Arifin Shuvo

2007–2009: Television

Before working in television, Shuvo worked in television commercials. He made his acting debut in 2007, with appearance in Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's television series Ha/Na in 2007, where he had a recurring role. He also had a recurring role in the show Iz Equal Two in 2008.^[2]

He then starred in the television series Serious Ekta Kotha Ache alongside Mosharraf Karim. His performance was praised by critics. Another critically praised performance of his was in the show Lilaboti.^[3] He continued in television until 2009 before starring in his debut film Jaago - Dare To Dream.

2009–2013: Debut and breakthrough

Shuvo made his film debut in 2010 with Khijir Hayat Khan's sports drama film Jaago - Dare To Dream, starring alongside Ferdous Ahmed and Afsana Ara Bindu. He made his breakthrough by starring in Shafi Uddin's Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini where he played the antagonist. The film was a huge success commercially and his performance was highly praised by critics,^[4] earning him a Best Actor nomination at the Meril Prothom Alo Awards. He next starred in Debashish Biswas' Bhalobasha Zindabad alongside Airin Sultana.^[5]

2014–present: Critical acclaim

In 2014, Shuvo was first seen in Iftakar Chowdhury's action thriller Agnee, alongside Mahiya Mahi.^[6] He next started in MM Kamal Raj's Taarkata,^[7] which received mixed to negative reviews from critics and received a mixed reaction from the audience. The film was a commercial failure. His next project, Ashiqur Rahman's Kistimaat, co-starring Achol, where he plays the role of a cop, was a huge success at box office and was critically a success. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of 2014.^[8]

In 2015, he starred in Shihab Shaheen's romantic drama film Chuye Dile Mon, alongside Zakia Bari Momo. The film and his performance was highly appreciated by both critics and audience, earning Shuvo his first Meril Prothom Alo award for Best Actor^[1][2] He next went on to star in Uddin's Warning alongside Mahiya Mahi.^[9] The film was a moderate success commercially.

In 2016, Shuvo starred in Ashiqur Rahman's Musafir.^[10] He then starred in Ostitto which released in May 2016.^[11] He also starred in the Indo-Bangladeshi joint venture Niyoti, which was produced by Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies.^[12][13]

In 2017, Shuvoo began the year with Premi o Premi and Dhat Teri Ki, both being produced by Jaaz Multimedia and co-starring Nusrat Faria Mazhar.^[14] Regarding the former, the film and Shuvoo's performance were critically acclaimed.^[15] Shuvoo also gave the voiceover for the first animated film of Bangladesh Detective. Later he acted in the film Dhaka Attack which was a huge blockbuster in the box office. The film was directed by "Dipankar Dipan". The film was the highest grossing Bangladeshi film of 2017 & still it is the 3rd highest grossing Bangladeshi film of all time. And it is also the highest grossing Bangladeshi film worldwide.

In 2018, Shuvoo started the year with Valo Theko produced by 'Tiger Media' co-starring Tanha Tasnia Islam. Though the story of this film was good enough, Shuvoo received negetive reviews from the critics for acting in this film. Next he started his new project Ahare co-starring Rituporna Sengupta which is completely an indian Bengali film. Later he will be seen in Arindom Shil's next Balighar an indo-bangladesh production.

Film

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Year	Film	Role	Co-Artist	Director	Language	Release Date	Note
2010	Jaago - Dare To Dream	Rafi	Bindu, Ferdous	Khijir Hayat Khan	Bengali	15 January 2010
2012	Chaya Chobi		Purnima	Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Raz	Bengali	Unreleased
2013	Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini	Shakib	Joya Ahsan & Shakib Khan	Shafi Uddin Shafi	Bengali	16 October 2013	Nominated- Meril Prothom Alo Awards(Best Film Actor),Won-Bioscope Borso Shera(Best Villain)
	Valobasha Zindabad	Sourav	Airin Sultana	Debashish Biswas	Bengali	8 November2013
2014	Agnee	Dragon/Shishir	Mahiya Mahi	Iftakar Chowdhury	Bengali	14 February 2014	Nominated- Meril Prothom Alo Awards(Best Film Actor)
	Taarkata	Ibrahim	Bidya Sinha Mim, Moushumi	Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Raz	Bengali	6 June 2014	Won- Meril Prothom Alo Awards(Best Film Actor-Critics)
	Kistimaat	Durjoy	Achol, Misha Sawdagor	Ashiqur Rahman	Bengali	6 October 2014
2015	Chuye Dile Mon	Abir	Zakia Bari Momo	Shihab Shaheen	Bengali	10 April 2015	Won- Meril Prothom Alo Awards(Best Film Actor),16th CJFB Performance Award
	Warning	Jishan	Mahiya Mahi	Shafi Uddin Shafi	Bengali	1 May 2015
2016	Musafir	Sunny (SSB Agent)	Marjan Jenifa	Ashiqur Rahman	Bengali	22 April 2016	Nominated- Meril Prothom Alo Awards(Best Film Actor)
	Ostitto	Imtu	Nusrat Imrose Tisha	Anonno Mamun	Bengali	6 May 2016
	Niyoti	Shuvro	Falguni Rahman Jolly	Jakir Hossain Raju	Bengali	10 June India, 12 August Bangladesh
	Aynabaji	AC Sazzad (Cameo)	Chanchal Chowdhury, Masuma Rahman Nabila	Amitabh Reza Chowdhury	Bengali	30 September 2016
2017	Premi O Premi	Shimanto	Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Jakir Hossain Raju	Bengali	10 February 2017
	Dhat Teri Ki	Raj	Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Shamim Ahmed Roni	Bengali	14 April 2017
	Detective (Animation)	voice actor	Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Tapan Ahmed	Bengali
	Mrittupuri	Raja	Prosun Azad	Zayed Rizwan	Bengali	delayed
	Dhaka Attack	Abid	Mahiya Mahi	Dipankar Sengupta Dipan	Bengali	6 October 2017	Nominated- ATN Bangla Performance Award(Best Film Actor) Won-Meril Prothom Alo Awards(Best Film Actor)
2018	Valo Theko		Tanha Tasnia Islam	Zakir Hossain Raju	Bengali	9 February 2018
	Musafir 2	Sunny	Marjan jenifa	Ashiqur Rahman	Bengali	Pre-production
	Ekti Cinemar Golpo		Rituporna Sengupta	Alamgir (actor)	Bengali	13 April 2018
	Mon Foring		Zakia Bari Mamo	Shihaab Shaheen	Bengali	Announced
	Balighar	Modhumoy	Nusrat Imrose Tisha	Arindam Shil	Bengali	Announced
	Aha Re	Farhaz Chowdhury	Rituporna Sengupta	Ranjan Ghosh	Bengali	Filming

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