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Yeasmin Tazreen Jahan Tareen (born 26 July), commonly known as Tareen Jahan, is a Bangladeshi actress, model and singer. She is mostly known for her acting career in the television dramas and telefilms. In 1985, she stood first at the reality television competition program
Notun Kuri ''Notun Kuri'' () is a Bangladeshi reality television competition series for child artistes created by Mustafa Monwar. The show debuted in 1966 which ran on Pakistan Television from 1966 to 1971. After the independence of Bangladesh, the competit ...
for acting, dancing and storytelling divisions. She won
Meril Prothom Alo Awards The ''Meril-Prothom Alo Awards'', or simply ''Prothom Alo Awards'', is an annual Bangladeshi awards ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in Bangladeshi Film Industry. The awards are divided into two components, Viewers' Choice and Critics ...
three times for her roles in ''Kotha Chhilo Onnorokom'' (2006), ''Maya'' (2007) and ''Green Velvet'' (2012).


Early life

Jahan was born to Mohammad Shahjahan (d. 2021) and Tahmina Jahan. In 1985, Jahan stood first in the acting, dancing, and storytelling category in Bangladeshi talent hunt ''
Notun Kuri ''Notun Kuri'' () is a Bangladeshi reality television competition series for child artistes created by Mustafa Monwar. The show debuted in 1966 which ran on Pakistan Television from 1966 to 1971. After the independence of Bangladesh, the competit ...
''. She took classical music lessons from Hasan Ikram Ullah. At the age of three, her mother would send her daughter to Tapan Das Gupta to learn dancing. She obtained a master's degree in social work from Lalmatia Women's College. She is the youngest among the five sisters including Nahin Kazi, a notable beautician and makeup artist.


Career

Jahan got her first major role as a child actor in the TV serial ''
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'' then she acted on the mega serial named ''
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'', based on the novel by
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, as a child artist in 1988. She acted in a film as a child actress in '' Kathal Burir Bagan'' (1988), directed by
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. As an adult, she acted mostly in numerous television plays and teleflims. Her notable works plays include ''Ful Baganer Sap'', ''Kotha Chilo Onyorokom'', ''U Turn'', ''Maya'', ''Harano Akash'', ''Rajkonya'', ''Shobuj Velvet'' and ''Ogni Bolaka'', and also telefilms like ''Megher Arale Megh'' and ''Ilish''. By 2013, Jahan acted in two films – ''Pirit Ratan Pirit Jatan'' and ''Kajaler Dinratri'' (2013). She then acted in a
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based film, '' 1971 Shei Shob Din'' (2023). In April 2024, she debuted in Indian Bengali cinema, through the film ''Eta Amader Golpo'', directed by
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. Their second collaboration, ''5 No Shopnomoy Lane'', will be released in December 2024. Besides, Jahan voiced for
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and Priyanka Banerjee in two Indian-Bangla films and also one film for
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. She owns a production house, ''A New Tree Entertainment Production''.


Singing

Jahan released her first solo album, named ''Akash Debo Kake,'' in Eid ul Adha in 2011. There were ten tracks on the album, with four duet tracks where she sang with Raghab Chatterjee and Rupankar Bagchi of Kolkata and Ibrar Tipu and Tapan Chowdhury of Bangladesh. Joy Sarkar and Rupankar of Kolkata and
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, Ibrar Tipu and Belal Khan were the composers of the album. All the tracks are based on different themes including mind, suffering, rain, hope, pain, sky, request, mother and others. She dedicated a song titled "Amar Prothom Dekha Nayok" to her father. This song was penned by Julfikar Rasel and composed by Ibrar Tipu. She also sang the title song of a drama named "Shopno Gulo Jonak Pokar Moto". This song was written by Arun Chowdhury and composed by Ibrar Tipu.


Personal life

Jahan was married to Sohel Arman, a son of filmmaker
Amjad Hossain Amjad Hossain (14 August 1942 – 14 December 2018) was a Bangladeshi film director, actor, scriptwriter and lyricist. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director twice, for the films '' Golapi Ekhon Traine'' (1978) and '' Bha ...
, for less than a year in 2001.


Television appearances


Dramas and telefilms


Television


Filmography

Tarin acted in two films, ''Pirit Roton Pirit Joton'' and ''Kajoler Dinratri''. ''Kajoler Dinratri'' was submitted for
National Film Awards The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...
2013.


Discography


Solo


Film scores


Awards and nominations


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jahan, Tarin Living people Bangladeshi film actresses Bangladeshi television actresses Best TV Actress Meril-Prothom Alo Critics Choice Award winners Best TV Actress Meril-Prothom Alo Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)