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2022’s most talked about FILM STARS
SHAH ALAM SHAZU
As 2022 comes to an end, many surprising events occurred in the lives of our favourite celebrities. While some gained international recognition, others simply failed to make any headlines this year. Let’s take a moment to observe the five celebrities in Bangladesh, who were prominent in the limelight in 2022.
Chanchal Chowdhury
The king of expressions, Chanchal Chowdhury’s fame surpassed the boundaries of Bangladesh, and created a massive craze in neighboring countries as well. Two of his films, released this year -- Paap Punno and Hawa , received an incredible reception from the audience. While the former brought him critical acclaim, the latter helped him garner immense fanfare.
The release of Hawa was also met with incredible hype, with the film going houseful for several months in theatres. In Kolkata, the film was premiered in the Nandan-1 film centre, during the fourth Bangladesh Film Festival in Kolkata. Huge queues of audiences lined up in hopes of watching the film alongside Chanchal Chowdhury.
Chanchal further added to his body of incredible work with the hit web-series Karagar —the second part of which was released recently.
Jaya Ahsan
After a long time, Jaya Ahsan’s much-awaited Beauty Circus released this year. The actress did a wonderful job of highlighting the indomitable spirit of her character, Beauty, in the film. She also played Labonno, wife of eminent poet Jibananda Das in Jhora Palok . Her film Nakshi Kanthar Jomin won accolades at the International Film Festival in Goa.
Recently, the actress announced that she will be working with Pankaj Tripathi on an untitled Indian movie.
With both international projects and Tollywood movies in line, Jaya Ahsan remained one of the most talked about celebrities. The actress is currently awaiting the release of her Tollywood films including: OCD , Ardhangini , and Kalantor . This year, she also became the Goodwill Ambassador of UNDP.
Badhan
Badhan thoroughly impressed everyone, including Anurag Kashyap with the teaser of Guti , a Chorki web-series, going on to catch the attention of even more Indian filmmakers. She would go on to become the talk of the town when it was revealed that she would be working with Vishal Bharadwaj’s Khufiya . The actress also gained immense appreciation in a film festival in Spain, for her powerful performance in Rehana Maryam Noor . Not only did she win appreciation from the audience at the festival, but she also laid her claim on the ‘Best Actress’ award at the festival.
Badhan’s upcoming Chorki series, Guti will be released next year. She will be seen essaying the role of a drug smuggler.
Bidya Sinha Mim
This year has been extra special for Mim, as both Poran and Damal received an incredible response in theatres. Her superhit film, Poran , helped her to reach audiences far and wide, as the film went houseful in numerous theatres across the country.
Mim experienced some of the greatest spheres of success in her career this year. Poran would go onto to garner positive responses abroad. The actress would also go on to become the Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF. Currently, Mim is in Kolkata, shooting opposite Jeet, for Sanjoy Somadder’s Manush .
Sariful Razz
One of the most promising actors of Dhallywood, Sariful Razz scored an incredible hattrick this year, releasing three amazing movies: Poran , Hawa and Damaal . Raihan Rafi’s Poran would become a turning point in his career, as movie lovers fell in love with the ravishing ruffian, Roman.
Poran is still garnering appreciation in theatres across the country. This is the first time any actor has been able to make this much noise in theatres, with just a single movie. Apart from Poran , everybody also appreciated Razz’s performance as Munna in Damal , where he swept audiences off their feet with his beautiful bicycle kick. In the same way, he filled audiences with joy, Razz also brought them to tears with his emotional performance in Hawa .