Shibabrata Barman

Shibabrata Barman (Bengali: শিবব্রত বর্মন)^[1] is a Bangladeshi author, screenwriter, translator, and journalist. He is known for Bengali novel Baniyalulu, Mriterao Kotha Bole which is later adopted as web series Munshigiri and screenwriting for film, and television including Ekattor webseries, Unoloukik, and Film based on his story Suraiya was officially selected in Asian Project Market (APM) 2023 at 28th Busan International Film Festival, Produire Au Sud Dharamshala Lab 2023, Tasveer Film Market 2024. Barman has authored several books, written screenplays, and worked as a journalist.^[2][3][4][5]

Shibabrata Barman
শিবব্রত বর্মণ
Shibabrata in 2023 at BUET Literature Meet
Born	1973 Domar, Nilphamari, Bangladesh
Citizenship	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	National University, Bangladesh, University of Dhaka
Occupation(s)	Writer, Screenwriter, Journalist
Years active	2003 - present
Notable work	Banialulu (2019), Ekattor (2020), Unoloukik (2022)

Early life and education

Shibabrata Barman was born in 1973 at Nilphamari District. He completed his master's degree in political science from the National University, Bangladesh, in 2001. He did his bachelor at the faculty of fine arts in University of Dhaka.^[6]

Career

Writing

Shibabrata Barman has authored fiction books, Banialulu (2019), a collection of science-fiction short stories, Mriterao Kotha Bole (2021) Suraiya (2022), an anthology of short stories,^[7] and Shodh (2025), released in Ekushey Book Fair 2025.^[8] In 2008, he translated Yan Martel’s novel Life of Pi into Bengali. Barman also writes satire for Earki.^[9]

Journalism

Barman has had an extensive career in journalism, working for several prominent Bangladeshi media outlets. He began his career at Bhorer Kagoj in 1996, where he served as a Senior Sub-Editor until 2003. Later, he joined The Independent TV as Chief News Editor, a position he held from 2011 to 2015. From 2016 to 2019, he worked at Prothom Alo as the News Planning Editor. Following this, he joined The Business Standard in 2019 as a Feature Editor, where he remained until 2020.^[10]

Works

Bibliography and Filmography

Year	Title	Type	Role	Notes
2005	Chithi	TV fiction	Story and Screenplay	Directed by Nurul Alam Atique[8]
2019	Banialulu	Book	Author	Science fiction short story anthology[11]
2020	Mriterao Kotha Bole	Book	Author	Thriller [4]
2020	Ekattor	Webseries	Story and Screenplay	Drama series for Hoichoi
2021	Munshigiri	Webseries	Screenplay	Web series for Chorki, Directed by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury[12]
2021	Unoloukik	Webseries	Story and Screenplay	Anthology series on Chorki, directed by Robiul Alam Robi[13]
2022	Suraiya	Book	Author	Short anthology [14]
2022	Café Desire	Webfilm	Story, Screenplay, and Creative Producer	Feature film directed by Robiul Alam Robi
2025	Shodh	Book	Author	Novel, Released in Ekushey Book Fair 2025[15]
In progress	Suraiya	Film	Story, Screenplay, and Co-producer	Directed by Robiul Alam Robi. Selected for the Asian Project Market at the Busan International Film Festival (2023), Produire Au Sud Dharamshala Lab (2023), and Tasveer Film Market (2024)[16]

Awards and recognition

• Digital Media Award, Channel-I, Bangladesh (2022) for Unoloukik.^[17]
• Chorki Award (2022) for Best Actor (Male) in Unoloukik.^[8]
• Asian Creative Awards (2023) National Winner for Café Desire.