Nurul Alam Atique 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

OTT productions

Television productions

Books, journals and publications

Awards and recognitions