Tauquir Ahmed

Directing

Tauquir Ahmed

Born 1966-03-05 · Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tauquir Ahmed is a Bangladeshi architect and actor, turned director in both television and cinema. He is one of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country. His films won many international and national awards including Bangladesh National Film Awards in the Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Story categories for the films Joyjatra and Oggatonama.

Acting credits

Komola Rocket poster
6.3

A manifestation of lives of people coming from different classes and beliefs in a steamer as they set out for their journeys. Things start to get out of hand when the steamer gets stuck amidst the passage and deepest secrets and desires start to unfold.

Komola Rocket

2018

Chitra Nodir Pare poster
6.7

After the partition of India in 1947, Shashikanta's family, like millions of other Hindu families of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), faced the dilemma of whether to migrate from the land in which they have been living for centuries. But Shashikanta Sengupta, an eccentric lawyer, stubbornly refuses to leave his motherland. Widower Shashikanta has two children, Minoti and Bidyut. Anuprava Devi is an affectionate old aunt who lives with the family. The family has a house in Narail, a small provincial town on the bank of the Chitra river. Some Muslim neighbors eye Shashaikanta's house. But the family refuse to migrate. Shashikanta's children Minoti and Bidyut are friends with the neighboring Muslim children- Badal, Salma and Nazma. Minoti and Badal become more than friends. The children grow up.

Chitra Nodir Pare

1998

Jalal’s Story poster
6.2

Just as Moses was found in the river Nile, an infant is rescued from a river, and adopted by Miraj, Karim and Sajib in turns over the years, only to be abandoned at the various stages of his life. From innocence to becoming a gangster, the unpredictable currents of Jalal's journey prove that he is truly a child of the river.

Jalal’s Story

2014

A Tree Without Roots poster
6.1

In this tragic-comic study of religious hypocrisy, a disreputable cleric convinces villagers that their community is home to a famous holyman's grave.

A Tree Without Roots

2001

Soldier poster
NR

Shakib Khan's upcoming film where he plays the role of an Army personnel. Plot TBA.

Soldier

The River Named Modhumoti poster
10.0

During the 1971 liberation war of Bangladesh, in a remote village, a landlord collaborated with the Pakistani army. After the death of his brother, he married his sister-in-law who had a young son. A teacher in the village, with a widowed daughter, taught the young man had a daughter. When the war broke out, the young man joined the Bengali guerrillas, shattering his innocence. In the village, the landlord's action get worse and worse, until he kills the teacher and compels the daughter to marry him. Now the young man must return to his village with new determination.

The River Named Modhumoti

1996

Love and Repulsion poster
NR

Priotomeshu (My Darling) is a Bangladeshi film by director Morshedul Islam.

Love and Repulsion

2009

Mujib: The Making of a Nation poster
6.5

Biopic on the father of the nation of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The film will showcase his growing up as a child to his standing up against all injustice in his youth to fighting for the independence of his country. How he led a country to it's independence with his inspirational presence and fight for the justice.

Mujib: The Making of a Nation

2023

Beauty Circus poster
NR

The film will highlight the struggles of women in the circus. In the film, Jaya Ahsan performs amazing acrobatics—with such feats as walking over a tightrope.

Beauty Circus

2022

Phirey Esho Behula poster
NR

A woman wants to find her husband.

Phirey Esho Behula

2012

A Fairy Tale poster
NR

An unemployed man is asked by a woman to watch her child, but after a miscommunication, he's left to take care of the baby.

A Fairy Tale

2006

Behind the camera

Joyjatra poster
7.7

During the Bangladeshi war for independence in 1971, a group of people flee from their villages towards a safe border.

Joyjatra

2004

Joyjatra poster
7.7

During the Bangladeshi war for independence in 1971, a group of people flee from their villages towards a safe border.

Joyjatra

2004

Sphulingo poster
NR

Sphulingo is an Bangladeshi film, directed by Tauquir Ahmed and is produced by Shopner Bangladesh Foundation. It feature Shamol Mawla, Pori Moni, Rawnak Hasan and Zakia Bari Momo in the lead roles.

Sphulingo

2021

Daruchini Dwip poster
7.5

University students aspire to visit a beach named Saint Martin.

Daruchini Dwip

2007

The Unnamed poster
7.6

A migrant worker's passing leads authorities on a wild goose chase on his identity and what to do with his corpse.

The Unnamed

2016

The Unnamed poster
7.6

A migrant worker's passing leads authorities on a wild goose chase on his identity and what to do with his corpse.

The Unnamed

2016

Haldaa poster
NR

Halda; a river in south-eastern Bangladesh; The one and only natural fish breeding center in Asia. The movie plot is based on the river halda and the struggling life of the fishermen's on both sides.

Haldaa

2017

Haldaa poster
NR

Halda; a river in south-eastern Bangladesh; The one and only natural fish breeding center in Asia. The movie plot is based on the river halda and the struggling life of the fishermen's on both sides.

Haldaa

2017

A Fairy Tale poster
NR

An unemployed man is asked by a woman to watch her child, but after a miscommunication, he's left to take care of the baby.

A Fairy Tale

2006

A Fairy Tale poster
NR

An unemployed man is asked by a woman to watch her child, but after a miscommunication, he's left to take care of the baby.

A Fairy Tale

2006

In Spring Breeze poster
8.0

Fagun Haway is a Bangladeshi historical drama film based on the novel Bou Kotha Kou by Tito Rahman. This movie based on the language movement during 1952 in East Pakistan.

In Spring Breeze

2019

In Spring Breeze poster
8.0

Fagun Haway is a Bangladeshi historical drama film based on the novel Bou Kotha Kou by Tito Rahman. This movie based on the language movement during 1952 in East Pakistan.

In Spring Breeze

2019