Shomi Kaiser Explained

Shomi Kaiser
Native Name:শমী কায়সার
Native Name Lang:bn
Birth Date:15 January 1970
Father:Shahidullah Kaiser
Mother:Panna Kaiser
Nationality:Bangladeshi

Shomi Kaiser is a Bangladeshi actress and political activist.[1] [2] She is currently the Managing Director of Dhansiri Communications Ltd, an advertising and event management company.

Early life and family

Kaiser was born to Shahidullah Kaiser and Panna Kaiser (Saifunnahar Chowdhury) on 15 January.[3] [4] Her father was a writer-novelist. Shomi Kaiser was two years old when her father disappeared. His body was never found. Her mother, Panna Kaiser, was a writer and former M.P.

Shomi Kaiser has a younger brother, Amitav Kaiser.[5] Their maternal uncle is former President of Bangladesh A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, whose wife, Maya, is the sister of Panna Kaiser.[6]

Career

Shomi Kaiser received her first break In 1989, when director Atiqul Haque Chowdhury was looking for a young actress who could speak Noakhali dialect for his play Keba Apon Keba Por.[7] Next she worked on the three episode play Joto Durey Jai, based on a novel by Imdadul Haque Milon, directed by Abdullah al Mamun.[7] She worked for Dhaka Theatre for 12 years. She appeared in Haat Hodai (with Shahiduzzaman Selim). She appeared in such films as Hason Raja (2002) and Lalon (2004). She was featured in Ekti Nadir Naam (2002), based on the biography of filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak.[7] She later emerged as a producer. She has owned Dhansiri Productions since 1997,[8] which produced Mukti and Antorey Nirantor.[7] In November 2013, her firm, Dhanshiri Communication Limited, got license for a private radio channel named Radio Active.[9]

In 2017, Kaiser was elected as one of the directors of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI). In 2018, she was elected as the president of e-Commerce Association (e-CAB).[10] At the aftermath of 2024 non-cooperation movement, she resigned from the position on 13 August 2024.[11]

She was nominated in the election as a representative of the Sammilita Ganotantrik Parishad panel.[12]

In November 2018, Kaiser applied for nomination for the Feni-3 constituency on behalf of Bangladesh Awami League party.[13]

Personal life

Kaiser has been married three times. Her first husband was Indian-Bengali film director Riingo Banerjee, whom she married in 1999 and divorced two years later.[14] Her second husband, Mohammad A. Arafat, is a private university faculty member, whom she married in 2008 and divorced in 2015.[14] In 2020, she married her third husband, Reza Amin, the chief executive officer of Euro-Vigil Private Limited.[15] [16] [17]

Works

Telefilms
Television plays
Television serials

Notes and References

  1. News: A daughter's quest to discover her father. 2017-04-02. The Daily Star. 2018-11-21. en.
  2. News: Shomi Kaiser After the Curtain Falls Down. 2013-12-14. The Daily Star. 2018-11-21. en.
  3. News: bn:জন্মদিন : শমী কায়সার :: দৈনিক ইত্তেফাক . Birthday: Shami Kaiser . http://www.ittefaq.com.bd/index.php?ref=MjBfMDFfMTBfMTNfNF80NF8xXzEwMDQ3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180830073836/http://archive.ittefaq.com.bd/index.php?ref=MjBfMDFfMTBfMTNfNF80NF8xXzEwMDQ3. 2018-08-30. bn . The Daily Ittefaq. 2013-01-10. 20 November 2018.
  4. News: Shomi and Panna Kaiser on "Eki Brintey" tonight . . 19 November 2009.
  5. News: Shahidullah Kaiser was taken to Mueen, Ashraf. The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 20 August 2013.
  6. News: All in the family. Anwar Parvez Halim. 28 May 2011. Bengali News from Washington D.C..
  7. News: Harun ur Rashid . 7 February 2005 . Shomi Kaiser: In search of excellence . The Daily Star.
  8. News: Sadia Khalid . 14 December 2013 . Shomi Kaiser after the curtain falls down . The Daily Star (Bangladesh).
  9. News: Karim . Mohosinul . 27 November 2013 . 13 TV, 14 FM radio stations to get licence . Dhaka Tribune.
  10. Web site: BSS-26 Shomi Kaiser, Tomal made e-CAB's President, Secretary. Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 2018-01-02. 2018-11-21.
  11. Web site: 2024-08-14 . ই–ক্যাবের সভাপতি পদ থেকে পদত্যাগ করলেন শমী কায়সার . 2024-08-13 . Prothomalo . bn.
  12. News: Shomi Kaiser elected as FBCCI director. 15 May 2017. 18 May 2017. Dhaka Tribune.
  13. News: Stars to fight election wars. 2018-11-13. The Daily Star. 21 November 2018. en.
  14. Web site: http://www.news-bangla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1158 . bn:প্রয়াত বুদ্ধিজীবী শহীদুল্লাহ কায়সারের কন্যা . bn . Shami Kaiser remarried. 6 October 2006. Bangla News from Washington DC. https://web.archive.org/web/20181016032730/http://www.news-bangla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1158 . 16 October 2018.
  15. News: Third time lucky for Shomi Kaiser? . unb.com.bd . . Dhaka . 10 October 2020 . 10 October 2020 .
  16. News: A new chapter begins for Shomi Kaiser . 10 October 2020 . The Daily Star . 11 October 2020 . en.
  17. Web site: Shomi Kaiser ties the knot with Reza Ameen . 19 July 2023. New Age . en.
  18. News: Suborna Mustafa and Shomi Kaiser for the first time . 4 August 2018 . The Daily Star . 11 November 2018 . en.
  19. News: Shomi-Mahfuz on screen after 11 years. 2015-06-10. The Daily Star. 2018-11-21. en.
  20. News: Azizul Hakim Gets Nostalgic. 2018-06-09. The Daily Star. 2018-11-21. en.