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Noted cine-journalist and Editor of magazine 'Cinema' Abdur Rahman and filmmaker Golam Rabbani Biplab have been selected for this year's Fazlul Haque Memorial Award. They will receive the awards today, death anniversary of Fazlul Haque, at a function. The award giving ceremony will be held at 6:00pm at the Ball Room of Hotel Sheraton.

Fazlul Haque Memorial Award, named after pioneering cine-journalist and director of President (the first film for children made here) late Fazlul Haque, was initiated by his wife, renowned litterateur Rabeya Khatun in 2004. Every year the organisers select two individuals for the award - one for cine-journalism and the other for film direction.

Fazlul Haque was born in 1930 in Bogra. His elder son, Faridur Reza Sagar, is the Managing Director of Impress Telefilm Ltd, younger son Farhadur Reza Probal was once a popular TV anchor and now lives in Australia and daughter Keka Ferdausi is a noted chef.

In the previous years the award went to Fazal Shahabuddin and Saidul Anam Tutul in 2004, Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury and Chashi Nazrul Islam in 2005, Rafuquzzaman and Humayun Ahmed in 2006 and Hiren Dey and Soovas Dutt in 2007.