Entertainment Desk:

Thasday marks the 13th death anniversary of acclaimed filmmaker Tareque Masud and cinematographer and former chief executive officer of ATN News Mishuk Munier.

On 13 August 2011, Tareque and Mishuk Munier along with three others were killed in a tragic road accident on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Ghior Upazila of Manikganj while returning to Dhaka from Manikganj after visiting a shooting location. The accident happened when a microbus carrying the two celebrities collided with a bus on the highway.

Tareque Masud was born on 6 December 1956 in Faridpur. He made his directorial debut in 1989 with Adam Surat, a documentary on the legendary artist SM Sultan. He was a pioneer of the independent film movement in Bangladesh. He first found success with his films “Muktir Gaan” in 1995 and “Matir Moina” in 2002.

While Shafique Munier known as Mishuk Munier was a media specialist and broadcast journalist. He was one of the three sons of the martyred intellectual Professor Munier Chowdhury. Mishuk served as chief executive officer and chief editor of satellite TV channel ATN News.