Rumman Rashid Khan (; born 11 July) is a Bangladeshi screenwriter, dramatist, television host, and journalist. He is known for writing the scripts for TV plays and films, such as Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini (2013),

Bishwoshundori ''Bishwoshundori'' () is a 2020 Bangladeshi romantic drama film. It is director Chayanika Chowdhury's debut film. The film is written by Rumman Rashid Khan, and stars Siam Ahmed, Pori Moni, Champa, Fazlur Rahman Babu & Alamgir. The film is pro ...

(2020) and hosting Ranga Shokal show on Maasranga TV. He has also worked as a feature writer for

Samakal ''Samakal'' () is a Bengali-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The paper is owned by Ha-Meem Group. It began publication in 2005. Golam Sarwar was the editor of the paper from its launch until his death in 2018. In 2020, ...

and

Prothom Alo ''Prothom Alo'' () is a Bengali language, Bengali-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka. It is one of the largest circulated newspaper in Bangladesh. According to the National Media Survey of 2018, conducted by Kantar MRB ...

newspapers. To date, he has written about 100 one-hour tele-fictions and telefilms.

Early life and education

Rumman Rashid Khan was born in

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. He finished his SSC exam from Ideal School & College, HSC from

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, and did his

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from

East West University East West University (, also known as EWU), is a private university located in Aftab Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1996 under the Private University Act of 1992. History The East West University was established in 1996 as a ...

Career

Rumman Rashid Khan started his career as a journalist at Prothom Alo. While working there, he met with

Kabir Bakul Kabir Bakul (born 21 November 1966) is a Bangladeshi lyricist and journalist. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Lyrics 6 times for the films ''Megher Kole Rod'' (2008), ''Swami Strir Wada'' (2009), ''Nisshash Amar Tumi'' (2010), ...

. He made his TV debut with ''SMS'', a tele-fiction aired in 2009. He made his debut as a film writer with '' Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini'' (2013), a romantic drama directed by Shafi Uddin Shafi and starring

Shakib Khan Masud Rana Sheikh (born 28 March 1979), better known by the stage name Shakib Khan, is a Bangladeshi actor and filmmaker who works in Bengali language, Bengali films. He is widely regarded as one of the most popular figures of all time in Benga ...

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Joya Ahsan Jaya Maswood (born 1 July), popularly known as Jaya Ahsan, is a Bangladeshi film actress, model, producer and playback singer. Starting her career as a model and, later, as a film actress, she works mostly in Bangladeshi and Indian Bengali fil ...

. The film was a commercial success and spawned a sequel, ''Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini 2'' (2016), which was also written by Rumman Rashid Khan. His last film project was ''

'' (2020), a musical drama directed by Chayanika Chowdhury and starring

Siam Ahmed Siam Ahmed is a Bangladeshi television and film actor. He made his debut Bangladeshi telefilm ''Bhalobasha 101'' and he is best known for his debut role in the film '' Poramon 2'' (2018) directed by Raihan Rafi. He is also well known for his va ...

and

Pori Moni Shamsunnahar Smrity (born 24 October 1992), known by her stage name Pori Moni, is a Bangladeshi film actress. She is considered one of the most popular actresses in the Bangladeshi film industry. In 2020, she was listed in Forbes Asia's "100 D ...

. He has been the host of the talk show program ''Ranga Shokal'' on Masranga TV. He has also hosted other shows on the channel. Khan also works as a marketing consultant. He was behind the publicity for the film '' Debi'' and ''

Nolok ''Nolok'' (; ) is a 2019 Bangladeshi romantic comedy-drama film. The film was screenplayed, produced and directed by Sakib Sonet and Team. It was produced by Be Happy Entertainment and distributed by Jaaz Multimedia and the story, dialogue, cho ...

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