Sheikh Arif Bulbon :
Ariful Haque is one of the actors who have enriched the stage and television dramas and film arena of this country. For the past two decades, he was living in Canada with his family, but sometimes he used to rush to the homeland. He last came to Bangladesh in 2017. He is also a writer.
Since this legendary actor is no longer physically healthy, his hope in the country is no longer possible.
Ariful Haque only says one thing now, “I don’t want to get involved in illusion, because I don’t know if I will meet the people of this country, I don’t know if I will walk on the dusty path of this country, and it is not known whether it will be performed for the audience of this country. So, when I return to the country, my mind cries with such thoughts. I came into the world as a human being; I know I will have to leave one day. But when age and time repeatedly tell us that it’s time to leave, and then the mind doesn’t want to leave everyone behind this illusion of the world. I want to stay close to those beloved faces again and again.”
Ariful Haque was born on October 12, 1934 in Howrah, India. Tomorrow (Saturday) he will turn 91 by completing 90 years.
An Ariful Haque’s performance makes the audience laugh, and cry at the depth of his character; again, the open characters played by him made the audience think that he can act in such roles.
A true consummate actor succeeds here when he can play multi-dimensional roles.
This talented character artiste last acted in A K M Firoz Babu directed movie ‘Prem Bishad’ and late Khalid Mahmood Mithu directed movie ‘Gohine’.
Ariful Haque acted in the movie ‘Uttarayan’ with Uttam Kumar. It was directed by Bibhuti Laha. Ariful Hque is the only actor in Bangladesh who got the opportunity to act in one frame in the same movie with Uttam Kumar.
Notable movies starring Ariful Haque are – ‘Lalon Fakir’, ‘Sareng Bou’, ‘Boro Barir Meye’, ‘Surjo Konnya’, ‘Sundori’, ‘Sokhi Tumi Kar’, ‘Kotha Dilam,’ ‘Notun Bou’, ‘Ekhoni Somoy’, ‘Pita Mata Sontan’, ‘Tomake Chai’, ‘Deshpremik’, ‘Grina’, ‘Swapner Nayok’, etc.
At the time of childhood, Ariful Haque wanted to establish himself as a musician. So in addition to general education, he also completed a four-year diploma course on Rabindra Sangeet from ‘Dakshini’ Music School in Kolkata. He also took training in classical music from various masters in classical music. This legendary actor also trained in Nazrul Sangeet from Manabendra Mukherjee’s paternal uncle.
In 1964, Ariful Haque moved to Dhaka from Kolkata. Even after coming to Dhaka, his dream was to establish himself as a musician. But after the audition, it did not happen due to various complications. Once he got the chance to act on television. Since then this living legendary actor involved himself in acting in addition to doing government job.