Redoan Rony

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Redoan Rony
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Rony in 2018
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater East West University
OccupationFilm director
Awards Bangladesh National Film Awards

Redoan Rony is a Bangladeshi film director, producer and media executive who is the Chief Executive officer of Chorki. [1] He has spent more than a decade in the media industry of Bangladesh. He has directed a few of the most popular TV series of Bangladesh e.g. Housefull, Fnf, Behind The Scene, Pata Jharar Din, etc. Redoan Rony has been awarded Meril-Prothom Alo Award, CJFB Award, Bachsach Award, and many more. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Dialogue and the film won 5 National Award for his directorial debut film Chorabali (2012). [2] [3] [4]

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Career

In his early career, Rony worked with Mostofa Sarwar Farooki as an assistant director in Chabial Team. After that, Rony made a lot of television fiction and series. His debut film Chorabali went on to win Bangladesh National Film Award in five categories. Then, he made his Second Feature film Ice Cream (2016). [5]

He funded a Production house called Popcorn Entertainment. It currently operates for more than a decade in Bangladeshi Media.

Redoan Rony also makes TVCs for most renowned brands like Airtel, Robi, Banglalink, Prothom Alo, Square, Fresh, 7Up, Unilever, and so on. He is now working on his third Feature Film and a Video Streaming Platform (OTT) Project as a COO. He made popular TV series such as House Full, FNF aired by top rated TV channel in Bangladesh, and more than a hundred TV fictions like Urojahaz, Ucchotor Sharirik Biggan, Proof Reader, UTurn, Valobasa 101, Subornopur Beshi Dur Noy, Bagbondi, Mr. Johny, and Pata Jharar Din.

Television

While doing so many TV plays and Natoks, he also directed and created a bunch of TV shows with his very best friend Iftekhar Ahmed Fahmi. He directed his first TV show House Full which aired on NTV from 2008 to 2009. From there he made:

Notable short films

Films

Directorial debut

He and his friend Iftekhar Ahmed Fahmi joined the Chobial group in 2004. From there he learned filmmaking and direction, their first work together was a serial of Mostofa Sarwar Farooki called "69" which aired in Channel i. He also was an assistant director in the 2007 movie Made In Bangladesh. His first TV Movie he directed as a main director was Urojahaj, way back in 2005. From there he never turned back, and in 2012, he directed his first full-length film Chorabali, starring Indraneil Sengupta

Producer

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References

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