Salauddin Lavlu

Salauddin Lavlu
Native name	সালাউদ্দিন লাভলু
Born	Kushtia, Khulna, Bangladesh
Occupation	Actor, screenwriter and television director
Years active	1985-present

Salauddin Lavlu is a Bangladeshi actor, screenwriter and television director. His works generally consist of television films and telenovelas. His productions are usually comedies, and they generally are immensely popular with the Bangladeshi audiences. His notable works include the television films Basto Doctor (2004), Goruchor (2007), Dholer Baddo (2008) and Warren (2009), along with the telenovelas Ronger Manush (2004), Vober Hat (2007), Ghor Kutum (2008), Alta Sundori (2009) and Sakin Sarisuri (2009).

Early life

Lavlu was born and raised in a village in the Kushtia District in the Khulna Division of western Bangladesh.

Career

Early career

In 1977, Lavlu moved to Dhaka, to join the Aranyak Natyadal Theatre, where he acted in stage plays until 1985 but desired to do other things.

After Bangladesh Television (BTV) started its own production, he acted in several television dramas . In the early 1990s, he explored other options and began working as a photographer. In 1997, after working as a photographer for about six years, he found a new passion as a director.

Acting, writing and directing

Between 1997 and 2004, Lavlu directed eight or nine television films including Dichakrojaan (1997), Gahargachi (1997), Ekjon Aynal Lashkar (1999), Adhuli (2002) and Gor (2002). These works received critical acclaim and some have earned awards. These films share a common thread exploring the rural denizens of Bangladesh – a passionate topic for Lavlu. He believes television films about the villages of Bangladesh are entertaining because there is room for a lot of comedy. He also believes that, in a village, it is easier to find different types of characters because there are simple people with different kinds of personalities. Lavlu believes that these people form the basis for all the characters you will need to write a script.

In a recent interview Lavlu expressed why he is so attached to villages of Bangladesh.

The communities in villages are strongly-woven together. They are simple and transparent people with very little demands and very small dreams. And they have deep concerns for people around them and they are extremely hospitable. The people in the city however are the complete opposite. They are very individualistic. They have no concern for people outside their immediate family and friends. Moreover, most of the people living in the city have deep roots in villages and when they watch my productions, they can relate to the life style and the characters.

— Salauddin Lavlu

Since 2004, Lavlu has directed and acted in many different telenovelas. Ronger Manush (2004) was his first telenovela directorial début. Following its success, he pursued making more of them. Since then he has directed and acted in five telenovelas. Two of these include Vober Hat (2007) and Ghor Kutum (2008). Both of these telenovelas included the same stars, such as Mosharraf Karim and Chanchal Chowdhury (a favourite of Lavlu's, cast in most of his work).

Lavlu has also acted in and directed many television films including Goruchor (2007), Potro Milai (2007), Swapner Bilat (2007), Dholer Baddo (2008), Pattri Chai (2009) and Warren (2009).

Filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Type	Director
1997	Gahargachi	Television film	Lavlu
	Dichakrojaan	Television film	Lavlu
1999	Ekjon Aynal Lashkar	Television film	Lavlu
2002	Gor	Television film	Lavlu
2004	Ronger Manush	Telenovela	Lavlu; Masum Reza
2006	Bagikor	Television film	Lavlu
	Bahadur Doctor	Television film	Masum Reza
	Ghor	Television film	Lavlu
	Sinduknama	Television film	Bindabon Das
	Kaacher Manush	Telenovela	Afsana Mimi
2007	Vober Hat	Telenovela	Lavlu; Masum Reza
	Swapner Bilat	Telenovela	Lavlu
	Doctor Bari	Film	Azizul Rahman
	Goruchor	Telenovela	Lavlu
2008	Ghor Kutum	Telenovela	Lavlu; Bindabon Das
	Dholer Baddo	Television film	Lavlu
	Harkiptey	Television film	Masum Reza
2009	Sakin Sarisuri	Telenovela	Lavlu; Bindabon Das
	Alta Sundori	Telenovela	Lavlu
	Pattri Chai	Television film	Lavlu

Director and writer

Year	Title	Type
2002	Adhuli	Television film
	Gor	Television film
2004	Ronger Manush	Television film
	Basto Doctor	Telenovela
2006	Bagikor	Television film
	Ghor	Television film
2007	Etimkhana	Television film
	Potro Mitali	Television film
2008	Dholer Baddo	Television film
2009	Gadha Nogor	Television film
	Warren	Television film

External links

• Salauddin Lavlu at the Internet Movie Database