Mamunur Rashid
Acting
Biography
Mamunur Rashid is one of the pioneering theatre activists in Bangladesh. He is the chief secretary of leading theatre group Aranyak which plays crucial roles in creating common people aware about their rights through his plays. He was born on 29 February in 1948 in the village Paikora under Kalhati upazila in Tangail. One of the most popular production of his group is Rarang which deals with the life of Santal community. its another production is Ebong Biddyasagar. In 2012, he received Ekushey Padak, the highest civilian award of Bangladesh.
Born: February 29, 1948
Place of Birth: Tangail,Bangladesh
Known For
Ladies and Gentlemen
Follow the emotional journey of Sabila, an ordinary girl, who becomes the voice of every working woman in Bangladesh and beyond. The show highlights the complexity of male-female dynamics and hierarchical exploitations and misogyny.
Monpura
A heartbreaking tale of a poor yet honest young man as lies, conspiracies and a horrible betrayal by his rich and influential employer leads his life towards uncertainty.
Pap Punno
Khorshed chairman is an honest person and rules in favor of justice. Alamin is his dearest assistant who lives with his mother at Khorshe'd house. Alamin and Khorshed's daughter are in love. When Alamin's mother gets to know about this she wants to send her son away. Khorshed denies to leave Alamin but upon knowing about the relationship, he himself sends Alamin abroad. But tragedy follows Khorshed when he gets accused of murder. Some unexpected events start to unfold since then.
Shankhachil
Free as a bird. To wander. To nestle. To take flight. We are not. As India gained its much awaited independence in 1947, a race faced another struggle. Bengal was divided and hundreds of thousands of Bengalis were displaced and divided on the basis of their religion. The Hindus were forced out as East Bengal was made a part of Pakistan and the same fate lay in store for the Muslims of West Bengal. Millions became refugees in their own homeland, and thousands still bear the cross and the scar. The film is a human saga of a truncated land and how people are trying to relive their destiny.
Borbaad
After a heartbreak by Nitu, Ariyan Mirza seeks revenge, guided by his father Adib Mirza's wisdom. Their story transforms from romance to violence, culminating in courtroom confrontations over justice.
Mercules
When Joyita discovers that her boyfriend Robin has gone missing, she finds herself in a chaotic situation.While she uncovers what happened to him, a mysterious murderer begins avenging rape victims. As a result, society eventually turns into chaos.
Kittonkhola
The film brings to light the lives of jatra artists and their struggles to make a living off the dying performing art.
Patalghor
A heroine returns to her childhood home after a long absence. She confronts her past and recalls her difficult childhood. She struggles to cope with the current decay of social values, vice, and past trauma. The return frees her from the glitters and struggles of the silver screen and allows her to rekindle her relationship with her mother. She approaches life differently as she receives answers from the past.
The Grave
Shirja Mia is grave digger. He begs from village to village to get death news. Now he has only two things in his life. One is a doll which he bought for his daughter and other is a number which he has got from his ancestors. His ancestors believed that if someone could dig hundred graves he would surely be placed in heaven. But no one could ever reach the target. When shirja was young he came to a Char and got married. They had a lovely daughter named Rahela. He had to go to town for work. Rahela asked for a doll from the town. One day Shirja bought a doll, but he couldn't come back to Char due to bad weather. Next day he heard that the tidal bore had washed out the Char. Later he came back to Char. But he didn't find his daughter and wife anywhere. The Char was full of dead bodies. At that time he started digging graves. When one grave left to reach the hundredth, he falls in big crisis with a girl like his daughter. Will Shirja be able to complete one hundred graves?
Saturday Afternoon
An unprecedented terrorist attack takes place in a peaceful café in the center of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, on a nice Saturday afternoon. The terrorists use religion to divide and to kill people, while the surviving hostages, all of them also Muslims, try to defend their own humanistic values. The film unravels the clashes and contradictions of religion, ideology, and civilizations through a terror drama shot in a single take.
Filmography
as Naved Khan
as Sabeela's Father
as Member
as Mozammel Haque
as Boro Hujur
as Hares Mia
as Sattar Molla
as OC
as Gazi Shaheb
as Shubul Das