{{Short description|Bangladeshi film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox person |name=Nurul Alam Atique | native_name = নুরুল আলম আতিক | native_name_lang = bn |image= NA Atique Profile.jpg |caption= Atique in 2023 |birth_date= 31 August 1969 |birth_place= Tangail, East Pakistan, Pakistan | alma_mater = University of Dhaka, Film and Television Institute of India | occupation = Director, screenwriter | website = {{url|nurulalamatique.com}} | years_active = 1998–present | notable_works = {{flatlist|class=nowraplinks| * ''Laal Moroger Jhuti'' * ''Peyarar Subash'' * ''Dubshatar'' }} | party = | spouse = Matia Banu Shuku | children = 3 | awards = Bangladesh National Film Award, Meril-Prothom Alo Awards }}
'''Nurul Alam Atique''' is a Bangladeshi television dramatist, scriptwriter and film-maker.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=98879 |title=400 years and still going strong |date=28 July 2009 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=19 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=2887 |title=Digital Film: New technologies, new talents |date=7 September 2007 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=25 November 2010}}</ref> Atique received the Bangladesh National Film Award as the best scriptwriter for the full-length feature film ''Kittonkhola'' directed by Abu Sayeed. He also received the National Award for Best Scriptwriter for the film ''Laal Moroger Jhuti'', which he directed himself. This film, based on the Liberation War of 1971 in Bangladesh, won four National Awards, including Best Film.<ref>{{cite news |title='Lal Moroger Jhuti' to join TMFF |url=https://bangladeshpost.net/posts/lal-moroger-jhuti-to-join-tmff-90167 |access-date=27 June 2024 |work=bangladeshpost.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Lal Moroger Jhuti' to be released Dec 10 |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/586892 |access-date=27 June 2024 |work=Daily Sun |date=November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> He also received the Meril-Prothom Alo Awards as the best director and best scriptwriter for his first film ''Choturtha Matra''.<ref>Mohammad Zahidul Islam, [https://www.thedailystar.net/ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-br-nurul-alam-atique-32731 Ten Things You Didn't Know About NURUL ALAM ATIQUE], The Daily Star, 2014-07-12</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Rummana Foisal |last=Nafiu |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2019/08/05/atique-s-upcoming-film-manusher-bagan-unveils-poster |title=Atique's upcoming film Manusher Bagan unveils poster |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |date=2019-08-05 |accessdate=28 October 2020}}</ref> His film ''Peyarar Subash'' was an official selection of 45th Moscow International Film Festival and was later released in theatres in Bangladesh and available on Chorki.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peyarar Subash {{!}} Chorki Film |url=https://www.chorki.com/videos/peyarar-subash |access-date=27 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Scent of Sin' to compete in Moscow |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/308474/%E2%80%98the-scent-of-sin%E2%80%99-to-compete-in-moscow |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Scent of Sin |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_scent_of_sin |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=27 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Nurul Alam Atique was born in Tangail, Bangladesh. He completed his secondary education at Civil Aviation High School under the Dhaka Board, achieving first division in 1986. He continued his higher secondary education at Government Science College, Dhaka securing first division in 1988. Atique earned his B.A. from Dhaka University in 1992, obtaining a second class.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
Atique pursued film literacy courses, completing a film appreciation course at the Chalachitram Film Society in Dhaka in 1993 and another at the Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies in 1994. In 1995, he completed a one-year common course in film-making at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, India.<ref>{{cite book |last1=India |first1=Film and Television Institute of |title=Balancing the Wisdom Tree: ANTHOLOGY OF FTII'S WOMEN ALUMNI |publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=978-93-5409-473-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_BBpEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Nurul+Alam+Atique%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT338 |access-date=28 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Nurul Alam Atique |url=https://www.nurulalamatique.com/ |website=www.nurulalamatique.com |access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shazu |first1=Shah Alam |title=For the first time, I will be playing a negative character : Sushama Sarker |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/the-first-time-i-will-be-playing-negative-character-sushama-sarker-3291311 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=27 June 2024 |language=en |date=7 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Joya |first1=Sharmin |title=Nurul Alam Atique and Shaheen Dill-Riaz talk about films in Chobi Mela podcast |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/nurul-alam-atique-and-shaheen-dill-riaz-talk-about-films-chobi-mela-podcast-2045677 |work=The Daily Star |date=16 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
