Mostafa Monwar

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Mostafa Monwar

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Surongo
2h 38m
Movie 2023

Surongo

Moyna and Masud's marriage takes a tumultuous turn when their differing desires clash. While Masud leaves for Malaysia, Moyna seeks comfort in the arms of another man. Can they start afresh?

Overtrump
TV Show 2023

Overtrump

Fatka Salim has fallen into dire straits by kidnapping a common businessman Miraj. Everything gets messier gradually. It's a game of bluffing, not believing, so it's hard to tell who will win and who will lose.

Gunin
1h 57m
Movie 2022

Gunin

The movie is about the clash among two brothers in an eternal love triangle followed by the mysterious death of their grandfather Razab Ali Guning, a village exorciser.

Lights, Camera...Objection
0h 31m
Movie 2021

Lights, Camera...Objection

Second episode of the anthology series 'Jaago Bahey', set in 1970s Bangladesh. A filmmaker is put under the trial of the Pakistani Censor board. The regime tries to control both the artist and the art. Will he succumb to their demand?

Ladies and Gentlemen
TV Show 2021

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.

Ekattor
TV Show 2020

Ekattor

A love story amidst agitation and crime... Find out about the fight to survive, during the Bangladeshi freedom struggle.

Made in Bangladesh
1h 35m
Movie 2019

Made in Bangladesh

Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work, she decides to start a union with her co-workers. Despite threats from the management and disapproval of her husband, Shimu is determined to go on. Together the women must fight and find a way to register their union.

Sincerely Yours, Dhaka
2h 14m
Movie 2019

Sincerely Yours, Dhaka

In this omnibus, 11 Bangladeshi filmmakers create a love letter to the city of Dhaka. From young girls looking for a drink in a dry town to a bank scammer's attempted murder to a plumber creating a refugee crisis, the city co-stars every time.

Dhaka Metro
TV Show 2019

Dhaka Metro

This is the story of a troubled city man who drives off, away from the chaotic city life and finds himself stuck in a disturbing reality. Throughout the road trip, he encounters a series of surreal events and meets strange people. He does not know where the road will take him next.

Live from Dhaka
1h 31m
Movie 2019

Live from Dhaka

In a series of vignettes, a partially handicapped man lives his days in anguish as he tries to find a way to leave Dhaka.

Biography

Mostafa Monwar (born Mostafa Monwar Al-Azim) is a Bangladeshi actor and screenwriter known for starring as the protagonist in Live from Dhaka, for which he received 2016 Singapore International Film Festival awards for Best Performance. In 2011, Mostofa Monwar made his film debut in Guerrilla. In 2016, he starred as Sazzad in Live from Dhaka. In 2017, he acted in the TV series Chabial Reunion. In 2018, his third film Sincerely Yours, Dhaka released. In 2019, he starred in Hoichoi series Dhaka Metro. In 2019, he also acted as Sohel in the film Made in Bangladesh. In 2020, Monwar starred as Selim in another Hoichoi series Ekattor. In July 2021, he acted as Sabila's husband Arif in ZEE5 series Ladies & Gentleman. In the same month, he appeared as Kabir in Chorki anthology series Unoloukik. In October 2021, he was cast as the ambulance driver in No Ground Beneath the Feet. In December 2021, he portrayed Zahir Raihan in another Chorki series Jaago Bahey, for which he got Channel I Digital Media Award 2021 as the Best Emerging Actor of the year. In June 2023, he starred in the film Surongo.

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