Enamtara Begum

Enamtara Begum (এনামতারা বেগম) is a Bangladeshi costume designer and performing artist. She is also known as Saki or Sakitara (সাকী বা সাকীতারা). She won the 45th Bangladesh National Film Awards in 2020 for Best Costume Design in the film Gor (The Grave).^[1][2][3] She has designed costumes for approximately 100 productions in theater and film. She also serves as a trainer for acting workshops organized by the Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, and provides guest training in costume design at various universities and theater schools.^[4][5]

Enamtara Saki was born on 10 December in Kurigram, Bangladesh. Her mother, Bushra Haque, is a retired school teacher, and her father, Alhaj Md. Enamul Haque, is a retired army person. She spent her childhood between her maternal and paternal grandfather's homes, both families being involved in politics, education, and arts, inspiring her early interest in cultural activities.

Her maternal grandfather, S. M. Ahmad Hossain, was a teacher at Kurigram River View High School and a patron of arts. Her maternal uncle, Iqbal Hossain Babla, was a prominent figure in the traditional Prochchod theatre of Kurigram. Another paternal uncle, Md. Shamsul Haque, was head of the Kurigram district Mukul Fauj.

Due to her parents' profession, the family moved to Dhaka around 1974. Saki attended Balughat High School and a few days later, she was admitted to the Dhaka Cantonment Board Adarsha Vidya Niketan in Manikdi. Completing primary and secondary education, she completed higher secondary and undergraduate studies at Tejgaon College and later joined Government Titumir College for postgraduate studies in Zoology. Eventually, she pursued a master's degree in Theater from the Department of Theater and Performance Studies, University of Dhaka.

Saki began her theater career with Dhaka Sarak Theatre, debuting on stage in the play Ekka Dokka. During university, she designed costumes for A Doll's House, initially as an academic requirement, but developed a passion for costume design. She continued designing for theater and film while performing as an actress.

After her postgraduate degree, she briefly worked in NGOs but focused entirely on arts after 2007. She has designed costumes for nearly 100 productions and acted in around 20. She won the National Film Award in 2020 for costume design in Gor (The Grave), directed by Gazi Rakayet and produced by Impress Telefilm.^[6][7] In 2013, her costume designs won a booth exhibition award at the World Costume Festival in Vigan, Philippines. She currently serves as General Secretary of the Kissa Kahini Theatre Group.

Saki married Mohammad Jasim Uddin, a light designer and theater director associated with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, in 2003. They have one daughter, Ankon Tara Rath Sukonna, and one son, Chitro Path Tepantor. In her leisure time, she enjoys painting, playing dotara, and singing.

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