Fazlur Rahman Babu born August 22 started his acting career in 1978 when he joined the theatre group Baishakhi Natya Ghosthi in Faridpur That same year Babu acted for first time in a national drama festival Meanwhile he joined the Agrani Bank and in 1983 transferred his banking job to Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh where he also joined Mamunur Rashids Aranyak Natyadal theatre group Some of his performances in this theatre group include Nankar Pala Pathar and Moyur Shinghashan He started his television acting career in Kazi Nazrul Islams soap opera Mrittu Khuda 1991 produced by Abu Zafar Siddiqui on Bangladesh Television BTV However it was his role of Poran Majhi in Rashids television drama Itikatha 1991 that secured him further roles in dramas such as Shundari and Danab Babu also acted with Bengali film Daruchini Dip directed by Toukir Ahmed while Humayun Ahmed was Story Dialogue and Scriptwriter Babu has become popular for his humorous characters but his early career in stage dramas like Danab and Jay Jayanti was in serious roles Babu continued to work for television and theatre simultaneously until 2000 when he stopped theatre work as television took nearly twentyfive days per month Babu made his theatrical film début with Abdullah Al Mamuns Bihanga between 2000 and 2001 Babu emerged as a singer when he performed two songs in the film MonpuraBabu published his first solo music album Indubala 2009 He also sang four songs on the mixed album Monchor 2008