<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b style="">Popular filmmaker Mostafa Sarwar Farooki was hospitalised after he felt unwell on Monday (January 22, 2024) evening.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>His hospitalisation was confirmed by his wife, actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha.</div><div><br></div><div>Tisha wrote on her verified Facebook page at 1 am on Tuesday, “Mostafa has been feeling unwell since last evening. After taking him to the hospital, it was informed that he suffered a mild stroke.”</div><div><br></div><div>“He is now being observed at the Neuro ICU. Please keep Mostafa Sarwar Farooki in your prayers,” Tisha wrote.</div><div><br></div><div>According to sources, the director is at a private hospital in Dhaka’s Panthapath.</div><div><br></div><div>He is currently being closely monitored by doctors but is now out of danger.</div><div><br></div><div>Fans and admirers, including many celebrities, have commented on and shared the post while asking for prayers for the acclaimed director.</div><div><br></div><div>Known for breaking stereotypical storytelling and popularising colloquial language in TV fiction, Farooki is widely acclaimed for his television series ‘51 Borti’, ‘69’, ‘420’, ‘Choruivati’, ‘Carrom’ and more.</div><div><br></div><div>After becoming successful in television, Farooki debuted as a filmmaker with ‘Bachelor’ (2004), featuring an ensemble cast of Ferdous Ahmed, Humayun Faridi, Shabnoor, Aupee Karim, Jaya Ahsan, Marzuk Russell and others, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>After that, he continued his journey as a filmmaker with ‘Made in Bangladesh’, ‘Third Person Singular Number’, ‘Ant Story’ (Piprabiddya), ‘Television’, ‘Doob: No Bed of Roses’ and his most talked-about film ‘Saturday Afternoon (Shonibar Bikel), which is yet to have a proper theatrical release in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>With ‘Ladies & Gentleman’ (2021), Farooki debuted in OTT. He debuted as an actor in the Chorki’s film under the ‘Ministry of Love’ project, titled 'Something Like An Autobiography' alongside Tisha.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>