Kusum Sikder Explained

Kushum Sikder
Native Name:কুসুম সিকদার
Native Name Lang:bn
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Occupation:Actress, model
Years Active:2004-present

Kushum Sikder is a Bangladeshi television and film actress, singer and model, writer and poet. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress in a leading role in the film Shankhachil (2016).[1] [2]

Career

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

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

YearFilmDirectorRoleNotes
2010Gohine ShobdoKhalid Mahmud MithuSwapna
2012Lal TipSwapan AhmedNidhi
2016Shankhachil[7] [8] Goutam GhoseLaila
2023Shoroter JobaHerself and Sumon DharTBAPost -production; also director

As director

!Year!Films!Director!Notes
2023Shoroter Joba Debut as director

Television

YearTitle
2004"Ghater Kotha"
2008Jogajog
2009Boi Pagol
2009Shari
2009Oparetey Shorbo Shukh
2010Bondi
2010Tribhuj
2011Superman
2016Sublet Gublet
2016Astha
2018Sesh Asesher Golpo

Notes and References

  1. News: National Film Award winners announced . 6 April 2018 . The Daily Star . 30 May 2018 . en.
  2. News: Prosenjit and Kusum in "Sankhochil" . 9 March 2015 . The Daily Star . 30 May 2018 . en.
  3. News: Sen . Zinia . 2 March 2015 . Who is the Bangladeshi actress opposite Prosenjit in Sankhachil? . The Times of India . 25 August 2015.
  4. News: bn:নতুন পরিচয়ে কুসুম . https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/dhallywood/rvsj92onh6 . 2023-04-08 . Prothom Alo . bn.
  5. News: 2023-04-06 . bn:‘শরতের জবা’র জন্য নতুন পরিচয়, স্বপ্ন পূরণ কুসুমের . https://www.banglanews24.com/entertainment/news/bd/1089400.details . 2023-04-08 . banglanews24.com . bn.
  6. News: http://www.jugantor.com/online/entertainment/2017/08/13/55144/৭২-ঘণ্টার-মধ্যে-কুসুমের- . bn:৭২ ঘণ্টার মধ্যে কুসুমের 'নেশা' গানটি সরানোর নোটিশ . 13 August 2017 . Jugantor . bn . 13 August 2017.
  7. News: bn:‘শঙ্খচিল’ ছবির দৃশ্যে প্রসেনজিৎ চট্টোপাধ্যায়ের সঙ্গে কুসুম সিকদার . http://www.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/389616.html . bn . banglanews24.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005756/http://www.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/389616.html . 5 March 2016 . 25 August 2015 . dead.
  8. News: bn:প্রসেনজিতের বিপরীতে কুসুম সিকদার . http://www.mzamin.com/details.php?mzamin=NjExMzI= . bn . Manab Zamin . 25 August 2015 .