Biography

Siraj Haider (6 February 1948 – 11 January 2018) was a Bangladeshi actor and director. He acted in over 400 films. He also directed two films. He acted in television, stage, radio and jatra too. Haider was born on 6 February 1948 in Bikrampur, Munshiganj. He made his acting career debut with a drama titled Tipu Sultan in 1962. He was in class nine at that time.Haider made his acting career debut in Dhallywood with Sukher Songsar. Besides films he also involved in acting in television, stage and jatra. He directed many stage dramas too. He founded Rangana Natyagoshthi in 1976.Haider also directed two films. The name of these two films are Adom Byapari and Sukh. Of them Adom Bypari is an unrelated film. Mujib Pardeshi made his acting career debut with Sukh.Haider was married to Mina Haider. They had two sons and one daughter.Haider died on 11 January 2018 at his own home in Kalyanpur, Dhaka at the age of 69.