Biography
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.
Movie Credits
No Ground Beneath the Feet
2021-10-07
Set in the backdrop of the scathing consequences of climate change, an impoverished ambulance driver
Sincerely Yours, Dhaka
2019-11-15
In this omnibus, 11 Bangladeshi filmmakers create a love letter to the city of Dhaka. From young gir
Guerrilla
2011-04-14
Bilkis Banu lost her husband Hasan on the night of 25th March 1971. She tries to forget him and conc
Lights, Camera...Objection
2021-12-16
Second episode of the anthology series 'Jaago Bahey', set in 1970s Bangladesh. A filmmaker is put un
Surongo
2023-06-29
Moyna and Masud's marriage takes a tumultuous turn when their differing desires clash. While Masud l
Gunin
2022-03-11
The movie is about the clash among two brothers in an eternal love triangle followed by the mysterio
Saba
2024-12-31
With her father missing, Saba is the sole caregiver to her paraplegic mother, Shirin, who suffers fr
Made in Bangladesh
2019-11-28
Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work
Live from Dhaka
2019-03-29
In a series of vignettes, a partially handicapped man lives his days in anguish as he tries to find
Foreigners Only
2023-07-01
A tannery worker searches for an apartment but when landlords request only foreigners.
Digante Phuler Agun
The film is based on the life of Martyred Intellectual Shahidullah Kaiser and Panna Kaiser.
Gulmohar
2025-05-15
Set in the aftermath of a family patriarch’s death, Gulmohor explores the tangled web of family secr
Sand City
2025-07-07
Emma and Hasan don’t know each other, but they have much in common. Most importantly, they are both
Andhar
Raihan Rafi's upcoming horror flick. Plot TBA.