Film director Ehtesham dies at 75 - Leading director and producer Ehtesham, died in Dhaka at the weekend due to old
age complications, family sources said. A family member of the 75-year-old film maker said
Ehtesham died in his sleep on Sunday, 17 February 2002. Ehtesham is also credited with
discovering many cinema talents, including Pakistan's leading actor Nadeem, who later
became his son-in-law marrying his only daughter. Born as Abu Nur Muhammad Ehteshamul Haq
in Dhaka in 1927, Ehtesham joined the local film industry in 1950 as a cinema distributor.
Six years later he set up his own cinema production company and launched his first film
"Ae Desh Tomar Amar" (This country is yours and mine). Read the details (in Bangla - .pdf format)
Film director Ehtesham dies at 75 - Leading director and producer Ehtesham, died in Dhaka at the weekend due to old
age complications, family sources said. A family member of the 75-year-old film maker said
Ehtesham died in his sleep on Sunday, 17 February 2002. Ehtesham is also credited with
discovering many cinema talents, including Pakistan's leading actor Nadeem, who later
became his son-in-law marrying his only daughter. Born as Abu Nur Muhammad Ehteshamul Haq
in Dhaka in 1927, Ehtesham joined the local film industry in 1950 as a cinema distributor.
Six years later he set up his own cinema production company and launched his first film
"Ae Desh Tomar Amar" (This country is yours and mine). 
