This was the ultimate "fourth wall break." The couple who had played lovers in Koti Takar Kabin and Number One Shakib Khan were now a real item. They had a son, Abraham Khan Joy.
Today, when you watch an old Apu film where she is crying in the rain for Shakib Khan, you aren’t just watching a romance. You are watching a ghost of a story that once tried to be real. And that is why Apu Biswas remains the most fascinating romantic lead in the history of Bangladeshi cinema: because unlike her characters, she learned that the best love story a woman can have is the one she writes for herself. This was the ultimate "fourth wall break
For years, fans watched Apu and Shakib kiss, fight, and reconcile on screen. Rumors of a real-life affair swirled like monsoon winds. In 2016, the rumors culminated in a bombshell: You are watching a ghost of a story