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Mostafa Monwar

Mostafa Monwar

Mostafa Monwar (born Mostafa Monwar Al-Azim) is a Bangladeshi actor and screenwriter known for starring as the protagonist in Live from Dhaka, for which he received 2016 Singapore International Film Festival awards for Best Performance.

In 2011, Mostofa Monwar made his film debut in Guerrilla. In 2016, he starred as Sazzad in Live from Dhaka. In 2017, he acted in the TV series Chabial Reunion. In 2018, his third film Sincerely Yours, Dhaka released. In 2019, he starred in Hoichoi series Dhaka Metro. In 2019, he also acted as Sohel in the film Made in Bangladesh. In 2020, Monwar starred as Selim in another Hoichoi series Ekattor. In July 2021, he acted as Sabila's husband Arif in ZEE5 series Ladies & Gentleman. In the same month, he appeared as Kabir in Chorki anthology series Unoloukik. In October 2021, he was cast as the ambulance driver in No Ground Beneath the Feet. In December 2021, he portrayed Zahir Raihan in another Chorki series Jaago Bahey, for which he got Channel I Digital Media Award 2021 as the Best Emerging Actor of the year. In June 2023, he starred in the film Surongo.

Filmography
Sand City poster
Sand City
2025 • Hasan
Gulmohar poster
Gulmohar
2025
Saba poster
Saba
2024 • Ankur
An Apple Tree Inside the Head poster
An Apple Tree Inside the Head
2024
Foreigners Only poster
Foreigners Only
2023 • Hasan
Surongo poster
Surongo
2023 • Zahir
Gunin poster
Gunin
2022
Lights, Camera...Objection poster
Lights, Camera...Objection
2021
No Ground Beneath the Feet poster
No Ground Beneath the Feet
2021 • Ambulance Driver
Made in Bangladesh poster
Made in Bangladesh
2019 • Sohel
Sincerely Yours, Dhaka poster
Sincerely Yours, Dhaka
2019
Live from Dhaka poster
Live from Dhaka
2019 • Sajjad
Guerrilla poster
Guerrilla
2011
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Digante Phuler Agun
— • Shahidullah Kaiser
Andhar poster
Andhar
— • Monwar