Reekita Nondine Shimu

Acting

Reekita Nondine Shimu

Known for

Acting

Credits

10 titles

Reekita Nondine Shimu is an actress, known for Made in Bangladesh (2019), Runway (2010) and Once Upon a Time in Calcutta (2021).

Known for

Kaiser poster
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Homicide detective Kaiser Chowdhury takes on a double murder that turns out to be much more than what meets the eye. Plagued by personal and professional demons, will Kaiser be able to get to the root of the mystery?

Kaiser

2022

Made in Bangladesh poster
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Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work, she decides to start a union with her co-workers. Despite threats from the management and disapproval of her husband, Shimu is determined to go on. Together the women must fight and find a way to register their union.

Made in Bangladesh

2019

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Zai, a bride-to-be in present-day Dhaka, is in love with her groom and dreams of a fairytale wedding, but secretly struggles with her body’s resistance to wedding rituals. As stress and emotional pain intensify, a mysterious woman with long hair begins appearing in Novera’s imagination.

The Difficult Bride

2026

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10-year-old Jamal loves his carefree life with his mum in rural Bangladesh, until the day his childhood friend and playmate is forced to become a child bride. Isolated and lost, Jamal finds the world a harsh reality when his hopes of getting new friends and attending school collide with his mother's past.

Kingdom of Clay Subjects

2018

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Rumi, a CIB officer, loses his sight and his job in a near-fatal accident. He starts having nightmares of strange events, one of which shockingly translates to reality in a gruesome murder. Now, the blind detective must decipher his nightmares to unravel the mystery behind the violent crime!

Rumi

2024

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Roya is a middle-class Muslim woman that struggles to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh. When she discovers that she will be replaced by a younger actor for the role of Nandini —a central character of Rabindranath Tagore’s political play Red Oleanders —she battles to reconstruct the part, reclaiming her identity and sexuality in the process. As she sets the play in a modern day ready-made garment factory in Dhaka, her journey to establish her individuality is juxtaposed with the journey of her housemaid Moyna, who later joins the industrial workforce.

Under Construction

2015

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 4 titles

Series credits