Nithor Mahbub

Nithor Mahbub
Born Mahabubur Rahman
18 August 1980
Narayanganj
Nationality Bangladesh
Education BSC
Occupation Mime Art, Journalism, Drama
Employer The Daily Sangbad, Mime Art

Nithor Mahbub (born 18 August 1980), is a Bangladeshi mime artist and dramatist.[1] Mahbub has performed in more than 100 exhibitions of eight stage plays[2] as well as in film and television.[2][3] In 2008, he established the Mime Art acting troupe. Mahbub was inspired by the Bangladeshi mime artist Partha Pratim Majumder.

Early life

Nithor Mahbub was born Mahabubur Rahman on 18 August 1980 in Mollabari village of Kalagachia of Araihazar Thana of Narayanganj District. The son of Kadruzzaman Mollah and Mastoori Chowdhury, he is the second of three brothers and a sister.

He began his education in East Dholaipar English Medium Kindergarten School. Then from second to sixth grade, he studied in a high school. In seventh grade he attended Rajaddi high school in Narsingdi. Eighth grade was done in Sadasadi high school. Later, he passed the secondary examination. After finishing Higher Secondary from Narsingdi Government University College, he passed BSC from Narsingdi Government University College.

In 1996, he started a four-year course studying Rabindra songs from Narsingdi Shilpakala Academy.In the meantime, after completing the BSC in 2001, he started working with the organization in theater and enhanced his performance skills.Then he learned of Partha Pratim Majumder. Inspired by his work, Nithor Mahbub turned to mime.

From his childhood he had a lot of interest in the theater.[1]

Career

Mahbub is a professional mime artist. He is publicly associated with entertainment journalism. He began serving as the head of the entertainment department of the daily newspaper in 2012. In 2008 he formed Mime Art, a group seeking to spread mime.[4][5][6] He performs solo mime performance as well as film, drama, advertisement and song modeling. His mime works include the 'post office', of Swapnadal, 'Tamasha', 'Now you see it', 'Biye birombona', 'The Damal Boy Nazrul' of Genesis Theater, 'Raja Sahitya Factory' of theater drama practice center, and 'Nikhad' 'Chandramukhi'. He offers training on acting and mime. He works as a major resource for primary schools of BRAC-run MIME project. He created the Mime Art Award in 2015 with Mime Art.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nithor Mahbub Mime Artist". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  2. 1 2 "Nithor Mahbub admired for playing unique character". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  3. "Nithor Mahbub's 'Life is Beautiful' to be performed on his birthday". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  4. "Mime Art premieres new production". NEWAGE. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  5. "Mime art Jemon Kormo Temon Phol staged at BSA | Dhaka Tribune". www.dhakatribune.com. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  6. ""Jemon Kormo Temon Phol" premiered". The Daily Star. 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  7. "Mime Art Theatre to honor 3 journalists". m.dailyasianage.com. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
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