# Masum Reza

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{{Short description|Bangladeshi writer and director}}
{{infobox person
|name=Masum Reza
|native_name= মাসুম রেজা
|native_name_lang=bn
|image = Masum Reza Portrait.jpg
|caption = Reza in October 2018
|birth_place = [Kushtia](/source/Kushtia), [Khulna](/source/Khulna)
|alma_mater = [Rajshahi University](/source/Rajshahi_University)
|occupation = Playwright
|spouse = Selina Shelley
}}

'''Masum Reza''' is a Bangladeshi playwright, television drama and stage play director.<ref name=back>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/tv/masum-reza-back-the-stage-after-17-years-1347802|title=Masum Reza: Back to the stage after 17 years|accessdate=January 27, 2017|date=January 20, 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star|author=Shah Alam Shazu}}</ref> He is best known for writing the screenplay of the television drama serial ''[Ronger Manush](/source/Ronger_Manush)'' (2004). In 2016, he won [Bangla Academy Literary Award](/source/Bangla_Academy_Literary_Award) in the drama category.<ref>{{cite news |title=11 get Bangla Academy award |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/11-honoured-bangla-academy-awards-208660|publisher=The Daily Star |work=UNB|date=28 January 2016 |accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref> He wrote screenplay for films including ''[Meghla Akash](/source/Meghla_Akash)'' (2002), ''[Molla Barir Bou](/source/Molla_Barir_Bou)'' (2005), ''[Bapjaner Bioscope](/source/Bapjaner_Bioscope)'' (2015) and ''[Hason Raja](/source/Hason_Raja_(film))'' (2017).<ref name=power/> In 2010, he published two novels.<ref name=novelist/>

==Career==
Reza debuted in direction in ''Chand Alir Documentary'', a street play, in Kushtia in 1979.<ref name=rural/> He has been associated with the theater troupe ''Desh Natok'' since 1988.<ref name=power>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/expressing-powerful-emotions-on-screen-40203|title=Expressing powerful emotions on screen|date=5 September 2014|accessdate=27 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Star|author=Shah Alam Shazu}}</ref> His full-fledged stage play is ''Birsa Kabya''.<ref name=rural/> He first wrote the screenplay for the television drama Koitab.<ref name=power/>

==Works==
;Stage plays
* ''Surgaon'' (2017)
* ''Kuhokjal'' (2014)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/a-tale-of-deception-and-disillusionment-38108|title=Theatre premieres Kuhokjal|author=Saurav Dey|date=22 August 2014|accessdate=27 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref>
* ''[NityaPurana](/source/NityaPurana_(play))'' (2001)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/07/19/d407191403113.htm|title=Nittapuran : An adapted play from the Mahabharata|date=19 July 2004|accessdate=27 January 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>

;Television dramas
* ''[Ronger Manush](/source/Ronger_Manush)'' (2004)
* ''Megh Rang Meye'' (2005)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/23/d508231403106.htm|title=New TV serial Megh Rang Meye|date=23 August 2005|accessdate=27 January 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202040404/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/23/d508231403106.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Saat Sawdagor'' (2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-264233|title=Stories of rural lives take up the small screen|date=8 January 2013|accessdate=27 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Star|author=Shah Alam Shazu}}</ref>
* ''The Village Engineer'' (2016)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/tv/%E2%80%9Cthe-village-engineer%E2%80%9D-rtv-207727|title=The Village Engineer on Rtv|date=28 January 2016|accessdate=27 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref>

;Films
* ''[Meghla Akash](/source/Meghla_Akash)'' (2002)
* ''[Molla Barir Bou](/source/Molla_Barir_Bou)'' (2005)
* ''[Bapjaner Bioscope](/source/Bapjaner_Bioscope)'' (2015)
* ''[Hason Raja](/source/Hason_Raja_(film))'' (2017)

;Novels
* ''Meen Konna-do'' (2010)
* ''Goalkeeper'' (2010)<ref name=novelist>{{cite news|title=Playwright Masum Reza turns novelist|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-127594|date=24 February 2010|accessdate=27 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [Bachsas Award](/source/32nd_Bachsas_Awards) (2003)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/06/28/d406281402119.htm|title=32nd BACHSAS Awards: A glitzy night|date=28 June 2004|accessdate=27 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Star|author=Afsar Ahmed|archive-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818150357/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/06/28/d406281402119.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Zakaria Smrity Padak (2004)<ref name=rural>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/11/28/d41128140192.htm|title='Rural life is the mainstay of my TV plays'-- Masum Reza|date=28 November 2004|accessdate=27 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Star|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202040604/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/11/28/d41128140192.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [Meril Prothom Alo Awards](/source/Meril_Prothom_Alo_Awards) for Best Playwright (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/05/13/d6051301118.htm|title=Meril-Prothom Alo awards for 2005 given|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=May 13, 2006|accessdate=27 January 2017|archive-date=1 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001183452/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/05/13/d6051301118.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [Bangla Academy Literary Award](/source/Bangla_Academy_Literary_Award) (2016)
* [National Film Awards (Bangladesh)](/source/National_Film_Awards_(Bangladesh)) (2017)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|5067975}}
{{Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Story}}
{{Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay}}
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Category:Recipients of the Bangla Academy Award
Category:Best Screenplay National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners
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Category:Best Story National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners
Category:21st-century Bangladeshi male writers
Category:21st-century Bangladeshi novelists
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