Baharul Islam

Baharul Islam is an Indian theater actor and alumnus of the National School of Drama, which he joined in 1987. He has acted in more than 80 plays and has designed and directed 30 plays for his theater troupe Seagull. He works as a film actor in Assamese and Hindi cinema.

Personal life Baharul Islam is married to Bhagirathi Bai Kadam, who is also an alumnus of NSD. They have two daughters.

Career He started his career with theater in Assam and soon rose to prominence in India and abroad. In 1992–93 he joined the Tara Arts Group of London as an actor for the production of the play Heer Ranjha. The play rehearsed in London and thereafter extensively toured UK and Japan. Baharul learned theater music from B V Karanth and Bhaskar Chandervakar, respectively.

He has directed and played in almost 80 Assamese plays, including Jatra. Also designed and directed almost 30 plays for his own theater troupe, Seagull. He has four years experience in commercial mobile theatre (Bhramyaman) in Assam as an actor.

He has also written and published four books: Akanto Monere, Simar Sipare, Beyond the Obvious, and Khiriki Khuliyei, all of which were published by Seagull Theatre's publication wing.

Awards and recognition He received the 2005 Manohar Singh Award instituted by the National School of Drama for path-breaking work in theater.

Sanskriti Samman from Eka ebong koekjon publication, Guwahati, Natyaprobor Award from Sharadakanta Bordoloi smriti committee, Nowgaon in 2011. Bishnu Basu Smriti Samman by Bratyajon theatre, Kolkata in 2012. Badal Sircar Rang Ratan Award 2015 from FACT Rang Mahoul Begusarai, Bihar. Harishankar Parsai Rashtriya Rang Samman 2016 by Vibechana Rang Mandal, Jabbalpur, MP Habib Tanvir Ras Rang Samman 2016 from Ras Kala Manch ROHTAK Natyaratna Ugra Mena Award 2017 from Ankuran Assam Natasurya Phani Sharma National Award 2017 from National Performing Art Association of India.