Who is Babar Ali?

Babar Ali ( Urdu: بابر علی; born 30 June 1972) is a Pakistani film and television actor. He started his career in the late 1980s at the age of 16. Babar Ali is known for playing ‘Bali’ in the drama serial Landa Bazaar (2002-2003) written by Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar.

Is Babar Ali a true story?

Babar Ali’s story is much like a modern-day fairy tale — too good to be true. The story, told and retold several times over, is now a part of many books and documentaries. It goes like this: a nine-year-old schoolboy started a free school in the backyard of his family home in a remote village of West Bengal.

Why did Babar Ali start a school?

After noticing the high number of uneducated children in his village in Murshidabad, West Bengal, Babar Ali started a school in his backyard. In one of the oldest districts in the country, far from the modern amenities, he developed a school for children he saw coming back from work. And he did all this when he was just nine years old.