If cinema in Bangladesh or Dhallywood had a superhero, he’d be wearing aviators, a flashy panjabi and answering to one name: Shakib. Born Masud Rana Sheikh in 1979 in sleepy Gopalganj, this ...

For decades, Bengali cinema seemed stuck in a rut, churning out predictable tales of star-crossed love between the rich and poor, or heroes striking it rich with a lottery win. These were often spiced ...

In an explosion of celluloid exuberance and riding confidently on the storm (Toofan), is Shakib Khan, the undisputed Rajkumar of Bangladeshi cinema. In a tempest of bravado, glitz and machismo, Shakib ...

It was an otherwise unremarkable evening at The Daily Star – the newsroom not particularly abuzz with headlines as of yet. At least it was, before an entourage of 20+ burst onto the scene, drawing ...

250-plus films later, his filmography is like a greatest hits playlist of romance, revenge If cinema in Bangladesh or Dhallywood had a superhero, he’d be wearing aviators, a flashy panjabi and ...