Tariq Anam Khan

Born in Satkhira, Khan is the eldest son of Fakhrul Anam Khan and Jahanara Khanam. He has three brothers and four sisters.^[2]

Khan was involved in progressive cultural and political activities in Satkhira since before the Liberation War. At the beginning of 1971, he became directly active with the resistance movement. From April 1971, along with many others, he set up a camp at Bhomra border in Satkhira. Then he went to India and engaged himself in the Liberation War organization. He was responsible for recruiting the freedom fighters, taking them to the camp for training from Bashirhat town in West Bengal. At the same time, a cultural group was formed with a few other artists. They used to perform motivational songs and plays in different camps of Sector 9.

In 2018, he played as a missile specialist scientist in Ashiqur Rahman's action drama Super Hero, starring opposite Shakib Khan for the first time.^[3]

Khan started his career as a theatre artist. He joined the Bangladeshi theatre group "Theatre" after his return from the National School of Drama. Later, he parted ways with Theatre due to some differences in opinion and founded "Natyakendra" on October 11, 1990 along with Jhuna Chowdhury, Tauqir Ahmed, and Nahid Ferdous Meghna. In 25 years, Natyakendra has staged 14 productions, 11 of which were directed by Khan. The group's first production Bichchu (adapted from Molière's That Scoundrel Scapin) is considered one of the iconic productions in Bangladesh theatre history. His directed plays have performed more than 500 shows in Bangladesh and abroad.^{[citation needed]}

Khan started his career in marketing by founding the advertising firm Adshop in 1985.^[4]

He was credited as the production supervisor of the Bangladesh unit of the 2015 Hollywood film Avengers: Age of Ultron.^[5]

He started working as a marketing adviser of Akij Group in 2015.^[6]

Khan has been acting in television plays for more than 30 years. He has acted in over 300 television plays telecast by all national and satellite television channels in Bangladesh. He gained popularity for his portrayal of a smuggler in the television series Tothapi (1994) directed by Zia Ansary, which was telecast on Bangladesh Television.

Khan has been married to actress Nima Rahman since 1985. Together they have a son, Ariq Anam Khan.^[7]

• Bangladesh National Film Awards – 2014 for Best Performance in a Negative Role – Desha: The Leader
• Critics Choice Awards – 2012 for Best Actor (Film) for Ghetuputra Komolain15th Meril Prothom Alo Awards, 2013
• Bangladesh National Film Awards – 2019 for Best Actor – Abar Boshonto (2019)^[9]

• Cinema of Bangladesh

• Tariq Anam KhanatIMDb