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'''Ruhul Amin''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[film director]].
'''Ruhul Amin''' ({{lang-bn|রুহুল আমিন}}) is a [[Bangladesh]]i-born [[United Kingdom|British]] [[film director]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
In the early 1980s, Amin came to Britain with his parents from [[Bangladesh]]. While he was at school he made his first documentary-drama ''[[Prubo London]]''.
In the early 1980s, Amin came to Britain with his parents from [[Bangladesh]]. While he was at school, he made his first documentary-drama ''Prubo London''. He attended [[National Film and Television School]].


In 1986, he made a feature film for [[Channel Four Television Corporation|Channel Four]] entitled ''[[A Kind of English]]''.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news |last=Mannikka|first=Eleanor|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/120791/A-Kind-of-English/overview|title=A Kind of English (1986)|work= |location=New York|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=3 May 2007|accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="contrastfilms">{{cite news |last=Malik|first=Sarita|url=http://contrastfilms.tripod.com/id15.html|title=Dr Sarita Malik (PhD)- interviews Ruhul Amin for BLACK FILM BULLETIN|work= |edition=2|issue=3|location= |publisher=''a British film institute magazine''|date=Autumn 1994|accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref>
In 1986, he made his first feature film for [[Channel 4]] [[Channel Four Television Corporation|Television]] entitled ''[[A Kind of English]]''.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news |last=Mannikka|first=Eleanor|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/120791/A-Kind-of-English/overview|title=A Kind of English (1986)|work= |location=New York|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=3 May 2007|accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="contrastfilms">{{cite news |last=Malik|first=Sarita|url=http://contrastfilms.tripod.com/id15.html|title=Dr Sarita Malik (PhD)- interviews Ruhul Amin for BLACK FILM BULLETIN|work= |edition=2|issue=3|location= |publisher=''a British film institute magazine''|date=Autumn 1994|accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref>


Amin has made 13 [[documentaries]] and experimental [[drama]]s for the [[BBC]] and Channel 4.<ref name="Third World Impact">{{cite book |last=Ali|first=Arif|coauthors= |title=Third World Impact|year=1988|publisher=Hansib Publications|page=80|isbn=978-1-870518-04-8|url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=xqvNTIKcDYimsQOJ4uSQDg&ct=result&id=OV1nAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22rahul+amin%22+film&q=%22rahul+amin%22#search_anchor|accessdate=31 October 2010}}</ref>
Amin has made 13 films for the [[BBC]] and [[Channel 4]]. Most of them are [[documentaries]] and experimental [[drama]]s.<ref name="Third World Impact">{{cite book |last=Ali|first=Arif|coauthors= |title=Third World Impact|year=1988|publisher=Hansib Publications|page=80|isbn=978-1-870518-04-8|url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=xqvNTIKcDYimsQOJ4uSQDg&ct=result&id=OV1nAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22rahul+amin%22+film&q=%22rahul+amin%22#search_anchor|accessdate=31 October 2010}}</ref> He is currently making an epic [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] feature based film on the life and music of a rural Bengali folk, mystic poet and singer [[Hason Raja]] played by [[Mithun Chakraborty]], produced by Galaxy Films between UK, India and Bangladesh.<ref name="washingtonbanglaradio">{{cite news |last=Uddin|first=Romuz|url=http://www.washingtonbanglaradio.com/content/54727713-interview-film-maker-ruhul-amin-hason-raja-bangla-movie-starring-mithun-chakraborty|title=Interview-Film-Maker Ruhul Amin on HASON RAJA Bangla Movie Starring Mithun Chakraborty and Raima Sen|work= |location=Washington|publisher=''[[Washington Bangla Radio on Internet|Washington Bangla Radio]]''|date=8 May 2013|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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| ''[[Frozen Moments]]''
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| ''[[Hason Raja (film)|Hason Raja]]''
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==See also==
*[[British Bangladeshi]]
*[[List of British Bangladeshis]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 01:02, 1 May 2015

For the Bangladesh Navy officer, see Mohammad Ruhul Amin.

Ruhul Amin
রুহুল আমিন
Born
Sylhet District, Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
NationalityBritish
Alma materNational Film and Television School
OccupationFilm director
Years active1983–present
AwardsChannel S Shah Abdul Karim Award

Ruhul Amin (Bengali: রুহুল আমিন) is a Bangladeshi-born British film director.

Biography

In the early 1980s, Amin came to Britain with his parents from Bangladesh. While he was at school, he made his first documentary-drama Prubo London. He attended National Film and Television School.

In 1986, he made his first feature film for Channel 4 Television entitled A Kind of English.[1][2]

Amin has made 13 films for the

documentaries and experimental dramas.[3] He is currently making an epic Bengali feature based film on the life and music of a rural Bengali folk, mystic poet and singer Hason Raja played by Mithun Chakraborty, produced by Galaxy Films between UK, India and Bangladesh.[4]

Filmography

Year Title Notes
1983 Purbo London
Flame in My Heart
1986 A Kind of English TV film
1993 MovieWallah
1994 Rhythms
1995 Wicked Tiger
1996 Violent Earth
New Eastenders
1997 Raj Mistri
1998 Megastars
2000 We Need You TV film
Frozen Moments Short TV film
2014 Hason Raja
Scent of Earth

See also

References

  1. ^ Mannikka, Eleanor (3 May 2007). "A Kind of English (1986)". New York: The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Malik, Sarita (Autumn 1994). "Dr Sarita Malik (PhD)- interviews Ruhul Amin for BLACK FILM BULLETIN". No. 3 (2 ed.). a British film institute magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ISBN 978-1-870518-04-8. Retrieved 31 October 2010. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help
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  4. ^ Uddin, Romuz (8 May 2013). "Interview-Film-Maker Ruhul Amin on HASON RAJA Bangla Movie Starring Mithun Chakraborty and Raima Sen". Washington: Washington Bangla Radio. Retrieved 28 October 2014. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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