Sarwar Farooki’s birthday today

Today is the 45th birthday of film director, screenwriter and film producer Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.

Farooki is considered one of the leading figures to bring modernism/realism in Bangladeshi cinema. His works often switch between a real and quasi-real world. He is also the pioneer of an avant-garde filmmakers’ movement called “Chabial”.

He set a new trend in terms of presentation and direction in the early 2000. His first two films, which he considers to be an educational effort, were Bachelor (2003) and Made in Bangladesh (2007).

Bachelor was a big hit among the youth and opened up a new road for young cinema. His third film Third Person Singular Number was premiered in Pusan 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 (Abu Dhabi).

Farooki made quite a recognizable mark for him with his fourth feature Television (2012) which 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 Film Festival.

His fifth feature film Ant Story (2013) was nominated for the Golden Goblet Awards and the Dubai International Film Festival’s Muhr Asia-Africa Awards. In 2014 it was also in competition for APSA and both the Singapore and Kerala International Film Festivals.

Source: Wikipedia