Rawnak Hasan is a
Bangladeshi
Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay.
Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...
actor
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,
director
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Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
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* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
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and
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
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.
He won the
Meril Prothom Alo Best Actor Critic Award for the
telefilm ''Ratargul'' (2014) He is the
general secretary
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of the Actors Equity.
Career
At the age of eighteen,
Rawnak joined a theatre group called ''Theatre Art Nattayadol'' in the year of 1995. This was the beginning of his acting career when he realized that real acting is performed in
theatres
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. He debuted in a play called ''Prohelika'' but his character had no dialogue. He performed in a number of plays like ‘''Court Marshal’'', ''Kallattar, Hingtingchot,'' and ''Kaataa'' as a member of theatre ''Art Nattayadol'' till 1999.
Later on, he joined another theatre group called ‘''Nattayajon''’ where he worked for few months. In the same year, he joined the theatre group ''Nagarik Nattaya Shampraday''.
Hasan made his first television appearance in a
drama serial
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called ''
Kagojer Phool
''Kagojer Phul'' ( bn, কাগজের ফুল, ''The Paper Flower'') is an unfinished Bangladeshi epic drama film. The film is based on the life of Tareque Masud's father. Based on Tareque's story the screenplay was co-written by Tareque and ...
''. In 2004, his first written screenplay for a drama serial ''Boyosh Jokhon Ekush'', was premiered. He debuted as a director in 2004 by directing a television drama called ''Tomatei''.
On 28 January 2022, Hasan became the
general secretary
Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived ...
of the Actors Equity for 2022–25 term after receiving 421 votes.
Works
;Scriptwriter
;Theatre actor
;Television actor
Web series
Television Serial
References
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Living people
Bangladeshi male television actors
Bangladeshi male film actors
Bangladeshi male stage actors
Date of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)