Anjuman Ara Shilpi

Anjuman Ara Shilpi
আঞ্জুমান আরা শিল্পী
NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationActress
Years active1995–2000

Anjuman Ara Shilpi is a retired Bangladeshi film and television actress. Her first film, Banglar Commando, was released on 5 May 1995. She performed in 36 films between 1995 and 2000. She then retired from her acting career.[1]

Career

Shilpi grew up in Dhaka but her father is originally from India and mother from Narayanganj.[2] Her maternal uncle helped her get on stage in Narayanganj.[1]

Shilpi's first film acting role was in Nag Nortoki.[1] But her first film, Bangla Commando, was released on 5 May 1995.[3] She became notable after her performance with Salman Shah at the film Priyojon [bn].[4] She withdrew from making films in 2000.[5] The last films of hers to be released were Razzak's Premer Naam Bedona and Dewan Nazrul's Sujon Bondhu.[6]

Shilpi had made her television debut in the drama Amrai, directed by Abdullah Al Mamun.[6] She continued working in dramas irregularly until 2013.[7]

Personal life

Shilpi married businessman Alamgir Iqbal in 2011. She moved to the United States when their son, Sanat Iqbal, was born in 2012. Two years later they had a daughter, Angelina Iqbal.[8] She is currently married to Premier Bank chairman & former Awami League member of parliament HBM Iqbal. After the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government on 5 August 2024, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit ordered the freezing of Iqbal & his family members' bank accounts, including Anjuman's.[9]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Actress Shilpi busy with family, children now". The New Nation. 18 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i সপরিবারে করোনায় আক্রান্ত শিল্পী [Shilpi affected by corona in the family]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  3. ^ "Film actress Shilpi, 3 family members catch Covid-19". Daily Sun. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  4. ^ হারিয়ে যাওয়া নায়িকারা [Lost heroines]. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 14 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  5. ^ প্রবাসে কিংবা আড়ালে [Abroad or hidden]. Manab Zamin (in Bengali). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Shilpi getting offers but not to return in acting". The New Nation. 15 September 2021.
  7. ^ সালমান শাহের নায়িকারা এখন কে কোথায়? [Where are Salman Shah's heroines now?]. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). 6 September 2019.
  8. ^ Islam, Nurul (10 August 2022). সালমান শাহর তিন নায়িকা পর্দায় নেই স্মরণে আছে [Remember Salman Shah's three heroines are not on screen]. Janakantha (in Bengali).
  9. ^ https://www.tbsnews.net/economy/banking/bank-accounts-premier-bank-chairman-iqbal-family-frozen-994691


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