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The prince of Bangladeshi Film – Salman Shah
19 September 1971– 6 September 1996
• Rumpa Farzana
Shahriar Chowdhury Emon, known by his stage name Salman Shah,
was the most popular hero in the 1990s. His fans were obsessed
with the actor’s appearance, and his roles had a great impact on
them. As Salman Shah was an icon to millions of youth, even after
21 years of his sudden death, his fans still cannot forget him. Here
are some facts about the actor:
Salman Shah commenced
his acting journey with
a television drama titled
Akash Choa in 1985. Later, he
appeared in another television
venture, Saikote Sarosh in
which his character’s name
was Rabbi. Salman Shah also
ventured in the first episode
of another popular drama
serial Pathor Shomoy.
Even after 21 years of his
death, the mystery remains
unsolved. One of his in
laws, Rabeya Sultana Ruby,
alleged that her brother
was part of the ‘plot’ and
murdered Salman at the
behest of her Chinese
husband and the family of
Samira Haq, the actor’s wife
in a viral video message
Salman Shah was a
trend setter. His fashion
materials, starting from
his scarf to his bracelet
became a trend among
the young generation
back then.
After his sudden death,
almost 22 to 23 girls
committed suicide for
Salman. One of his friends,
Nazrul, became mentally
unstable and he was seen
several times near FDC,
looking for Salman.
Salman’s maternal grand
father played in the first
film of East Pakistan, Mukh
O Mukhosh. As the family
was quite culture oriented,
Salman got all the support
for his acting endeavours
whenever he asked for.
Salman was known as
a singer in his friend
circle. He completed his
certificate course from
Chayanaut in Bangla folk
song. He also sang songs
for his film Prem Juddho.
In four years of
Salman’s career,
he acted in 27 films
while 14 of those
were with actress
Shabnoor, and were
big hits. •
Salman also appeared
in the popular TV show
Ittyadi. Hanif Sanket
introduced him as a model
in the song where Salman
played a drug addict,
whose life ended in an
unfortunate way.
Two new comers were also
introduced along with Salman
through this film – Moushumi
and singer Agun. Agun became
the iconic on screen voice of
Salman and the duo produced
many hit numbers together. But
Salman was not seen much with
Moushumi after then. He acted
with Moushumi in feature films
Denmohor and Antore Antore
after their debut film.
In 1993, Shah got his break-through
in the film Keyamot Theke Keyamot,
directed by Sohanur Rahman
Sohan. Sohan got the copyright
for two films – Sanam Bewafa and
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, which
released in 1988. Sohan was looking
for the ideal match for the role, but
could not find any. Then Khashnur
Alamgir, mother of Ankhi Alamgir
proposed Salman Shah’s name.
Salman was known as Emon back in
those days. Sohan took his audition
and finally cast him in the film.
Obama, Serena recreate Beyonce
look for birthday
• Showtime Desk
Former First Lady Michelle Obama,
Serena Williams, Kelly Rowland and
other famous friends of Beyonce
recreated the singer’s “Formation”
look marking her birthday, Monday.
The celebrities took photographs
donning the pigtail braids, black hat,
and the statement necklace from
the “Formation” music video which
were posted on Beyonce’s website on
Monday.
Because of images highlighted in
the music video, the song has faced
controversy from police groups
which featured Beyonce standing on
a sinking police cruiser in the intro.
The music video also depicted a wall
that reads, “stop shooting us,” and
puts on show a child dancing in front
of police officers who are wearing riot
gear.
However, the former First Lady’s
decision to recreate Beyonce’s look
from the “Formation” music video is
sure to raise some eyebrows.
Meanwhile, Beyonce’s husband
led the crowd during the Made in
America music festival on Sunday, by
singing a birthday song to his wife on
Sunday. The crowd captured a video
of Jay-Z on the stage and posted it
on social media, which also shows
Beyonce smiling from the audience,
and dancing along.
Born and raised in Houston,
Beyonce turned 36 on September 4.•