
Acting
Anwar Hossain
Born — Died
1931-11-06 — 2013-09-13
Place of birth
Jamalpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Known for
Acting
Credits
49 titles
Anwar Hossain (6 November 1931 – 13 September 2013) was a Bangladeshi actor, best known for playing the role of Siraj ud-Daulah in the Bengali film Nawab Sirajuddaula (1967). He appeared in nearly 500 movies in his 50-year career. He is often referred as The Uncrowned Nawab of Bengali films. He received the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Lathial (1975) and Best Supporting Actor awards for the films again for Golapi Ekhon Traine (1978) and Dayi Ke? (1987).
Known for
10.0Four young men from different districts of Bangladesh encounter various challenges as they try to live an independent life in the city, Dhaka.
Bachelor Point
2018
Lollywood Film
Tum Mere Ho
1968
9.0The first movie based on the life of the last sovereign Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and the historical events of the Battle of Palaashi was directed by Khan Ataur Rahman. Anwar Hossain played the role of the doomed Nawab. Khan Ataur Rahman and Anowara played other major roles in the movie.
Nawab Sirajuddaula
1967
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Mayer Odhikar
1996
NRThe story starts about a war commander's fighting against the Razakar and East Pakistani Army in the time of the liberation war, Bangladesh. After the death of the commander, his elder brother becomes Shipahi to protect the mother nation.
Sipahi
1994
8.0Alam (Anowar Hussain), a young man from a rural background, is forced to leave his family just after the marriage when his wife Luchi (Rosy Samad) feels uncomfortable at his poor home. This makes his father go for earning even at the old age, his lame brother is forced to sell newspapers on the streets, and eventually his younger sister (Sujata) is forced to marry a mentally-challenged person, sacrificing her true love for Kabir (Abdur Razzak), who is again Alam's brother-in-law, to cover up the loan once taken by his father from a village landlord.
Etotuku Asha
1968
Film credits
2000s · 4 titles
6.0Poor oil miller decides to use his daughter-in-law to spin the treadle due to lack of ox.
The Cycle
2006
6.0Not found.
Phool Nebo Na Ashru Nebo
2000
NRBangladeshi Bengali Language Film. Action, Romance, Socialist Type Drama Move.
The Forces
2000
NRBangladeshi Bengali Language Film. Romance Type Drama Movie.
Love Me
2005
1990s · 9 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Mayer Odhikar
1996
NRThe story starts about a war commander's fighting against the Razakar and East Pakistani Army in the time of the liberation war, Bangladesh. After the death of the commander, his elder brother becomes Shipahi to protect the mother nation.
Sipahi
1994
7.0The wife of a judge was promised to her dying father to never tell a lie. She lost her father & sister at her own fault and took her sister's son as his own & cared much than his own son. In a murder case, her sister's son & daughter were the laywers & she witnessed that her own son killed his brother-in-law and his husband (the judge) declared son's execution.
Shotter Mrittu Nei
1996
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Shami Keno Asami
1997
7.0It's between a family drama movie.
Chaowa Theke Paowa
1996
8.0A 1996 Bangladeshi film.
Premer Somadhi
1996
6.0It's a love story but girls family aren't really like the relationship. The hero was injured and the new hero came.
Buker Bhitor Agun
1997
6.0Afzal Chowdhury (Abul Hayat) has two stepbrothers: Ashraf Chowdhury (Wasimul Bari Rajib) and Akram Chowdhury (Nasir Khan). They killed Afzal for the greed of his properties and put the blame on his pregnant wife Nazma (Dolly Johur). After serving her sentence she rejoins with her son Moshal (Shakib Khan). On the other hand, Ashraf's daughter Jyoti (Irin Zaman) is also grown-up, now. One day, Moshal saves Jyoti from some goons. And they deeply fell in love. But what will happen when they learn about their family rivalry?
Ononto Bhalobasa
1999
NRSohail Chowdhury, a rich psychopathic womaniser, gets married to Asha, a beautiful but naive village belle, after coercing her father to agree to the alliance and tortures her in the name of love. Asha changes her name to Diana and goes to Bangkok after getting married to Raja. Will Sohail kill himself?
Ranga Bou
1999
1980s · 5 titles
It's a 1987 Bangladeshi film about love, Sadness and so on
Rajlokkhi Srikanto
1987
5.5Bhat De is a Bangladeshi film, released in 1984. The film was edited, written and directed by Amjad Hossain. The film starred Alamgir, Shabana in the lead roles and co-starred Wasimul Bari Rajib, Anwar Hossain and more.
Bhat Dey
1984
NRWorried to see his daughter Rita in low spirits, Mr. Chowdhury decides to take her to Dhaka. There, he hires Raju, a responsible young man, whom Rita falls in love with. Satya Mithya won five Bangladesh National Film Awards in the Best Producer, Best Screenplay, Best Dialogue, Best Editing and Best Child Artist categories.
Shotto Mittha
1989
This film is a co-production between Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Zameen Aasmaan (1985)
1985
A son takes revenge of the insult of his mother by his uncle and grandmother.