== Career == Atique started his career as a computer graphics designer at Xenesys in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:নুরুল আলম আতিক |url=https://www.banglatribune.com/topic/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95 |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=Bangla Tribune |language=bn}}</ref> He later worked as a motion graphics designer at Eastern Panorama from 1999 to 2000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arafin |first1=S. S. Al |script-title=bn:'বন্ধুর সঙ্গে শেষ সময়টা ছিলাম...এটা অনেক কষ্টের' |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/video/entertainment/9xfis2h2z4 |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=Prothom Alo |date=9 February 2024 |language=bn}}</ref> He worked as a writer and director at Jolchobi Movie Factory from 2000 to 2003 and a production coordinator at Maachranga Productions from 2005 to 2007.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:চট্টগ্রামবাসীর প্রতি আমি কৃতজ্ঞ: নূরুল আলম আতিক |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/dhallywood/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9E-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95 |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=Prothom Alo |date=20 December 2021 |language=bn}}</ref> In 2021-2022, he served as a project coordinator at Black Mirror Films, and as a writer and director at ''Pandulipi Karkhana'' starting in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:নূরুল আলম আতিক {{!}} প্রথম আলো |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/topic/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95 |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:নুরুল আলম আতিক: শহরের জলাবদ্ধতায় ভেসে বেড়ানো কচুরি ফুল |url=https://m.priyo.com/external-news/1113999 |work=Priyo.com |access-date=28 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:পাঁচ পরিচালকের সিরিজ 'বাঘ বন্দি সিংহ বন্দি' |url=https://m.priyo.com/e/2485606-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%9A-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%98-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B9-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E2%80%99 |work=Priyo.com |access-date=28 June 2024 |language=bn}}</ref>
== Personal life == Nurul Alam Atique is married to Matia Banu Shuku, who is a producer at Pandulipi Karkhana.<ref>{{cite news |title=Producer Matia Banu Shuku hospitalized |url=https://www.risingbd.com/english/entertainment/news/75579 |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=Risingbd.com |language=en}}</ref> Banu Shuku often collaborates with Atique as a producer and has her own independent career as a scriptwriter, editor, and filmmaker, primarily working with TV productions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Self-confidence key to overcoming obstacles: Matia Banu Shuku |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/222226/self-confidence-key-to-overcoming-obstacles-matia-banu-shuku |work=New Age |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref> The couple has three children.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mermaid on ntv |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-66249 |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=The Daily Star |date=6 December 2008 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=22 feature films receive government grants this year |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/22-feature-films-receive-government-grants-year-3350136 |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=The Daily Star |date=19 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
== Workshops, teaching, festival jury participation ==
Nurul Alam Atique conducts film workshops, participates in festivals, the film society movement, and serves on juries across Bangladesh. He frequently conducts workshops at institutions like Bangladesh Cinema and Television Institute, Jahangirnagar University, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, and Independent University, Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |title=Independent film fest under way at JU |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/173004/independent-film-fest-under-way-at-ju |work=New Age |date=11 June 2022 |access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sofa portrayed Sultan in his writings: Atique |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/206734/sofa-portrayed-sultan-in-his-writings-atique |work=New Age |date=15 July 2023 |access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |title=সমাজ দর্শন প্রতিফলিত হোক নূরুল আলম আতিকদের হাত ধরে! |url=https://barta24.com/details/entertainment/133961/let-the-social-philosophy-be-reflected-in-the-hands-of-nurul-alam-atiq |work=Barta24 |access-date=3 July 2024 |language=en |date=21 August 2021}}</ref> Atique also contributes to the cultural landscape of Bangladesh through his role on film festival juries and award panels, including participation in events like the Liberation DocFest.<ref>{{cite news |title=Liberation DocFest under way |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/196492/liberation-docfest-under-way |work=New Age |date=10 March 2023 |access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tareque and Catherine Masud film workshops |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/152627/tareque-and-catherine-masud-film-workshops |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=8 August 2018 |access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref>
