Bobita

Bobita

Born 1953-07-30 (age 72) Bagerhat, East Pakistan, Pakistan
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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.

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Known For

Distant Thunder
Distant Thunder

1973

as Ananga, Gangacharan's wife

Affliction
Affliction

1985

as Ivy

Dipu Number Two
Dipu Number Two

1996

as Dipu's Mother

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The Insects

1996

as Shafia

Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini
Durdesh
Strir Morjada
Strir Morjada

2002

as Shahana

Alor Michil
Alor Michil

1974

as Alo

Dhor
Dhor

1999

Quiet Flows the Meghna
Quiet Flows the Meghna

1973

as Anita Gupta

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And She Was Beautiful

1979

as Sundori

Tin konna
Tin konna

1986

as Bobi

Manusher Mon
Manusher Mon

1972

as Parul "Paru"

Khodar Pore Ma
Khodar Pore Ma

2012

as Munna's Mother

Mayer Odhikar
Mayer Odhikar

1996

as Asha Siddiqui, Robin's mother

Bosundhora
Jonmo Theke Jolchi
Taka Ana Pai