Kusum Sikder
Kushum Sikder | |
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কুসুম সিকদার | |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
Years active | 2004-present |
Kushum Sikder is a Bangladeshi television and film actress, singer and model, writer and poet. She was born on the 12th of April, 1981, marking the beginning of a journey that would shape her into the person she is today. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress in a leading role in the film Shankhachil (2016).[1][2]
Career
[edit]Sikder started as a singer. She later acted in several television dramas. She later acted in films as Khalid Mahmud Mithu's Gohine Shobdo, Swapan Ahmed's Lal Tip, and Goutam Ghose's Shankhachil[3] Then she also directed a film named Shoroter Joba, where she is the writer-producer-director herself.[4][5]
Controversy
[edit]Sikdar's music video for the song "Nesha" was released on 3 August 2017. It received 1.3 million views in just two weeks on YouTube. A lawyer sent a legal notice asking for the removal of all the obscene and vulgar music videos from YouTube including "Nesha", claiming it contained vulgar, obscene scenery and inappropriate lyrics, which do not go with the video. He further claimed that such obscene and vulgar music videos will destroy the music industry.[6]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Gohine Shobdo | Khalid Mahmud Mithu | Swapna | |
2012 | Lal Tip | Swapan Ahmed | Nidhi | |
2016 | Shankhachil[7][8] | Goutam Ghose | Laila | |
2023 | Shoroter Joba† | Herself and Sumon Dhar | TBA | Post -production; also director |
As director
[edit]Year | Films | Director | Notes |
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2023 | Shoroter Joba | Yes | Debut as director |
Television
[edit]Year | Title |
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2004 | "Ghater Kotha" |
2008 | Jogajog |
2009 | Boi Pagol |
2009 | Shari |
2009 | Oparetey Shorbo Shukh |
2010 | Bondi |
2010 | Tribhuj |
2011 | Superman |
2016 | Sublet Gublet |
2016 | Astha |
2018 | Sesh Asesher Golpo |
References
[edit]- ^ "National Film Award winners announced". The Daily Star. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Prosenjit and Kusum in "Sankhochil"". The Daily Star. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ Sen, Zinia (2 March 2015). "Who is the Bangladeshi actress opposite Prosenjit in Sankhachil?". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ নতুন পরিচয়ে কুসুম. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 7 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ ‘শরতের জবা’র জন্য নতুন পরিচয়, স্বপ্ন পূরণ কুসুমের. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 6 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ ৭২ ঘণ্টার মধ্যে কুসুমের 'নেশা' গানটি সরানোর নোটিশ. Jugantor (in Bengali). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ ‘শঙ্খচিল’ ছবির দৃশ্যে প্রসেনজিৎ চট্টোপাধ্যায়ের সঙ্গে কুসুম সিকদার. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ প্রসেনজিতের বিপরীতে কুসুম সিকদার. Manab Zamin (in Bengali). Retrieved 25 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- Kusum Sikder at IMDb
- Living people
- Bangladeshi film actresses
- Bangladeshi television actresses
- Actresses in Bengali cinema
- Bangladeshi expatriate actresses in India
- Bangladeshi Hindus
- Best Actress National Film Awards (Bangladesh) winners
- Best Film Actress Meril-Prothom Alo Award winners
- North South University alumni
- 21st-century Bangladeshi actresses