Ratan Tallukder (born 28 January 1957) is a

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film actor, fighting director and

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instructor. He usually played supporting negative roles. He debuted as a film actor in the 1986 film ''Laraku'' directed by

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Early life

Ratan Talukder was born in

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in 1957. His father, Adhir Ranjan Talukder was a medical doctor working for the British Army in Myanmar. They relocated to

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

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in 1965. Ratan Talukder started martial arts in the 70s and was a fan of martial arts films.

Career

The first film he acted in was ''Bir Purush'' (1988). He made his name in ''Bojro Mushti'' (1989) and acted in about 15 films. He also worked as a Fight Director in some films. He often worked with

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and

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. Most of his films directed by

Filmography

Karate instructor

Takulder is one of the leading karate instructors in the continent. He obtained 7 ''

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. He is the founder and chief coach of Honke Shotokan Karate-Do Association Bangladesh. Talukder has also obtained a licence of International Karate Referee from Asian Karate Federation Gi Asian Judge. He is vice-chairman of the Bangladesh Karate Referee Association.

Personal life

Talukder resides in

. He is married to Shilpi and has 3 children together.

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* 1957 births Living people 20th-century Bangladeshi male actors 21st-century Bangladeshi actors Bangladeshi male film actors Shotokan practitioners Karate coaches Martial arts school founders People from Chittagong People from Chittagong District Bangladeshi Buddhists Bangladeshi people Bengali people {{Bangladesh-actor-stub