Rezaur Rahman Khan, popularly known as Piplu R Khan, Piplu Khan, or simply Piplu is a Bangladeshi filmmaker. After making several television advertisements, he found major success after directing the historical docudrama ''
Hasina: A Daughter's Tale'' in 2018. The directorial debut film was based on the life of
Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh since January 2 ...
, former and 10th
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী, translit=Bangladesher Prodhanmontri), officially Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজা ...
. In his commercials making career, he has worked with some of the brands like
Grameenphone
Grameenphone, widely abbreviated as (d/b/a) GP, is the leading telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh, with 83.02 million subscribers (as of January 2022). It is a joint venture between Telenor and Grameen Telecom Corporation. Tel ...
,
Unilever
Unilever plc is a British multinational consumer goods company with headquarters in London, England. Unilever products include food, condiments, bottled water, baby food, soft drink, ice cream, instant coffee, cleaning agents, energy dri ...
in Bangladesh as well as in the
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
He also sung a song in ''Hasina: A Daughter's Tale''.
Early life and education
Rezaur Rahman Khan was born in
Chittagong, Bangladesh.
He currently lives in
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...
.
Piplu received almost all his academic education from
Chittagong.
He studied at
Government Muslim High School
Government Muslim High School ( bn, গভ. মুসলিম হাই স্কুল, চট্টগ্রাম) is a government secondary boys-only school in the court hill area of Kotwali Thana, Chittagong, Bangladesh. The school's enro ...
for secondary
education. Then he got into
Government College of Commerce. After completed
Higher Secondary School Certificate, he got into
University of Dhaka
The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...
. Though he could not complete the degree due to family and personal reasons. After a year Piplu went back to Chittagong for completed graduation
under a college.
Filmography
Docudrama
Web film
TVCs
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Piplu
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Bangladeshi film directors
Bangladeshi screenwriters
Government Muslim High School alumni
People from Chittagong