The 6th death anniversary of legendary actor and drama organizer Humayun Faridi is being observed on Tuesday.
He was born in Dhaka on May 29, 1952.
He passed the SSC exam from Islamia Government High School in 1968 and HSC from Chandpur Government College in 1970. In the same year, he entered the University of Dhaka in Organic Chemistry.
However, due to the country’s liberation war on 1971 study became impossible. Later on, he admitted into the Jahangirnagar University in Economics.
Faridi was one of the principal organisers of 1976 Drama Festival of Jahangirnagar University. Mainly from this moment, he started to be famous. He became a member of Dhaka Theatre during his student life in the university.
He later acted on numerous dramas on the country's television. One character 'Kan Kata Ramjan' from the novel Shongshoptok earned Faridi extreme popularity in the country.
Faridi started acting in Film where he also earned extreme popularity by bringing new concept in the acting During 1990s.
He was awarded National Film Award in 2004 for his acting in ‘Matritta’. The legendary actor died in Dhaka on February 13 in 2012.