{{Short description|Bangladeshi actor (1943–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{infobox person | name = Jamaluddin Hossain | native_name = জামালউদ্দিন হোসেন | native_name_lang = bn | birth_date = {{birth date|1943|10|14|df=y}} | birth_place = 24 Parganas, Bengal Province, British India | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|10|11|1943|10|8|df=y}} | death_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada | spouse = {{marriage|Rowshan Ara Hussain|1965}} | alma_mater = Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology }}
'''Jamaluddin Hossain''' (8 October 1943 – 11 October 2024)<ref name=kemon/> was a Bangladeshi actor, director and theatre activist.<ref name=kolkata>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-135600|title=Nagorik Natyangan Ensemble goes to Kolkata|date=2010-04-24|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-06|language=en}}</ref> He was awarded the Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2013.<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref>
==Education and career== Hossain was born on 14 October 1943 in 24 Parganas in the then Bengal Province, British India.<ref name=kemon/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/10/14/d31014140386.htm|title=Nagorik Natyangan Ensemble celebrates the actor's birthday|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=2003-10-14|access-date=2018-01-06|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106175847/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/10/14/d31014140386.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the 1947 partition of India, his family settled in Chittagong in the then East Bengal.<ref name=kemon/> He first studied in Saint Placid's School in Chittagong.<ref name=kemon/> He then graduated from Chittagong College and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.<ref name=exist>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/theatre-as-an-indispensable-part-of-existence|title=Theatre as an indispensable part of existence|date=2013-03-06|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-06|language=en}}</ref> He was a classmate of actor Abul Hayat in these institutions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/2006/08/07/d608072503133.htm|title=Dhaka: Yesterday, today and tomorrow|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=2006-08-07|access-date=2018-01-06|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106173814/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/2006/08/07/d608072503133.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Hossain was a member of ''Nagarik Natya Sampradaya'', a theatre troupe from 1975 until 1995.<ref name=exist/> In 1997, he started his own troupe ''Nagarik Natyangan Ensamble'' and served as its general secretary.<ref name=strive>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/11/05/d31105140198.htm|title=Jamaluddin and Rowshan Ara strive for novelty|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=2003-11-05|access-date=2018-01-06|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106175836/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/11/05/d31105140198.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was the presidium member of the Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation (BGTF) and general secretary of the Betar Television Shilpi Sangsad.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/06/18/d506181401100.htm|title=Theatre practice in Bangladesh has not become stagnant - Jamaluddin Hossain|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=2005-06-15|access-date=2018-01-06|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106173731/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/06/18/d506181401100.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Personal life and death== Hossain married actress Rowshan Ara Hussain in 1965.<ref name=kemon>{{Cite news|date=2024-10-12 |title=বাবার মৃত্যুর পর মা কেমন আছেন জানালেন ছেলে |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/tv/pqn5aett87 |access-date=2024-10-12 |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn}}</ref> They met while they were the members of the theatre troupe ''Nagarik Natya Sampradaya''.<ref name=strive/> Their son, Tasfin Hossain Topu, is an assistant professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=অভিনেতা জামাল উদ্দিন হোসেন মারা গেছেন |url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/703236/অভিনেতা-জামাল-উদ্দিন-হোসেন-মারা-গেছেন|work=Ittefaq|date=2024-10-12|accessdate=2024-10-12}}</ref>
Hossain was under treatment at Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary when he died on 11 October 2024, at the age of 81.<ref name=":0" />
==Works== Hossain directed notable theatre plays including ''Khanchar Bhitor Achin Pakhi'', ''Raja Rani'', ''Chand Boniker Pala'', ''Ami Noi'', ''Bibishab'' and ''Jugol Bondi''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/07/26/d607261402127.htm|title=Nagorik Natyangan Ensemble's upcoming production : ''Khanchar Bhitor Achin Pakhi''|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=2006-07-26|access-date=2018-01-06|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106175858/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/07/26/d607261402127.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-172944|title=Three New Plays Staged Over the Weekend|date=2011-02-06|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-06|language=en}}</ref><ref name=strive/><ref name=kolkata/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-263849|title=Theatre festival by Nagarik Natyangan Ensemble ends|date=2013-01-05|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-06|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-263094|title=Theatre festival to pay homage to Kalim Sharafi|date=2012-12-30|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-06|language=en}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hossain, Jamaluddin}} Category:1943 births Category:2024 deaths Category:Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology alumni Category:Bangladeshi theatre directors Category:Bangladeshi male television actors Category:Bangladeshi male stage actors Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak