Tareen Jahan


Tareen Jahan is a Bangladeshi actress, model and singer. In 1987 or 1988, she stood first at the reality television competition program Notun Kuri for acting, dancing and storytelling divisions. Since then she started to working on television as a child artist. She won Meril Prothom Alo Awards in 2006, 2007 and 2012.

Early life

Jahan became first in acting, dancing, and storytelling category in Bangladeshi talent hunt Notun Kuri in 1985. She got lessons of classical music from Ustad Hasan Ikram Ullah. Seeing Tareen's interest and enthusiasm for dancing, her mother Tahmina Begum would send her daughter to Tapan Das Gupta to learn dancing at the age of three and a half years. She was the youngest among the five sisters. She otained a master's degree in social work from Lalmatia Women's College.

Career

Acting

Jahan got her first major role as a child actor in the TV drama 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 started her career as a lead actress in Bangla drama named Kathalburi against Tauquir Ahmed, aired on ATN Bangla.
Tareen Jahan appeared in numerous television plays including ‘Eishob Dinratri’, ‘Shongshoptok’, ‘Ful Baganer Sap’, ‘Kotha Chilo Onyorokom’, ‘U Turn’, ‘Maya’, ‘Harano Akash’, ‘Rajkonya’, ‘Shobuj Velvet’ and ‘Ogni Bolaka’. She also acted in many Telefilms. She acted in two films - Pirit Ratan Pirit Jatan and Kajaler Dinratri. As a child actress, she appeared first in the TV serial ‘Eishob Dinratri’ as a lead role. In 1988, a TV serial based on the novel of Shahidullah Kaiser named ‘Shongshoptok’ had Tareen who had a child role in it.
Jahan gave voice in two of the Indian-Bangla films for Priyanka Tribedi and Priyanka Bannerji. She also gave voice for Shabnur in one Bangla film. Jahan and her two sisters Shameema Nahrin Jahan Tuhin and Nahin Kazi owned a production house named ‘Tana’ which consists of ‘Ta’ of Tareen Jahan and ‘Na’ of Nahin Kazi. But now Jahan is not involved with this production and she owns a new production house named ‘A new tree entertainment’.

Singing

Jahan released her first solo album named Akash Debo Kake in Eid ul Adha in 2011. There were 10 tracks in the album where four will be 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 composer of the album. All the tracks are based on different themes includes 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. Tareen along with her elder sister Tuhin own a producing company.

Personal life

Jahan was married to Sohel Arman, a son of filmmaker Amjad Hossain, 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 2013.

Awards and nominations