Gazi Rakayet

Acting

Gazi Rakayet

Born June 15, 1966 · Bangladesh (age 60)

Gazi Rakayet is a Bangladeshi actor, director and writer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Dialogue and Best Story for the film Mrittika Maya (2013). He also earned the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in the film Anil Bagchir Ekdin (2015).

Known For

Pressure CookerPressure Cooker · 2026
Pressure Cooker
2026
MovieCrimeThriller
Four women are pushed to their breaking point in Dhaka’s underbelly, where the only way to survive systemic exploitation is to stop being the prey and start being the threat.
RoidRoid · 2026
Roid
7.02026
MovieDrama
A solitary middle aged man marries a madwoman and builds a house on a vacant plot of land far from the village. However, his wife’s madness becomes a calamity in his tranquil life.
The Tales of ChandrabatiThe Tales of Chandrabati · 2020
The Tales of Chandrabati
2020
MovieRomanceDrama
Set in 16th century Eastern Bengal, the film is inspired by the life of Chandrabati, Bengal`s first feminist poet. The story follows her falling in love with another poet, Jayananda, who later leaves her for another woman. The betrayal pushes Chandrabati to renounce marriage, confine herself inside a Shiva temple and start rewriting the Ramayana - an act which eventually led to her becoming a historic figure.
TaandobTaandob · 2025
Taandob
7.92025
MovieCrimeAction
A group of masked assailants storms the office of the country’s top television channel, taking the staff and a prominent minister, who was there for an interview, hostage. While the nation's law enforcement agencies race to uncover the identity of the mastermind behind the attack, the mastermind reveals himself live on the channel’s program, exposing the stories of ordinary people who have fallen victim to high-level corruption. Thus begins a rampage against the injustices of the system.
Masud RanaMasud Rana · 2026
Masud Rana
2026
MovieActionThriller
Based on Qazi Anwar Hussain's novel series Masud Rana aka MR-9.
LifelineLifeline · 2026
Lifeline
6.02026
MovieDrama
How far would you go, and what would you risk for the one you love? What drives Ananya, a city girl, to this distant village and where will her journey lead?
Bonolata SenBonolata Sen · 2026
Bonolata Sen
2026
MovieRomance
AmalnamaAmalnama · 2025
Amalnama
7.02025
MovieCrimeThriller
Hasan has left behind his dark past to lead a happy family life with his wife and two daughters. One night, posing as law enforcement officers, a group abruptly takes him from his home, casting a shroud of dreadful uncertainty over the entire family.

Filmography

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The GraveThe Grave · 2020
The Grave
6.02020
MovieDrama
Shirja Mia is grave digger. He begs from village to village to get death news. Now he has only two things in his life. One is a doll which he bought for his daughter and other is a number which he has got from his ancestors. His ancestors believed that if someone could dig hundred graves he would surely be placed in heaven. But no one could ever reach the target. When shirja was young he came to a Char and got married. They had a lovely daughter named Rahela. He had to go to town for work. Rahela asked for a doll from the town. One day Shirja bought a doll, but he couldn't come back to Char due to bad weather. Next day he heard that the tidal bore had washed out the Char. Later he came back to Char. But he didn't find his daughter and wife anywhere. The Char was full of dead bodies. At that time he started digging graves. When one grave left to reach the hundredth, he falls in big crisis with a girl like his daughter. Will Shirja be able to complete one hundred graves?

Director

Aha!Aha! · 2007
Aha!
5.02007
MovieDrama
Mr. Rafiq is given an option to develop the ancestral property by a privet developer agent. The house carries the style of typical historic buildings of old Dhaka; which are being pushed aside by urban modernization. With the decision hanging, Ruba, his daughter, leaves her husband in the US and returns to Dhaka. The cause being her husband's excessive misbehave. Ruba tries to find peace in her memory soaked old home but could not as the decision to reconstruct the property is discussed and debated over and over again. Another character, Soleman, obedient servant of Mr. Rafiq becomes irritating to Ruba since he has a rivalry with the local power holders. As Ruba seeks her memories in the home, she occasionally watches a man on a neighboring flat. The man notices this. With the man's efforts they finally get to be friends. But the orthodox mindset of the father desperately looks for ways to stop the developing relationship or perhaps a new hope for Ruba.

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