Popular actor Ahmed Rubel passed away on Wednesday evening.

He was 55.

Shilpi Sangha President Ahsan Habib Nasim confirmed the death of young actor.

There was a special screening of Nurul Alam Atiq's new movie "Peyara Subas" at a multiplex in Dhaka this evening. Ahmed Rubel played an important role in the movie and participated in the event.

Ahmed Rubel started his career in Selim Al Deen's theatre group "Dhaka Theatre".

Then, he moved to act in commercial Bengali movies. He started his career in the Aakhri Hamla movie and played a negative role in his subsequent movie.

He came back to theatre again to work in Bonopangshul, a theatrical drama.

At this point, he moved to television dramas by director Aatiqul Huq Chowdhury.

But his first television appearance was through Giyasuddin Selim's Swapnojatra.

He followed in Humayun Ahmed's Eid drama Poka where he played the character Ghora Mojid.

Rubel also worked in Humayun Ahmed's Bangladesh Liberation War-related movie Shyamol Chhaya.

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