Tareque Masud

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tareque Masud
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Dec 6, 1956(1956-12-06)
Age	68
Date Of Death	2011-08-13
Birthplace	Bhanga Upazila
Country	Bangladesh
Birth City	Dhaka
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Tareque Masud Biography

Tareque Masud is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on December 6, 1956 in Bhanga Upazila, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladeshi actor from the film that won awards Matir Moina Runway.

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Tareque Masud (6 December 1956 – 13 August 2011) was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist. He first found success with the films Muktir Gaan (1995) and Matir Moina (2002), for which he won three international awards, including the International Critics’ FIPRESCI Prize, in the Directors’ Fortnight section outside competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. The film became Bangladesh’s first film to compete for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Tareque was involved in the film society movement from his university days and started his first film, Adam Surat (The Inner Strength), a documentary on the Bangladeshi painter SM Sultan, in 1982. His 1995 feature-length documentary on the 1971 Liberation War, Muktir Gaan (Song of Freedom), brought record audiences and became a cult classic. He also made many other films on the war, including Muktir Kotha (Words of Freedom, 1999), Narir Kotha (Women and War, 2000) and Naroshundor (The Barbershop, 2009). In 2002, he completed his feature film Matir Moina (The Clay Bird), which was based on his childhood experience in the madrassa.

The couple, who were married for a long time, Catherine Shapere had a son named Nishad.

Tareque Masud Net Worth

Tareque Masud is one of the richest Director from Bangladesh. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tareque Masud 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated with a master’s degree in the field of history at Dhaka’s University of Dhaka after studying at Notre Dame College.

His film Ontarjatra received a Best Direction award at the International Film Festival Bangladesh in 2006.

Masud was born on 6 December 1956 in Nurpur village, Bhanga Upazila, Faridpur District, East Pakistan. He grew up in Nurpur village and started his education in an Islamic school (madrasah). He studied in the madrassa system for eight years, until the upheaval brought about by the 9-month Liberation War interrupted his education in 1971. After the war, he entered general education, completing his HSC from Adamjee Cantonment College and completed his master’s degree in History from the University of Dhaka.

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Who is Tareque Masud Dating?

According to our records, Tareque Masud married to Catherine Masud. As of December 1, 2023, Tareque Masud’s is not dating anyone.

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His first full-length feature film, Matir Moina (“The Clay Bird”, 2002) which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, derives inspiration from his own childhood experiences. He won the International Critic’s Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002 for this film, as well as the FIPRESCI Prize for Directors’ Fortnight for “its authentic, moving and delicate portrayal of a country struggling for its democratic rights.” Matir Moina was received with critical praise and toured the international circuit. It was one of the first Bangladeshi films to be widely circulated and was greeted with enthusiasm for its realistic depiction of life without the melodrama that is prevalent in many other South Asian films.

Facts & Trivia

Tareque Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Bangladesh. Tareque Masud celebrates birthday on December 6 of every year.

His film, Ontarjatra (“Homeland”, 2006), featured two generations of Bangladeshi diaspora in London and their return to Bangladesh. His next feature film, Runway (2010) was about the influence of radical religious teachings on a young boy, caught between many modernistic. Masud’s last unfinished project was Kagojer Phool (“The Paper Flower”), about the partition of the Indian subcontinent. This film has become a prequel to Matir Moina (2002).

Top Facts about Tareque Masud

1. Tareque Masud was a Bangladeshi film director and producer.
2. He was born on December 6, 1956, in Nurpur, Bangladesh.
3. Masud’s films often explored social and political issues in Bangladesh.
4. His most famous film is “Matir Moina” (The Clay Bird).
5. “Matir Moina” won several international awards including the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes.
6. Masud died tragically in a car accident on August 13, 2011.
7. He was posthumously awarded the Ekushey Padak, one of Bangladesh’s highest civilian honors.
8. Masud co-founded the production company Audiovision with his wife Catherine Masud.
9. He also worked as a documentary filmmaker and made films for UNICEF and other organizations.
10. Masud’s work has been influential in shaping Bangladeshi cinema and promoting its global recognition.