Shanto Khan debuted with ‘Prem Chor’ in 2019
Kolkata:
Members of the Kolkata movie trade on Wednesday expressed shock over the killing of Bangladeshi actor Shanto Khan alongside together with his father, producer Selim Khan, in the course of the unrest within the neighbouring nation.
The Kolkata-based actors, a number of of whom have labored with Shanto Khan in Bangladeshi movie tasks, nonetheless, didn’t wish to touch upon the explanations for the killing, saying these have been inner issues of one other nation.
“I used to be shocked after listening to the information that he and his father have been killed. We do not know the circumstances resulting in their deaths. It saddens my coronary heart to be taught they have been killed. Artists like us who thrive on artwork and creativity all the time yearn for peace, amity and brotherhood,” mentioned well-liked actor Rajatabha Dutta.
Dutta, who had labored with Shanto within the 2022 Bangladeshi movie ‘Bikkhov’ (Resentment), instructed PTI that the younger actor was cooperative and respectful on the units.
“Throughout our shoot in Chandpur (in Bangladesh) for the film, he personally took care of my wants. He was attentive to my wants even on the resort. I have no idea how or why he needed to die at such a younger age when his profession was wanting up,” he mentioned.
The critically acclaimed actor mentioned he doesn’t want to touch upon the state of affairs in Bangladesh.
Shanto debuted with ‘Prem Chor’ in 2019 and later labored in ‘Piya Re’ in 2021, ‘Bubujaan’ in 2023 and ‘Anto Nagar’ in 2024.
Actor Kaushani Mukhopadhyay, who starred reverse Shanto in ‘Piya Re’, mentioned, “I received the deeply disturbing information late Monday night time and have remained distressed ever since.” She recalled that Shanto had prolonged all hospitality to her and different actors from India in the course of the shoot at Chandpur and Dhaka for the movie and never for as soon as did she really feel like an outsider in a overseas land.
“Since I used to be senior within the trade, Shanto was very respectful in direction of me and shared his ambition of creating a major affect within the trade,” Mukhopadhyay mentioned.
“I imagine within the triumph of humanity and hope the state of affairs will quickly flip regular there,” she mentioned.
Shanto, who additionally dabbled in modelling, had essayed the position of younger Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman within the movie ‘Tungiparar Miya Bhai’ in 2021.
Filmmaker Raj Chakraborty mentioned, “Any demise, be it of a protesting scholar, a policeman, an actor, a producer or a political activist, is stunning. All of us have fond recollections of working in Bangladesh. I’m not merely saying this as a stakeholder of the movie trade, but additionally as a human being and a citizen of India.
Actor-director Parambrata Chatterjee, who had labored on a number of tasks in Bangladesh, was additionally appalled on the killings within the neighbouring nation.
He denounced vandalizing statues of iconic figures in the course of the turmoil there.
In response to media reviews, Shanto was lynched at Chandpur on Monday night time alongside together with his father Selim Khan, proprietor of a famend Bangladeshi manufacturing home, who had financed movies ‘Tungi Parar Miya Bhai’, ‘Commando’ and others.
Selim Khan was an expelled chief of the Awami League, the supporters of which have been going through assaults for the previous a number of days.
Sheikh Hasina who was heading the Awami League authorities within the nation resigned on Monday.
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