Abdur Razzak

Full name: Abdur Razzak
Birth date: January 23, 1943
Birth place: Naktala, South Kolkata
Education: Khanpur High School
Occupation: Actor, Director
Years active: 1961-present
Spouse (s): Khairunnesa Laxmi
Religion: Islam
Zodiac sign: Aquarius

Abdur Razzak is a Bangladeshi popular and well-known actor. He is the paramount figure in the Dhallywood film industry. Abdur Razzak has made a history in the industry who is best known as Nayak Raj Razzak throughout the country. He won the Independent Day Award for his outstanding contribution to the film industry.

Razzak Early Life:

Abdur Razzak was born on January 23, 1943, in Naktala, South Kolkata to Akbar Hossain and Nisarunnesa. His parents died in early childhood of the actor. Razzak grew up in Kolkata, India and studied here. He got a chance for acting in a stage drama when he was class seven by his game teacher of the Khanpur High School, Kolkata.
Razzak was chosen for the central character of the drama eventually engaged with the acting arena. He has five children among them two are the hero in the Dhallywood film industry- Bappa Raj and Shamrat. Razzak’s son Bappa Raj is one of the popular actors in the film industry of Bangladesh, he is best known around the country for his melancholic role in the movie.

Razzak Career:

Abdur Razzak made his debut in the film industry with the movie ‘Ratan Lal Bangali’ in Kolkata. In 1964, Hindu-Muslim riot forced Razzak’s family migrated to Dhaka, East Pakistan (then). In Dhaka, he started acting in a television serial ‘Ghoroa’ and got some positive reviews and came to the close of the audience. However, he was so much focused on being film hero. Razzak got a chance to work as assistant director with filmmaker Abdul Jabbar Khan.

Salahuddin production’s movie ‘Tero Nombor Feku Ostagar Lane’ conveys breakthrough in his acting career. Razzak showed off his terrific performance in the movie ‘Behula’ in 1966. He acted more than three hundred Bengali and Urdu movies and directed sixteen movies. Razzak acted with lots of prominent artist includingIlias Kanchan, Shuchanda, Kabori, Shabana and Bobita.
He starred in maximum popular movies as a Bangladeshi actor including ‘Neel Akasher Nichey’, ‘Osru Diye Likha’, ‘Maynamati’, ‘Moner Moto Bou’, ‘Swaralipi’, ‘Jibon Theke Neya’, and ‘Obujh Mon’. Razzak made a terrific performance in the movie ‘Baba Keno Chakar’ with son Bappa Raj that movie created a fierce stir enough in the box office the was equally popular in Dhaka and Kolkata.

Personal Life:

Nayak Raj Razzak married Khairunnesa Laxmi. The couple has three sons Bapparaj, Bappi, and Samrat and two daughters Nasrin Pasha Shampa and Afrin Alam Moyna