Ferdous Ahmed
Ferdous Ahmed (born 7 June 1972) is a Bangladeshi film actor and producer. He acts in Bangladesh and Indian Bengali films. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor 5 times for his roles in the films "Hothat Brishti" (1998), "Gangajatra" (2009), "Kusum Kusum Prem" (2011), "Ek Cup Cha" (2014) and "Putro" (2018). Career. Actor. Ahmed was introduced in the film industry by choreographer Amir Hossain Babu. He debuted in the film "Hothat Brishti" (1998), directed by Basu Chatterjee. He won his first Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor for the lead role in the film . He then acted Chatterjee's two other films – "Chupi Chupi" (2001) and "Tak Jhal Mishti" (2002). In 2003, he performed in "Chandrokotha" of filmmaker Humayun Ahmed and "Kal Shokale" of Amjad Hossain. He then acted in "Bachelor" (2004), directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and ‘Meher nigar’ – the first film that is made from the writing of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and directed by Moushumi – Guljar. In the next year 2005, Ahmed again performed in the second film made from the script of national poet's literature. The film named "Rakkhushi" and he acted with actress Rojina. In the same  year he also acted in the film "Ayna" directed by actress Kabori Sarwar. In 2006, Ahmed worked in two films of Didarul Alam. The first was made from the first novel of Humayun Ahmed, "Nondito Noroke", directed by Belal Ahmed. The second was directed by Didarul Alam and named "Na Bolona". In 2008, Ahmed performed in the film "Rupantor" directed by Abu Saeed. In 2009, acting in the film "Gangajatra" brought him the second National Film Award. In 2010, Ahmed acted in films like "Golapi Ekhon Bilatey" by Amjad Hossain, based on sports perspective ‘Jaago’ directed by Khijir Hayat and  the film based upon in a special character in the film "Ke Apon Ke Por". In the meantime, Ahmed also acted in an Indian action film and participated in the film "Khoka Babu" in 2012. Producer. Ahmed owns film production house "Nuzhat Films", television production house "CinemaScope" and a wing of event planning studio. He produced his first film "Ek Cup Cha" (2014). Then he produced Postmaster 71. Personal life. He was born in a prestigious family in Comilla District. Controversy. During the run-up to the 2019 Indian general election, Ahmed visited West Bengal, India and was campaigning for  chief minister and All India Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. The Indian Union Ministry of Home Affairs revoked his business visa in turn.