text: Early life and education Chowdhury Muhammad Shahriar Emon was born on 19 September 1971 at the Ab-e-Hayat House, the home of his maternal grandfather in Dariapara, Sylhet. He was the eldest son of Nilufar Zaman Nila and Qamaruddin Chowdhury, and his family was originally from Zakiganj. He had a younger brother named Chowdhury Muhammad Shahran Evan.
  He studied at the Boyra Model High School in Khulna. Shah had great interest in arts and culture from his childhood. Everyone in his circle of friends knew him as a singer. In 1986, he passed in Palligiti or folk music from Chhayanaut. In 1987, he passed his matriculation from the Arab Mission School in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. After that, he completed his intermediate from the Adamjee Cantonment College, before proceeding to complete his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Maleka Science College (now Dr. Maleka University College).
  Career
  1986–1992: Early work and acting background
  Shah first appeared in public television in 1985 as a model for a music video produced by Hanif Sanket. He later worked on several commercials and played small parts in TV dramas. Being a registered artist of Bangladesh Television, some of the TV dramas he worked in the 1980s are Akash Chowa, Pathor Shomoy and Shoikote Sharosh.
  1993–1994: Debut in films and establishment