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Title ! Director ! Writer ! scope="col"| Notes |- | 2000 | ''Kittonkhola'' | {{no}} | {{yes}} | 35mm Feature Film, Received Bangladesh National Film Award (best script) Directed by Abu Sayeed |- | 2001 | ''Phoolkumar'' | {{no}} | {{yes}} | 16mm Feature Film, Directed by Ashique Mustafa |- | 2001 | ''Choturtha Matra'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 78 min. Received Meril-Prothom Alo Awards 2002 |- | 2009 | ''Dubshatar (In Too Deep)'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 92 min. Received Meril-Prothom Alo Awards 2010 |- | 2021 | ''Manusher Bagaan (People of the Garden)'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 84 min. Unreleased |- | 2021 | ''Laal Moroger Jhuti (Call of the Red-rooster)'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 105 min. Received Bangladesh National Film Award (best film and best script) |- | 2022 | ''Peyarar Subash (The Scent of Sin)'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 95 min. <br /> Attended in Main Competition, 45th Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, 2023 |- | 2025 | ''Laal'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Received govt. grant. Based on the life of painter SM Sultan<ref>{{cite news |last1=Joya |first1=Sharmin |title='I have experienced S M Sultan, eager to project him on-screen' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/i-have-experienced-s-m-sultan-eager-project-him-screen-3292776 |work=The Daily Star |date=9 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref> |}
== OTT productions == * Ashare Golpo (2022) / Director (Bioscope Original) * Paanch Phoron (2019) (web series) /Director (OTT platform Hoichoi)
==Television productions== * ''Choturtha Matra'' / Tele Film * ''Cycle er Dana'' / Tele Film * ''Polayanporbo'' / Serial * ''Jora Ilish'' / Tv Drama * ''Bonophul'' / Tele Film * ''Jaal'' / TV Drama * ''Labonyo Prova'' / Mega serial * ''Chiti'' / TV Series * ''Baro vooter kichha'' / TV Drama * ''cinderella'' / TV Drama * ''Odrissho manob'' / Tele Film * ''Mone-mone'' / TV Serial * ''Chondrobindu'' / Non-fiction * ''Ekta Phone kora jabe, plz.''/ Scriptwriter * ''Everest'' / Tv Drama * ''Marmaid'' / Tv Drama * ''Ekta kinle ekta free''/ Mega serial * ''Icecream''/ TV Drama * ''A journey by boat''/ TV Drama * ''Bikol pakhir gaan''/ TV Drama * ''Obak Shondesh''/ TV Drama * ''Kushumer Cahrpash''/ TV Drama * ''Highway''/ TV Drama * ''Dalim Kumar''/ TV Drama * ''Saifulartish''/ TV Drama * ''Golpoguchcho''/ TV Series * ''Jadur Shahar''/ Mega Serial
==Books, journals and publications== * Editor, ''Nree'' (issues on SM Sultan, Myth etc.) * Writer, ''Notun Cinema Shomoyer Proyojon'' * Writer, ''Moger Mulluke Firingeer Beshati'' * Writer, ''Manusher Bagan (Poems)'' * Writer, ''Sofar Aaaka Sultaner Mukh''
== Awards and recognitions == {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Award !! Work |- | 2002 || Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Script-writer) || ''4th Dimension'' |- | 2002 || Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Director) || ''4th Dimension'' |- | 2003 || National Award of Films (Bangladesh) (Best Script-writer) || ''Kittankhola'' |- | 2003 || Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Director) || ''Saikeler Dana'' |- | 2008 || Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Script-writer) || ''Ekta Phone Kora Jabe Please'' |- | 2010 || Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Script-writer) <ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:বিকল পাখির গান: মিরাকল আর জাদুবাস্তবতায় ঢাকা জীবনের অন্যরকম গল্প |url=https://cinegolpo.com/article/bikol-pakhir-gaan |website=cinegolpo.com |language=bn |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref>|| ''Bikol Pakhir Gaan'' |- | 2010 || Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Director) || ''Bikol Pakhir Gaan'' |- | 2010 || Best Script Critics Award: Celebrating Life || ''Bikol Pakhir Gaan'' |- | 2010 || Best Director Critics Award: Celebrating Life || ''Bikol Pakhir Gaan'' |- | 2011 || Best Director: RTV-Diamond Jewellers Award || ''Bikol Pakhir Gaan'' |- | 2021 || National Award Best Script-writer, Bangladesh<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:শ্রেষ্ঠত্বের স্বীকৃতি পেলেন যে সাত জন |url=https://m.priyo.com/e/4595575-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8 |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=Priyo.com |language=bn}}</ref> || ''Laal Moroger Jhuti'' |- | 2021 || National Award Best Film, Bangladesh || ''Laal Moroger Jhuti'' |- | 2022 || Audience Award: 20th Dhaka International Film Festival || ''Laal Moroger Jhuti'' |- | 2022 || Best Story: Amar Vashar Chalachitra DU Film Society || ''Laal Moroger Jhuti'' |- | 2023 || Best Director: 3rd Bangladesh Film Festival Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy || ''Laal Moroger Jhuti'' |- | 2023 || Official Selection at 45th edition of the Moscow International Film Festival<ref>{{cite news |title=Nurul Alam Atique's 'Pyara Subash' at 45th Moscow Film Festival |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/nurul-alam-atiques-pyara-subash-45th-moscow-film-festival-611946 |access-date=3 July 2024 |work=The Business Standard |date=6 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref> || ''Peyarar Subash'' |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|2155046}} * [https://vimeo.com/user15268709?embedded=true&source=owner_name&owner=15268709 Nurul Alam Atique on Vimeo] {{Nurul Alam Atique}} {{Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay}} {{Meril-Prothom Alo Critics Choice Award for Best Film Director}} {{Meril-Prothom Alo Critics Choice Award for Best Playwright}} {{Meril-Prothom Alo Critics Choice Award for Best TV Director}}
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