Birth anniv of Obaidul Huq today

Today (Friday) is the 103rd birth anniversary of veteran journalist Obaidul Huq, says a press release.
Mr. Obaidul Huq, a doyen of journalism, was born in 1911 at Feni. He had his Masters in Philosophy from Dhaka University and completed his LLB from Calcutta University. He then joined the government service. But in 1944 he left the government service and joined the film world. He was the first Bengali Muslim to make a feature film "Dukhhe Jader Jiban Gora" in 1946. He was the writer, producer and director of the film.
After the partition of India he returned to the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) from Calcutta. He joined The Pakistan Observer in 1951 as Joint Editor.
Obaidul Huq became the editor of The Bangladesh Observer after the liberation of Bangladesh. He left the paper when it was handed over to its owner in 1984.
He died on October 13, 2007 at the age of 96.