TBT Report
6th September was the 25th death anniversary of popular film star Salman Shah. On this day in 1996, the actor was found hanging from the ceiling of his house in the capital’s Eskaton area.
Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association, Bangladesh Film Producers and Distributors Association, Bangladesh Film Directors’ Association hasobserved the day with various programmes.
Boishakhi TV has aired Salman Shah Starrer two movies titled ‘Konnadan’ and ‘JibonShongshar’. ‘Konnadan’ was aired at 10:25am while ‘JibonShongshar’ at 02:45pm.
Salman Shah was a popular film actor of the country. She started his journey in the film industry with the film ‘KeyamatThekeKeyamat’ with Moushumi at the age of 22. The Sohanur Rahman Sohan directorial was a huge hit at that time. Then, the duo was seen in only three movies – ‘Ontore Ontore’ ‘Sneho’and ‘Den Mohor’.
Later, Salman acted in 14 films with Shabnur, including ‘Tumi Amar’ (1994), ‘ShopnerThikana’ (1995), ‘Tomake Chai’ (1996), ‘ShopnerPrithibi’ (1996), ‘JibonShongshar’ (1996) and ‘AnondoAsru’ (1997). The duo made one of the most popular pairs in the history of the Bangladeshi film industry.
Salman Shah also paired up with Shabnaz, Shahnaz, Lima, Shilpi, Sonia, Brishti, Shama and others. Born on September 19 in 1971 in Sylhet as Shahriar Chowdhury Emon, he started his career with the television serial ‘PathorShomoy’. He got breakthrough by the film ‘KeyamatThekeKeyamat’.
He acted in a total of 27 films. His popular films are ‘KeyamatThekeyKeyamat’, ‘AntoreyAntorey’, ‘Bikkhov’, ‘Bichar Hobe’, ‘Den Morhor’ ‘EiGhor EiSangsar’, ‘Jibon Sangsar’, ‘Chawa Theke Pawa’, ‘AnondoOsru’, ‘Mayer Odhikar’, and ‘Shotter MrittuNei’.
Apart from films, he also worked in a handful of TV plays with great success. Salman acted dramas are ‘Deoal’, ‘ShobPakhiGhore Fire’, ‘ShaikoteSharosh’, ‘PathorShomoi’ ‘ItiKotha’, ‘Noyon’ and ‘SwapnerPrithibi’. The iconic actor died on 6 September in 1996. He was found hanging from the ceiling of his bedroom at Eskaton, Dhaka.
