Noted painter and performer Mustafa Monwar will get this year’s ‘SM Sultan Padak-2018’.

The award ceremony will be held today at the Sultan Mancha in Narail district.

On the occasion of the 94th birth anniversary of SM Sultan, the district administration and the SM Sultan Foundation have organised a 10-day Sultan Mela from March 3 to 12.

Supported by the Ministry of Culture, BSA and Narail district Shilpakala Academy, the fair featured art exhibition, drawing competition, traditional games, discussions.

Mostafa Monwar, who is also a noted radio producer, will be given the Sultan Golden Award by the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA).

Earlier, artist Qayyum Chowdhury, Rafiqun Nabi, Murtaza Bashir, Aminul Islam, Syed Jahangir,  Mahmudul Haque, Abdus  Shakoor  Shah, Abul Barq Alvi, Samrjit Ray Chowdhury, Abu Taher, Hamiduzzaman Khan, Monirul Islam, Monsur Ul Karim, Kalidas Karmakar, Abdul Mannan, Hasem Khan and Ferdousi Priyabhashini were given the award.

Mustafa Monwar, a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University (DU), has made a tremendous impact in the country’s  cultural arena..

As the youngest of six siblings, Mustafa Monwar was born on this day in 1935 in Jessore. He is a son of the poet Golam Mustafa.

Mustafa Monwar was a lecturer at the East Pakistan College of Arts and Crafts. He later became the director general of Bangladesh Television (BTV). He was the director of Shilpakala Academy and National Media Institute and held the position of managing director of FDC.

Through his puppet shows, Mustafa Manowar cheered up scores of Bangladehi people living in refugee camps of West Bengal, India, during the 1971 Liberation War.