Shakib Khan () born 28 March 1979) is a Bangladeshi actor, producer, occasional singer, film organiser, and media personality who works in Bengali films, both in Bangladesh and West Bengal. In his career spanning about two decades, Khan has been the propeller of the contemporary film industry Dhallywood. Currently he is the highest paid actor in Bangladesh. Following his debut in Sohanur Rahman Sohan's 1999 action romantic Ananta Bhalobasha (Eternal Love), Khan did not lead to widespread fame. Subsequently, Khan established himself as one of the most successful actors in Bengali cinema. The Badiul Alam Khokon-directed Priya Amar Priya (2008) in which Khan played a college student with careless attitude, was a major commercial success in his career. His Shikaris new look garnered him praised from the audience and critics and was declared as a blockbuster at the box office, and become the highest-grossing Bengali film of 2016. His 2017 success is Swatta and Nabab. Where Swatta won numerous accolades including five National Film Awards, six Bachsas Awards, two Meril-Prothom Alo Awards and earned him fourth National Film Awards for Best Actor and Nabab in which he played an intelligence agent from Bangladesh. His energetic performance and re-emergence in the film was praised by both critics and audiences. In 2019 Khan was paid-up 5 million for the film Nolok and become the highest-paid entertainers in the history of Bangladesh. His other notable films are drama film Shuva (2006), where he played a village boy and earned him highly praised from critics, romantic film such Amar Praner Swami (2007) and Bolbo Kotha Bashor Ghore (2009) earned him highest accolades, romantic-comedy Adorer Jamai (2011), action-romantic Don Number One (2012), political thriller Rajneeti (2017), which is highly considers the politics of Bangladesh and created controversy with Khan used a phone number in the film that eventually turned out to be that of a rickshaw driver. That driver later sued him for $60,000 (£45,000) stating that the use of his number let millions to call to his number searching for Shakib Khan (See Controversy section for further details). Romantic action films such Bhaijaan Elo Re (2018), Chalbaaz (2018) and supernatural-thiller Naqaab (2018) earned him worldwide recognition, political thriller Bir (2020) and legal drama Nabab LLB (2021), where he played an advocate and becoming the first Dhallywood film to released any OTT platform. In 2011, he made his debut as a playback singer in the