Renowned photographer Chanchal Mahmood died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka on Friday. He was 68.
Photographer and researcher Shahadat Parvez said that Chanchal Mahmood died at about 9:30pm at Labaid Hospital in the capital鈥檚 Dhanmondi.
鈥楾he Namaz-e-Janaza of Chanchal Mahmood will be held on Saturday morning and he will be buried at the Banani Graveyard in the city after the Zuhr prayers,鈥� said Shahadat.
Chanchal is survived by his widow Raina Mahmood and his daughter from his first marriage.
His body would be kept at Dhaka University Mosque after 12:00noon on Saturday.
Chanchal is often considered a trendsetter of model and fashion photography in Bangladesh, who had a successful career spanning more than four decades.
He also established 鈥楥hanchal Mahmood Photography鈥� an institution for fashion photographers in Bangladesh.
