People from all walks of life placed wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar to pay their final tributes to prominent film director and actor Amjad Hossain, reports UNB.
On Saturday morning his body was taken to the Central Shaheed Minar, and was there from 11am to 12pm for people to pay their last respects. Everything was arranged by Sammiloto Sanskritik Jote.
Directors' Guild, Directors Association, Dhaka University, Bangla Academy, and many film related organizations paid their last tributes to the noted film director.
Cultural personalities and activists gathered to say goodbye to Amjad Hossain.
Sohel Arman, son of the late filmmaker, said they were happy their father got proper treatment and assistance from the government when needed.
The body of Amjad Hossain was brought back home from Bangkok on Friday evening.
He will be laid to rest at his village home in Jamalpur in accordance with his last wishes. The veteran director breathed his last at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok on December 14.