtia in 1979.[5] He has been associated with the theater troupe Desh Natok since 1988.[3] His full-fledged stage play is Birsa Kabya.[5] He first wrote the screenplay for the television drama Koitab.[3]

Works
Stage plays
Television dramas
Films
Novels
  • Meen Konna-do (2010)
  • Goalkeeper (2010)[4]

Awards

References
  1. Shah Alam Shazu (January 20, 2017). "Masum Reza: Back to the stage after 17 years". The Daily Star. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  2. "11 get Bangla Academy award". UNB. The Daily Star. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  3. Shah Alam Shazu (5 September 2014). "Expressing powerful emotions on screen". The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. "Playwright Masum Reza turns novelist". The Daily Star. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. "'Rural life is the mainstay of my TV plays'-- Masum Reza". The Daily Star. 28 November 2004. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  6. Saurav Dey (22 August 2014). "Theatre premieres Kuhokjal". The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  7. "Nittapuran : An adapted play from the Mahabharata". The Daily Star. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  8. "New TV serial Megh Rang Meye". The Daily Star. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  9. Shah Alam Shazu (8 January 2013). "Stories of rural lives take up the small screen". The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  10. "The Village Engineer on Rtv". The Daily Star. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  11. Afsar Ahmed (28 June 2004). "32nd BACHSAS Awards: A glitzy night". The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  12. "Meril-Prothom Alo awards for 2005 given". The Daily Star. May 13, 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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