Shameem Akhtar is a Bangladeshi director and screenwriter, known for her trilogy of films about women's experiences of the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Career Akhtar made her debut with a 10 minute long non-fiction film The Conversation, assisted by Tareque Masud. In 1993, she made another non-fiction film The Eclipse. Her film Rina Brown was released in 13 January, 13 years after her first film. The film deals with 1971's Indo-Pakistan war. She also made Kalpurush film in 2010.
Filmography 1991 The Conversation 1993 Grohonkal (The Eclipse) 1999 Itihaash Konna (Daughters of History) 2002 Shilalipi (The Inscription) 2017 Rina Brown
Awards 2020 Shilpakala Padak
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