Skip to main content
Photo of Sohanur Rahman Sohan, Directing
Director

Sohanur Rahman Sohan

Directing

Career Snapshot

Explained

These indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.

Directed credits

6

Active

Regular directing credits.

TMDB popularity

0.1

Low visibility

TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.

Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 1690391

IMDb ID: nm6756253

Known for: Directing

Born: October 15, 1960

Died: September 13, 2023

Age: 62

Place of birth: Bogra District, East Pakistan, Pakistan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1993 - 2012

Years active: 20

Wikidata: Q61080302

Also known as

Sohan

Frequent jobs

Director (6)

Biography

Sohanur Rahman Sohan (1960 – 13 September 2023) was a Bangladeshi film director and screenwriter, who was best known as the first director of Bangladeshi superstars Shakib Khan. He started his film career as an assistant of director Shibli Sadik. His first film was Biswas Abiswas (1988). He was best known in Dhallywood for directing romantic films. He launched Salman Shah and Moushumi with the film Keyamat Theke Keyamat in 1993 and his Ananta Bhalobasha in 1999 marked a turning point in Bangladeshi cinema by introducing Shakib Khan, who is now one of the biggest superstars in the industry. Other notable films directed by him are Amar Jaan Amar Pran (2008), Poran Jai Jolia Re (2010), Se Amar Mon Kereche (2012) etc. He served as the principal of the Universal Performing Arts Institute.