Myself Allen Swapan (Bengali: মাইসেলফ অ্যালেন স্বপন) is a Bangladeshi crime drama streaming television series directed by Shihab Shaheen. The seven-episode series was released on 22 April 2023 on Chorki. The series stars Nasir Uddin Khan, Rafiyath Rashid Mithila in lead roles.
Syndicate, thus making Myself Allen Swapan is a spin-off series universe. The season 2 of the series was released on 2025.
Contents
Story
Allen Swapan lives in Chittagong, is a drug dealer and has a son named Jadu.
On the other hand, Md. Shamsur Rahman and Shayla are husband and wife. Shamsur is an insurance company official by profession.
Swapan and Badu, childhood friends, used to trade illegal drugs in a joint partnership. After being chased by the police from Cox's Bazar, he hid for a while in an abandoned house on the hill.
Swapan embezzled Tk 400 crores of his friend Badur's share and killed Shamsur Rahman in a trick and disguised himself as a husband to Shamsur Rahman's wife Shayla (Allen Swapan and Shamsur Rahman look exactly the same).
At one point, Shayla's brother Iqbal and his entourage along with Badu kidnap a disguised Swapan to extort a share of the money, forcing him to confess that he is Allen Swapan. Swapan was subjected to inhuman torture but he identified himself as Shamsur Rahman. Swapan knew that if he confessed, he would be killed after recovering 400 hundred crores of Takas and Swapan remained silent even after seeing his son Jadu killed in front of his eyes.
Cast
Nasir Uddin Khan as Siddiqur Rahman Swapan aka Allen Swapan and Md. Shamsur Rahman Tapan
Rafiath Rashid Mithila as Allen Swapan's wife Shaila
Shatabdi Wadud as Selim Chowdhury
Aiman Shima
Sumon Anwar as Tanzil
Abdullah Al Sentu as Jadu
Rafiul Quader Rube as Badu
Farhad Limon
Abdullah Al Sentou
Arnav Tripura
Mishkat Mahmud
Zahid Islam
Ready Mahadi
Baijid Hasan
Other media
"Chronicles of Allen Swapan," the comic, was released at the 2025 Ekushey Book Fair. The cover of the comic book was officially unveiled on 20th February at the Dhaka Comics stall.
Reception
Jannatul Naym Pieal of The Business Standard praised Myself Allen Swapan as a successful spin-off superior to Syndicate, highlighting Nasir Uddin Khan's strong performance, solid direction, and cinematography, despite minor pacing issues in early episodes.
Zinia Bandyopadhyay of India Today, praised Myself Allen Swapan as a gripping thriller with a compelling plot and exceptional performances from Nasir Uddin Khan and Rafiath Rashid Mithila, calling it a successful spin-off despite minor narrative flaws.
Aunim Shams of The Business Standard, felt Myself Allen Swapan 2 fell short of its predecessor's hype, praising Nasir Uddin Khan's acting and dialogue delivery while criticizing the straightforward climax, underused supporting cast, and lack of character development.
Arnab Sanyal of Independent Television praised Myself Allen Swapon: Season 2 for its fast-paced plot and strong technical elements, particularly highlighting Nasir Uddin Khan's lead performance and Xefer Rahman's acting.