{{Short description|Bangladeshi film director and producer}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder | office1 = Adviser of Cultural Affairs | president1 = Mohammed Shahabuddin | 1blankname1 = Chief Adviser | 1namedata1 = Muhammad Yunus | term_start1 = 10 November 2024 | term_end1 = 17 February 2026 | predecessor1 = Asif Nazrul | successor1 = Nitai Roy Chowdhury | name = Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | native_name = মোস্তফা সরোয়ার ফারুকী | image = Mostofa Sarwar Farooki at Wikipedia 15 celebration in BSK (08).jpg | caption = Farooki in 2016 | native_name_lang = bn | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|05|02}} | birth_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh | occupation = Film Maker, Film Producer, and Screenwriter |alma_mater = Tejgaon Government Boys' High School (SSC) | spouse = Nusrat Imrose Tisha (m. 2010) | children = 1 | education = }}
'''Mostofa Sarwar Farooki''' ({{langx|bn|মোস্তফা সরোয়ার ফারুকী}}) is a Bangladeshi film director, producer and screenwriter who works in Bengali films.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/celebrating-mostofa-sawar-farookis-cinematic-brilliance-his-birthday-1898731 |title=Celebrating Mostofa Sawar Farooki's cinematic brilliance on his birthday |work=The Daily Star |access-date=5 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theindependentdigital.com/index.php?opt=view&page=25&date=2010-11-06 |title=Hoping for a revolution in films |publisher=theindependentdigital |access-date=16 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315071732/http://www.theindependentdigital.com/index.php?opt=view&page=25&date=2010-11-06 |archive-date=15 March 2012}}</ref> His films ''Third Person Singular Number'', ''Television'', ''No Bed Of Roses'' were critically acclaimed across the world and received numerous international and national awards.<ref>{{cite news |title=Freedom of storytelling key challenge for films here |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/199894/freedom-of-storytelling-key-challenge-for-films-here |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=New Age |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Farooki, Tisha's 12 yrs of togetherness |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/632173 |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=daily-sun |date=July 2022 |language=en}}</ref> On November 10, 2024, he was appointed as the Adviser to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs in the Interim government of Bangladesh.<ref name="Three advisers take oath">{{cite news |title=Three advisers take oath |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/tlrlq6od8p |work=Prothom Alo |date=10 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Prothom Alo">{{cite news|title=Major shakeup in portfolio after oath of three new advisers |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/government/zh4tockuhb|access-date=10 November 2024 |work=Prothom Alo |date=10 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life== Farooki was born 2 May 1973 in the Nakhalpara neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He attended Tejgaon Government Boys' High School.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Karim |first1=Elita |date=2 November 2012 |title=Farooki's Classroom Secrets |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2012/11/01/cover.htm |magazine=Star Weekend Magazine}}</ref>
==Career== Farooki has set a new trend in terms of presentation<ref>{{cite news |last=Sattar |first=Maher |date=15 June 2014 |title=Bangladesh films try to shed Bollywood style . HE |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia/2014/06/bangladesh-films-try-shed-bollywood-style-201461415449809321.html |work=Al Jazeera}}</ref> and direction in the early 2000. His debut film was ''Bachelor'' (2003) starring Humayun Faridi, Aupee Karim, Ferdous Ahmed, Shabnur, [Marzuk Russell] and many others. Then his second film, a political satire ''Made In Bangladesh'' (2007) starring Zahid Hasan, Tariq Anam Khan, Shahiduzzaman Selim and others. His third film ''Third Person Singular Number'' starring Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Topu, Mosharraf Karim was premiered in Busan International Film Festival (2009). It had its European premier in International Film Festival Rotterdam, It was also in the official competition 2009 Middle East International Film Festival. 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. In 2014 it was also in competition for APSA and both the Singapore and Kerala International Film Festivals. He finished his sixth feature film ''Doob: No Bed of Roses'' starring international star Irrfan Khan, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Parno Mittra, Rokeya Prachy and others.<ref name="it12Jun2017">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/celebs/irrfan-khan-s-doob-no-bed-of-roses-is-all-set-for-world-premiere-at-shanghai-film-festival-323697.html |title=Irrfan Khan's 'Doob: No Bed Of Roses' Is All Set For World Premiere At Shanghai Film Festival |work=India Times |date=12 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=29 February 2016 |title=Irrfan Khan Climbs Into Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's 'No Bed of Roses' |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/irrfan-khan-no-bed-of-roses-1201718142/ |magazine=Variety}}</ref> It was an official project of Film Bazar India 2013. It won Dubai Film Market Award and Kommersant Jury Prize at Moscow International Film Festival 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/film/doob-wins-kommersant-jury-prize-moscow-1425976 |title=DOOB wins Kommersant Jury Prize at Moscow |work=The Daily Star |date=30 June 2017}}</ref>
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. 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''.''{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
