Bobita
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 30, 1953 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Bagerhat, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Biography
Farida Akhtar Poppy, known by her stage name Babita, is a Bangladeshi film actress. She is best known for her performance in Satyajit Ray's Distant Thunder, a novel adaptation about the Bengal famine of 1943, which won the Golden Bear prize at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival in 1973. She was active in the 1970s through 1990s as an actress in Bangladeshi films. She acted in 275 films. After winning the National Film Award in 1975, she won three consecutive best actress prizes. She won Best Actor in 1986, Best Producer in 1997 and Best Supporting Actress Award twice in 2002 and 2012. In addition, she was awarded the lifetime achievement award of the National Film Award in the year 2016. In 2023, Bob Dubey, the mayor of Richardson, a city in North Texas, officially declared August 5 as "Babita Day" in honor of her.
Known For
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Filmography
A Fisful of Rice
Movie
Padma Meghna Jamuna
Movie
Pitched Road
Movie
Hason Raja
Movie
Noyonmoni
Movie
Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini
Movie · as Herself
Khodar Pore Ma
Movie · as Munna's Mother
Ke Apon Ke Por
Movie
Char Satiner Ghar
Movie · as Khan Shaheb's first wife
Strir Morjada
Movie · as Shahana
Madam Fuli
Movie · as Salma
Dhor
Movie
Mayer Odhikar
Movie · as Asha Siddiqui, Robin's mother
Dipu Number Two
Movie · as Dipu's Mother
The Insects
Movie · as Shafia
Jibon Songsar
Movie
Tin konna
Movie · as Bobi
Affliction
Movie · as Ivy
Durdesh
Movie
Jonmo Theke Jolchi
Movie
And She Was Beautiful
Movie · as Sundori
Dumurer Phul
Movie
The Endless Trail
Movie · as Golapi
Basundhara
Movie
Lathial
Movie · as Banu
Alor Michil
Movie · as Alo
Quiet Flows the Meghna
Movie · as Anita Gupta
Distant Thunder
Movie · as Ananga, Gangacharan's wife
Abar Tora Manush Ho
Movie
Manusher Mon
Movie · as Parul "Paru"
In Flames of Sunrise
Movie · as Romena
Jaltey Suraj Ke Nichey
Movie
Shorolipi
Movie · as Mita
Taka Ana Pai
Movie