Chayanika Chowdhury (born 1 December) is a Bangladeshi television drama director. She has been directing television dramas since 2001, and as of September 2017, she has directed 347 dramas.

Education

Chowdhury graduated from Chhayanaut Sangeet Biddayatan for

Rabindra Sangeet ''Rabindra Sangeet'' ( bn, রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in ...

and then went to

Santiniketan Santiniketan is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and later expanded by his son ...

Career

Chowdhury debuted directing television dramas in 2001 with the drama ''Shesh Belay''. She got her breakthrough through the drama titled ''Ek Jiboney'' aired on 28 October 2002. Chowdhury's 50th directorial work was ''Maya'', the 100th was ''Choloman Chhobi'' in 2010, the 200th was ''Juari'' in 2013 and the 300th was ''Sona'r Manush'' in 2016. Chowdhury published her first book ''Mayaghar'' in 2014. In 2019 Chayanika Chowdhury started directing a film '' Bishwoshundori'' starring

Siam Ahmed Siam Ahmed is a Bangladeshi television and film actor. He made his debut as Afnan in a Bangladeshi telefilm Bhalobasha 101. He is best known for his debut role in the film '' PoraMon 2''. He is also well known for his various roles in Bengali T ...

and

Pori Moni Shamsunnahar Smrity (born 24 October 1992), known by her stage name Pori Moni, is a Bangladeshi film actress. Her notable works includes ''Aro Bhalobashbo Tomay'', ''Rokto'', and '' Swapnajaal''. She was listed in Forbes Asia’s "100 Digital St ...

Personal life

Chowdhury is married to Arun Chowdhury, a writer and journalist since 1990. They have a daughter Anulekha. Her sister

Tamalika Karmakar Tamalika Karmakar (born 2 July) is a Bangladeshi actress and model. Her notable film roles were in '' Ei Ghar Ei Songshar (1996)'', ''Kittonkhola (2000)'' and ''Ghetuputra Komola (2012)''. Tamalika won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Sup ...

is a film and television actress.

Awards

* Cultural Reporters Award as the Best Director (2003) * Best Critic Award as the Best Director from Cultural Journalist Forum of Bangladesh (2004) * Special Award from Charunirom Institute of Acting and Research (2010)

Works

Television

Films

References

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