Pori Moni

Shamsunnahar Smrity was born on 24 October 1992,^[12][13] in the Satkhira District in Khulna Division to a Bengali Muslim family.^[6] She lost her parents in early age and was raised by maternal grandfather, Shamsul Haque Gazi, in Pirojpur.^[14] She completed her SSC and HSC exams.^[14] In 2011, while studying for a BA Honours degree in B M College, she moved to Dhaka to pursue for dance lessons at Bangladesh Academy of Fine Arts.^[14]

Moni's first film, Rana Plaza, based on the Rana Plaza disaster,^[15] was denied certification by the Bangladesh Film Censor Board, who stated that it was a national disaster that people may misunderstand.^[16] Her second film Bhalobasha Shimaheen was released on 13 February 2015. She co-starred with Shakib Khan in Aro Bhalobashbo Tomay and Dhumketu.^[17]

Moni married her cousin, Ismail Hossain, in 2010 and divorced him in 2012.^[18] She then married footballer Ferdous Kabir Sourav in April 2012.^[19] In 2019, Moni was engaged to RJ Tamim Hasan, but later they broke up.^[20][21][22] In 2020, she was married to film director Kamruzzaman Roni for a short period.^[23][24]

In October 2021, she married actor-model Sariful Razz. They have a son, Shaheem Muhammad Punno (also Rajya), born on 10 August 2022.^[25] On 31 December 2022, Moni confirmed her separation with Razz via social media later stating that she left his house with son Rajya a day prior.^[4] Later on, they patched up and started living together again on-and-off.^[26] After alleging several relationships of Razz with other actresses, including Tanjin Tisha, Nazifa Tushi, and Sunerah Binte Kamal,^[27] Moni divorced him on 18 September 2023.^[28]

In May 2024, Moni revealed that she had adopted a girl, Safeera Sultana Priom, in an online post written on Anandabazar Patrika.^[29]

On 8 June 2021, Moni accused Nasir Uddin Mahmood, a businessman and politician of the Jatiya Party, of sexual assault on her at the Boat Club in Ashulia, Uttara.^[30][31] She asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for justice on Facebook.^[32][33] On 14 June, Mahmood and businessman Tuhin Siddique Omi were arrested by the Bangladesh Police,^[34] but Mahmood was later released on bail.^[35][36] A week later, Moni was accused of vandalism at the Gulshan All Community Club. The club's president, K.M. Alamgir Iqbal, accused her of vandalizing the club on the night of 7 June at a press conference.^[37][38] However, on 18 April 2024, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted an investigation report that found proof of a murder attempt on Nasir Uddin Mahmud by Pori Moni and her costume designer Junayed Bogdadai Jimmy and vandalism inside the club.^[39][40][41]