text: Shah made his acting debut in 1993 with the movie Keyamat Theke Keyamat along with another debutant actress Moushumi. Directed by Sohanur Rahman Sohan, the film was a remake of a Bollywood film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). Production house Anand Mela approached Sohan with the intellectual rights of three Hindi films Sanam Bewafa , Dil and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak to remake any of those into Bengali. But he could not find suitable hero and heroine for the said films and decided to produce the film with completely new faces. Subsequently model Moushumi was chosen as the heroine but he could not find a hero. Then Alamgir's ex-wife Khoshnoor Alamgir suggested him a boy named 'Emon'. The director had seen his advertisement of Fanta and liked him at first sight. He offered him Sanam Bewafa, but when Emon came to know about Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, he insisted on acting in the film. Finally director Sohanur Rahman decided to make the said movie with him and Emon was renamed Salman Shah. Keyamat theke Keyamat became an instant hit and established Shah as a romantic lead actor in Dhalliwood. The success of the Salman-Moushumi "romantic duo" led to their casting in three more feature films Ontare Ontare, Denmohor and Sneho. Later, Shah co-starred with actress Shabnur in a number of commercially successful films including Shopner Thikana and Anondo Osru.