The Most Famous
ACTORS from Bangladesh
This page contains a list of the greatest Bangladeshi Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 4 of which were born in Bangladesh. This makes Bangladesh the birth place of the 80th most number of Actors behind Slovenia, and Costa Rica.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bangladeshi Actors of all time. This list of famous Bangladeshi Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Suchitra Sen (1931 - 2014)
With an HPI of 55.13, Suchitra Sen is the most famous Bangladeshi Actor. Her biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.
Suchitra Sen, widely known as the Mahanayika (lit. 'Great actress'), was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was paired opposite actor Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema. Sen was the first Indian actress to receive an award at an international film festival when, at the 1963 Moscow International Film Festival, she won the Silver Prize for Best Actress for Saat Pake Bandha. She was catapulted to stardom after she was cast as Vishnupriya by Devaki Kumar Bose in his Bhagaban Shree Krishna Chaitanya (1953). In 1972, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India. From 1979 on, she retreated from public life and shunned all forms of public contact; for this she is often compared to Greta Garbo. In 2005, she refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest cinematic award in India, to stay out of the public eye. In 2012, she was conferred the West Bengal Government's highest honour: Banga Bibhushan. Her first official release was Sukumar Dasgupta's Saat Number Kayedi (1953).
2. Utpal Dutt (1929 - 1993)
With an HPI of 53.21, Utpal Dutt is the 2nd most famous Bangladeshi Actor. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages.
Utpal Dutt (; 29 March 1929 – 19 August 1993) was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the "Little Theatre Group" in 1949. This group enacted many English, Shakespearean and Brecht plays, in a period now known as the "Epic theatre" period, before it immersed itself completely in highly political and radical theatre. His plays became an apt vehicle for the expression of his Marxist ideologies, visible in socio-political plays such as Kallol (1965), Manusher Adhikar, Louha Manob (1964), Tiner Toloar and Maha-Bidroha. He also acted in over 100 Bengali and Hindi films in a career spanning 40 years, and remains most known for his roles in films such as Mrinal Sen’s Bhuvan Shome (1969), Satyajit Ray’s Agantuk (1991), Gautam Ghose’s Padma Nadir Majhi (1992) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's breezy Hindi comedies such as Gol Maal (1979) and Rang Birangi (1983). He also did the role of a sculptor, Sir Digindra Narayan, in the episode Seemant Heera of Byomkesh Bakshi (TV series) on Doordarshan in 1993, shortly before his death. He received National Film Award for Best Actor in 1970 and three Filmfare Best Comedian Awards. In 1990, the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Theatre, awarded him its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime contribution to theatre.
3. Geeta Dutt (1930 - 1972)
With an HPI of 49.78, Geeta Dutt is the 3rd most famous Bangladeshi Actor. Her biography has been translated into 26 different languages.
Geeta Dutt (born Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri; 23 November 1930 – 20 July 1972) was an Indian classical and playback singer. She found particular prominence as a playback singer in Hindi cinema and Bengali cinema and is considered as one of the best playback singers of all time in Hindi films. She also sang many modern Bengali songs in the non-film genre.
4. Shakib Khan (b. 1979)
With an HPI of 43.22, Shakib Khan is the 4th most famous Bangladeshi Actor. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Masud Rana Sheikh (born 28 March 1979), better known by the stage name Shakib Khan, is a Bangladeshi actor and filmmaker who works in Bengali films. He is widely regarded as one of the most popular figures of all time in Bengali cinema with his career spanning about two decades and 250 films. Referred to in the media as "King Khan", Khan has been the propeller of the contemporary film industry, Dhallywood and is one of the highest paid actor in Bangladesh and West Bengal. He did his debut in 1999 in action romantic Ananta Bhalobasha. Despite establishing himself as a lead actor in the movies Ajker Dapot, Mayer Jihad, Dujon Dujonar, Porena Chokher Polok, Sobar Upore Prem, Boba Khuni and Juddhe Jabo, it was the movie Shahoshi Manush Chai which started his rise to stardom along with increase in his salary from three lakhs to 30 lakhs with s followed success in Ajker Somaj, Noyon Bhora Jol, Palta Akromon, Badha, and Khuni Shikder. On to 2006, his career went further uphill and this made him among top actors of the industry with films blockbuster and high-grossing films Chachchu, Ek Takar Bou , Mayer Morjada, Rajdhanir Raja, Dadima, Amar Praner Priya , Koti Takar Kabin and Pitar Ason. With the movie Priya Amar Priya, which became the highest grossing film of 2000's, he became the top star of the industry.Continuing to his massive stardom, his movies such as Number One Shakib Khan, Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na,which were also among top grossers of 2000's. After death of Manna, he finally became the top star in the film industry. With films such as 100% Love: Buk Fatey To Mukh Foteyna, I Love You, King Khan , Adorer Jamai, Don Number One , Jaan Kurbaan , Koti Takar Prem , Tiger Number One , Judge Barrister Police Commissioner, national award winning film Khodar Pore Ma, Dhakar King, Devdas, Boss Number One, I Love You, My Name Is Khan, Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini , Love Marriage, and another national award winning film Aro Bhalobashbo Tomay, he kept on proving himself as a top actor with diverse characters such as an innocent homeless guy who loses his family and becomes a criminal, an innocent kind man who uses love to stop a family rivalry, a person who fights against injustice and shows the evil people of the society, or mad lover who will do anything for his love. Khan has earned numerous accolades in his long career, including four National Film Awards, eight Meril Prothom Alo Awards, three Bachsas Awards and five CJFB Performance Awards. He won his first National Film Awards for Best Actor in 2010 for the film Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na. He was noted for his performance in Aro Bhalobashbo Tomay (2015) and Swatta (2017), and won third and fourth National Film Award respectively.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Bangladeshi actors born between 1929 and 1979. Of these 4, 1 (25.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Bangladeshi actors include Shakib Khan. The most famous deceased Bangladeshi actors include Suchitra Sen, Utpal Dutt, and Geeta Dutt. As of April 2024, 4 new Bangladeshi actors have been added to Pantheon including Suchitra Sen, Utpal Dutt, and Geeta Dutt.
Living Bangladeshi Actors
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Suchitra Sen
1931 - 2014
HPI: 55.13
Utpal Dutt
1929 - 1993
HPI: 53.21
Geeta Dutt
1930 - 1972
HPI: 49.78
Shakib Khan
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Overlapping Lives
Which Actors were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Actors since 1700.
