Yeasmin Jahan Tareen (born 26 July),[1] commonly known as Tareen Jahan, is a Bangladeshi actress, model and singer.[2] She is mostly known for her acting career in the television dramas and telefilms.[3] In 1985, she stood first at the reality television competition program Notun Kuri for acting, dancing and storytelling divisions.[4] She won Meril Prothom Alo Awards three times for her roles in Kotha Chhilo Onnorokom (2006), Maya (2007) and Green Velvet (2012).[5]
Early life
Jahan was born to Mohammad Shahjahan (d. 2021) and Tahmina Jahan.[4][6] In 1985, Jahan stood first in the acting, dancing, and storytelling category in Bangladeshi talent hunt Notun Kuri.[7] She took classical music lessons from Hasan Ikram Ullah.[8] At the age of three, her mother would send her daughter to Tapan Das Gupta to learn dancing.[9][10] She obtained a master's degree in social work from Lalmatia Women's College.[11] She is the youngest among the five sisters including Nahin Kazi, a notable beautician and makeup artist.[12][6]
Career
Jahan got her first major role as a child actor in the TV serial Ei Shob Din Ratri then she acted on the mega serial named Songsoptok, based on the novel by Shahidullah Kaiser, as a child artist in 1988. She acted in a film as a child actress in Kathal Burir Bagan (1988), directed by Badal Rahman.[3] 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.[13]
By 2013, Jahan acted in two films – Pirit Ratan Pirit Jatan and Kajaler Dinratri (2013).[4] She then acted in a Bangladesh Liberation War based film, 1971 Shei Shob Din (2023).[13] In April 2024, she debuted in Indian Bengali cinema, through the film Eta Amader Golpo, directed by Manasi Sinha.[14] Their second collaboration, 5 No Shopnomoy Lane, will be released in December 2024.[15]
Besides, Jahan voiced for Priyanka Upendra and Priyanka Banerjee in two Indian-Bangla films and also one film for Shabnur.[3] She owns a production house, A New Tree Entertainment Production.[3]
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 Bappa Mazumder, 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.[8] She dedicated a song titled "Amar Prothom Dekha Nayok" to her father. This song was penned by Julfikar Rasel and composed by Ibrar Tipu.[16] 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.[17]
Personal life
Jahan was married to Sohel Arman, a son of filmmaker Amjad Hossain, for less than a year in 2001.[18]
^বাবাকে তারিনের উপহার! [Tarin's gift to her Father]. Priyo News (in Bengali). Dhaka. 2014-04-09. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^Khan, Fahud (7 March 2013). নাটকের গানে কণ্ঠ দিলেন তারিন [Tarin rendered voice in Drama Track]. Priyo News (in Bengali). Dhaka. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ঢালিউডে আলোচিত বিবাহ বিচ্ছেদ [Notable divorces in Dhallywood]. Channel i (in Bengali). 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
^তারিনকে কাঁদালেন চম্পা [Champa cried Tarin]. Priyo News (in Bengali). Dhaka. 2013-05-28. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^শিক্ষামূলক নাটকে তারিন [Tarin in educational dramas]. Jaijaidin (in Bengali). Dhaka. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ধারাবাহিকের গানে কণ্ঠ দিলেন তারিন [Tarin lend voice for Drama serial]. Manab Zamin (in Bengali). Dhaka. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^নাটক প্রযোজনা করছেন তারিন [Tarin produced Drama]. Priyo News (in Bengali). Dhaka. 2013-04-08. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ধারাবাহিকমুখী তারিন [Tarin moved to Drama serials]. Jaijaidin (in Bengali). Dhaka. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^মিলনের 'অবন্তি তোমার অপেক্ষায়' [Milon's 'Abonti Tomar Opekkhay']. Priyo News (in Bengali). Dhaka. 2013-10-09. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^তারিনের 'মাই হ্যাসবেন্ড মাই হিরো' [Tarin's 'My Husband My Hero']. Priyo News (in Bengali). Dhaka. 2013-12-19. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^দীর্ঘ আট বছর পর একসঙ্গে আফজাল-তারিন [Afzal-Tarin after long Eight years]. Priyo News (in Bengali). Dhaka. 2014-01-02. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^আবার শুরু [Again starts]. Manab Zamin (in Bengali). Dhaka. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ফুরিয়ে যাননি তারিন [Tarin hasn't finished]. Priyo News (in Bengali). Dhaka. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^পহেলা বৈশাখে অপূর্ব-তারিনের 'মন' [Apurba-Tarin's 'Mon' on Pahela Boishak]. Priyo News (in Bengali). Dhaka. 2014-04-11. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^বেছে বেছে নাটক করছেন তারিন! [Tarin working selective plays]. Priyo News (in Bengali). Dhaka. 2014-04-22. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ abতারিনের 'ডেলেশিয়া হত্যা' [Tarin's 'Delishia Hotya']. Priyo News (in Bengali). Dhaka. 2014-11-30. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^আবার উপস্থাপনায় তারিন [Tarin again in anchoring]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Dhaka. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
