Munsur Ali is a Bangladeshi-born British film producer, screenwriter, director and social entrepreneur, Labour Party politician, and councillor for Portsoken ward.
11 Facts About Munsur Ali
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Munsur Ali is best known for his film Shongram, the first time a British film has been simultaneously written, produced and directed by a British Bangladeshi.
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From an early age, Munsur Ali was influenced by films and in his late teens he took an interest in looking at alternative points of view in mainstream cinema.
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Munsur Ali gave up his Bangladeshi citizenship and became a British citizen.
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In 2014, Munsur Ali wrote, directed and produced his debut feature film Shongram.
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Munsur Ali worked on the project for three years and it was the first time a British film was simultaneously written, produced and directed by a British Bangladeshi.
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Munsur Ali is working on two new films: Cinema which is about a young actor who enters the world of cinema and discovers a whole world of exploitation, corruption, drugs, thugs and betrayal, and The Final Message which is a supernatural horror based around Hebrew scriptures, Christian scriptures and the Quran.
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On 23 March 2017, Munsur Ali was elected as a Labour Party councillor for Portsoken ward in Aldgate in his home town of the City of London, where Labour won five seats.
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In 2012, Munsur Ali was presented with a Civic Award by Tower Hamlets, in recognition for his contribution of promoting young artists through the Limelight Film Awards.
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In December 2011, while working on the film Shongram, Munsur Ali met and became close friends with Bangladeshi actress Dilruba Yasmeen Ruhee.
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On 3 September 2014, Munsur Ali married Ruhee in Dhaka, Bangladesh, this was followed by a gaye holud ceremony on 4 September and a wedding reception on 5 September.