He was also a student of Dhaka Collegiate school.He was initially admitted to the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta where he studied science.

Following the advice of the author Syed Mujtaba Ali, he transferred to the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata from where he graduated obtaining best result in his class.

[5] American documentary filmmaker Lear Levin visited Bangladesh to make a film on his puppets.

It tells the story of a little girl called Parul and her seven brothers named Champa who were cursed and turned into flowers.

[10] Monwar's teleplays include The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare and Raktokorobi by Rabindranath Tagore.