Nurul Alam Atique

Nurul Alam Atique is a Bangladeshi television dramatist, scriptwriter and film-maker. 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. He also received the Meril-Prothom Alo Awards as the best director and best scriptwriter for his first film Choturtha Matra. 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.

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.

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.

Career Atique started his career as a computer graphics designer at Xenesys in 1998. He later worked as a motion graphics designer at Eastern Panorama from 1999 to 2000. 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. 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.

Personal life Nurul Alam Atique is married to Matia Banu Shuku, who is a producer at Pandulipi Karkhana. 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. The couple has three children.

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.

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.

Filmography

Year Title Director Writer Notes 2000 Kittonkhola 35mm Feature Film, Received Bangladesh National Film Award (best script) Directed by Abu Sayeed 2001 Phoolkumar 16mm Feature Film, Directed by Ashique Mustafa 2001 Choturtha Matra 78 min. Received Meril-Prothom Alo Awards 2002 2009 Dubshatar (In Too Deep) 92 min. Received Meril-Prothom Alo Awards 2010 2021 Manusher Bagaan (People of the Garden) 84 min. Unreleased 2021 Laal Moroger Jhuti (Call of the Red-rooster) 105 min. Received Bangladesh National Film Award (best film and best script) 2022 Peyarar Subash (The Scent of Sin) 95 min. Attended in Main Competition, 45th Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, 2023 2025 Laal Received govt. grant. Based on the life of painter SM Sultan

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 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) 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 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 Peyarar Subash