Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
মোস্তফা সরোয়ার ফারুকী
Farooki in 2016
Adviser of Cultural Affairs
Assumed office
10 November 2024
Chief AdviserMuhammad Yunus
Preceded byAsif Nazrul
Personal details
Born (1973-05-02) 2 May 1973 (age 51)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
SpouseNusrat Imrose Tisha (m. 2010)
Children1
OccupationFilm Maker, producer, and screenwriter

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Bengali: মোস্তফা সরোয়ার ফারুকী) is a Bangladeshi film director, producer and screenwriter who works in Bengali films.[1][2] His films Third Person Singular Number, Television, No Bed Of Roses were critically acclaimed across the world and received numerous international and national awards.[3][4] He was appointed an adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh on 10 November 2024.[5] He is responsible for the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.[6]

  1. ^ "Celebrating Mostofa Sawar Farooki's cinematic brilliance on his birthday". The Daily Star. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Hoping for a revolution in films". theindependentdigital. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Freedom of storytelling key challenge for films here". New Age. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Farooki, Tisha's 12 yrs of togetherness". daily-sun. July 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Three advisers take oath". Prothom Alo. 10 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Major shakeup in portfolio after oath of three new advisers". Prothom Alo. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.