Today is the 83rd anniversary of the birth of actor Bulbul Ahmed, who left his mark in several mediums, including television, film and theatre.
Born in 1941, Bulbul Ahmed began his acting career as a theatre artiste. He acted in Rabindranath Tagore鈥檚 鈥楽hesh Raksha鈥�, which was staged at the MC College campus in Sylhet in 1957. Later, he joined the Drama Circle and performed in plays such as 鈥極edipus鈥� and 鈥楢rms and the Man鈥�.
He performed in radio plays and acted in more than 250 plays for Bangladesh Betar.
Bulbul Ahmed made his silver screen debut in 1973 playing a supporting character in the film titled Ieye Korey Biye. Following which, he appeared in a central role in the film 鈥楯iban Niye Juya鈥�.
He earned huge popularity playing major roles in films, including 鈥楧ebdas鈥�, 鈥楽imana Periye鈥�, 鈥楽urja Kanya鈥�, 鈥楻upali Saikate鈥�, 鈥楤adhu Bidaay鈥� and 鈥楤adnaam鈥�.
He also directed four films under the headers 鈥楻ajlakshi Srikanta鈥�, 鈥楢karshan鈥�, 鈥楪aram Haowa鈥� and 鈥楰oto Je Apan鈥�.
Bulbul Ahmed passed away on July 15, 2010 in Dhaka.
