Kusum Sikder

Kushum Sikder
কুসুম সিকদার
Sikder, IFFI (2016)
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	North South University
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2004-present

Kushum Sikder is a Bangladeshi television and film actress, singer and model, writer and poet. She was born on the 12th of April, 1981, marking the beginning of a journey that would shape her into the person she is today. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress in a leading role in the film Shankhachil (2016).^[1][2]

Career

Sikder started as a singer. She later acted in several television dramas. She later acted in films as Khalid Mahmud Mithu's Gohine Shobdo, Swapan Ahmed's Lal Tip, and Goutam Ghose's Shankhachil^[3] Then she also directed a film named Shoroter Joba, where she is the writer-producer-director herself.^[4][5]

Controversy

Sikdar's music video for the song "Nesha" was 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 the removal of all the obscene and vulgar music videos from YouTube including "Nesha", claiming it contained vulgar, obscene scenery and inappropriate lyrics, which do not go with the video. He further claimed that such obscene and vulgar music videos will destroy the music industry.^[6]

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
2010	Gohine Shobdo	Khalid Mahmud Mithu	Swapna
2012	Lal Tip	Swapan Ahmed	Nidhi
2016	Shankhachil[7][8]	Goutam Ghose	Laila
2023	Shoroter Joba†	Herself and Sumon Dhar	TBA	Post -production; also director

As director

Year	Films	Director	Notes
2023	Shoroter Joba	Yes	Debut as director

Television

Year	Title
2004	"Ghater Kotha"
2008	Jogajog
2009	Boi Pagol
2009	Shari
2009	Oparetey Shorbo Shukh
2010	Bondi
2010	Tribhuj
2011	Superman
2016	Sublet Gublet
2016	Astha
2018	Sesh Asesher Golpo

References

1. "National Film Award winners announced". The Daily Star. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
2. "Prosenjit and Kusum in "Sankhochil"". The Daily Star. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
3. Sen, Zinia (2 March 2015). "Who is the Bangladeshi actress opposite Prosenjit in Sankhachil?". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
4. নতুন পরিচয়ে কুসুম. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 7 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
5. ‘শরতের জবা’র জন্য নতুন পরিচয়, স্বপ্ন পূরণ কুসুমের. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 6 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
6. ৭২ ঘণ্টার মধ্যে কুসুমের 'নেশা' গানটি সরানোর নোটিশ. Jugantor (in Bengali). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
7. ‘শঙ্খচিল’ ছবির দৃশ্যে প্রসেনজিৎ চট্টোপাধ্যায়ের সঙ্গে কুসুম সিকদার. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
8. প্রসেনজিতের বিপরীতে কুসুম সিকদার. Manab Zamin (in Bengali). Retrieved 25 August 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Kusum Sikder at IMDb