Mabrur Rashid Bannah

Mabrur Rashid Bannah (born 23 October 1988) is a Bangladeshi television and OTT director, screenwriter, and actor. He made his directorial debut in 2011 and has since directed more than 300 television dramas, serials, telefilms and short films.

Initially recognised for directing romantic and family-oriented television dramas, Bannah later attracted attention for works inspired by the July Revolution, political repression and contemporary social issues. Early life and education

Mabrur Rashid Bannah was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is the eldest of three siblings. Around 2009, he began his creative career as a photographer before contributing photographs to the Bengali daily Samakal.

He graduated from the Department of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Development Alternative (UODA).

His Eid al-Adha television drama Mayer Dak, produced by Akbar Haider Munna and released in 2021, received significant audience attention and accumulated several million views on YouTube.

In October 2020, his short film Amar Oporadh Ki? and Madboy–Relaunched, in which he appeared as an actor under the direction of Touhid Ashraf, were released on Amazon Prime Video. Political fiction and later work

Following the July Revolution, Bannah's work increasingly focused on political and social themes. In early 2025, he directed the political fiction Nasta, followed by the web film Lunch. According to contemporary media coverage, both productions drew inspiration from allegations of political repression during the previous government's tenure and the reported existence of the detention facility known as Aynaghar.

The productions portray the experiences of ordinary people during periods of political unrest and include fictional narratives inspired by events associated with the July Revolution.

In August 2024, he announced plans to produce a feature film inspired by the deaths of Abu Sayed and Abrar Fahad. In October 2024, Samakal reported that the project remained in development.

Selected works

Flashback (2011) His mother died in October 2023. The allegation received coverage in Bangladeshi media.