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Film director Akbar Kabir Pinto no more

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Published: 11:58, 15 February 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Film director Akbar Kabir Pinto no more

Akbar Kabir Pinto

Staff Correspondent: Popular film director Akbar Kabir Pinto has died of a heart attack at his residence in Mohammadpur area of the capital on Wednesday noon (Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un).

Kabirul Islam, member of Executive Council of Director Association, said Akbar Kabir Pinto fell sick at his residence suddenly. Then he went to bathroom. When he was not coming out of the bathroom after a long time, the door of the bathroom was broken and he was rescued.

Later, he was soon taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital where duty doctor declared him dead.

The film director left behind his wife, two sons and a daughter to mourn his death.

Pinto made his film debut as an assistant director of Director E.R. Khan. Later, he made many popular films such as ‘Rong bodlai’; ‘Polasher rong’; ‘Utsorgo’; ‘Mama Vagne’; ‘Badsha’; ‘Kalo Golap’; ‘Ogo bideshini’; ‘Agni porikkha’ etc.

Pinto performed his duty as the director general of Bangladesh Film Directors' Association in 1987-88.

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