Kushum Sikder is a Bangladeshi television and film actress, singer and model, writer and poet. She won
Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress
Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress ( bn, জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার) is the highest award for film actresses in Bangladesh.
List of winners
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Records and statistics
Multiple w ...
in a leading role for the film
Shankhachil
''Shankhachil'' (Brahminy kite, bn, শঙ্খচিল) is a 2016 India-Bangladesh joint venture Bengali-language historical Drama film, written by Sayantani Putatunda, starring Prosenjit, Kusum Sikder, Shajbati and directed by Goutam Ghose ...
(2016).
Career
Sikder started out as a singer. She later acted in several television dramas. She later acted in two films
Khalid Mahmud Mithu
Khalid Mahmood Mithu (1960 – March 7, 2016) was a Bangladeshi film director and painter. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for his direction of the film '' Gohine Shobdo'' (2010).
Background and career
Mithu was born in D ...
's ''
Gohine Shobdo
''Gohine Shobdo'' ( bn, গহীনে শব্দ) is a 2010 Bangladeshi drama film directed by Khalid Mahmood Mithu. Set during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, the film focuses on a love couple and beggars and stars Mamnun Hasan Emon, K ...
'' and
Swapan Ahmed's ''
Lal Tip
''Lal Tip'' (''The Red Point'') is a 2012 romance film directed by Swapan Ahmed and produced by Impress Telefilm Limited and Benani Films. The film stars Emon and Kusum Sikder in lead roles. The film was released worldwide on 17 February 2012.
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Controversy
Sikdar's music video for the song "Nesha" 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 removal of all the obscene and vulgar music videos from YouTube including "Nesha", claiming it contained vulgar, obscene scenery and inappropriate lyrics, which does not go with the video. He further claimed that such obscene and vulgar music videos will destroy the music industry.
Filmography
Television
References
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Living people
Bangladeshi film actresses
Bangladeshi television actresses
Actresses in Bengali cinema
Bangladeshi expatriate actresses in India
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Bangladeshi Hindus
Best Actress National Film Awards (Bangladesh) winners
Best Film Actress Meril-Prothom Alo Award winners
North South University alumni
21st-century Bangladeshi actresses