Eminent Dhallywood artiste, freedom fighter and politician Masud Parvez, popularly known by his stage name Sohel Rana, has launched a new political organisation named 鈥楤angladesh Insaf Party鈥�.
The formation of the party under the chairmanship of the veteran artiste was announced after a meeting in a Dhaka hotel Thursday evening.
The 51-member committee of the new party will be announced later this month or the first week of November. Pigeon, the symbol of peace, has been decided as the party鈥檚 official symbol.
Dhallywood鈥檚 one of the most popular 鈥楪olden Era鈥� artistes Sohel Rana has been involved in politics for a long time. During his student life at Ananda Mohan College in Mymensingh, he was the president of the college Chhatra League.
He became the general secretary of greater Mymensingh Chhatra League in 1965, assistant general secretary of East Pakistan Chhatra League in 1966, and a member of the executive committee of the entire East Pakistan Chhatra League in 1968.
After the country鈥檚 independence, Sohel Rana was elected vice-president of Iqbal Hall in 1972 while studying at Dhaka University. He joined the Jatiya Party in 2009 by accepting its praesidium membership and was appointed as an election adviser to the Jatiya Party chairman and former president of the country HM Ershad.
Also a veteran and acclaimed silver screen artiste, Sohel Rana stepped into the country鈥檚 film industry immediately after the independence in 1971 by establishing Parvez Films as a producer.
Under the banner of this production house, the late eminent filmmaker Chashi Nazrul Islam made Bangladesh鈥檚 first full-length film based on the Liberation War 鈥極ra Egaro Jon鈥� in 1972.
Sohel Rana started his career as an artiste and director in 1973 with the film 鈥楳asud Rana鈥� where he portrayed the title character, based on a story from the late fictionist Qazi Anwar Hussain鈥檚 famous fictional spy thriller series 鈥楳asud Rana鈥�.
For his contribution as an artiste, Sohel Rana achieved the national film award three times in his career, including the lifetime achievement award.
