Abdul Gaffar Choudhury

Abdul Gaffar Choudhury

Abdul Gaffar Choudhury (born in 1934), is a Bangladeshi author and columnist, perhaps best known for his lyric "Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano" -- which has become the main song commemorating the Language Movement, the touchy music having been composed by Shaheed Altaf Mahmud. He left Bangladesh in 1974 and settled in London from where he regulalrly writes columns in Bengali newspapers of Bangladeshi.

Life

He is producing the film "The Poet of Politics (film)" about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, directed by Shyam Benegal and will feature Amitabh Bachchan as the Sheikh Mujib.

Political bias

Gaffar is well known writer/columnist who is a die-hard supporter of Bangladesh Awami League. He has often been criticized for pro-Awami writings. Fact|date=May 2007

Though the fact is if any one plays the purity in his view, subsequently he is alleged as Awami League supporter. Gaffar Choudhury is well known as an idol.

Books

*Dan Pithe Shawkat (Sawkat, the daring kid), 1958
*Chandrodwiper Upakhyan (The Tale of Chandradwip, 1960)
*Nam Na Jana Bhore (The Nameless Dawn, 1962)
*Nil Jamuna (The Blue Jamuna, 1964)
*Shesh Rajanir Chand (The Late Night Moon, 1967).

Awards

*Bangla Academy Award (1967)
*Ekushey Padak
*UNESCO Award
*Bangabandhu Award.

External links

* [http://www.bangladeshinovels.com/page/home.html Bangladeshi Novels]
* [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080501/film_nm/bangladesh_film_amitabh_dc_1 "Indian megastar Bachchan to play Bangladesh founder" at news.yahoo.com]


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