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Filmmaker Alamgir Kumkum dead
The founding president of Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote, he was suffering from diabetics and kidney-related ailments.Updates
Published : 27 Feb 2012, 03:02 AM
Updated : 27 Feb 2012, 03:02 AM
Dhaka, Feb 27 (bdnews24.com)— Noted filmmaker and the founding-president of Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote, Alamgir Kumkum, died on Monday. He was 66.
Filmmaker Shahedur Rahman Mukul told bdnews24.com that Kumkum died at the city's Apollo Hospital.
He had been suffering from diabetics and kidney-related problems.
Shahedur said the body is at the late filmmaker's home at Rampura in the capital.
After the first namaaz-e-janaza in the area, the body will be taken to Bangladesh Television building and then to the Film Development Corporation, he said.
Shahedur said there are plans to lay Alamgir to rest at the Martyrs' Intellectual Memorial at Mirpur.
Alamgir Kumkum directed more than 50 films. Among the renowned ones are 'Dheere Bohe Meghna', 'Amar Janmabhumi', 'Sonar Cheyeo Daami', 'Jibon Chabi', 'Kabin', 'Rajbondi', and 'Amarsangi'.
He was a former cultural secretary of the Awami League central committee and was involved with Chhatra League, the party's student wing. Besides being a filmmaker, he also played a role in different cultural movements.
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