Hanif Sanket (full name: A K M Hanif) is a popular Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

i comedian

Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

, entertainer and presenter

Presenter

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Sanket was born in 1957 in Barisal District. He first gained prominence in the early 1980s when he performed comic skits on Fazle Lohani

Fazle Lohani

Fazle Lohani was born at the village Kaulia in Sirajganj District, Bangladesh. He was the host of the popular TV show Jodi Kichu Mone Na Koren aired on Bangladesh Television.-Career:...

's variety show Jodi Kichhu Mone Na Koren

Jodi Kichhu Mone Na Koren

Jodi Kichu Mone Na Koren was a show hosted by Fazle Lohani that used to be aired on Bangladesh Television during late 70's until early 80's , from Banglapedia....

(If You Don't Mind). Since then, he has become a household name in Bangladesh. Sanket's variety show Ittyadi (Et cetera) is a popular program on Bangladeshi television

Television

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Sanket has a wide following among the Bangladeshi diaspora

Bangladeshi diaspora

The Bangladeshi diaspora consists of people of Bangladeshi descent who have immigrated to or were born in another country. First generation migrants may have moved abroad from Bangladesh for better living conditions, to escape poverty, or to send money back to families in Bangladesh.The world's...

, and he frequently travels abroad with cultural troupes to perform for expatriate

Expatriate

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 Bangladeshis. He has also released a number of comedy album

Album

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s, and has acted in television drama

Drama

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s on several occasions.

He was awarded the Ekushey Padak

Ekushey Padak

Ekushey Padak is one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952 that took place on February 21, 1952.-2001:*Shah Abdul Karim...

in 2010 for social service.