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Mir Afsar Ali
মীর আফসার আলী
Mir at the Kolkata Book Fair 2014
Born (1975-02-13) 13 February 1975 (age 49)
NationalityIndian
Other namesMir
Alma materUmes Chandra College
University of Calcutta
Occupation(s)News Anchor, Actor, Radio Jockey at Radio Mirchi, Comedian, Singer
Years active1994–present
Known forMirakkel, Sunday Suspense
SpouseDr. Soma Bhattacharyaa
ChildrenMuskan Ali
FatherMir Sultan Ahmed
AwardsKalakar Awards[1]

Mir Afsar Ali or Mir is an Indian radio jockey, television anchor, singer, comedian and actor. He is the host of Mirakkel, a Stand-up Comedy show on Zee Bangla and Hi Kolkata on Radio Mirchi. He also appears on a Sunday audio suspense stories show named Sunday Suspense on Radio Mirchi [2]

Early and personal life

He was born in a conservative Bengali Muslim family with strict-disciplinarians parents, in Azimgunj, Murshidabad District.[3] He would listen to the radio for hours during his childhood. Television was not allowed into the house before he completed his junior school. His entry into show-business happened by chance. On a rainy evening in 1994 when Mir was in his first year of college (Umes Chandra College), he was on his way home from the laundry and happened to read a six-day-old newspaper in which the washer-man had wrapped his clothes. His eyes fell upon an advertisement which said that auditions were being held for radio jockeys for a radio station to be launched soon in Kolkata. Apart from making people laugh with his jokes on the radio, Mir explored his comic side by competing events. When he finally made an appearance on TV, it was as a news reader on Khaash Khobor, a news programme on DD Bangla. Since then, Mir’s career in television has seen several highs, with television shows including Hao Mao Khao, and Beta Betir Battle to his credit. With the TV show Mirakkel on Zee Bangla, he came to be known as the comedy king of the city.

Television

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b "Kalakar award winners" (PDF). Kalakar website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Mukherjee, Debarati (14 March 2007). "My Fundays". Calcutta, India: www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
  3. ^ "'I don't think I am doing anything illegal. If he (Ghosh) feels that way, he should take it up'". The Telegraph. India. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2018.