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Boss Number One

2011 film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ4947514
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Boss Number One also (Bengali: বস নাম্বার ওয়ান) is a Bangladeshi romantic action film directed by Bangladeshi filmmaker Bodiul Alam Khokon. The film stars Shakib Khan, Nipun, Sahara and many more.Khan plays the title role. It was released on Eid al Adha on 7 November 2011 and filmed in Bangkok and Bangladesh.

Cast

Shakib khan as Hridoy Khan/Boss Number One

Nipun as Aasha Chowdhury

Sahara as Aalo Chowdhury

Misha Sawdagor as Dollar Talokdar

Don

Prabir Mitra

Rehana Jolly

Ali Raj

Shiba Shanu

Ilias Kobra

Tanu

Rebeca

Kabila

Production

The film was shot in Bangladesh, Thailand

Music

Boss Number One music was directed by Bangladeshi music director Ali Akram Shubho.

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The public source identifies “Boss Number One” as 2011 film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Boss, Number and film.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2011-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Boss, Number and film providing the first useful test.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4947514. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from Boss Number One” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.