Shibabrata Barman

Shibabrata Barman (Bengali: শিবব্রত বর্মন) 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 selected in Asian Project Market (APM) 2023, Produire Au Sud Dharamshala Lab 2023, Tasveer Film Market 2024. Barman has authored several books, written screenplays, and worked as a journalist.

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.

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, and Shodh (2025), released in Ekushey Book Fair 2025. In 2008, he translated Yan Martel’s novel Life of Pi into Bengali. Barman also writes satire for Earki.

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.

Works + Bibliography and Filmography Year Title Type Role Notes 2005 Chithi TV fiction Story and Screenplay Directed by Nurul Alam Atique 2020 Mriterao Kotha Bole Book Author Thriller 2020 Ekattor Webseries Story and Screenplay Drama series for Hoichoi 2021 Munshigiri Webseries Screenplay Web series for Chorki, Directed by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury 2021 Unoloukik Webseries Story and Screenplay Anthology series on Chorki, directed by Robiul Alam Robi 2022 Suraiya Book Author Short anthology 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 In progress Suraiya Film Story, Screenplay, and Co-producer Directed by Robiul Alam Robi. Selected for the World Cinema Fund 2025

Awards and recognition

Abu Rushd Literature Award (2025) – Awarded by Bangla Academy for his overall contribution to translation literature. Asian Creative Awards (2023) National Winner for Café Desire.