Anwar Hossain

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

Film credits

1990s · 9 titles

Mayer Odhikar poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Mayer Odhikar

1996

Sipahi poster
NR

The 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

Shotter Mrittu Nei poster
7.0

The 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

Chaowa Theke Paowa poster
7.0

It's between a family drama movie.

Chaowa Theke Paowa

1996

Buker Bhitor Agun poster
6.0

It'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

Premer Somadhi poster
8.0

A 1996 Bangladeshi film.

Premer Somadhi

1996

Shami Keno Asami poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shami Keno Asami

1997

Ononto Bhalobasa poster
6.0

Afzal 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

Ranga Bou poster
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Sohail 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

1970s · 14 titles

Rangbaaz poster
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Rangbaaz introduced the idea of an "anti-hero" to Bangladeshi cinema.

Rangbaaz

1973

Rupali Shaikate poster
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The 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

Shorolipi poster
NR

A 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

Quiet Flows the Meghna poster
8.0

A Delhi girl comes to her aunt's house, where she hears the reality of Bangladesh's independent story.

Quiet Flows the Meghna

1973

Lathial poster
NR

Lathial (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

Jibon Theke Neya poster
9.4

A 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

Manusher Mon poster
NR

First released film after the independence of Bangladesh.

Manusher Mon

1972

No artwork available
NR

A Bengali-language drama directed by Nazrul Islam, starring Kabori Sarwar, Razzak, and Anis.

Darpochurno

1970

Palanka poster
8.7

Rajmohan remains in Pakistan at the time of partition and sells Maqbool a giant bed, which upsets the local Muslims.

Palanka

1975

No artwork available
NR

Sundori is a young woman from a poor family in a village governed by a ruthless zamindar.

And She Was Beautiful

1979

Kanch Kata Hirey poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Kanch Kata Hirey

1970

In Flames of Sunrise poster
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During 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

The Endless Trail poster
9.3

A 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

Alor Michil poster
9.0

Alor 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

1960s · 11 titles

No artwork available
NR

Lollywood Film

Tum Mere Ho

1968

Nawab Sirajuddaula poster
9.0

The 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

No artwork available
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Shurjosnan

1962

Etotuku Asha poster
8.0

Alam (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

Jowar Elo poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Jowar Elo

1962

Abirbhab poster
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Abirbhab is a 1968 East Bengali film starring Razzak, Kabari and Anwar Hossain in lead roles. Subhash Dutta directed the film.

Abirbhab

1968

Rupban poster
7.0

A 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

The Glass Wall poster
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The 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

Sat Bhai Chompa poster
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Based 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

Neel Akasher Nichey poster
8.0

A 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

Bahana poster
NR

Bahana 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

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