Abdul Jabbar Khan (director)

Abdul Jabbar Khan
আব্দুল জব্বার খান
BornApril 20, 1916
Masadgaon village, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Lohajang Upazila, Munshiganj District, Bangladesh)
Died29 December 1993(1993-12-29) (aged 76–77)
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materAhsanullah School of Engineering
Occupations
  • Engineer
  • Filmmaker

Abdul Jabbar Khan (20 April 1916 – 29 December 1993) was a Bangladeshi filmmaker. He was credited with directing Mukh O Mukhosh (1956), the first Bengali-language film ever made in the then East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh).[1] The library of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation was named Abdul Jabbar Khan Library after him.

  1. ^ Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Khan, Abdul Jabbar". In Islam, Sirajul; Ayub Hossain, Ayub (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.