Khalid Mahmood Mithu

Bangladeshi film director and painter

Khalid Mahmood Mithu
Born	1960 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Died	March 7, 2016(2016-03-07) (aged 55–56) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting place	Banani Graveyard, Dhaka^[1]
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	Master of Fine Arts
Alma mater	University of Dhaka
Occupation	Film director
Spouse	Kanak Chanpa Chakma

Khalid Mahmood Mithu (1960 – March 7, 2016)^[2] was a Bangladeshi film director and painter.^[3] He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for his direction of the film Gohine Shobdo (2010).^[4]^[5]

Background and career

Mithu was born in Dhaka in 1960.^[6] His mother, Begum Momtaz Hossain Mithu, was a scriptwriter. He was the nephew of the film director Alamgir Kabir.^[4]

Mithu completed his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka in 1986.^[7]^[4] He directed his play, Dhusor Album, in 1993.^[4] In 2010, he directed the film, Gohine Shobdo, which earned him the national film award. His second film, Jonakir Alo, was selected as the Bangladeshi entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014, but was not nominated.^[8]

Mithu was also a painter and by 2004, his work had been featured in 11 solo exhibitions.^[9]

Personal life

Mithu was married to painter Kanak Chanpa Chakma^[10] and together they had one son, Arjo Srestha and one daughter, Shiropa Purna.^[7]

Mithu died when a road side tree fell on top of the rickshaw he was travelling on on March 7, 2016, in Dhanmondi Thana, Dhaka.^[2]^[11]

Works

Gohine Shobdo (2010)
Jonakir Alo (2014)

References

^ "Khalid Mahmud Mithu buried in Banani". banglanews24.com. March 9, 2016. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Artist Khalid Mahmood Mithu dies in tragic accident". The Daily Star. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
^ "Competing for the Oscar: Meet Director Khalid Mahmood Mithu". RMN Stars. November 30, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mohammad Zahidul Islam (May 3, 2015). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Khalid Mahmood Mithu". The Daily Star. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ "PM gives away film awards". The Daily Star. April 3, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ "Filmmaker Khalid Mahmud killed by falling tree". Dhaka Tribune. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "National award-winning filmmaker Khalid Mahmood Mithu dies as tree falls on him". bdnews24.com. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
^ "Bangladesh sends Jonakir Alo to Oscars". New Age. September 26, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ Fayza Haq (October 22, 2004). "Khalid's eye-catching canvases". The Daily Star. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
^ হুমায়ূন স্যারের রসবোধ খালিদ মাহমুদ মিঠু চিত্রশিল্পী, চলচ্চিত্র পরিচালক ও চিত্রগ্রাহক. Jaijaidin (in Bengali). July 22, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ "Footage of tree fall on Director Mithu". March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016 – via YouTube.