Farooki was appointed as an international jury of Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2015,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=3 October 2015 |title=Busan's Kim Dong-ho to Head APSA Awards Jury |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/kim-dong-ho-to-head-apsa-awards-jury-1201609596/ |magazine=Variety}}</ref> Busan International Film Festival 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biff.kr/Template/Builder/00000001/page.asp?page_num=4700 |title=WWW.BIFF.KRㅣ12-21 October, 2017 |last=업체명 |website=www.biff.kr}}</ref> 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. 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pritom |first=Nusrat Jahan |date=11 September 2016 |title=Versatile Maria Nur |url=http://daily-sun.com/magazine/details/166512/Versatile-Maria-Nur |newspaper=Daily Sun |location=Dhaka}}</ref>
===In ministerial role=== Farooki was appointed an adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh on 10 November 2024.<ref name="Three advisers take oath"/> He is responsible for the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.<ref name="Prothom Alo"/> Protests took place in various parts of the country, including Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University, following his appointment as an Adviser, due to perceptions of his close ties to the Sheikh Hasina administration.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dhaka University students demand axing of Farooki, 'fascist allies' from interim cabinet |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/c4b4906c9517 |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=DU students call for axing of Advisor Farooki, ‘fascist allies’ |language=en}}</ref>
==Cinematic style== 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."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asiapacificscreenacademy.com/the-awards/judging-process/2015-international-jury/ |title=Jury 2015 |website=Asia Pacific Screen Awards}}</ref> "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".
thumb|Tisha and Farooki in 2015
==Personal life== Farooki is married to the actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha since 16 July 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Farooki and Tisha tying the knot |url=http://news.priyo.com/story/2010/jul/15/farooki-and-tisha-tying-knot |work=priyo.com |access-date=22 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904030951/http://news.priyo.com/story/2010/jul/15/farooki-and-tisha-tying-knot |archive-date=4 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); No by-line--> |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=147155 |title=Wedding bells for Farooki-Tisha |date=18 July 2010 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=10 November 2014}}</ref> Together they have a daughter.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Tisha and Farooki blessed with a baby girl |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/entertainment/dhallywood/tisha-and-farooki-blessed-with-a-baby-girl |access-date=2022-01-05 |work=Prothom Alo |language=en}}</ref>
== Filmography == {{overly detailed|date=November 2021}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year!!Films !! Notes !References |- | 2003 || ''Bachelor'' || * Official Selection - New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest * Official Selection - Third Eye IFF Mumbai * Official Selection -Asiatica filmmediale, Rome * Winner, Best Actress at Bangladesh National Film Award 2004 | |- | 2007|| ''Made in Bangladesh'' ||Winner, Special Mention (Best Film) - Dhaka International Film Festival 2008 | |- | 2009 || ''Third Person Singular Number'' || * Official Selection - Pusan International Film Festival 2009 * Official Selection - International Film Festival Rotterdam (2010) * Official Competition - Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2009 * Winner, Best Director - Dhaka International Film Festival 2010 * Official Competition - Tiburon International Film Festival 2010 * Winner, Best Film, Best Film Director, Best Film Actor and Best Film Actress - Meril Prothom Alo Awards 2010 * Official Competition - Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2010 * Official Competition - Festival Cinema Africano, Asia e America Latina, Milano, Italy (2010) * Official Selection - Keswick Film Festival 2014 * Official Selection - Fribourg International Film Festival 2010 * Bangladesh's official submission to 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film |<ref>{{cite news |author=Ershad Kamol |date=16 March 2009 |title=Mostofa Sarwar Farooki talks his style |newspaper=The Daily Star |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/pod-details.php?nid=12 |url-status=dead |access-date=16 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023174447/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/pod-details.php?nid=12 |archive-date=23 October 2012}}</ref> |- | 2010|| ''Ok, Cut'' || * Official Competition - Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema 2010 * Screened at NETPAC Seminar - International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010 | |- | 2012|| ''Television'' || * Closing film - Busan International Film Festival 2012 (world premiere) * Bangladesh's submission to 86th Academy Award foreign language category.