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Aruna Biswas

{{Short description|Bangladeshi actress}}

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| name = Aruna Biswas

| image = Aruna Biswas 2023 ..(3) (cropped).jpg

| occupation = Actress, director, producer

| nationality = Bangladeshi

| parents = Amalendu Biswas
Jyotsna Biswas

}}

Aruna Biswas is a Bangladeshi television, stage and film actress .{{cite news |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/81509/aruna-biswas-busy-with-acting-directing-hosting.html |title=Aruna Biswas busy with acting, directing, hosting |date=January 25, 2016 |access-date=March 17, 2016 |newspaper=The New Nation}} She is a television drama director.{{cite news |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/6502/bonnya-mirza-under-aruna-biswas-direction.html |title=Bonnya Mirza under Aruna Biswas' direction |date=March 17, 2014 |access-date=March 17, 2016 |newspaper=The New Nation}}{{cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/31585 |title=In Conversation With Aruna Biswas |date=January 25, 2016 |access-date=March 17, 2016 |newspaper=The Independent |location=Dhaka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326010531/http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/31585 |archive-date=March 26, 2016}}

Background

Biswas is the daughter of jatra activists Amalendu Biswas and Jyotsna Biswas.{{cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/09/28/d609281402101.htm |title=Q & A : "It's embarrassing to go begging for my own money from producers" -- Aruna |date=September 28, 2006 |access-date=March 17, 2016 |newspaper=The Daily Star |archive-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305011855/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/09/28/d609281402101.htm |url-status=dead}}

Career

Biswas debuted in the film industry in 1986.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/film/news/budget-draws-mixed-reactions-the-entertainment-industry-1757098 |title=Budget draws mixed reactions from the entertainment industry |date=2019-06-15 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2019-06-14}}

Biswas serves as the chairwoman of the production house Jatravision.{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-183023 |title=Resurrect the Jatra Tradition |date=April 25, 2011 |access-date=March 17, 2016 |newspaper=The Daily Star |author=Shah Alam Shazu}} As of 2019, Biswas has acted in over 100 films. After 6 years staying in Canada, Biswas returned to Bangladesh. She directed her first TV serial Onnorokomer Lojja for Channel I. Then she completed Dolonchampa by Kazi Nazrul Islam, Boner Papiya and Dristhtidaan by Rabindranath Tagore, Shure Eka Chobi and Boro Didi by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.{{cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/05/28/d605281402117.htm |title=Aruna Biswas : Changing tracks |date=May 28, 2006 |access-date=March 17, 2016 |newspaper=The Daily Star |archive-date=April 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402143108/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/05/28/d605281402117.htm |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/09/24/d409241402102.htm |title=Serial Biraj Bou conveys a powerful message --Aruna Biswas |date=September 24, 2004 |access-date=March 17, 2016 |newspaper=The Daily Star |author=Novera Deepita |archive-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305012002/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/09/24/d409241402102.htm |url-status=dead}}

Biswas hosted television shows like Food Caravan on NTV and Nachey Gaaney Number One on Ekushey Television.{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/tv/aruna-kona-and-mishu-food-caravan-80142 |title=Aruna, Kona and Mishu in Food Caravan |date=May 3, 2015 |access-date=March 17, 2016 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-92162 |title=A talent hunt for underprivileged girls |date=June 12, 2009 |access-date=March 17, 2016 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}

Criticism

In 2024, during the Student–People's uprising, Aruna Biswas expressed support for the government amidst allegations of repression and violence against the protesters by the Awami League administration.{{Cite web |date=September 2024 |title=Shock and surprise grip entertainment arena after chats discovery |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/765421 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=daily-sun |language=en}} Reports suggest that a group of artists aligned with the Awami League party, including Biswas, were active in a WhatsApp group named Alo Ashbei ({{langx|en|There'll be light}}), reportedly led by actor Ferdous Ahmed, to oppose the movement. Following the non-cooperation phase of the protests, on September 3, 2024,{{Cite web |title=Alo Ashbei WhatsApp group message leaked |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/tags/alo-ashbei-whatsapp-group-message-leaked |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} screenshots purportedly linked to discussions within this WhatsApp group surfaced on social media, where she suggested that they should ‘Pour hot water on them [protesters]’ and that all protesters are 'jamaat-shibir activists', which drew attention and criticism online.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-03 |title='Throw hot water on protesters': 'Alo Ashbei' artistes' WhatsApp group under fire |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/throw-hot-water-protesters-alo-ashbei-artistes-whatsapp-group-under-fire-3693581 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-09-04 |title=Leaked conversation of artists speaking against student movement goes viral |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/leaked-conversation-artists-speaking-against-student-movement-goes-viral-933266 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}

On September 2024, following the controversy, she left Bangladesh and went to Canada to her son.{{cite web|url=https://www.thesouthasiantimesbd.com/entertainment/news/23093|title=Aruna Biswas leaves country secretly|date=4 September 2024|website=The South Asian Times|access-date=6 January 2025}}

Works

= Television =

  • Amader Nurul Huda

References

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External links

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