# Nurul Alam Atique

Nurul Alam Atique (Bengali: নুরুল আলম আতিক) is a Bangladeshi television dramatist, scriptwriter and film-maker. Atique received the Bangladesh National Film Award as the best scriptwriter for the full-length feature film Kittonkhola directed by Abu Sayeed. He also received the National Award for Best Scriptwriter for the film Laal Moroger Jhuti, which he directed himself. This film, based on the Liberation War of 1971 in Bangladesh, won four National Awards, including Best Film. He also received the Meril-Prothom Alo Awards as the best director and best scriptwriter for his first film Choturtha Matra. His film Peyarar Subash was an official selection of 45th Moscow International Film Festival and was later released in theatres in Bangladesh and available on Chorki.

## Early life and education

Nurul Alam Atique was born in Tangail, Bangladesh. He completed his secondary education at Civil Aviation High School under the Dhaka Board, achieving first division in 1986. He continued his higher secondary education at Government Science College, Dhaka securing first division in 1988. Atique earned his B.A. from Dhaka University in 1992, obtaining a second class.
Atique pursued film literacy courses, completing a film appreciation course at the Chalachitram Film Society in Dhaka in 1993 and another at the Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies in 1994. In 1995, he completed a one-year common course in film-making at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, India.

## Career

Atique started his career as a computer graphics designer at Xenesys in 1998. He later worked as a motion graphics designer at Eastern Panorama from 1999 to 2000. He worked as a writer and director at Jolchobi Movie Factory from 2000 to 2003 and a production coordinator at Maachranga Productions from 2005 to 2007. In 2021-2022, he served as a project coordinator at Black Mirror Films, and as a writer and director at Pandulipi Karkhana starting in 2008.

## Personal life

Nurul Alam Atique is married to Matia Banu Shuku, who is a producer at Pandulipi Karkhana. Banu Shuku often collaborates with Atique as a producer and has her own independent career as a scriptwriter, editor, and filmmaker, primarily working with TV productions. The couple has three children.

## Workshops, teaching, festival jury participation

Nurul Alam Atique conducts film workshops, participates in festivals, the film society movement, and serves on juries across Bangladesh. He frequently conducts workshops at institutions like Bangladesh Cinema and Television Institute, Jahangirnagar University, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, and Independent University, Bangladesh.
Atique also contributes to the cultural landscape of Bangladesh through his role on film festival juries and award panels, including participation in events like the Liberation DocFest.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
| 2000 | Kittonkhola | No | Yes | 35mm Feature Film, Received Bangladesh National Film Award (best script) Directed by Abu Sayeed |
| 2001 | Phoolkumar | No | Yes | 16mm Feature Film, Directed by Ashique Mustafa |
| 2001 | Choturtha Matra | Yes | Yes | 78 min. Received Meril-Prothom Alo Awards 2002 |
| 2009 | Dubshatar (In Too Deep) | Yes | Yes | 92 min. Received Meril-Prothom Alo Awards 2010 |
| 2021 | Manusher Bagaan (People of the Garden) | Yes | Yes | 84 min. Unreleased |
| 2021 | Laal Moroger Jhuti (Call of the Red-rooster) | Yes | Yes | 105 min. Received Bangladesh National Film Award (best film and best script) |
| 2022 | Peyarar Subash (The Scent of Sin) | Yes | Yes | 95 min. Attended in Main Competition, 45th Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, 2023 |
| 2025 | Laal | Yes | Yes | Received govt. grant. Based on the life of painter SM Sultan |

## OTT productions

* Ashare Golpo (2022) / Director (Bioscope Original)
* Paanch Phoron (2019) (web series) /Director (OTT platform Hoichoi)

## Television productions

* Choturtha Matra / Tele Film
* Cycle er Dana / Tele Film
* Polayanporbo / Serial
* Jora Ilish / Tv Drama
* Bonophul / Tele Film
* Jaal / TV Drama
* Labonyo Prova / Mega serial
* Chiti / TV Series
* Baro vooter kichha / TV Drama
* cinderella / TV Drama
* Odrissho manob / Tele Film
* Mone-mone / TV Serial
* Chondrobindu / Non-fiction
* Ekta Phone kora jabe, plz./ Scriptwriter
* Everest / Tv Drama
* Marmaid / Tv Drama
* Ekta kinle ekta free/ Mega serial
* Icecream/ TV Drama
* A journey by boat/ TV Drama
* Bikol pakhir gaan/ TV Drama
* Obak Shondesh/ TV Drama
* Kushumer Cahrpash/ TV Drama
* Highway/ TV Drama
* Dalim Kumar/ TV Drama
* Saifulartish/ TV Drama
* Golpoguchcho/ TV Series
* Jadur Shahar/ Mega Serial

## Books, journals and publications

* Editor, Nree (issues on SM Sultan, Myth etc.)
* Writer, Notun Cinema Shomoyer Proyojon
* Writer, Moger Mulluke Firingeer Beshati
* Writer, Manusher Bagan (Poems)
* Writer, Sofar Aaaka Sultaner Mukh

## Awards and recognitions

| Year | Award | Work |
| 2002 | Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Script-writer) | 4th Dimension |
| 2002 | Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Director) | 4th Dimension |
| 2003 | National Award of Films (Bangladesh) (Best Script-writer) | Kittankhola |
| 2003 | Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Director) | Saikeler Dana |
| 2008 | Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Script-writer) | Ekta Phone Kora Jabe Please |
| 2010 | Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Script-writer) | Bikol Pakhir Gaan |
| 2010 | Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (Best Director) | Bikol Pakhir Gaan |
| 2010 | Best Script Critics Award: Celebrating Life | Bikol Pakhir Gaan |
| 2010 | Best Director Critics Award: Celebrating Life | Bikol Pakhir Gaan |
| 2011 | Best Director: RTV-Diamond Jewellers Award | Bikol Pakhir Gaan |
| 2021 | National Award Best Script-writer, Bangladesh | Laal Moroger Jhuti |
| 2021 | National Award Best Film, Bangladesh | Laal Moroger Jhuti |
| 2022 | Audience Award: 20th Dhaka International Film Festival | Laal Moroger Jhuti |
| 2022 | Best Story: Amar Vashar Chalachitra DU Film Society | Laal Moroger Jhuti |
| 2023 | Best Director: 3rd Bangladesh Film Festival Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy | Laal Moroger Jhuti |
| 2023 | Official Selection at 45th edition of the Moscow International Film Festival | Peyarar Subash |