Shihab Shaheen

Shihab Shaheen
শিহাব শাহীন
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materIslamic University, Bangladesh
Occupation(s)Film director, scriptwriter and producer
Children1
AwardsMeril Prothom Alo Awards

Shihab Shaheen (Bengali: শিহাব শাহীন) is a Bangladeshi film director, producer and screenwriter.[1] He made his directorial debut in 2001 with a television drama "Ghurni". He made his breakthrough with the television serial, Romijer Ayna in 2005.[2] His notable telefilm works include X-Factor, X-Factor 2, Bhalobashi Tai, Bhalobashi Tai Bhalobeshe Jai, Monforing er Golpo, Monsuba Junction, Nilpori Nilanjona, Nil Projapoti and Bini Shutor Taan.ers

In 2015, Shaheen directed his first feature film, Chuye Dile Mon starring Arifin Shuvoo and Zakia Bari Mamo, which was super hit[3] and received mostly positive reviews from the critics and audiences.[4][5]

He made the superhit web series "Myself Allen Swapan" in 2023, "Syndicate" in 2022. In 2019, Shaheen directed August 14, a crime thriller web series based on a true incident where a police officer & his wife were murdered by their own drug addict daughter at home in Dhaka.[6][7]

  1. ^ Quddus, Rayan (6 September 2014). "Shihab Shaheen". The Daily Star. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. ^ Noor, Nice. ‘রমিজের আয়না’ ছিল শিহাব শাহীনের টার্নিং পয়েন্ট (in Bengali). NTV. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ^ "I am confident about 'Dohon' - Mamo". The Daily Star. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Chuye Diley Mon, Bela Shesh-e to be released on Feb 26". The Daily Star. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ^ Saha, Jayant. চলচ্চিত্রে সাফল্য চান শিহাব শাহীন. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  6. ^ Siddique, Habibullah (13 June 2020). "14th August: Should web dramas go through the censors?". The Business Standard. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Teleplays dominate Eid schedule". New Age. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2020.