Indian documentary filmmaker, critic, director, producer (c. 1957 – 2016)
Altaf Mazid
Born
Altaf Mazid Rija
c. 1957
Guwahati, India
Died
(aged 59)
Bengaluru, India
Other names
Rija
Occupations
Documentary filmmaker
critic
director
producer
Spouse
Dr Zabeen Ahmed
Children
1
Awards
Full list
Altaf Mazid Rija (c. 1957 – 13 April 2016), known professionally as Altaf Mazid, was an Indian documentary filmmaker and critic in the Assamese cinema. He also worked as a film producer and director in Jollywood.[1] His last documentary was Sabin Alun (The Broken Song) that revolves around Karbi people.[2] He was later appointed as a jury of film festivals, including 10th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and the 9th Dubai International Film Festival among others.[3]
He was born around 1957 in Guwahati, India. He served as an executive engineer in Assam at the Department of Public Health Engineering. He had one daughter.His wife Dr Zabeen Ahmed is the former Librarian of Cotton University, Assam.[1]
^ abAhmed, Shaheen. "Tribute: Filmmaker Altaf Mazid was a man of global ideas and hyper-local concerns". Scroll.in.
^"Festival of Altaf Mazid's films". The Assam Tribune Online.
AltafMazid Rija (c. 1957 – 13 April 2016), known professionally as AltafMazid, was an Indian documentary filmmaker and critic in the Assamese cinema...
2010 Malayalam film, written & directed by Vipin Vijay, produced by AltafMazid, Zubeen Ahmad, Sushanta Roy under the banner of Unknown Films. The film...
prints of Joymati are missing. Some effort has been made privately by AltafMazid to restore and subtitle whatever is left of the prints. Despite the significant...
Rahashyar Bitchaku, based on his life of Ranju Hazarika, directed by AltafMazid. The documentary later received a "Golden Conch" international award...
Non-Feature Film AFSPA 1958 Best Book Bollywood Melodies Best Film Critic • AltafMazid • R. K. Bidur Singh Dadasaheb Phalke Award V. K. Murthy Most awards...
Prasad Agarwala and his films Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine Mazid, Altaf (2006), Joymoti : The first radical film of India, Himal Magazine, March...
national and world cinema. 2008 (56th) AltafMazid • English • Assamese For a straight laced expression marks AltafMazid’s works. His simple narration of subjects...
League 226 Sunamganj-4 A. Zahur Miah Awami League 227 Sunamganj-5 Abdul Mazid Jatiya Party 228 Sylhet-1 Khandaker Abdul Malik Bangladesh Nationalist Party...
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