Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

মোস্তফা সরয়ার ফারুকী Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Born	May 2, 1973 (1973-05-02) (age 38) Dhaka, Bangladesh, East Nakhalpara
Occupation	Filmmaker,Producer
Years active	1999 - present

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Bengali: মোস্তফা সরয়ার ফারুকী) was born (1973) Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is a contemporary Bangladeshi Film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed a number of video fiction for television, ground breaking TV commercials and three full length feature films. His films have been shown in international film festivals like Rotterdam, Busan, Abu Dhabi etc.

Farooki is a young director in Bangladesh who has set a new trend in terms of presentation and direction after the media boom began in Bangladesh in the late 1990s.

His third film Third Person Singular Number was premiered in Pusan International Film Festival (2009). It had its European premier in International Film Festival Rotterdam, It was also in the official competition 2009 Middle East International Film Festival (Abu Dhabi). His previous two films, which he considers to be an educational effort , were Bachelor (2003) and Made in Bangladesh (2007).

Early life

Farooki is a self made Filmmaker. In an interview, he jokingly told " I am a student of World University of Mistakes. My mistakes are my teacher ". As he never studied in Film making or never got the chance to assist any director, he has been learning by doing himself. He is inspired by Abbas Kiarostami, Wong Kar-wai, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Robert Bresson, Andrei Tarkovsky and some other filmmakers.

Cinematic Style

Farooki's body of work address such themes as middle class angst, urban youth romance, deception-hypocrisy and frailty of individual, frustration about own culture and conservative Muslim concepts of guilt and redemption.

He is widely considered to be one of the most brilliant and influential movie maker of contemporary Bangladesh. He, along with his fellow filmmaker from chabial, has created a new genre of Bangladeshi films that are completely different from traditional theatrical melodrama. Stylistically his works have a documentary feel that sometimes takes a poetic look.

Filmography (as Director)

Year	Film	Nominations
2009	Third Person Singular Number	Premiered in - Pusan International Film Festival (2009) Official selection - International Film Festival Rotterdam (2010) Official competition - Middle East International Film Festival (2009) Winner Best Director - Dhaka International Film Festival (2010) Official competition - Tiburon International (2010) Official competition - Festival Cinema Africano,Asia,America,Latina,Milano,Italy (2010)
2007	Made In Bangladesh
2003	Bachelor	- New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest - Third Eye IFF Mumbai - Asiaticafilmmediale Rome

On Going Project

- Television (Feature fiction)
- Awarded Asian Cinema Fund 2010 for script development
- Selected project for Pusan promotion plan 2010

Chabial

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is also founder of an avant-grade Film makers club called "Chabial" . This young group of filmmakers have revolutionized the concept of Film making in Bangladesh. They have denied the propaganda " not everyone can become a Filmmaker ", " Film making requires a lot of budget " and so on so forth. These group of young Film makers are used to be Farooki's assistant directors. They have been learning the techniques by working with him. And they are primarily crafting the art in Video Fictions thanks to nationwide cable television channels and DVD outlets.

References

1. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/pod-details.php?nid=12
2. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117941537.html?categoryid=1043&cs=1/
3. http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=108278
4. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=151794
5. http://www.theindependentdigital.com/index.php?opt=view&page=25&date=2010-11-06
6. http://glitz.bdnews24.com/details.php?catry=3&showns=230

External links

• Third person singular number official website
• Mostofa Sarwar Farooki at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Farooki, Mostofa Sarwar
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Date of birth	1973-05-02
Place of birth	Dhaka, Bangladesh, East Nakhalpara
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