বাংলা 
English 
A short biography of Sheikh Md. Mohiuddin (1955-2015), an accomplished son of Kushtia district, distinguished drama actor and valiant freedom fighter. Time flows on by nature’s own law, and we run on, keeping pace with time’s relentless speed. This boat of a life that carries our body returns to the ghat only at the hour of death; in between flows by the whole life and work of that person.
Sheikh Md. Mohiuddin was an energetic personality, full of life. At once a distinguished tabla player, singer, organizer, drama director, composer, lyricist, distinguished drama actor and valiant freedom fighter.
Mohiuddin was born in Kushtia in 1955. His father, the late Aminuddin Sheikh, worked for the Water Development Board. His homemaker mother, the late Anowara Khatun, affectionately called her first-born son "Khoka". Among ten siblings, Mohiuddin was different from all the rest. The first part of his life was spent in Thanapara of Kushtia district. By nature he was a bit of a rebel. Yet an artistic sensibility ran through his veins from childhood. So he would rush off to the jatra performances of the neighbourhood, and sometimes he would shout out a jatra dialogue right at home. The music soirees at the neighbouring house also drew him strongly. In childhood, even without a tabla in hand, he would keep the beat to songs by tapping a table or a pot. In his school life he even acted in the role of a girl. Later in life he was regularly seen in acting and tabla playing. Later still he became joint secretary of the District Shilpakala Academy, Kushtia, and became one of the most unique figures of Bodhon Theatre. He proved his worth in music and in the theatrical arena in various districts of the country and, crossing the country's borders, in other countries as well.
Sheikh Md. Mohiuddin was a Bengali in his very being, a human being in his soul and an artist in his thought. But his greatest identity was that he was a valiant freedom fighter. In 1971 he was a student. On 14 April, when the Pakistani occupation forces seized Kushtia, he walked along the railway line to Chuadanga, then went on by truck to Meherpur, and from there crossed the border and headed straight to Krishnaganj in Majhdia, in India's West Bengal, to take up higher training for the Liberation War. There, after spending some days in the camp of the communist leader Comrade Raushan Ali, he went on to the hilly area of Tezpur in Assam for further advanced training. When the training was over he returned to the battlefield. He was the group's gunner; a Russian LMG rested on his shoulder. And then, through terrible intensity, with his life at stake, he threw himself into the obsession of making the motherland independent. The country became independent.
When the war ended he threw himself once more into the pursuit of music and theatre. Although he worked for the pourashava (municipality), his heart was in the theatre. He worked with many renowned drama directors and drama actors of the country. Although it is difficult today to set them down in order, Sheikh Mohiuddin -
- Animesh Aich.
- Saidul Anam Tutul.
Among the distinguished actors -
- Abul Hayat.
- Dilara Zaman.
- Hasan Imam.
- Mosharraf Karim.
- Zahid Hasan.
- Azizul Hakim.
- Trisha.
- Joya Ahsan.
- ATM Shamsuzzaman.
- Jayanto Mukherjee.
- Babu.
On the big screen -
- Omar Sani.
- Moushumi.
- Humayun Faridi.
He worked with many more besides.
Sheikh Mohiuddin at once acted in serial dramas, package dramas, telefilms and cinema.
Notable dramas: Panjabiwala, Angurlata, Dwichakroyan, Adhuli, Shopnodaho, Uchho Bongsher Potro Chai, Didi, Oporichita, Guide, Shiuli Ful, Bayanno Golir Ek Goli and others.
Telefilms: Kobi, Faguar Din.
Films: Zero Degree, Mollabarir Bou and others.
In his personal life he was a very strange, different kind of man. Very quick-tempered and yet very cheerful. He would delight those close to him with joyous laughter.
In 2015, suddenly, this perfectly healthy man fell ill. Medical treatment revealed the fatal disease cancer. Financial means, manpower, everyone's overwhelming effort to save him and his own boundless cry to live - nothing could stop the path of that journey. On Sunday, 17 May 2015, at around 8:00 at night, he left everyone behind. He left behind only his works and boundless memories.....................
Wherever he may be, may he be well; may Sheikh Md. Mohiuddin remain a unique name in this world.
Photos:-
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Written by :-
Dr. Sumaiya Khanam Eva.
Lecturer (Department of Bengali), Rajshahi University, Rajshahi.
