Shahid Hasan (born 4 January 1966), known by professionally as Misha Sawdagor, is a Bangladeshi film actor known for playing villains. As of 2020, he has performed in more than 700 films. He won
Bangladesh National Film Awards
The National Film Awards ( bn, জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার) is an annual awards ceremony held annually in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is considered to be the most prominent film award ceremony in Banglades ...
Old Dhaka
Old Dhaka ( bn, পুরান ঢাকা, Puran Dhaka) is a term used to refer to the historic old city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It was founded in 1608 as Jahangirabad or Jahangirnagar ( bn, জাহাঙ্গীরনগ ...
, the fourth of five children of Bilkis Rashida and Osman Gani.
Sawdagor was discovered through a talent hunt programme organized by the
Bangladesh Film Development Corporation
Bangladesh Film Development Corporation or BFDC, is a government owned and operated corporation in Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nuzhat Yeasmin is the managing director of the corporation.
History
The organization was founded in 1959 as the East P ...
in 1986 to find new faces. He selected the stage name "Misha Sawdagor", constructed from the first letters of his wife's name, Mita, and those of his name, combined with his grandfather's last name, Sawdagor.
Sawdagor landed the role of the hero in the 1990 film ''Chetona'', directed by Chhatku Ahmed. Sawdagor and Mita married on 6 December 1993.
His career took off after he played the villain in Tamij Uddin Rizvi's 1995 film ''Asha Bhalobasha''.