Humayun Ahmed (Bengali: 唳灌唳唳唰傕Θ 唳嗋唳唳�; 13 November 1948 鈥� 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi author, dramatist, screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker. He was the most famous and popular author, dramatist and filmmaker ever to grace the cultural world of Bangladesh since its independence in 1971. Dawn referred to him as the cultural legend of Bangladesh. Humayun started his journey to reach fame with the publication of his novel Nondito Noroke (In Blissful Hell) in 1972, which remains one of his most famous works. He wrote over 250 fiction and non-fiction books, all of which were bestsellers in Bangladesh, most of them were number one bestsellers of their respective years by a wide margin. In recognition to the works of Humayun, Times of India wrote, "Humayun was a custodian of the Bangladeshi literary culture whose contribution single-handedly shifted the capital of Bengali literature from Kolkata to Dhaka without any war or revolution." Ahmed's writing style was characterized as "Magic Realism." Sunil Gangopadhyay described him as the most popular writer in the Bengali language for a century and according to him, Ahmed was even more popular than Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Ahmed's books have been the top sellers at the Ekushey Book Fair during every years of the 1990s and 2000s.
Early life: Humayun Ahmed was born in Mohongonj, Netrokona, but his village home is Kutubpur, Mymensingh, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan). His father, Faizur Rahman Ahmed, a police officer and writer, was killed by Pakistani military during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971, and his mother is Ayesha Foyez. Humayun's younger brother, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, a university professor, is also a very popular author of mostly science fiction genre and Children's Literature. Another brother, Ahsan Habib, the editor of Unmad, a cartoon magazine, and one of the most famous Cartoonist in the country.
Education and Early Career: Ahmed went to schools in Sylhet, Comilla, Chittagong, Dinajpur and Bogra as his father lived in different places upon official assignment. Ahmed passed SSC exam from Bogra Zilla School in 1965. He stood second in the merit list in Rajshahi Education Board. He passed HSC exam from Dhaka College in 1967. He studied Chemistry in Dhaka University and earned BSc (Honors) and MSc with First Class distinction.
Upon graduation Ahmed joined Bangladesh Agricultural University as a lecturer. After six months he joined Dhaka University as a faculty of the Department of Chemistry. Later he attended North Dakota State University for his PhD studies. He grew his interest in Polymer Chemistry and earned his PhD in that subject. He returned to Bangladesh and resumed his teaching career in Dhaka University. In mid 1990s he left the faculty job to devote all his time to writing, playwright and film production.
Marriages and Personal Life: In 1973, Humayun Ahmed married Gultekin. They had three daughters 鈥� Nova, Sheela, Bipasha and one son 鈥� Nuhash. In 2003 Humayun divorced Gultekin and married Meher Afroj Shaon in 2005. From the second marriage he had two sons 鈥� Nishad and Ninit.
Death: In 2011 Ahmed had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He died on 19 July 2012 at 11.20 PM BST at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. He was buried in Nuhash Palli, his farm house.
The whole story can be finished in perhaps just one phrase - HIMU DIGS HIS OWN GRAVE!!
Being the weird thing, that Himu is, whose so-called marriage is arranged to a girl called RENU, by his khala(Majeda here), Himu arranges for this dishelved-modern-haughty-sweet-n-troubled girl to get married with the boy of her wishes, Turjo(who is also a drug-addict, like her). Himu stabilizes both the boy and the girl and makes them meet, as well as arranges for the closure of her parents(who were divorced), with a bunch of crazy-and-numb-minded ideas that leaves him in a jail, with an accomplice and a pick-pocket-follower. Rabindranath also makes a special appearance in this one, guiding Himu in certain occasions to make some important decisions. There are as usual, troubled Police-inspectors and officials and an angry Khalu. The ending is predictable, as the reader can easily see that Himu entraps a spider's web, only to get himself in a trap and that exactly happens so. The ending is as usual a literal-masterpiece and fills you with full of hope for mankind. . . .THUMbS-UP!! for both the comedy and the sentiment that . . . . Saving other's neck always ends up in trouble of yours!!
唳灌唳 got a call from 唳唳溹唳︵ 唳栢唳侧 saying today's gonna be his wedding day. She wanted him to marry a girl named 唳班唳ㄠ who fell in love with a drug addict. After a series of incidents, 唳班唳ㄠ ended up marrying the drug addict in the end with her parents' blessings.
First of all, somehow it was believable that an educated American father liked a drug addict guy enough to make him his son-in-law? Seriously? And lastly, I don't know whether 唳灌唳 does what he does knowing the end results or he wings it. Cuz if he knows what he's doing, I would have to say he's intelligent. Otherwise, he's just a mental case that I would like to punch. Yeah, I admit I'm not really a big fan of this character.