Rest in peace, Nayak Raj

It is saddening to hear that Nayak Raj Razzak died of heart failure at the United Hospital. I have known him ever since Behula was released in the early 1960s. I watched most of his films made in both Bangladesh and India. Since about 2010, I have known him somewhat personally as he, along with his little grandson, used to offer Juma prayer at the Gulshan Azad mosque.

In 2011, I saw a TV report on Razzak's birthday and the next morning was Friday. So, I bought a present for him and took to the Mosque. I delivered it to him and wished him “Happy Birthday”; he thanked me in his usual kind and polite way.

May Allah bless Nayak Raj Razzak.

Luthfe Ali, via E-mail