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=21 September 2013 |title=Bangladesh Turns on "Television" for Oscar Race |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/bangladesh-turns-on-television-for-oscar-race-1200656668 |magazine=Variety}}</ref> * Winner, Jury Grand Prize - Asia Pacific Screen Award 2013. * Nominee, Best Film and Best Screenplay - Asia Pacific Screen Award 2013 * Winner, City of Rome Award (jury) for best Asian Feature Film and Audience Award(Best Film) - Asiatica 2013, Rome-Italy. * Winner, NETPAC Award - Kolkata International Film Festival, 2013<ref>{{cite news |title=Farooki's Television wins NETPAC award at Kolkata Film Festival |url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/detailsnews.php?nssl=8e5d5b79456a8e2bc09e54e9e518a5f1&nttl=9677#.UonMUI2Qx69 |newspaper=Risingbd.com |access-date=14 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225010616/http://www.risingbd.com/english/detailsnews.php?nssl=8e5d5b79456a8e2bc09e54e9e518a5f1&nttl=9677#.UonMUI2Qx69 |archive-date=25 December 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * Winner, Special mention award, Muhr AsiaAfrica Dubai International Film Festival 2012. * Winner, Golden Hanoman Award - Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2013 * Official Competition - Asia-Pacific Film Festival, 2012 * Official Competition - Cinemanila International Film Festival 2012 * Official Selection - International Film Festival of Kerala * Official Selection, Open Doors Screening - Locarno Film Festival * Official Selection - Portland International Film Festival 2014 * Winner, Asian Cinema Fund for script development and Post-Production - Busan International Film Festival * Winner - Gothenburg Film Festival fund 2010 for script development * Official Project, Asian Project Market, BIFF 2010 * Official Project, Film Bazaar India, 2010 * Official Selection - Keswick Film Festival 2014 | |- | 2013|| ''Ant Story''|| * Official Competition - Shanghai Film Festival<ref>{{cite news |title=Eclectic mix of contenders for the Golden Goblet Award |url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/feature/art-and-culture/Eclectic-mix-of-contenders-for-the-Golden-Goblet-Award/shdaily.shtml |newspaper=Shanghai Daily |date=9 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pipra Bidya in Golden Goblet contention |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/pipra-bidya-in-golden-goblet-contention-26251 |newspaper=The Daily Star |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531040805/http://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/pipra-bidya-in-golden-goblet-contention-26251 |archive-date=31 May 2014 |access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref> * Official Competition -Asia Pacific Screen Award, 2014. * Winner, Best Film Director (Critics Choice) - Meril Prothom Alo Awards 2014. * Official selection - Busan International Film Festival 2014. * Official Selection - Melbourne IFF (films From subcontinent) 2014 * Nominee, Silver Screen Award - Singapore International Film Festival 2014 * Nominee, Jury Award, Best Asian Film - Asian Film Festival, Dallas 2014 * Official Competition, Dubai International Film Festival December, 2013 (World Premiere) * Official Competition - International Film Festival of Kerala 2014 * Official Project, Asian Project Market, BIFF 2013 * Official Competition - Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema 2014 | |- | 2017|| ''Doob: No Bed of Roses'' || * Winner, Dubai film market award - Film Bazar India 2013 * Winner, Kommersant Jury Prize - Moscow International Film Festival 2017<ref>{{cite news |title=Farooki's Doob wins Kommersant Weekend Prize in Moscow |url=https://bdnews24.com/film/2017/06/30/farookis-doob-wins-kommersant-weekend-prize-in-moscow |newspaper=bdnews24.com}}</ref> * Official Competition - Shanghai International Film Festival 2017<ref name="it12Jun2017" /> * Official Selection - Busan International Film Festival<ref name="auto">{{cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/113646 |title='Doob' to participate in two more int'l film festivals |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka}}</ref> * Official Competition - El-Gouna Film Festival 2017<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/doob-selected-el-gouna-film-festival-1460149 |title='Doob' selected for El Gouna Film Festival |work=The Daily Star |date=10 September 2017}}</ref> * Official Selection - Vancouver International Film Festival 2017.<ref name="auto" /> * Closing Film - South Asian Film Festival, Paris, 2017. * Official Selection - 48th International Film Festival of India, Goa 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iffigoa.org/cinema-of-the-world/ |title=Cinema of the world |date=10 November 2017}}</ref> * Official Competition - Festival Cinema Africano, Asia e America Latina 2018 * Official Selection - Filmfest München 2018 * Official Selection - Seattle International Film Festival 2018 * Official Selection - Asian World Film Festival 2018. * Official Selection - London Indian Film Festival 2018 * Official Selection - Asian Film Festival, Barcelona * Official Selection - International Film Festival of Kerala 2017 * Bangladesh's submission to 91st Academy Awards foreign language film category. * Nominee, Best Actor(Critics), Best Lyrics, Best Cinematography, Best Background Score - Filmfare Awards East * Official Selection - Chicago South Asian Film Festival 2018 * Official Selection - International Film Festival of South Asia, Toronto 2018 | |- | |2019 | ''Shonibar Bikel'' || * Nominee, CineCo Pro Award - Filmfest München<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/parambratas-shonibar-bikel-screened-in-london-and-munich/articleshow/70128142.cms |title=Parambrata's 'Shonibar Bikel' screened in London and Munich |work=The Times of India |language=en |access-date=2019-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719150529/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/parambratas-shonibar-bikel-screened-in-london-and-munich/articleshow/70128142.cms |archive-date=2019-07-19 |url-status=live}}</ref> * Official Selection, Busan International Film Festival 2019 * Official Selection, London Indian Film Festival 2019 * Official Selection, Sydney Film Festival.