Moushumi

Arifa Pervin Zaman (born 3 November 1972), 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). She has acted in over 150 films and made her directorial debut with Kokhono Megh Kokhono Brishti (2003).

Moushumi won the Anonda Bichittra Photo Beauty Contest in 1990, which led to appearances in television commercials. 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. The film achieved significant commercial success in Bangladesh and shot Moushumi and her co-star Salman Shah to stardom.[10] In the following two years she co-starred with Shah in three more feature films Ontare Ontare, Denmohor and Sneho.[11]

In 1997, Moushumi started a production house, Kopotakhsma Cholochitra.[12]

She founded Moushumi Welfare Foundation for women and children welfare[13][14] and was named a UNICEF goodwill ambassador in 2013.[15][16][17]

In 1996, Moushumi took a break for six months from acting and announced her engagement to actor Omar Sani. The couple have two children.[18][19] Moushumi has a younger sister, Erin Zaman.[20][21]