Alamgir Kabir -The Asian Age

Alamgir Kabir was a Bangladeshi film director and cultural activist. Three of his feature films are featured in the "Top 10 Bangladeshi Films" list by British Film Institute. His parents originally hailed from Banaripara Upazila of Barisal.

He completed the matriculation in 1952 from Dhaka Collegiate School and the intermediate in 1954 from Dhaka College.After completion of bachelors from the Dhaka University in Physics, he went to England to study Electrical Engineering at Oxford University at the age of 22 .

After the war of independence, he started making feature films. During 1981-82 Alamgir was the coordinator of the Film Appreciation Courses organized by the Film Institute, Government of Bangladesh. Alamgir drowned on January 20, 1989 in the Jamuna River at Nagarbari ferrighat when returning from Bogra after attending a film seminar.