Ma O Chhele
1985
1970s · 14 titles
NRRangbaaz introduced the idea of an "anti-hero" to Bangladeshi cinema.
Rangbaaz
1973
A Bengali-language drama directed by Nazrul Islam, starring Kabori Sarwar, Razzak, and Anis.
Darpochurno
1970
NRThe film is based on the timeline from 1966 to 1970 when Bengalis began fighting for independence. “Rupali Shaikate” is a rest house near the beaches of Cox Bazar.
Rupali Shaikate
1979
8.0A Delhi girl comes to her aunt's house, where she hears the reality of Bangladesh's independent story.
Quiet Flows the Meghna
1973
NRA wealthy young man defies his father’s expectations by choosing to build a career in music instead of following a conventional office job.
Shorolipi
1971
9.4A political satire of Bangladesh under the rule of Pakistan metaphorically, where an autocratic woman in one family symbolizes the political dictatorship of Ayub Khan in East Pakistan.
Jibon Theke Neya
1970
NRLathial (Bengali: লাঠিয়াল) is a Bangladeshi film directed by Narayan Ghosh Mita. The film is the first recipient of National Film Awards. This film was awarded with 6 different categories including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Director.
Lathial
1975
8.7Rajmohan remains in Pakistan at the time of partition and sells Maqbool a giant bed, which upsets the local Muslims.
Palanka
1975
NRFirst released film after the independence of Bangladesh.
Manusher Mon
1972
Sundori is a young woman from a poor family in a village governed by a ruthless zamindar.
And She Was Beautiful
1979
9.0Alor Michil is a 1974 Bangladeshi patriotic film which focuses on the independence movement of 1971. Written and directed by Narayan Ghosh Mita, it stars Abdur Razzak, Babita, Faruk and Anwar Hussain in lead roles. It has been selected for preservation by the Bangladesh Film Archive
Alor Michil
1974
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kanch Kata Hirey
1970
NRDuring the war of independence of Bangladesh, a number of women was victimized by Pakistani Military. A film actor feels to take the responsibility of the war heroines......
In Flames of Sunrise
1972
9.3A brilliant film made by Amjad Hossain on the oppressed have-nots of rural Bangladesh, Golapi Akhon Train-e, enjoyed a phenomenal success. The movie showcasing talented actors Rowshan Jamil, Bobita, and Anowara also brought to attention the issue of inequitable treatment of women.
The Endless Trail
1978
1960s · 11 titles
Lollywood Film
Tum Mere Ho
1968
9.0The first movie based on the life of the last sovereign Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and the historical events of the Battle of Palaashi was directed by Khan Ataur Rahman. Anwar Hossain played the role of the doomed Nawab. Khan Ataur Rahman and Anowara played other major roles in the movie.
Nawab Sirajuddaula
1967
8.0Alam (Anowar Hussain), a young man from a rural background, is forced to leave his family just after the marriage when his wife Luchi (Rosy Samad) feels uncomfortable at his poor home. This makes his father go for earning even at the old age, his lame brother is forced to sell newspapers on the streets, and eventually his younger sister (Sujata) is forced to marry a mentally-challenged person, sacrificing her true love for Kabir (Abdur Razzak), who is again Alam's brother-in-law, to cover up the loan once taken by his father from a village landlord.
Etotuku Asha
1968
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Jowar Elo
1962
No synopsis available yet.
Shurjosnan
1962
7.0A love story between Rahim, Rupban and Tajel. Rupban gets married to a 12 days old Rahim when she is 12 years. Once he grows up, he is unable to consider Rupban as his wife and falls in love with Tajel
Rupban
1965
NRAbirbhab is a 1968 East Bengali film starring Razzak, Kabari and Anwar Hossain in lead roles. Subhash Dutta directed the film.
Abirbhab
1968
NRThe story is about a girl who grows up almost like an orphan in a joint family of two brothers and their families. She has lost her mother (a sister of the brothers) in childhood and her father is a habitual gambler with a bad luck. She develops romance with one of the two cousins in the house.
The Glass Wall
1963
NRBased on a perennially popular Bengali folk tale, Sat Bhai Chompa has had many cinematic outings in both India and Bangladesh. This, the 1968 version directed by Dilip Shom, is one of the most delightful. A king has three wives. The two elder wives connive to throw the pregnant third wife out of the palace. The third wife gives birth to eight children - seven sons and a daughter. The enraged elder wives, with the help of a sorcerer, turn the seven sons into flowers. It is now up to the daughter to turn her brothers back into humans and regain their rightful place in the palace.
Sat Bhai Chompa
1968
8.0A rich girl falls in love with a lower class, but merit student. In absence of his brother, the boy sometimes works a taxi driver & once he saved the girl.
Neel Akasher Nichey
1969
NRBahana is a 1965 Indian Urdu film directed by Zahir Raihan under the banners Saregama. The film (Bahana), starring Sajjan, Meena Kumari, Anwar, Kumar, Pramila, Azurie, Sheela Vaz, was released in theatres in 1965. The film’s songs are composed by Madan Mohan Kohli and lyrics written by Rajendra Krishan.
Bahana
1965


