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{{Short description|Bangladeshi actor, storyteller, screenwriter, producer and director}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| awards = [[Ekushey Padak]] -1994, <br>[[Nigar Award]],<br> [[Bangla Academy Award]] -1969
| alma_mater = [[City College, Kolkata]], [[Ashutosh College]]
| birth_date = 23 December 1923
| spouse = Rafia Monsur
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|4 Nov, 2002|23 Dec, 1923}}
| birth_place = [[24 Parganas]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]।
| death_place = [[Dhaka]]
| native_name = আলী মনসুর
| native_name_lang = bn
}}
'''Ali Monsur''' (23 December 1923 – 4 November 2002) Bangladeshi actor, storyteller, screenwriter, producer and director. He was awarded the [[Nigar Award]] as the best filmmaker of Pakistan at that time, the [[Bangla Academy Award]] in 1969 and the [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1994 for his special contribution to theater.<ref name="একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ ও প্রতিষ্ঠান ১৯৯৫">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ ও প্রতিষ্ঠান |url=https://moca.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/moca.portal.gov.bd/page/7e22de29_5250_4bed_bd62_a032ea740a55/Ekushe%20Padak%20list.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422210318/https://moca.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/moca.portal.gov.bd/page/7e22de29_5250_4bed_bd62_a032ea740a55/Ekushe%20Padak%20list.pdf |archive-date=22 April 2019 |access-date=22 April 2019 |publisher=[[সংস্কৃতি বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয় (বাংলাদেশ)|সংস্কৃতি বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়]] |page=১১ |isbn=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত লেখক তালিকা |url=https://banglaacademy.portal.gov.bd/site/page/4b4922ae-d2be-4478-b9bf-08b5dbf50cf2 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219132317/https://banglaacademy.portal.gov.bd/site/page/4b4922ae-d2be-4478-b9bf-08b5dbf50cf2 |archive-date=19 December 2020 |access-date=4 December 2021 |website=[[বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় তথ্য বাতায়ন]]}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Monsur was born on 23 December 1923 at [[24 Parganas]] of West Bengal of British India. Born from Mohammad Khorshed Ali and Anjuman Ara Begum, he was the eldest of four brothers and three sisters. His younger brother Kawser Ali was an actor and film-director. His wife Rafia Monsur was a dancer and dance-director. He passed B.Com. from [[City College, Kolkata]] on 1942. Later he continued study in [[Ashutosh College]] of Kolkata.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

== Work ==
Monsur started writing at magazines and newspapers during his studies at Ashutosh College. On 1943 the drama, ‘Porobari’, written by him was staged at rongmohol, which was directed by renowned film director K.D. Babu. Renowned signer [[Hemant Kumar|Hemanta Mukhargee]] sang in this drama too. He joined as theatre artist, announcer and news presenter at Dhaka Betar later. Alongside his job he was assosicated with drama-theatres too. He was writing dramas, directing and acting. Monsur was one of the actors in the first Bangla 'Talkies' [[Mukh O Mukhosh]] directed by [[Abdul Jabbar Khan (director)|Abdul Jabbar Khan]], this was released on 3 August 1956. He acted in more than 50 films among which are Gazi Kalu Champabati, [[Nawab Sirajuddaula (film)|Nabab Sirajuddaula]], Raja Sannasi, Bhai Bon. Monsur produced and directed films too. He was the director for the films Mohua and Janajani.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

== Awards and honors ==

* [[Nigar Awards]]
* [[Ekushey Padak]] -1994
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] -1969 {{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

== Death ==
Ali Monsur died in Dhaka on 4 November 2002.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 November 2020 |title=বিশিষ্ট অভিনেতা, চিত্রপরিচালক আলী মনসুর-এর মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ |work=নিরাপদ নিউজ |url=https://www.nirapadnews.com/2021/11/04/%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%b6%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%b7%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%9f-%e0%a6%85%e0%a6%ad%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%a8%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%a4%e0%a6%be-%e0%a6%aa%e0%a6%b0%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%9a%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%b2%e0%a6%95-%e0%a6%86%e0%a6%b2%e0%a7%80-%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%b8%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%8f%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a7%a7%e0%a7%af%e0%a6%a4%e0%a6%ae-%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%83%e0%a6%a4%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%af%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b7%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%80-%e0%a6%86%e0%a6%9c/ |access-date=4 December 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211204083448/https://www.nirapadnews.com/2020/11/04/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C/ |archive-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>

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[[Category:Asutosh College alumni]]
[[Category:Nigar Award winners]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:1923 births]]

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