He had been an actor, director and producer. He was born Arun Kumar Chatterjee on 3 September 1926 in Kolkata. He is fondly called the Mahanayak or the "Great Hero" of Bengali cinema. Retrieved 22 August 2017.Uttam Kumar (Bangla: উত্তম কুমার ) (3 September 1926 - 24 July 1980) born as Arun Kumar Chatterjee was an eminent Bengali actor from India. ^ "Razzak conferred with a lifetime achievement award in Kolkata".Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. "Bridging the cultural divide: Indo-Bangla Kala Music Award 2003 held in New York". ^ Shilpi Mahalanobish (23 April 2004).^ a b c d e f g Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997).^ "Abdur Razzak, the Nayak Raj of Bangla films, dies".Archived from the original on 7 December 2012. ^ a b "How Razzak became 'Nayak Raj '".^ a b Shah Alam Shazu (23 January 2014).Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. ^ a b "Fans bid farewell to legendary actor 'Nayak Raj' Razzak".Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. ^ "Legendary film star Razzak passes away".^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Fahmim Ferdous and Shah Alam Shazu (22 January 2016).Khan Ataur Rahman Lifetime Achievement Award Jeet, Koel Mallick, Tapas Paul, Laboni SarkarĪwards and achievements Film Year Prosenjit Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee, Sayantani Ghosh, Ashish Vidyarthi, Anamika Saha Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rachana Banerjee, Tapas Paul, Kaushik Banerjee Prosenjit Chatterjee, Sreelekha Mitra, Anuradha Ray, Dulal Lahiri Together they had three sons, Bapparaj, Bappi, and Samrat, and two daughters, Nasrin Pasha and Afrin Alam. Razzak was married to Khairunnesa (nicknamed Laxmi). He later founded the Bangladesh Film Artistes' Association. He went on to become the first Bangladeshi actor to be a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. He created his own production company Rajlokkhi Productions. Razzak made his directorial debut in 1977 with the film Ononto Prem. Razzak went on to make more than 300 appearances in Bengali and Urdu movies. He appeared in a number of films opposite actress Shabana. Razzak acted in leading roles with many prominent actors, including Anwar Hossain, Bulbul Ahmed, Sohel Rana, Ilias Kanchan, Shuchanda, Shabana, Bobita, Kabori, Sujata, Shabnam and others. Razzak got his major breakthrough by acting in the action film Rongbaj (1974), directed by Zahirul Haq. After the 1971 Liberation War he continued working on the films Manusher Mon, Ora Egaro Jon and Osru Diye Lekha. Razzak went on to act in films including Abirbhab, Moynamoti, Taka Ana Pai, Dorpochurno and Jibon Theke Neya (1970). He chose Razzak who was then serving as one of his assistants. In 1966, Zahir Raihan was looking for someone to play the lead role of his new film Behula. He then worked in small roles in the films Akheri Station and Tero Nombor Feku Ostagor Lane. In Dhaka, Razzak found work at Abdul Jabbar Khan's Iqbal Films, and assisted in Kamal Khan's Ujala. That year he moved to Dacca to try to break into the nascent East Pakistani film industry. Communal violence in Calcutta in 1964 made work difficult. In 1961, he went to Mumbai to get a diploma at the Filmalaya Film Institute. He joined the troupe Rongo Shobha Natya Dal led by Chhabi Biswas. His parents Akbar Hossain and Nisarunnesa died at early ages. Razzak was born in Naktala, South Kolkata.