Sadhana Ahmed is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose work navigates the fragile boundaries between memory, truth, and identity. Her stories move across cultures and generations, revealing hidden emotional legacies and enduring human connections. She works across theatre and screen, shaping intimate, character-driven narratives for an international audience.

Highlights of her works
• Key Film Work: Dialogue Writer, Script Supervisor, and Dialogue Coach for
MUJIB: THE MAKING OF A NATION – biopic on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder father of Bangladesh; directed by Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal and jointly produced by the Governments of Bangladesh and India.
• Government-Backed Project
o Her screenplay GAANGKUMAREE (River of Silences) received production funding from the Government of Bangladesh (2019–2020).
• Playwright, Screenwriter & Director
o Authored 13 stage plays, 3 feature screenplays, 50+ tele-screenplays and directed multiple productions for screen which have been broadcasted on national TV channels in Bangladesh.
o Published Books: 5 books containing 6 full-length plays.
• Maatbring (Human Being) – Staged at the 8th Theatre Olympics (2018) in India, and RAFTA Festival (2022) in England
• Saptaparnee (Seven Leaves) – Performed at Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2020
• Damer Madar(Goddess of Breath) – Performed at Bharat Rang Mahotsav (2024), organized by the National School of Drama, India
• Angshupot Upakkhan (Episode of Filament Canvas) – Included in the curriculum of Kazi Nazrul University, West Bengal in India.
• MA Thesis: “Sadhana Ahmed’s Dramas: Thematic Diversity and Structural Style”
o Student: Sadia Sobhan Sara
o Institution: Khulna University, Bangladesh
• PhD Research (Ongoing): “Drama of Sadhana Ahmed: Social Status of Bangladesh”
o Researcher: Aradhana Mandal
o Institution: Kazi Nazrul University, West Bengal, India