Ferdousi Mazumder


Ferdousi Mazumder is a Bangladeshi film, television and stage actress. She was awarded Ekushey Padak and Independence Day Award by the Government of Bangladesh. As of 2009, on stage she has given over 1200 performances of about 35 plays, mostly for her own group, Theatre.

Early life

Mazumder was an intermediate student of Eden College. She earned her master's degree in both Bengali and Arabic from the University of Dhaka.

Career

Mazumder started her drama career through her brother, Munier Chowdhury, a playwright and novelist. She first acted in the drama Daktar Abdullahar Karkhana, written by Shawkat Osman, which was a production of the then Iqbal Hall of the University of Dhaka. Ferdousi also acted at the very first televised drama of Bangladesh Television, Ektala Dotala. Over the years, she performed in plays like Kokilara, a one-woman play, Eka, a one-character non-verbal play, Tamoshi, written by Nilima Ibrahim and others. She directed five stage plays including Meherjan Arekbar, Tahara Tokhono, Chithi and Dui Bon.
After the independence of Bangladesh, in 1972, a group of Chhatra Shikkhak Natya Goshthi members formed a theatre troupe calling it Theatre. Majumdar was one of the founding members of the troupe.

Personal life

Mazumder is married to Ramendu Majumdar. Together they have a daughter, Tropa Mazumder. Her father, Khan Bahadur Abdul Halim Chowdhury, was a district magistrate. Her brother Munier Chowdhury was an intellectual. Another brother, Kabir Chowdhury, was a professor and intellectual.

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