Shahid Hasan (born 4 January 1966), known by professionally as Misha Sawdagor, is a Bangladeshi film actor known for playing villains. As of 2020, according to him, he has performed in more than 700 films. He won

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3 times for his roles in the films '' Boss Number One'' (2011), ''Olpo Olpo Premer Golpo'' (2014) and '' Bir'' (2020). He first got noticed as a villain in the 1995 film Asha Bhalobasha starring Salman Shah. After Shah's death, he continued playing the villain opposite other actors, but failed to achieve any mainstream success or recognition. From 2006 onwards he started playing the main antagonist in a long string of hit movies starring

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in the lead role and mostly

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as the lead actress, and established himself as a leading antagonist in the

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Early life

Shahid Hasan was born on 4 January 1966 in

Old Dhaka Old Dhaka () is a term used to refer to the historic old city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It was founded in 1608 as Jahangirabad or Jahangirnagar (), the capital of Bengal Subah, Mughal Province of Bengal and named after the Mughal em ...

, the fourth of five children of Bilkis Rashida and Osman Gani. Sawdagor was discovered through a talent hunt programme organized by the

Bangladesh Film Development Corporation Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) is a government owned and operated corporation in Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nuzhat Yeasmin is the managing director of the corporation. History The organization was founded in 1959 as the East Pak ...

in 1986 to find new faces. He selected the stage name "Misha Sawdagor", constructed from the first letters of his wife's name, Mita, and those of his name, combined with his grandfather's last name, Sawdagor.

Career

Misha Sawdagor was selected in the New Face Program organized by the

(BFDC) in 1986. In 1990, he acted as the lead hero in two films named ''Chetona'' and ''Omor Shongi'' both are directed by Chhatku Ahmed, but both the films were not successful. His career took off after he played the villain role in Tamij Uddin Rizvi's 1995 film '' Asha Bhalobasha''. However, ''Jachche Bhalobasha'' (1994) was his first release as a villain. In 1999, he collaborate with

for the first time in

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's romance drama ''

Ananta Bhalobasha ''Ananta Bhalobasha'' is a 1999 Bangladeshi romantic action film. The film was directed and screenplay by Sohanur Rahman Sohan and Produced by Kuddusur Rahman under the banner of SP Production. The story and dialogues of the film are written by A ...

''. His collaboration with Shakib Khan as a villain is considered one of the greatest hero-villain pairings in the history of Bangladeshi cinema. In 2011, he earned his first

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for his negative role with

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's ''Ontari'' (2008) remake '' Boss Number One''.

Personal life

Sawdagor is married to Zobaida Rabbani Mita since 1993. Together they have two sons.

Filmography

Web series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sawdagor, Misha Living people 1966 births Male actors from Dhaka Bangladeshi male film actors Best Performance in a Comic Role National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Best Performance in a Negative Role National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners