Ivan Shahriar

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Ivan Shahriar
ইভান শাহরিয়ার
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Choreographer, dancer
AwardsNational Film Award

Ivan Shahriar is a Bangladeshi choreographer. [1] He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Dance Director for the film Dhat Teri Ki (2017). [2]

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Career

Shahriar leads a dance troupe called Sohag Dance Group and is the chairman of an advertising agency Exposure BD. [3]

On 12 September 2020, Shahriar was arrested in the Niketon area of Dhaka for his alleged involvement in sex trafficking to Dubai. [4] According to the CID officials, Shahriar and two other members of a human trafficking ring that forced young women into prostitution in Dubai after trafficking them as tourists. [4] [5]

Award

Shahriar won the National Film Award for Best Choreography for Dhat Teri Ki (2017). [6]

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