Misir Ali

Misir Ali (Bengali: মিসির আলি) is a fictional character in a series of novels by Bangladeshi author Humayun Ahmed.

[6] In the books, Ali plays the role of a part-time professor of Psychology[3] at the University of Dhaka.

Despite his not being a professional psychiatrist, people come to him for psychiatric treatment because of his special interest and knowledge in parapsychology.

[7][8] The movie adaptation of the first book of the series (Debi) directed by Anam Biswas, starring Chanchal Chowdhury as Misir Ali and Jaya Ahsan as Ranu was released in October, 2018.

He has a minor appearance in Himu's (another popular character by Humayun Ahmed) story Himur Ditiyo Prohor.