Tanvir Mokammel
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| Native name | তানভীর মোকাম্মেল |
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8 March 1955 Khulna, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Education | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | filmmaker, writer |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Website | www |
Tanvir Mokammel (born 8 March 1955) is a Bangladeshi filmmaker and writer. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2017. He won total nine Bangladesh National Film Awards for the films Nodir Naam Modhumoti (1995), Chitra Nodir Pare (1999) and Lalsalu (2001).
Mokammel studied English literature at the University of Dhaka and worked as a left-wing journalist for landless peasants in rural areas. As a filmmaker he has made six full-length features and fourteen documentaries and short films, some of which have received national and international awards.
His feature films are "Nadir Naam Modhumati" (The River Named Modhumati), "Chitra Nodir Pare" (Quiet Flows the River Chitra), "Lalsalu" (A Tree Without Roots), "Lalon" , "Rabeya" (The Sister), and "Jibondhuli" (The Drummer). Tanvir Mokammel’s prominent documentaries are "The Garment Girls of Bangladesh", "The Unknown Bard", "Teardrops of Karnaphuli", "Riders to the Sunderbans", "A Tale of the Jamuna River", "The Promised Land", "Tajuddin Ahmad :An Unsung Hero", "The Japanese Wife", "Swapnabhumi" and mega-documentary "1971". His movies "Nadir Naam Modhumati" (The River Named Modhumati) and "Chitra Nodir Pare" (Quiet Flows the River Chitra) ranked second and third respectively in the list of 10 best Bangladeshi films, in the audience and critics' polls conducted by the British Film Institute.
A prolific writer, Mokammel has written poems, short stories, and newspaper articles on cinema and cultural issues. Tanvir Mokammel’s important books are "A Brief History of World Cinema", "The Art of Cinema", "Charlie Chaplin: Conquests by a Tramp", "Syed Waliullah, Sisyphus and Quest of Tradition in Novel" (a work of literary criticism), "Grundtvig and Folk Education" (a book on alternative educational ideas), and a translation of Maxim Gorky’s play "The Lower Depths".
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