Moushumi

For other people with the same name, see Moushumi (disambiguation).

Arifa Pervin Zaman (born 3 November 1972),^[1][2] known by her stage name Moushumi, is a Bangladeshi film actress and director. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress three times for her roles in Meghla Akash (2001), Devdas (2013) and Taarkata (2014).^[3] She has acted in over 265 films and made her directorial debut with Kokhono Megh Kokhono Brishti (2003).^[4][5]

Moushumi
মৌসুমী
Born	Arifa Pervin Zaman 3 November 1972 (1972-11-03) (age 52) Satkhira Khulna, Bangladesh
Occupation(s)	Actress, model, director
Years active	1992–present
Notable work	Meghla Akash, Devdas
Spouse	Omor Sani
Children	2
Relatives	Erin Zaman (sister) Sadika Parvin Popy (cousin)

Career

Moushumi won the Anonda Bichittra Photo Beauty Contest in 1990, which led to appearances in television commercials.^[6] She made her acting debut in 1993 with the movie Keyamat Theke Keyamat, a remake of a Bollywood film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak directed by Sohanur Rahman Sohan.^[7] The film achieved significant commercial success in Bangladesh and shot Moushumi and her co-star Salman Shah to stardom.^[8][9] In the following two years she co-starred with Shah in three more feature films Ontare Ontare, Denmohor and Sneho.^[10]

In 1997, Moushumi started a production house, Kopotakhsma Cholochitra.^[11]

Moushumi founded Moushumi Welfare Foundation for women and children welfare^[12][13] and was named a UNICEF goodwill ambassador in 2013.^[14][15][16]

Personal life

In 1996, Moushumi took a break for six months from acting and announced her engagement to actor Omar Sani. The couple have two children.^[17][18] Moushumi has a younger sister, Erin Zaman.^[19][20]

Actress Sadika Parvin Popy is Moushumi's cousin.^[21]

In August 2024, a Dhaka court issued an arrest warrant against Moushumi in an insufficient funds check case involving IPDC Finance.^[22] The warrant was issued after Moushumi had missed to appear in the court after multiple summonses.^[23]

