Farida Akhtar Poppy, known by her stage name Babita, is a Bangladeshi film actress. She is best known for her performance in Satyajit Ray's Distant Thunder, a novel adaptation about the Bengal famine of 1943, which won the Golden Bear prize at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival in 1973. She was active in the 1970s through 1990s as an actress in Bangladeshi films. She acted in 275 films.
St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, also known as SJC, is a Catholic higher secondary school in Asad Gate, Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, regarded as one of the best colleges in Bangladesh. In 2023, St. Joseph was one of seven colleges awarded the 'A+' grade. It is a school offering education from third to twelfth grade, with pupils averaging 8 to 18 years of age. The school is a single-shift (morning) school with over 2,000 students. In 1965, the college relocated to historical Asad Gate near Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban under the jurisdiction of the Mohammadpur Thana, and being named St. Joseph Higher Secondary School.
Andrew Kishore Kumar Baroi was a Bangladeshi playback singer. He is considered as the "Playback King" of Bangladesh for his contributions to the golden era of Bangladeshi music industry. He worked in more than a 100 films, where he was the lead playback singer in more than 15 thousand songs. He also judged in a popular reality tv-show called Bangladeshi Idol.
Asif Akbar, commonly known as ASIF, is a Bangladeshi singer. He releases solo, duet, and mixed albums and also songs for Bangladeshi cinema. His latest album, Jaan Re, is available online after he released all of his songs in all methods to prevent piracy. He received the Meril Prothom Alo Award for Best Singer (Male) for five consecutive years and the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for his performance in the film Rani Kuthir Baki Itihash (2006).
Impress Telefilm Limited is a media production house in Bangladesh, formed in 2003. The company produces film, drama, and drama serials, music videos, variety shows, magazine programmes, musical programmes, and documentaries as well as TV commercials. It was founded by Faridur Reza Sagar.
Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique, commonly known as Riaz, is a Bangladeshi film actor, producer, and television presenter who has appeared in more than 100 Bengali films in genres ranging from romance to action to comedies. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including three National Film Awards and seven Meril Prothom Alo Awards. He portrayed the famous literary character, Shuvro, created by Humayun Ahmed, in Daruchini Dip.
Yeasmin Jahan Tareen, commonly known as Tareen Jahan, is a Bangladeshi actress, model and singer. She is mostly known for her acting career in the television dramas and telefilms. In 1985, she stood first at the reality television competition program Notun Kuri for acting, dancing and storytelling divisions. She won Meril Prothom Alo Awards three times for her roles in Kotha Chhilo Onnorokom (2006), Maya (2007) and Green Velvet (2012).
Sadik Mohammed Symon, popularly known as Symon Sadik, is a Bangladeshi film actor, assistant director, lyricist, model and politician. His films are predominantly in Dhallywood cinema. He made his debut in as a lead role in the Bangladeshi film Ji Hujur (2012) and he won Bioscope Borsho-Sera Awards for Best acting in Poramon (2013). He also won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Jannat (2018).
Abdun Noor Shajal is a Bangladeshi actor and model. Shajal began his career through modelling before he started acting on television. He appeared in several films. He has acted in several notable plays. Also among his notable works in the film are Jinn, Haar Jeet, Run Out.
Shamsunnahar Smrity, known by her stage name Pori Moni, is a Bangladeshi film actress. She is considered one of the most popular and successful actresses in the Bangladeshi film industry. In 2020, she was listed in Forbes Asia's "100 Digital Stars".
Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique, commonly known as Riaz, is a prominent Bangladeshi film actor, producer, model, and television presenter. He has appeared in over 100 Bengali films and has received several awards, including three National Film Awards and seven Meril Prothom Alo Awards. Riaz made his acting debut in the social action drama Banglar Nayok (1995) and gained popularity with his lead role in Praner Cheye Priyo (1997). He also starred alongside Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen in the film It Was Raining That Night.
Mahmuda Amin Shaina popularly known as Shaina Amin is a former Bangladeshi television and Bangladeshi film actress and also a model. She began her career as a model appearing in commercials in 2005. In 2006 she made her debut in television drama performing in Cross Connection. She then has appeared in several television drama, film and series till now.
Ek Cup Cha (Bengali: এক কাপ চা) is a 2014 Bangladeshi romantic film directed by Noyeem Imtiaz Neyamul. It stars Ferdous Ahmed and Moushumi in the central roles, alongside Omar Sani, Rituparna Sengupta, father and daughter duo Alamgir and Akhi Alamgir, and Humayun Faridi. It was Faridi's final film, he died before it was released.
Adil Hossain Noble is a Bangladeshi Performer and model. He was born in Chittagong city. Apart from modelling he has acted in several TV dramas. He was the judge of the Veet Channel I Female Model Hunt event. He works as the Chief Enterprise Business Officer of Robi Axiata Limited. Noble has won success by acting in many plays in his career. Among them are 'Kusum Kanta, 'Choto Choto Dheu', 'Tahara', 'Prema Tomake, 'Shesher Kobitar Porer Kobita', 'Brishti Pore', 'Nissonggo Radhachura', 'Tumi Amake Boloni', 'House Husband, Sobuj Alpothe'. He received several significant rewards for his work including Meril Favorite Star award -1997, Meril Prothom Alo Star award - 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, Meril Prothom Alo Star award - 1999.
Sania Sultana Liza is a Bangladeshi singer. Her songs have been featured in different albums and films. She was the winner of the musical reality show Close Up-1 at NTV in 2008. She served as the chief judge in the reality show, RTV's Young Star Season 2, 2023 themed Gola Chhere Gao.
Alamgir Kumkum was a Bangladeshi filmmaker, producer and director.
Lalon is a Bangladeshi folk, rock, fusion music band formed in Khulna, Bangladesh in 2001 by Nigar Sultana Sumi mostly influenced by Fakir Lalon Shah.
Md. Shahadat Hossain is a Bangladeshi actor and radio personality who acted in stage, television and films. He won National Film Award 2017 in Best Supporting Actor category for Gohin Baluchor.
Prince Mahmud is a Bangladeshi lyricist, composer and music director, who has been writing and composing songs for solo and joint albums of band artists in Bangladesh since the 90's. Many of his songs gained wide popularity. His first mixed album Shakti (1995) propelled his journey as a composer of mixed albums, which immediately garnered him a massive success. In a career spanning more than three decades, Mahmud has released 50 albums including solo, duets and mixed. He is widely regarded as the greatest lyricist and composer of his time.
