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'''Obaidul Huq''' (31 October 1911 – 13 October 2007) was a Bangladeshi journalist, cinematographer, playwright and writer. <ref name="yPcrR">{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Huq,_Obaidul|title=Huq, Obaidul|website=Banglapedia|language=en|access-date=2017-03-05}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1981 by the Government of Bangladesh.<ref name="star">{{cite news|title=Obaidul Huq's birth anniversary today|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/obaidul-huqs-birth-anniversary-today-48247|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=31 October 2014}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Huq was born to Bazlul Huq Khan and Anjuman Nessa on 31 October 1911 at [[Feni district|Feni]] in Noakhali.<ref name="6v2FW">{{cite book|last=Salam|first=Sheikh Abdus|year=2012|chapter=Huq, Obaidul|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Huq,_Obaidul|editor1-last=Islam|editor1-first=Sirajul|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam|editor2-last=Jamal|editor2-first=Ahmed A.|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh|edition=Second|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> His father was a lawyer at Feni and a Member of the Bengal Provincial Legislative Assembly. Huq did his master's degree in philosophy and psychology in 1934 and obtained a law degree in 1936 from the [[University of Dhaka]].

== Career ==
Huq joined the ''[[Pakistan Observer]]'' in 1951 as joint editor and after the independence of Bangladesh in 1971 he joined ''[[The Bangladesh Observer]]'' as the editor. Later, he worked as a columnist and regular contributor to different dailies.<ref name="star" />

== Personal life ==
Huq had four sons, Mashuqul Huq , Arham Masudul Huq.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-9437|title=Film directors and journalists pay tribute to Obaidul Huq|date=2007-10-30|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en}}</ref> Anjam Maruf, Sazzad Zabir; three daughters Salma Ahsan, Asma Huq and Naima Huq. Syeda Rumana Tahmin, Syeda Rumana Tasleem, Syeda Rumana Tasneem, Syed Jamil Ahsan, Imran Asif, Asfia Farheen Huq Toma, Sadia Farzana, Samia Farzana, Nafisul Huq, Rafida Maruf Choity, Faseeha Zabir Shuchi, Nasiba Zabir Shoily and Farha Adiba Hoque are among his grand children.

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Language
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Release date
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Note
|-
|1946
|''Dukhe Jader Jibon Gora''
|Bengali
|
|Directorial debut, First film in [[Tollywood(Bengali cinema)|Tollywood]] directed by a Bengali Muslim, credited as "Himadri Choudhury"
|-
|1964
|''Dui Diganta''
|Bengali
|
|<ref>{{cite book|last=Gazdar|first=Mushtaq|author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar|year=1997|title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=254|isbn=0-19-577817-0}}</ref>
|}

== Awards ==

* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1964)
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1981)
* UNICEF Gold Medal (1983)
* Abdus Salam Gold Medal
* Zahur Hossain Gold Medal
* Kazi Mahbubullah and Begum Zebunnessa Trust Gold Medal
* Atisha Dipankar prize
* Millenium Award (2002)
* Hiralal Sen prize (2003)

== References ==

== Further reading ==
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