Filmography

Actress

Year	Title	Role	Director	Co-artist	Notes & Source
1993	Keyamat Theke Keyamat	Reshmi	Sohanur Rahman Sohan	Salman Shah	debut film[24]
	Moushumi	Moushumi	Nazmul Huda Mintu
1994	Dola			Omar Sani
	Bidrohi Bodhu			Bapparaj
	Ontare Ontare	Jhinuk	Shibli Sadik	Salman Shah
	Prothom Prem			Omar Sani
	Atmo Ohongkar			Omar Sani
	Sneho	Tithi	Gazi Mazharul Anwar	Salman Shah
1995	Denmohor	Rukhsana Chowdhury		Salman Shah
	Khuda		Gazi Mazharul Anwar
	Vangchur		Siddiq Jamal Nantu	Rubel, Ilias Kanchan
	Muktir Songram		Uttam Akash	Omar Sani
	Songsharer Sukh Dukkho		Monwar Khokon	Omar Sani
	Bishwo Premik	Shikha	Shahidul Islam Khokon	Rubel
	Adorer Sontan		Amzad Hossain	Ilias Kanchan
	Shesh Rokkha		Shawkat Jamil
	Priyo Tumi		Hafiz Uddin	Omar Sani
	Lojja		Azizur Rahman	Omar Sani
	Goriber Rani		Monwar Khokon	Omar Sani
	Atmo Tyag			Ilias Kanchan, Amit Hasan
	Harano Prem			Omar Sani, Bapparaj
	Shesh Khela			Omar Sani
	Baper Taka			Omar Sani
1996	Rakkhosh		Shahidul Islam Khokon	Rubel
	Swajan			Rubel, Ilias Kanchan
	Sukher Swargo			Omar Sani
	Soitan Mansuh			Omar Sani, Amin Khan
1997	Shanti Chai		Sohanur Rahman Sohan	Rubel, Amit Hasan, Kabita
	Judge Shaheb		Shamsuddin Togor	Omar Sani
	Ruposhi Rajkonna		M. M. Sarkar	Omar Sani
	Golaguli		Siddiq Jamal Nantu
	Mithya Ohongkar		Motaleb Hossain	Omar Sani
	Rongin Rangbazz		Uttam Akash	Omar Sani
	20 Bochor Por		Delwar Jahan Jhantu	Bapparaj
	Laat Shaheber Meye		Ispahani Arif Jahan	Omar Sani
	Sneher Badhon		Motin Rahman	Omar Sani
	Kal Naginir Prem		Sirajul Mizan	Omar Sani
	Kotha Dao		Azizur Rahman	Omar Sani
	Ondho Bhalobasha		Montazur Rahman Akbar	Ilias Kanchan
	Sukher Ghore Dukher Agun		Mushfiqur Rahman Gulzar	Ilias Kanchan, Diti
	Monafek		Saidur Rahman Sayeed	Ilias Kanchan, Omar Sani, Shahnaz
	Nara Pisach		Shahidul Islam Khokon	Rubel
	Luttoraj		Kazi Hayat	Manna, Diti
	Ghaat Protighaat			Omar Sani
	Priyo Shotru			Omar Sani
	Tumi Shundor			Omar Sani
1998	Bagher Bachcha			Manna
	Vondo Baba		Uttam Akash	Manna
1999	Moger Mulluk
	Ammajan	Rina	Kazi Hayat	Manna, Amin Khan
Rajar Bhai Badsha
2000	Cheater Number One		Siddiq Jamal Nantu
	Aaj Gaye Holud			Amin Khan, Mahfuz Ahmed
	Kosto		Kazi Hayat, Shakil Khan	Manna
	Kukkhato Khuni		Montazur Rahman Akbar	Manna
2001	Meghla Akash		Nargis Akter		won: Bangladesh National Film Awards
	Bipodjonok			Amin Khan, Purnima
2002	Dhakaiya Mastan			Manna
	Major Saheb
	Itihas		Kazi Hayat	Kazi Maruf, Ratna
2003	Kokhono Megh Kokhono Brishti	Nodi	Moushumi	Ferdous Ahmed	debut as director
	Big Boss		Montazur Rahman Akbar	Manna
	Bir Soinik	Rubi	Delwar Jahan Jhantu	Manna, Rosy Afsari, Humayun Faridi
2004	Matritto
	Khairun Sundori			Amit Hasan
2005	Molla Barir Bou	Bokul	Salahuddin Lavlu	Riaz, Shabnur	won: Meril Prothom Alo Awards
	Meher Nigar
2006	Bindur Chele			Ferdous
	Mayer Morjada		Dilip Biswas	Manna, Shakib Khan, Shabnur
	Hridoyer Kotha		SA Haque Olike	Riaz, Purnima	Special Appearance
2007	Ek Buk Jwala
	Ekjon Songe Chilo	Sumona	Shawkat Jamil	Riaz
	Shotru Shotru Khela			Manna, Zinat Sanu Swagata
	Machine Man			Manna, Apu Biswas
Saajghor			Nipun
2008	Swapnopuron		Shahidul Islam Khokon	Ferdous
	Tui Jodi Aamar Hoiti Re			Ferdous Ahmed, Shakib Khan
	Baba Amar Baba
	Bodhu Boron
2009	Shaheb Namer Golam		Raju Chowdhury	Omar Sani, Shakib Khan, Sahara, Nirob, Racy
2010	Golapi Ekhon Bilatey			Ferdous Ahmed, Shabnur	won: Meril Prothom Alo Awards
2011	Kusum Kusum Prem	Kusum	Mushfikur Rahaman Gulzar	Ferdous Ahmed, Riaz
	Projapoti		Muhammad Mostafa Kamal Raj	Zahid Hasan, Mosharraf Karim[24]	won: Meril Prothom Alo Awards
	Dui Purush
2013	Devdas	Chandramukhi	Chashi Nazrul Islam	Shakib Khan, Apu Biswas, Shahiduzzaman Selim	won: Bangladesh National Film Awards nominated: Meril Prothom Alo Awards
2014	Ek Cup Cha	Deepa	Nayeem Imtiaz Neyamul	Ferdous Ahmed	won: Meril Prothom Alo Awards
	Taarkata		Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Raz	Arifin Shuvoo, Mim	[25]
2015	Aashiqui			Ankush, Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Indo-Bangladesh Joint production
2016	Amar Baba		Ashutosh Sujon	Omar Sani	post production, funded by Bengal Film Development Forum[26]
	Postmaster 71			Ferdous Ahmed, Nijhum Rubina	post production[27]
2017	Dulabhai Zindabad		Montazur Rahman Akbar	Dipjol, Mim, Bappy	[28]
	Cheater Number One			Manna, Ferdous Ahmed
	Munafik			Omar Sani, Ilias Kanchan
	Kaal Nagirir Prem			Omar Sani
	Ulka			Omar Sani, Rubel
	Raja Bangladeshi		Delwar Jahan Jhantu	Manna
	Ali Baba			Manna, Amit Hasan
	Mayer Morjada			Manna, Shakib Khan, Shabnur
	Lal Doriya			Amin Khan
	Strir Morjada			Amin Khan
	Uttejito			Amin Khan, Shakib Khan, Shimla
	Dushmon Duniya			Manna, Amit Hasan
	Sotter Bijoy			Manna, Amit Hasan
	Bouer Somman			Amit Hasan
	Joj Shaheb			Rubel, Amit Hasan,
	Amar Protigga			Manna, Ferdous Ahmed, Tamanna
	Sukher Ashay			Rubel
	Nor Pishach			Rubel
	Mostofa Bhai			Manna, Shahnaz
2020	Jam†		Noyeem Imtiaz Neyamul	Arifin Shuvoo, Purnima, Ferdous	Filming
2022	Bhangon		Mirza Shakhwat Hossain
	Deshantor		Ashutosh Sujon

