Syed Salahuddin Zaki

Syed Salahuddin Zaki
সৈয়দ সালাউদ্দিন জাকী
Born(1946-08-26)26 August 1946[1]
Tangail, Dhaka Division, Bengal Province, British India[2]
Died18 September 2023(2023-09-18) (aged 77)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Music director, lyricist
Years active1980–2023
Notable workGhuddi
AwardsNational Film Award

Syed Salahuddin Zaki (26 August 1946 – 18 September 2023) was a Bangladeshi film director, producer and film writer.[3][4][1][5] He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Dialogue for the film Ghuddi (1980). He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2021.[6][7][8][9] Zaki died in Dhaka on 18 September 2023, at the age of 77.[10]

  1. ^ a b "'Ghuddi' director Syed Salahuddin Zaki hospitalized". Dhaka Tribune. 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ Noble, Peter; Moore, Oscar, eds. (1991). Screen International Film and Television Yearbook 1991/92. International Thomson Business Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 1-85032-044-6.
  3. ^ "Salahuddin Zaki returns with "Hena"". The Daily Star. 3 March 2017.
  4. ^ "All the world's a stage". The Daily Star. 19 July 2013.
  5. ^ "12th Int'l Children's Film Festival begins". New Age.
  6. ^ "'Ghuddi' to be screened at BSA today". The Independent.
  7. ^ "Zaki directs Afzal, Tareen". Daily Sun.
  8. ^ "'Govt working to retrieve golden era of Bangla film'". The New Nation.
  9. ^ "Asad & Suborna pair up after 32 years". 16 October 2016.
  10. ^ "'ঘুড্ডি' নির্মাতা সৈয়দ সালাহউদ্দিন জাকী মারা গেছেন". Prothomalo (in Bengali). 19 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.