ATM Shamsuzzaman’s condition unchanged

The physical condition of prominent actor ATM Shamsuzzaman, 78, who was taken into life support on Tuesday, has not improved, actor’s daughter Koel Ahmed has said.

“My father underwent a surgery on 27 April. Though the surgery was successful, other problems emerged for his age,” She told Prothom Alo.

Koel Ahmed said there were risks of lung infection too and he was taken into life support to prevent this. However, his kidney and liver are fine, she added.

Koel has requested all to pray for her father.

ATM Shamsuzzaman was undergoing treatment at Asgar Ali hospital in Old Dhaka. 

He is under the treatment of physician Muhammad Rakib Uddin.

ATM Shamsuzaman fell sick on Friday night and was admitted to the hospital around 11:00pm. After a three-hour long surgery he was kept on observation.

Though not regular, he appeared in the silver screen on and off in recent times. He starred in Nasiruddin Yousuf’s recently released film ‘Alpha’.

ATM Shamsuzzaman is also a writer of script as well as story and a director too. In 2015, he was awarded Ekushey Padak, the second highest civilian award in the country.

The actor was born on 10 September, 1941 at Daulatpur, Noakhali. His ancestral residence is at Borobari, Bholakot in Lakshmipur.

In Dhaka, he stayed at Debendra Dash Lane. He studied at Pogose School and Collegiate School in Dhaka and at Lokonath High School in Rajshahi.

His father Nuruzzaman was a prominent lawyer who was involved in politics with Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque. His mother was Nurunnesa Begum. He was the eldest among five siblings--two brothers and three sisters.

Shamsuzzaman began his career in film as an assistant film director in ‘Bishkonnya’ directed by Udayan Chowdhury. He wrote his first manuscript and story for the film ‘Jolchhobi’ and it was directed by Narayan Ghosh Mita.

He wrote over a hundred scripts and stories till date. He played major role in movie in 1965. He came into discussion after carrying out the role of a villain in Amjad Hossain’s “Noyonmoni’.

In 1987, Shamsuzzaman won Bangladesh National Film Award for the best actor for his role in Kazi Hayat’s ‘Dayee Ke’?. He secured another Bangladesh National Film Award playing the role of a supporting character in Redoan Rony’s ‘Chorabali’.