Director

• Kokhono Megh Kokhono Brishti (2003)
• Meher Negar (2006) jointly with Gulzar
• Shunno Hridoy (2014)^[29]

Television appearances

Drama

Year	Title	Playwright & Director	Co-stars	Aired on	Notes & Source
2012	To be or not to be	Partho Sarker			Eid-ul-Fitr special TV play
	Otopor Ek Cup Cha	Partho Sarker	Shajal Noor		Eid-ul-Adha special one-hour play
	Kajoler Ontordhan	Kabir Bakul Nuzhat Alvi Ahmed			Eid-ul-Adha special TV play[30]
2015	"Shunno Jibon"			Channel i	first acted TV serial[31]

TV program

• Judge of the TV competition "Super Hero Super Heroine", aired on ntv
• Judge of the reality show "Power Voice", aired on Channel 9^[30]
• Talk Show "Ekdin Sharadin" with Ferdous Ahmed, aired on Channel i on Eid-ul-Fitr in 2015^[32]

Awards

Year	Award Title	Category	Film	Result
2001	Bangladesh National Film Awards	Best Actress	Meghla Akash	Won
2005	Meril Prothom Alo Awards	Best Film Actress (Public Choice)	Molla Barir Bou	Nominated[33]
2010	Meril Prothom Alo Awards	Best Film Actress (Public Choice)	Golapi Ekhon Bilatey	Won[34]
2011	Meril Prothom Alo Awards	Best Film Actress (Public Choice)	Projapoti	Won
	Meril Prothom Alo Awards	Best Film Actress (Critics' Choice)	Projapoti	Nominated[35]
2013	Bangladesh National Film Awards	Best Actress	Devdas	Won
	Meril Prothom Alo Awards	Best Film Actress (Public Choice)	Devdas	Nominated[36]
2014	Bangladesh National Film Awards	Best Actress	Taarkata	Won
	Meril Prothom Alo Awards	Best Film Actress (Critics' Choice)	Ek Cup Cha	Won[37]
	Meril Prothom Alo Awards	Best Film Actress (Public Choice)	Ek Cup Cha	Nominated[38]

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External links

• Moushumi at IMDb
• Moushumi at the Bangla Movie Database (in Bengali)
• Moushumi at Rotten Tomatoes