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Mostofa Sarwar Farooki was born on 2 May, 1973 in Nakhalpara, Dhaka, Bangladesh, is a Bangladeshi film director, screenwriter and film producer. Discover Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?
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Filmmaker, producer, and script writer |
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50 years old |
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Taurus |
| Born |
2 May, 1973 |
| Birthday |
2 May |
| Birthplace |
Nakhalpara, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality |
Bangladesh
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He is a member of famous film with the age 50 years old group.
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Height, Weight & Measurements
At 50 years old, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki height not available right now. We will update Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's Wife?
His wife is Nusrat Imrose Tisha (m. 2010)
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| Wife |
Nusrat Imrose Tisha (m. 2010) |
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| Children |
Ilham Nusrat Farooki (b. 2022) |
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mostofa Sarwar Farooki worth at the age of 50 years old? Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s income source is mostly from being a successful film. He is from Bangladesh. We have estimated Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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Not Available |
| Source of Income |
film |
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Timeline
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (born 2 May 1973) is a Bangladeshi film director, producer and screenwriter.
His films Third Person Singular Number, Television, No Bed Of Roses were critically acclaimed across the world and received numerous international and national awards.
He founded filmmakers' movement called "Chabial".
Farooki was born 2 May 1973 in the Nakhalpara neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
He attended Tejgaon Government Boys' High School.
Farooki has set a new trend in terms of presentation and direction in the early 2000.
Then his second film, a political satire Made In Bangladesh (2007) starring Zahid Hasan, Tariq Anam Khan, Shahiduzzaman Selim and others.
It had its European premier in International Film Festival Rotterdam, It was also in the official competition 2009 Middle East International Film Festival.
Together they have a daughter who has been named as Ilham Nusrat Farooki, born on 5 January 2022.
Farooki is the founder of Chabial, a film makers club.
This group of young film makers used to be Farooki's assistant directors.
They then used local cable television networks as a platform to master their hands in story telling and created an audience for the stories they tell.
Their works have managed to connect primarily with the youth in urban and suburban parts of the Bangladeshi society for the realism in story topics and realism in execution.
After that he made a short film named Ok Cut. His fourth feature Television (2012) starring Chanchal Chowdhury, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Mosharraf Karim and Kazi Shahir Huda Rumi was the closing film of Busan International Film Festival and won the APSA Grand Jury Prize in 2013, as well as a further five international awards from Dubai, Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Rome's Asiatica Film Mediale, and Kolkata International Film Festival.
His fifth feature film Ant Story starring Sheena Chohan and Noor Imran Mithu was nominated for the Golden Goblet Awards and the Dubai International Film Festival's Muhr AsiaAfrica Awards.
It was an official project of Film Bazar India 2013.
In 2014 it was also in competition for APSA and both the Singapore and Kerala International Film Festivals.
Farooki was appointed as an international jury of Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2015, Busan International Film Festival 2017 and Kolkata International Film Festival 2017 and Dhaka International Film Festival 2020.
He was also an invited guest and speaker at many other prestigious film festivals.
He is all set to release his upcoming ambitious project, a one-shot film, Saturday Afternoon starring Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Parambrata Chatterjee, Zahid Hasan, Eyad Hourani, Mamunur Rashid, a Bangladesh-Germany-Russia co-production inspired by the Dhaka terror attack incident of 1 July 2016 at the Holey Artisan Bakery, Gulshan.
It won Dubai Film Market Award and Kommersant Jury Prize at Moscow International Film Festival 2017.
The film had its world premiere at the main competition section of 41st Moscow International Film Festival 2019 and won the Russian Federation of Film Critics Jury Prize and Komersant Prize.
It is the first of three films of his identity trilogy, the second one being No Land's Man starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and the third, Memoria will be based on the Rohingya refugees.
In 2019, he received the Fazlul Haq Memorial Award 2018 and was also honoured by Kaler Kantho newspaper on their anniversary.
Farooki also makes commercials for local and international brands like Djuice, Citycell, Banglalink, Ekhanei.com, Crown Cement, Grameenphone, Close-Up, Robi etc. His most popular commercial was for Meril Soap bar starring Tisha.
Farooki's body of work address such themes as middle class angst, urban youth romance, deception-hypocrisy and frailty of individual, frustration about the confines of one's culture and conservative Muslim concepts of guilt and redemption.
Brisbane's Asia Pacific Screen Awards says of his work, "His films often deal with the way individuals free themselves from the limitations placed on them by their identity, economic circumstances and belief systems. To counter the deprivation they face in real life, his characters often seem to create a fantasy world around them, lending elements of magical realism to Farooki's signature style."
"Mostofa Sarwar Farooki could be the next South-east Asian filmmaker to break out", The Hollywood Reporter wrote in the review of his film Television.
Variety's Jay Weissberg wrote.
"Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is a key exemplar of Bangladeshi new wave cinema movement".
