Babisas Award for Featured Actor (Female), Meril Prothom Alo Special Critic Award
Shamsunnahar Smrity (
Bengali: শামসুন্নাহার স্মৃতি; born 24 October 1992), known by her stage name Pori Moni,[7] is a
Bangladeshi film actress.[8] She is considered one of the most popular and successful actresses in the
Bangladeshi film industry.[9] In 2020, She was listed in
Forbes Asia's "100 Digital Stars".[10]
Pori moni began her career as a model and made her acting debut in the film industry with the movie Rana Plaza in 2015. She gained widespread recognition for her performance in the movie
Dhumketu in 2016, which was a commercial success.[11] Her most notable films are: Swapnajaal (2018), Gunin (2022) and Antor Jala (2017). She has won several awards for her performances, she won the Special Critic Award at
21st Meril-Prothom Alo Awards.[12]
Early life
Shamsunnahar Smrity was born on 24 October 1992,[13][14] in the
Satkhira District. After losing her parents in childhood, she grew up in her maternal grandparents' house in
Pirojpur, where she earned her secondary and higher secondary school certificates.[citation needed]
Career
Moni's first film, Rana Plaza, based on the
Rana Plaza disaster,[15] was denied certification by the Bangladesh Film Censor Board, who stated that it was a national disaster that people may misunderstand.[16] Her second film Bhalobasha Shimaheen was released on 13 February 2015. She co-starred with
Shakib Khan in Aro Bhalobashbo Tomay and Dhumketu.[17]
Personal life
Moni married her cousin Ismail Hossain in 2010 and divorced him in 2012.[18] She then married footballer Ferdous Kabir Sourav in April 2012.[19] In 2019, Moni was engaged to RJ Tamim Hasan, but later they broke up.[20][21][22] In March 2020, she married film director Kamruzzaman Roni but this marriage did not last.[23][24]
In October 2021, she married actor-model
Sariful Razz. Razz-Porimoni became parents of a boy, Shaheem Muhammad Rajya, on 10 August 2022.[25] On 31 December 2022, Moni confirmed her separation with Razz via social media later stating that she left his house with son Rajya a day prior.[26] Later on, they patched up and started living together again on-and-off.[27] After revealing several relationships of
Razz with another actress, including-
Tanjin Tisha,
Nazifa Tushi, and
Sunerah Binte Kamal, [28] Pori Moni devorced him on 18 September 2023.[29]
Controversies
On 8 June 2021, Porimoni accused
Nasir Uddin Mahmood, a businessman and politician of the Jatiya Party, of sexual assault on her at the Boat Club in Ashulia, Uttara.[30][31] She asked Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina for justice on Facebook.[32][33] On June 14, Mahmood and businessman Tuhin Siddique Omi were arrested by the
Bangladesh Police,[34] but Mahmood was later released on bail.[35][36] A week later, Moni was accused of vandalism at the Gulshan All Community Club. The club's president, K.M. Alamgir Iqbal, accused her of vandalizing the club on June 7 night at a press conference.[37][38] However on 18 April 2024,
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted a investigation report that found proof of a murder attempt on Nasir Uddin Mahmud by Pori Moni and her costume designer Junayed Bogdadai Jimmy and vandalism inside the club.[39][40][41]
On 31 August, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayes granted Moni bail and she was released the next morning after 27 days of detention.[51][52]
^Qadir, Manzoor (4 April 2015).
দর্শকদের পাগল করে দেব: পরীমনি [The audience will go crazy: Pori Moni]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from
the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.