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Shimul Yousuff A thespian from head to toe, actor-singer Shimul Yousuff tells Tahmina Shafique about her love for the stage and her family What is your idea of perfect happiness?    Being able to keep everyone around me happy        What is your greatest fear?    Before stepping on stage, I feel extremely scared        Which historical figure do you most identify with?    Shaheed Altaf Mahmud - I want to be like him        Which living person do you most admire?    Nasir Uddin Yousuff and Selim Al-Din        Which living person do you most despise?    Anyone who lies        What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?    My laziness        What is the trait you most deplore in others?    Dishonesty and lying        What is your favourite journey?    Journeys to my small farm house in Manikganj        What is your greatest regret?    I am never satisfied with my performance        What or who is the greatest love of your life?    My daughter, Esha Yousuff        What is your current state of mind?    I owe a lot of love to people around me, it’s time for me to do something in return        What do you consider your greatest achievement?    Yet to come        What is your most treasured possession?    The fact that I am a Bengali girl from the war of independence        What is your most marked characteristic?    I listen, observe and love others and I don’t need to express it as others understand it        What do you most value in your friends?    Selfless love        Who are your favourite writers?    Rabindranath Tagore, Jibanananda Das, Selim Al-Din, Syed Shamsul Huq, Abul Hassan and so many others        Who is your favourite hero of fiction?    Nasiruddin Yousuff (laughs)        On what occasion do you lie?    I don’t allow such occasions to occur        What do you dislike most about your appearance?    My height (I should have been taller) and my prominent forehead        Which words or phrases do you most overuse?    Bhishon        When and where are you happiest?    When my daughter Esha comes from abroad and Bachchu and I chat with her all day.        If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what or who do you think it would be?    I would like to come as myself but as the oldest sibling        If you had to do something other than your current occupation, what would you like to be?    I can’t be happier than this in any other occupation        What is the quality you most like in a man?    Strong personality        What is the quality you most like in a woman?    The ability to carry herself gracefully and elegantly.        Who are your heroes in real life?    Nasiruddin Yousuff and Shaheed Altaf Mahmud        What is it that you most dislike?    Lies        How would you like to die?    On stage        If your house was burning down and you could take along one possession, what would it be?    It would be Altaf Bhai’s portrait taken during the 1971 war