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Ashfaque Nipun

Ashfaque Nipun

Bangladeshi television director


Ashfaque Nipun is a Bangladeshi Filmmaker, Screenwriter and Actor known for directing Mohanagar, Mukim Brothers, Ei Shohore, Landphone er dingulite prem, Alpona Kajol, Sonali Danar Chil, Ms Shuily, Mukh o Mukhosh er golpo, Victim and Eti Maa.[1][2]

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He directed the TV series Mukim Brothers in 2010. In the beginning of his career, he also worked as an actor. Upashanghar, Un-manush, First Date and Middleclass sentiment are some of the works he performed as an actor. He won the 'Meril Prothom Alo Jury Awards' three times, two for Best Screenplay writer for his telefilms 'Dondo Shomash' (2017), 'Ei Shohore' (2019)[3] and one for Best Director for his first web series 'Mohanagar' (2021). 'Mohanagar', his first web series also received three awards; one for Best Director in 'Channel i digital awards' and two for 'Hoichoi awards' for Best Directing and Most watched series of the year 2021. 'Mohanagar' was successful in both Bangladesh and India. He made another web series for the same platform titled 'Sabrina' in 2022.

Early life

Ashfaque Nipun is the eldest son of Mohammad Alauddin and Kazi Rokeya Begum. He was born and raised in Chittagong. His father was an electrical engineer and worked as an expatriate in Abu Dhabi, that's why a portion of Ashfaque Nipun's childhood was spent there. His father died when he was studying in class eight. He has a younger brother.

Career

In 2002, Ashfaque Nipun joined a workshop on filmmaking hosted by Anisul Haque and Mostofa Sarwar Farooki at Chittagong Film Centre.[4] This workshop inspired him to be a storyteller. Later, he moved to Dhaka from Chittagong to begin a career in entertainment industry. And he started his career as an assistant director of Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. In 2006, he made his debut on television in the drama 2 In 1 as a director and an actor. In 2007, he acted on another drama called Uposhonghar co-starred Nafiza Jahan and directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki aired on Channel i as part of their Pahela Baishakh's special programs.[5] In 2010, his television series Mukim Brothers aired on Channel i.[6] On 15 January 2021, his web film Koshtoneer premiered on Hoichoi.[7] On 25 June 2021, Mohanagar also premiered on Hoichoi.[8][9]

Personal life

Ashfaque Nipun is married to Elita Karim. This couple first met in 2010 in the premiere of Mukim Brothers. They got married in May 2015.[10]

Filmmaking

Nipun prefers to work with the taboo and sensitive subjects of the society. [11]

Significant works

Television & Web Series

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References

  1. "আশফাক নিপুণ: নির্মাণের স্বতন্ত্রতা ও সাহসিকতার দেড় দশক". Cine Golpo. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. "Mahanagar: Depicting the dark realities of Dhaka". The Financial express. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  3. "Winners of Meril Prothom Alo Awards 2019 announced". The Daily Star. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. "Ten Things You Didn't Know About ASHFAQUE NIPUN". The Daily star. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  5. "নাফিসার এগিয়ে চলা". Somewhere in Blog. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  6. "Chatting Up the Mukim Brothers". The Daily star. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  7. "Koshtoneer Review". Lets OTT. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  8. "Ashfaque Nipun on the success of 'Mohanagar". The Daily Star. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  9. "Ashfaque Nipun: A director who enjoys difficult subjects". The Business Standard. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  10. "Miss Shiuly: Entertaining and enlightening". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  11. "Looking back at 2020's memorable TV and web projects". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  12. "Ishita talks about working in 'Eti Ma'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  13. "'Koshtoneer' to stream from January 15". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  14. "ভালোবাসার নায়ক". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  15. "সে তাহসান, সে মিথিলা". Bangla News 24. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  16. "I want to be an actor, not a 'hero' – Afran Nisho". The World News. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

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