Mujibar Rahaman
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Mujibar Rahman মুজিবর রহমান | |
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 Keshari Nath Tripathi (left) with Mujibar Rahaman during the release of a documentary on Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray in February 2015 | |
| Born | 25 May 1973 Murshidabad, West Bengal |
| Occupations | Filmmaker, producer |
| Years active | 2003 - present |
| Notable work | Images Unbound – The Life and Times of Rabindranath Tagore |
Mujibar Rahman (Bengali: মুজিবর রহমান; born 25 May 1973) is a documentary filmmaker and film producer based in Kolkata, West Bengal.[1] He made a full-length documentary on Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore entitled Rabindranath Thakur – Jeevan O Samay (Bengali version); Images Unbound – The Life and Times of Rabindranath Tagore (English version).[2][3][4] His other works include biographical documentaries on Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain, Munshi Premchand and films Sansodhan, Bhangoner Pore.[5][6][7]
Mujibar Rahman born in a village in Murshidabad.[3] After completing high school, Mujibar went to Kolkata. He graduated from Calcutta University in 1995 before doing a Film Appreciation Course at the West Bengal Film Centre, Nandan.[8][9][10]
In 1998, Mujibar went to Mumbai. He considers the years between 1998 and 2003 as his "Learning Phase".[11] During his ‘Learning Phase’, Mujibar, by and by graduated to working as an Assistant Director for a Hindi Daily, Nyay for DD Metro which was produced by Nimbus Television, Mumbai followed by yet another Hindi daily Kanyadaan for Sony TV which was produced by Balaji Telefilms, Mumbai.[12] He was also the Assistant Director for a Hindi Weekly Serial, Kadam for Sahara TV which was produced by Disha Production, Mumbai. Mujibar returned to Kolkata in 2003 and began his second phase in the City of Joy.[13][14]