Shakib Khan (Bengali: শাকিব খান) is a Bangladeshi film actor, producer, occasional singer, film organiser and media personality who works in Bengali films, both in Bangladesh and West Bengal. Khan has prolific career spanning over two decades, during which he has appeared in more than 250 films[a] and described as one of the most successful actors in Bangladesh. Most of his films were commercially and critically successful.[3]
Khan is one of the most recognizable star of the present era of Bangladeshi film industry. As one of the most dominant actors in the Bangladeshi movie scene during the 2000s, 2010s and early 2020s, Khan is widely considered as one of the greatest and influential actors in the history of Bangladeshi cinema. He is critically acclaimed as one of the finest actors of Bangladesh.[4][5][6] Following his debut in Sohanur Rahman Sohan's 1999 action romantic Ananta Bhalobasha, Khan did not lead to widespread fame, although his on-camera debut was with the Aftab Khan Tulu's romance Sobaito Sukhi Hote Chay, which was released the in following year. Subsequently, Khan established himself as one of the most successful actors in Bengali cinema. The Badiul Alam Khokon-directed Priya Amar Priya (2008) in which Khan played a college student with careless attitude, was a major commercial success in his career, which set several box office records. It is the highest grossing Bangladeshi film of 2008 and also one of the highest grossing Bangladeshi films of all-time. And also the highest grossing film of Khan's career until it was surpassed by his 2023 all-time blockbuster Priyotoma. After the release of the film, Khan gained widespread fame shortly and gained a large number of fan following.[7] He is popularly known in the media as "King Khan" and "King of Dhallywood", "Megastar", "Superstar", "Number One Shakib Khan" (Initialism as No1SK), also referred as "Dhallywood Bhaijaan". Currently he is the highest paid actor in Bangladesh.[b]
Khan has earned numerous accolades in his long career, including 4 National Film Awards, 8 Meril Prothom Alo Awards, 3 Bachsas Awards and 4 CJFB Performance Awards. His 2010 success was Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na, which earned him his first National Film Awards for Best Actor, in which he played as an independent young man, who stands against the injustice of his family, 2012's Khodar Pore Ma, 2015's Aro Bhalobashbo Tomay and 2017's Swatta.
His other notable films are including drama film Shuva (2006) based on the Rabindranath Tagore's novel Shuvashini, which is received him the highest accolades for his performance, romantic melodrama Amar Praner Swami (2007) earned him his first Meril-Prothom Alo Awards for Best Actor, which was also became the highest grossing film of 2007,[11] romance comedy Priya Amar Priya (2008) and Bolbo Kotha Bashor Ghore (2009), romance comedy Adorer Jamai (2011), action drama Don Number One (2012), romance drama Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini (2013) was the first sequel in his career, which was the longest running film of that year, action thriller Shikari (2016) and Nabab's (2017) new look garnered him praised from the audience and critics and earned him worldwide recognition. Bulbul Biswas' political drama Rajneeti (2017) considered the politics of Bangladesh, which created controversy over the country. Hashibur Reza Kallol's tragic romance Swatta (2017) won numerous accolades including five National Film Awards, six Bachsas Awards, two Meril-Prothom Alo Awards and earned him fourth National Film Awards for Best Actor. His Joydeep Mukherjee's romantic melodrama Bhaijaan Elo Re (2018) and romance comedy Chalbaaz (2018) and Rajiv Kumar Biswas' supernatural-thriller Naqaab (2018) earned him success in India, considered to be one of the best performances of his career. In 2011, he made his debut as a playback singer in the film of Moner Jwala. In 2014, he made his debut as a producer with the film Hero: The Superstar and subsequently produced films like Password (2019), which was successful at box office and became the only highest grossing film of 2019 and also one of the highest grossing films of all-time,[12][13] and Bir (2020) won National Film Awards twice at the 45th Bangladesh National Film Awards,[14] all of which were commercially successes, which establishing him as a successful producer. His worldwide success was tragic romance Priyotoma (2023), which broke several box-office records, thus re-establishing Khan's stardom. The film has the fastest gross figure collection in the history of Bangladeshi Cinema and became the highest grossing Bangladeshi film of all-time with a gross collection ৳41.23 crore (US$3.4 million). Also the highest-grossing film of Khan's career surpassing his 2008 blockbuster Priya Amar Priya.[15][16]
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