King Is Here released by him. The joint production শিকারি (The Hunter) directed by Bangladeshi Jakir Hossain Shimanto and Indian Joydip Mukherjee. He was praised with the first pairing of the film with Tollywood actress Srabanti Chatterjee, also seen with him actors like Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Rahul Dev and Kharaj Mukherjee. His new look in the film garnered praise from the audience and critics. It was declared as a blockbuster at the box office, and become the highest-grossing Bengali film of 2016. He won the Meril Prothom Alo Awards and the Tele Cine Awards for Best Actor through starring by film. The film also won the Kalakar Awards for Best Film and Best Actress, and nominated in a category at the Filmfare Awards East. His next project is psychological thriller film Mental directed by Shamim Ahamed Roni starring Nusrat Imrose Tisha first time opposite him, Achol and Sabrina Porshi also seen with his. It's story is loosely inspired from the Christopher Nolan's film Memento. Although the film is criticised for various reasons. The film was later dubbed in Hindi, which was unveiled on the Bongo India YouTube channel in mid-August 2021. His next project was crime thriller film Samraat: The King Is Here directed by Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Raz, he played titular role as the leader of a Bangladeshi organised crime syndicate operating from Malaysia, where he played with Apu Biswas, Misha Sawdagor and Indian actor Indraneil Sengupta. On the same year in Eid al-Adha, he starred in two films. One of which is Shamim Ahamed Roni's action film Bossgiri opposite Shabnom Bubly, which is her debut film. Zahid Akbar of The Daily Star praised his performance, specifically his Dhakaiya accent. He noted, "There were some highlights in the film such as Shakib Khan's delivery of the Dhakaiya accent, which was fairly entertaining. Shakib Khan's presence is the only saving grace in the entire film." The film won three awards in the 19th Meril Prothom Alo Awards. Another was Raju Chowdhury's action crime film Shooter. The film was a commercial success at the box office, placed among the top 10 commercially successful films of 2016 but received negative reviews from critics for its poor screenplay but praised his performance. Film director Mostafizur Rahman Manik noted on Bangla Tribune that, "Shakib Khan is as good as ever in terms of acting". In December of the same year, he starred in Dhumketu directed