Ashish Khondokar
Ashish Khondokar | |
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আশীষ খন্দকার | |
| Occupations | Artistic designer, translator, playwright, actor, director, and filmmaker |
Ashish Khondokar is a Bangladeshi artistic designer, translator, playwright, actor, director, and filmmaker.[1][2] He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role for his role in the film Adventure of Sundarbans (2023).[3][4]
Background
Ashish Khondokar spent his childhood and adolescence in Gaibandha. After completing his SSC, he first enrolled into Gaibandha Government College but later earned his HSC from Dhaka College.[1] He then admitted to Jahangirnagar University but, in 1991, he went to National School of Drama in New Delhi, India for theatre studies.[1]
Career
Khondokar got involved in theatre activities in the late 1970s.[2] First, as a member of Dhaka Padatik he had acted in plays like Comrade, Ingit and Goni Mia Ekdin.[2] While he was a student at National School of Drama, he got acquainted with different forms of world theatre.[2] He was influenced by American artistic designer and theatre scholar, Richard Schechner's concept of environmental theatre.[2] He returned to Bangladesh in 1991.[2]
Khondokar wrote and directed the first environmental theatre production, Protno, which was staged in 1991.[2] To initiate more environmental theatre experiments he formed his own theatre troupe named Space and Acting Research Centre, a member of Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation.[2] His second project was Chandrabindu, a Bardhaman House (now Bangla Academy) based production. For his next production, Mohammad Amin, he used the pond at Institute of Fine Arts premise.[2]
As an actor, Khondokar performed in several films including Haider (2021), Sultanpur (2023), Antonogor (2023) by Goutam Koiri, Jol Rong (2025), Noya Manush (2025).[5][1][6] He acted in Adbhuture Boighor (2021), a children television drama serial.[7]
Khondokar acted in the multiple award winning film Chaka - The Wheel (1993) directed by Morshedul Islam and based on a story by Selim Al Deen.[8] He acted in short film Dhor (2021), directed by Reza Galib, which won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Short Film at the 46th Bangladesh National Film Awards.[8] His acted on a film Laal Moroger Jhuti (2021) which won six awards in the same ceremony.[8] He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role for his role Nosu Dakat, in the film Adventure of Sundarbans (2023) based on a story by Muhammad Zafar Iqbal.[3]
Khondokar founded a children school, Friday Theatre School, sponsored by Alliance Française de Dhaka.[8][9][2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "'I make my own acting choices'". Prothomalo. 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ershad Kamol (12 June 2007). "Environmental theatre in Bangladesh : In conversation with Ashish Khondokar". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
- 1 2 "32 artistes, technicians to receive National Film Awards 2023". Prothom Alo. 2026-06-04. Retrieved 2026-06-04.
- ↑ অভিনয়ের সব মাধ্যমেই সাবলীল হতে চাই : আশীষ খন্দকার. jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2026-03-03. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
- ↑ আশীষ খন্দকার সত্যিকারের একজন আর্টিস্ট: 'হায়দার' শেষে নির্মাতা. Channel-I Online (in Bengali). 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
- ↑ "'Noya Manush' headed to Toronto Multicultural Film Festival". The Daily Star. 2025-08-14. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
- ↑ রহস্যময় চরিত্রে আশীষ খন্দকার. Samakal (in Bengali). Retrieved 2026-06-07.
- 1 2 3 4 আমি সাধারণ অভিনেতা হতে চাইনি: আশীষ খন্দকার. The Business Standard. 2023-02-22. Retrieved 2026-06-07.
- ↑ শনিবার যেখানে থাকেন আশিষ খন্দকার. Jago News. 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2026-06-07.