Recently deceased film-maker Saidul Anam Tutul was laid to rest at the Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard in Mirpur today. Before his funeral the famous actor and film-maker’s body was taken to Shaheed Minar at 11am, where people from every walk of life paid their last respects to the deceased.
The actor’s wife, his two daughters, Mustafa Monwar, Nasir Uddin Yousuf, Faridur Reza Sagar, Morshedul Islam, Raisul Islam Asad, Zahidur Rahim Anjan, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Gazi Rakayet, Kamar Ahmed Saimon, Tariq Anam Khan, SA Haque Alik, and many others, were present to honour the maker at Shaheed Minar.
The deceased’s namaz-e-janaza was held at Dhaka University Central Mosque after Zohr prayers.
Saidul Anam Tutul had a heart attack at 2am on December 16. He was immediately taken to a Labaid Hospital of Dhaka and kept on life support at the coronary care unit (CCU). The distinguished personality passed away at 3pm of December 18.
Saidul Anam Tutul was born in Puran Dhaka on April 1, 1950. Since his childhood, he had been involved in various cultural and social organizations. He completed his secondary school certificate (SSC) examination from Dhaka Government Muslim School in 1967, and his higher secondary certificate (HSC) examination from Dhaka College in 1971. During his days as a student of Dhaka College, he became involved with film society activism. He participated in the Liberation War in 1971, and specifically fought in Sector Six of Khulna.
After the war ended, Saidul studied Business Science at Dhaka University. For his involvement in film activism, Saidul received the ICCR scholarship from India in 1974. He studied film editing on that scholarship at the Film and Television Institute of Pune, India, returning to Bangladesh in 1978 after completing his studies.
Saidul Anam Tutul with his wife and two daughters | Collected
After his return he took up film editing for the renowned Bangladesh movie, “Surja Dighal Bari.” He received the National Award for Best Film Editor for his work on that movie.
As an editor, he also worked on Syed Salahuddin Zaki’s “Ghuddi,” Sheikh Niamat Ali’s “Dahan,” Morshedul Islam’s “Agami,” “Dukhai,” and “Dipu Number 2.” Aside from being a film editor, he was also a gifted film teacher. He taught the editing and language of films at various film appreciation courses and film-making training workshops, organized by various film societies and the Bangladesh Film and Television Institute.
In 2003, Saidul Anam Tutul made his first film, “Adhiar.” The movie about the 1946-47 Tebhaga Protest of farmers in Bangladesh, was acknowledged as a well-made film by both film critics and cinema-goers.
Saidul Anam Tutul is considered a legendary director of Bangladeshi Television plays as well. He has done many important plays in the history of television in Bangladesh. The most notable are: “Nil Poran,” “Bokhate,” “Seku Sekandar,” “52 Golir Ek Goli,” “Apon Por,” “Gobor Chore,” “Helicopter,” “Nishikabbo,” “Aporajita,” and many others.
Aside from this, Saidul Anam Tutul brought many dimensional changes to the making of advertisements. As a successful advertisement maker, he made over 400 commercials.
In financial year 2017-18, Saidul Anam Tutul received a government grant to make his second film “Kaalbela.” 90% of the filming of “Kaalbela” was completed when he was planning to leave for Rajshahi to complete the remaining 10%, before his death at the age of 68.
