Abul Hayat

Abul Hayat (Bengali pronunciation: [ãbul ɦāẏt] born 7 September 1944)^[1] is a Bangladeshi actor. He is also a writer, civil engineer and director.^[2] He earned the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Daruchini Dwip (2007) and was awarded the Ekushey Padak for his acting in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh.^[3] He portrayed the Misir Ali character in the television film, Onno Bhuboner Cheleta.^[1]

Abul Hayat
আবুল হায়াত
Born	(1944-09-07) 7 September 1944 (age 80) Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day West Bengal, India)
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Occupation(s)	Actor, writer, civil engineer, director
Years active	1969-present
Spouses	Shirin Hayat ​ (m. 1970)​
Children	Bipasha Natasha
Relatives	Tauquir Ahmed (son-in-law) Shahed Sharif Khan (son-in-law)
Awards	See full list

Education

Hayat completed his bachelor's in civil engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).^[4]

Early life and career

Hayat was born on September 7, 1944, in Murshidabad, located in what is now known as West Bengal in India, to a Muslim family. He and his family later moved to Chittagong in what was then East Pakistan due to his father's job transfer.^[5] He was an executive engineer of Dhaka WASA.^[6] Later, in 1978, he moved to Libya and worked there till 1981. He returned to Bangladesh in 1981 and started working in a private job, resigning from his government service.

Hayat acted in over 1000 television dramas.^[6] His debut role in television was in Oedipus in 1969,^[7] and his debut film was Titash Ekti Nadir Naam, a joint-venture film of India and Bangladesh released in 1973.^[8] He played Shakib Khan's father in Sohanur Rahman Sohan's romance Ananta Bhalobasha in 1999, which marked Khan's on-screen debut. He is the founder member of the theatre group Nagorik Natya Sampradaya.^[9]

As of February 2015, Hayat has written 28 books in total. He wrote his first book, Trishnar Shanti, in 1989.^[2]

Personal life

Hayat is married to Shirin Hayat since 4 February 1970.^[10] Together, they have two daughters, Bipasha Hayat and Natasha Hayat, who are actresses.^[11] His sons-in-law, Tauquir Ahmed and Shahed Sharif Khan, are actors too.^[12]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1972	Arunodoyer Agnishakkhi		Subhash Dutta
1973	Titash Ekti Nadir Naam	Thakur	Ritwik Ghatak	Indo-Bangladesh co-production; debut film
1975	Choritrohin		Baby Islam
1978	Badhu Biday	Master Moshai	Kazi Zahir
1992	Shonkhonil Karagar	Abed Hossen	Mustafizur Rahman
1993	Keyamat Theke Keyamat	Boro Mirza	Sohanur Rahman Sohan
1995	Shopner Thikana	Hashmi, Sumon's father	M.A. Khaleq
	Aguner Poroshmoni	Matin Uddin	Humayun Ahmed
1997	Baba Keno Chakor		Razzak
	Praner Cheye Priyo		Mohammad Hannan
1999	Ananta Bhalobasha	Afzal Chowdhury	Sohanur Rahman Sohan
2004	Joyjatra	Ramkrishna	Tauquir Ahmed
2005	Amar Shopno Tumi	Shahed's father	Hasibul Islam Mizan
2006	Rupkothar Golpo	Doctor	Tauquir Ahmed	Doctor, Special Appearance
2007	Daruchini Dwip[13]	Sobhan		Won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
2008	Rabeya[14]	Rabeya's father	Tanvir Mokammel
2009	Third Person Singular Number	Rahman	Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
2010	Gohine Shobdo		Khalid Mahmud Mithu
2011	Koti Takar Prem		Sohanur Rahman Sohan
	Tiger Number One
2015	Omi O Ice Cream Wala[15]		Sumon Dhar
	Dui Prithibi[16]		F I Manik
2016	Oggatonama[17]	Sheikh Abdul Hakim, Wahab's father	Tauquir Ahmed
2017	To Be Continued[18]		Iftekhar Ahmed Fahmi
2019	Fagun Haway[19]	Deepti's grandfather	Tauquir Ahmed
2021	Sphulingo	Teacher
	Raat Jaga Phool	Jobbar Master	Mir Sabbir
2025	DayMukti		Badiul Alam Khokon	[20]

Television

• Ei Shob Din Ratri (1985)
• Bohubrihi (1988)
• Ayomoy (1990)
• Aaj Robibar (1996)
• House Full (2008-2009)
• FnF (2010)

Web series

• Nayan Rahasya Feluda (2019)

Awards

• Ekushey Padak (2015)
• Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (2007)