Shahenshah (2020 film)

Shahenshah (Bengali: শাহেনশাহ) is a 2020 Bangladeshi action romantic drama film directed by Shamim Ahamed Roni. The film stars Shakib Khan, Nusrat Faria and Rodela Jannat in the lead roles. The cast also includes Misha Sawdagor, Ahmed Sharif, Amit Hasan, Shiba Shanu, and Don in supporting roles. Shapla Media produced the film.

The film was supposed to begin filming on September 11, 2018. But the pre-production work was not completed and later the filming was delayed. The principal photography of the film begun on October 23, 2018, and wrapped up on 19 December 2018. The film's soundtrack album was composed by Savvy, Dabbu, Lincon Roy Chowdhury, Imran Mahmudul. It was the 5th directorial venture of Shamim Ahamed Roni, also 4th collaboration between Shakib Khan and director and 1st between Khan and Faria. It was the first solo Bangladeshi film starring Nusraat Faria, who had previously acted few co-production films with India.

After postponing 4 times its release, the film was later released on March 6, 2020. Despite having set the release date several times, later the film was criticised for not releasing. The feature was theatrically released in Bangladesh amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected its commercial performance due to the closing of the cinemas.