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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

 


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