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Farooki's 'Shonibar Bikel' selected for Sydney Film Festival 2019 |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2019/05/10/farooki-s-shonibar-bikel-selected-for-sydney-film-festival-2019 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=10 May 2019 |access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> 2019 * Official competition, Moscow International Film Festival 2019 * Official Selection, Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2019 * Official competition, Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema 2020 * Official Selection, Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival 2020 * 2019 - Kommersant Prize<ref name=":2" /> Moscow International Film Festival * 2019 - Russian Federation of Film Critics Jury Prize,<ref name=":2" /> Moscow International Film Festival * 2020 - NETPAC Award, Vesoul International Film Festival for Asian Cinema * 2020 - Kumamoto City Award, Fukuoka International Film Festival * 2020 - High School Award, Vesoul International Film Festival for Asian Cinema | |- | 2021 |''No Land's Man''|| * Winner, MPA Film Fund, Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2014<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=12 December 2014 |title=Jafar Panahi, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Among APSA-MPA Award Winners |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/jafar-panahi-mostofa-sarwar-farooki-among-apsa-mpa-award-winners-1201377807/ |magazine=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=MPA APSA Fund awards $25,000 |url=http://www.screendaily.com/territories/asia-pacific/mpa-apsa-fund-awards-25000/5081020.article |magazine=ScreenDaily.com |date=12 December 2014}}</ref> * Winner, Most Promising Project - Film Bazaar India, 2014<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=24 November 2014 |title='No Land's Man', 'Revolution' win India's Film Bazaar |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/no-lands-man-revolution-win-indias-film-bazaar-1201363549/ |magazine=Variety}}</ref> * Official Project, Asian Project Market, Busan International Film Festival, 2014 * Nominee, Kim Ji Seok Award - Busan International Film Festival 2021 * Special Screening - Cairo International Film Festival 2021 * Official screening, Current waves - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2021 | |- | {{TBA}} | ''A Burning Question''|| | |- |2023 |''Something Like an Autobiography'' | * A part of the 'Ministry of Love' 12-Film Anthology for Bangladeshi streaming platform Chorki. * Official Selection, 'Kim Jiseok' section of the 28th Busan International Film Festival |<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=2023-08-03 |title=Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Leads 'Ministry of Love' 12-Film Anthology for Bangladesh Streamer Chorki (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/asia/mostofa-sarwar-farooki-ministry-of-love-12-chorki-bangladesh-1235686690/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |magazine=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2024 |''840'' | |<ref>{{cite news |title=Farooki's '840' coming to TV |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/369789/%E2%80%98840%E2%80%99-coming-on-tv |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=2 January 2025}}</ref> |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" !Title !Notes |- |''Ekanno Borti'' | |- |''69 TV series'' | |- |''Choruivati'' | |- |''420 TV series'' | |- |''Upsonghar'' | |- |''Tal Patar Shepai'' | |- |''Unmanush'' | |- |''Carrom (Part 1)'' | |- |''Carrom (Part 2)'' | |- |''Balok Balikara'' | |- |''Spartacus 71'' | |- |''Emon Deshti Kothao Khuje Pabe Nako Tumi'' | |}
===Web content=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Platform !Notes |- |2021 |''Ladies & Gentleman'' |ZEE5 |<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=21 June 2021 |title=Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Sets ZEE5 Bangladesh Original Series 'Ladies & Gentlemen' |url=https://variety.com/2021/streaming/news/mostafa-sawrwar-farooki-nusrat-imrose-tisha-zee5-ladies-gentlemen-1234995579/ |magazine=Variety}}</ref> |- |}
== Chabial == Farooki is the founder of ''Chabial'', a film makers club.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chabial gears up to storm the small screen this Eid |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/chabial-gears-storm-the-small-screen-eid-1403713 |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=The Daily Star |date=11 May 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chabial Eid Reunion to feature seven different stories |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/22549/chabial-eid-reunion-to-feature-seven-different |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=Dhakatribune}}</ref> This group of young film makers used to be Farooki's assistant directors.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:ঈদে একুশে টিভিতে ছবিয়ালের সাত নাটক |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/glitz/article1348604.bdnews |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=bdnews24 |language=bn}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:ফিরে আসছে ছবিয়ালের নাটক |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/tv/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%95 |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=Prothomalo |date=10 May 2017 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:ছবিয়ালের নাটক শুরু |url=https://www.channelionline.com/%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81/ |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=চ্যানেল আই অনলাইন |date=10 May 2017}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} {{Mostofa Sarwar Farooki}} {{Meril-Prothom Alo Critics Choice Award for Best Film Director}} {{Meril-Prothom Alo Critics Choice Award for Best TV Director}} {{authority control}}
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