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Raihan Rafi (Bengali: রায়হান রাফি; born 3 March 1989) is a Bangladeshi film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his directorial debut, Poramon 2 (2018) produced by Abdul Aziz and under the banner of Jaaz Multimedia. The film won awards in three categories at Meril Prothom Alo Awards for Most Critic Movie of the Year, Best Actor and Best Actress. He won Blender's Choice The Daily Star Awards for Best Screenwriter of the film Khachar Bhitor Ochin Pakhi (2021) steaming and released on Chorki.

Career

He began his film career in 2018 with Poramon2 and Dahan. In 2021, his first web film has released named Janowar.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Director	Screenplay	Story	Note	Ref.
2018	Poramon 2				Debut film
	Dahan
2022	Poran
	Damal
2023	Surongo
2024	Toofan
TBA	Toofan 2 †		TBA	TBA
TBA	Noor †		TBA	TBA	Filming
TBA	Premik †		TBA	TBA	Announced

Streaming films

Year	Film	Director	Screenplay	Story	Notes	Ref.
2020	Janowar				Webfilm on Cinematic
2021	The Dark Side of Dhaka				Webfilm on iTheatre
	Khachar Bhitor Ochin Pakhi				Webfilm on Chorki
2022	Taan				Webfilm on Chorki
	Floor Number 7				Webfilm on Chorki
	Nishwas				Webfilm on Chorki
2023	Friday				Webfilm on Binge; Also co-producer
2024	Maya				Webfilm on Binge

Web series

Year	Series	Director	Screenplay	Story	Notes	Ref.
2025	Black Money				First web series

Short films

Year	Film	Director	Story	Producer	Note	Ref.
2016	Janer Desh Bangladesh
	Ajob Baksho
	The Story Of Ratan
	Digital Movie and Theater				Produced by Jaaz Multimedia
2017	Zahir
2018	Agami
2019	3 Minute 5 Taka
	Nirbak
	Arranged Marriage 2
	Projapotir Bhalobasha
	Sacrifice
	Chithi
2020	Connection
	Oxygen
2021	Eida Kopal

Awards

References

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5. জাজের 'পোড়ামন ২' সিনেমার সহযোগী অলটাইম. Janakantha (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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19. রাফির 'দ্য ডার্ক সাইড অব ঢাকা'র পাঁচ গল্পে ছয় শিল্পী. Sarabangla (in Bengali). 6 May 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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External links

• Raihan Rafi at IMDb
• Raihan Rafi on Facebook

• Living people
• People from Sylhet District
• Bengali film directors
• Bangladeshi film directors
• 1989 births
• Bangladeshi screenwriters
• Male screenwriters
• Bangladeshi male writers
• 21st-century Bangladeshi writers
• 21st-century Bangladeshi male writers
• 21st-century male writers
• 21st-century screenwriters