Bangladeshi actor

Abul Hayat (born 7 September 1944) is a Bangladeshi actor. He is also a writer, civil engineer and director. He earned Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Daruchini Dwip (2007) and was awarded Ekushey Padak for his acting in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh. He portrayed the Misir Ali character in the television film, Onno Bhuboner Cheleta.

Contents

• 1 Education
• 2 Early life and career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Filmography
  • 4.1 Films
  • 4.2 Television
  • 4.3 Web Series
• 5 Awards and nominations
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Education

Hayat completed his bachelor's in civil engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).

Early life and career

Hayat was born on September 7, 1944, in Murshidabad, located in what is now known as West Bengal in India, to a Muslim family. He and his family later move to Chittagong in what was then East Pakistan due to his father's job transfer. He was an executive engineer of Dhaka WASA. Later, in 1978, he moved to Libya and worked there till 1981. He returned to Bangladesh in 1981 and started working in private job resigning from his government service.

Hayat acted in over 1000 television dramas. His debut rule in television was in Oedipus in 1969, and his debut film was *ash Ekti Nadir Naam, a joint-venture film of India and Bangladesh released in 1973. He is the founder member of the theatre group Nagorik Natya Sampradaya.

As of February 2015, Hayat has written 28 books in total. He wrote his first book Trishnar Shanti in 1989.

Personal life

Hayat's two daughters, Bipasha Hayat and Natasha Hayat, are actresses. His sons-in-law Tauquir Ahmed and Shahed Sharif Khan are actors too.

Filmography

Films

Television

• Ei Shob Din Ratri (1985)
• Bohubrihi (1988)
• Ayomoy (1990)
• Aaj Robibar (1999)
• Griho Golpo
• House Full (2008-2009)
• FnF (2010)
• House 44 (2015)
• Songshar (2016)
• Chan Biriyani (2020)
• Hoichoi Paribaar (2021)

Web Series

• Nayan Rahasya Feluda (2019)
• Utsober Raat (2020)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Abul Hayat at IMDb

IndiaDramas

• Barricade
• Biley
• Bireswar
• Birpurush
• Bisarjan
• Meghe Dhaka Tara
• Nabanna
• Nil Darpan
• Pinki Buli
• Poshu Khamar

Learned societies

• Paschim Banga Natya Akademi

Auditoriums

• Academy of Fine Arts
• Girish Mancha
• Hindu Theatre
• Madhusudan Mancha
• Mahajati Sadan
• Minerva Theatre
• Rabindra Sadan
• Ramgopal Mancha
• Sisir Mancha
• Sujata Sadan
• Star Theatre

See also

• Jatra