Syed Salahuddin Zaki

Syed Salahuddin Zaki
সৈয়দ সালাউদ্দিন জাকী
Born	(1946-08-26)26 August 1946[1] Tangail, Dhaka Division, Bengal Province, British India[2]
Died	18 September 2023(2023-09-18) (aged 77) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Occupation(s)	Music director, lyricist
Years active	1980–2023
Notable work	Ghuddi
Awards	National Film Award

Syed Salahuddin Zaki (26 August 1946 – 18 September 2023) was a Bangladeshi film director, producer and film writer.^[3][4][1][5] He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Dialogue for the film Ghuddi (1980). He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2021.^[6][7][8][9] Zaki died in Dhaka on 18 September 2023, at the age of 77.^[10]

Selected films

As a director

• 1980 – Ghuddi^[11]
• 2022 – Ja Hariye Jay^[12]

As a producer

• 1980 – Ghuddi^[13]
• 1990 – Laal Benarasi^[14]
• 1990 – Ayna Bibir Pala

As a writer

• 1980 – Ghuddi^[15]
• 1984 – Agami
• 1992 – Utthan Poton
• 1993 – Shey
• 1993 – Nodir Naam Modhumoti
• 1996 – Meghla Akash
• 2001 – Lalsalu

Awards and nominations

National Film Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
1980	National Film Award	Best Dialogue	Ghuddi	Won[16]

References

1. "'Ghuddi' director Syed Salahuddin Zaki hospitalized". Dhaka Tribune. 5 January 2019.
2. Noble, Peter; Moore, Oscar, eds. (1991). Screen International Film and Television Yearbook 1991/92. International Thomson Business Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 1-85032-044-6.
3. "Salahuddin Zaki returns with "Hena"". The Daily Star. 3 March 2017.
4. "All the world's a stage". The Daily Star. 19 July 2013.
5. "12th Int'l Children's Film Festival begins". New Age.
6. "'Ghuddi' to be screened at BSA today". The Independent.
7. "Zaki directs Afzal, Tareen". Daily Sun.
8. "'Govt working to retrieve golden era of Bangla film'". The New Nation.
9. "Asad & Suborna pair up after 32 years". 16 October 2016.
10. "'ঘুড্ডি' নির্মাতা সৈয়দ সালাহউদ্দিন জাকী মারা গেছেন". Prothomalo (in Bengali). 19 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
11. হাসপাতালে নির্মাতা সালাউদ্দিন জাকী. Amader Shomoy (in Bengali).
12. Akbar, Pratik (7 July 2022). "পরিচালক জানেন না তার সিনেমা মুক্তি পাচ্ছে প্রেক্ষাগৃহে". Newsbangla24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 November 2022.
13. বরেণ্য নির্মাতা সৈয়দ সালাউদ্দিন জাকী হাসপাতালে. Globetodaybd.
14. সৈয়দ সালাউদ্দিন জাকী হাসপাতালে. Manab Zamin (in Bengali).
15. ‘ঘুড্ডি’র নির্মাতার অবস্থা ভালোর দিকে. Prothom Alo (in Bengali).
16. জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) [List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)]. Government of Bangladesh (in Bengali). Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

External links

• Syed Salahuddin Zaki at IMDb