Hasan Masood

Hasan Masood (born December 16, 1962) is a Bangladeshi actor.^[1] He is also a former journalist and military officer.^[2]

Hasan Masood
Masood in 2016
Born	(1962-12-16) December 16, 1962 (age 62) Pirojpur, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	University of Chittagong
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer, journalist
Military career
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Service / branch	Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1984–1992
Rank	Captain
Unit	East Bengal Regiment
Alma mater	Bangladesh Military Academy

Early life

Masood was born in Barisal, but he was brought up in the city of Dhaka. He completed his SSC from BAF Shaheen College Dhaka and his HSC from the Government Titumir College in Dhaka.^[3]

Career

Hasan has been singing from an early age and he had completed a 5-year course on Nazrul Sangeet from Chhayanaut.^[4] Hasan joined the Bangladesh Army in 1983 and commissioned from 11 BMA long course on 21 December 1984 in the corps of infantry and retired as a captain in 1992.^[5] He then worked as a sports correspondent at The New Nation and later in 1995, at The Daily Star,^[6] and was also a correspondent of world service in the Bengali affiliate of the British Broadcasting Corporation from February 2004 to 2008.

Hasan was approached by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki to play a role in his film Bachelor in February 2003.^[4] Hasan took a leave from his position at The Daily Star and started his acting career. The film was released in February 2004. He later acted in the film Made in Bangladesh.^[1] His acted television drama plays include 69, "House Full," "Taxi Driver," "FDC", "Bou", "Khunshuti", "Graduate", "Ranger Duniya", "Amader Shangshar", " Gani Shaheber Shesh Kichhudin" and "Batasher Ghor".^[7]

Hasan also voiced the soundtrack Ajke Na Hoy Valobasho in the film Bachelor, which is originally a song by Khurshid Alam, written by Dewan Nazrul and composed by Alam Khan. His first music album, Hridoy Ghotito released on the Valentine's Day 2006. Marzuk Russell wrote all of 10 songs on the album, and Sanjeeb Choudhury composed the tunes with Bappa Mazumdar as the arranger of the music.^[4]

Works

Films

Year	Title	Notes
2004	Bachelor
2007	Made in Bangladesh
2011	Chotto Songshar
2012	Common Gender
2014	Taarkata
2021	Souvaggo
2022	Unish 20	A Chorki Web Film

Television

Year	Title	Notes
	Tiner Talowar
2005	69
2009	Housefull
	Behind The Scene
	Kala Jamai
	Khadok Family
	Taxi Driver
	FDC
	Bou
	Khunshuti
	Graduate
	Ronger Duniya
	Amader Songshar
	Gani Shaheber Shesh Kichhudin
	Batasher Ghor
2021	Hit
2022	Chirokumar Songho Reloaded
	2023	Team West Indies
Living Legend
Corruption

Playback

Year	Film	Song	Notes
2004	Bachelor	Ajke Nahoy Bhalobasho...

Web series

Year	Title	OTT	Director	Notes
2021	C for Coaching		Mabrur Rashid Bannah
	Ladies & Gentleman	ZEE5	Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
2022	Sabrina	Hoichoi	Ashfaque Nipun

Discography

Solo

Year	Title	Notes
2006	Hridoy Ghotito

Film scores

Year	Title	Notes
2004	Bachelor