Kazi Anisul Haque Borun

Kazi Anisul Haque Borun is a Bangladeshi actor, director and photographer. He has worked in television shows, mainstream theatre and OTT platforms.

Early life and education

Early life Borun was born in Pabna, Bangladesh on March 1, 1971. In his early life, he practised different kinds of arts and sports, such as divisional football and cricket and countrywide cycling with his group of friends.

Education Borun attended the Police Lines School & College, Pabna and the Pabna Gopal Chandra Institution where he received his primary and secondary education. He earned a B A degree from the Govt. Edward College, Pabna. Borun has an MA in Bengali literature from the Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology in Dhaka. Over the years, Borun has conducted numerous courses and workshops on acting, play designing, choreography, direction, and related topics in several public and private institutions. He is also trained in different kinds of Indian classical dance forms and ballet. He learnt ballet from Indra Lorentzen in Norway.

Career

Acting He started his career by stage theatre. Then he started acting in television dramas, OTT platforms and mainstream film industry.

Acting on screen Borun's most notable screen performances are:

Sakin Sarisuri Harkipte (the telefilm; not to be confused with the television serial with the same name) Alta Sundori Ghor Papbazar The Grave Munshigiri Daag Issac Liton Priyo Maloti Charubibi To this day, Borun is still commonly known as "Mannan Bhai" for his role in Sakin Sarisuri.

Acting on stage Borun's most notable stage performances are: Urubhanga (Sanskrit play) A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen) Raja (Rabindranath Tagore) Pir Chand (inspired by Peer Gynt, Henrik Ibsen) Troilus and Cressida (William Shakespeare) Raktakarabi (Rabindranath Tagore)

Office job As head of the audiovisual department, during seventeen years of his tenure in Bengal Foundation, he supervised and directed a lot of documentary films and audiovisual presentations. Borun has also worked in the Centre for Asian Theatre (CAT) as an actor and choreographer for four years.

Photography Borun is also an artist in the field of photo art. His first exhibition titled Introspection at the Zainul Gallery, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka received a lot of appreciation by critics and visitors. His photography was also hugely said as a "painterly approach" to photography.

Theatre direction

Borun is also renowned for his theatre direction. His most notable direction works are:

Tarok (proscenium theatre about and with the third-gender community) Anne Frank (proscenium theatre) Juddho Puran (environmental theatre, performed: 2014 and 2024) Joy Bangla Pukur (environmental theatre) Ganer Pakhi (children's' theatre)

Borun's works have been admired by many persons, including Syed Jamil Ahmed, Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, Syed Manzoorul Islam, Lutfor Rahman Joy and Luva Nahid Choudhury.

Kazi Anisul Haque Borun

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