Книга: Television Actors by Century: 20th-Century Television Actors, Sid James, Tony Hancock, Wendy Richard, Salauddin Lavlu, Fazlur Rahman Babu

Chapters: 20th-Century Television Actors, Sid James, Tony Hancock, Wendy Richard, Salauddin Lavlu, Fazlur Rahman Babu. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Fazlur Rahman Babu Fazlur Rahman Babu (Bengali) (born July 14, 1960) is a Bangladeshi actor and singer. Also known simply as Babu , he has acted in more than one hundred telenovelas, in addition to appearing in films and several television advertisements .In recent years, Babu has portrayed many different roles in the telenovelas directed by Salauddin Lavlu . He co-starred in the film Monpura (2009).Early life He was born in the Faridpur District of Bangladesh and spent most of his childhood there. His family had moved there following his father's job transfer.Career acting and banking He started his acting career in 1978 when he joined the theatre group Baishakhi Natya Ghosthi in Faridpur. That same year, Babu acted for first time in a national drama festival. Meanwhile, he joined the Agrani Bank and, in 1983, transferred his banking job to Dhaka, the capital of Bangaldesh, where he also joined Mamunur Rashid's Aranyak Natyadal theatre group. Some of his performances in this theatre group include Nankar Pala , Pathar and Moyur Shinghashan .He started his television acting career in Kazi Nazrul Islam s soap opera Mrittu Khuda (1991), produced by Abu Zafar Siddiqui, on Bangladesh Television (BTV). However, it was his role of Poran Majhi in Rashid's television drama Itikatha (1991) that secured him further roles in dramas such as Shundari and Danab .More recently, Babu is popular for his humorous characters but if one looks back to the characters he played in stage dramas like Danab and Jay Jayanti, they were totally different because the roles were to be performed in a serious manner.