Filmmaker Shahidul Islam Khokon passes away

Noted filmmaker Shahidul Islam Khokon dies at a hospital in Dhaka on April 4, 2016 due to a prolonged illness.
Noted filmmaker Shahidul Islam Khokon dies at a hospital in Dhaka this morning due to a prolonged illness.
Noted filmmaker Shahidul Islam Khokon died at a hospital in Dhaka this morning due to a prolonged illness.
Khokon breathed his last around 8:15am, Bangla daily Prothom Alo reports quoting family members.
The director was suffering from a motor neuron disease for the last several years.
Khokon was the director of many commercially successful films like Ghatok, Palabi Kothay, Lal Shobuj, Bhondo, Madam Phuli, Birpurush, Loraku and Biplob.