Zahir Raihan

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1935-08-19

Deathday 1972-01-30 (36 years old)

Place of Birth Feni District, Bangladeshi

Also Known As Zaheer Raihan

Zahir Raihan

Biography

Zahir Raihan was a prominent Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is considered to be the greatest filmmaker of Bangladesh. He is most notable for his documentary Stop Genocide, made during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was posthumously awarded Ekushey Padak in 1977 and Independence Day Award in 1992 by the Government of Bangladesh. Raihan disappeared on 30 January 1972 trying to locate his brother, a notable writer Shahidullah Kaiser, who was captured and killed by the Pakistan army and/or local collaborators during the final days of the liberation war. It is believed that he was killed with many others when armed Bihari collaborators and soldiers of the Pakistan Army who were hiding fired on them when they went to Mirpur, a suburb of the capital city of Dhaka that was one of few strongholds for Pakistani/Bihari collaborators at that time.

Known For

Director

1971
Stop Genocide

as Director

1971
1971
A State Is Born

as Director

1970
Jibon Theke Neya

as Director

1967
Anowara

as Director

1966
Behula

as Director

1965
Bahana

as Director

1964
Sangam

as Director

1963
The Glass Wall

as Director

1961
Never Came

as Director

Writer

2022
Ekti Jiggasha

as Story

2005
1973
Quiet Flows the Meghna

as Original Story

1971
Stop Genocide

as Writer

1971
A State Is Born

as Writer

1971
Stop Genocide

as Screenplay

1970
1970
Taka Ana Pai

as Screenplay

1967
Anowara

as Writer

1967
Anowara

as Screenplay

1966
Behula

as Story

1964
Sangam

as Writer

1963
The Glass Wall

as Writer

1961
Never Came

as Story

1961
Never Came

as Screenplay

1961
Je Nodi Morupothay

as Screenplay

Producer

1971
A State Is Born

as Producer

1970
Jibon Theke Neya

as Producer