Short filmmaker Upal dies

Sajjad Hossain Upal, a young short filmmaker of Chittagong and the general secretary of Chittagong Film Centre, passed away at his residence in Dev Pahar area in the port city yesterday due to a cardiac arrest at the age of 36.

He left behind his parents, one daughter, one sister, a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.

Upal was the director of the first short film of Chittagong, The Shuttle Train, a film based on journey of the students of Chittagong University to their campus through shuttle train.

Chittagong Photographic Society, Udichi Shilpi Goshthi, Proma Abritti Sangathan, Kathak Theatre, Chittagong Union of Journalists, Khelaghar, Bangladesh Students' Union, Bangladesh Lekhok Shibir, Tirjyok Nattyadal, Cheragi Adda, Khulna Film Society and Federation of Film Societies of Bangladesh condoled his death.

Source : The Daily Star

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