Bobita
Actor
- Born
- July 30, 1953 (age 73) · Bagerhat, East Pakistan, Pakistan
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
Distant Thunder
August 16, 1973
Dipu Number Two
December 16, 1996
The Endless Trail
January 1, 1978
Quiet Flows the Meghna
February 9, 1973
Durdesh
March 31, 1983
Affliction
December 27, 1985
Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini
October 16, 2013
Alor Michil
January 25, 1974
Taka Ana Pai
February 1, 1970
Char Satiner Ghar
January 20, 2005
Khodar Pore Ma
August 17, 2012
Lathial
August 22, 1975
Acting34
- 2013Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini as Herself
- 2012Khodar Pore Ma as Munna's Mother
- 2011Ke Apon Ke Por
- 2005Char Satiner Ghar as Khan Shaheb's first wife
- 2002Strir Morjada as Shahana
- 1999Dhor
- 1999Madam Fuli as Salma
- 1996Dipu Number Two as Dipu's Mother
- 1996Mayer Odhikar as Asha Siddiqui, Robin's mother
- 1996The Insects as Shafia