Bobita

Acting

Bobita

Born

1953-07-30 (73)

Place of birth

Bagerhat, East Pakistan, Pakistan

Known for

Acting

Credits

34 titles

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…

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

1990s · 6 titles

1970s · 14 titles

Quiet Flows the Meghna poster
8.0

A Delhi girl comes to her aunt's house, where she hears the reality of Bangladesh's independent story.

Quiet Flows the Meghna

1973

Distant Thunder poster
6.8

Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major famine is under way. As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community.

Distant Thunder

1973

Basundhara poster
NR

Bosundhora is a 1977 Bengali-language Bangladeshi film directed by Subhash Dutta. The film was based on the Alauddin Al Azad novel Taish Number Tailochitro. The films produced by Bangladesh Liberation War Welfare Trust. The film began shooting on 6 March 1977.

Basundhara

1977

Manusher Mon poster
NR

First released film after the independence of Bangladesh.

Manusher Mon

1972

Lathial poster
NR

Lathial (Bengali: লাঠিয়াল) is a Bangladeshi film directed by Narayan Ghosh Mita. The film is the first recipient of National Film Awards. This film was awarded with 6 different categories including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Director.

Lathial

1975

Jaltey Suraj Ke Nichey poster
NR

A Bangladeshi film released in 1971.

Jaltey Suraj Ke Nichey

1971

Dumurer Phul poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dumurer Phul

1978

Shorolipi poster
NR

A wealthy young man defies his father’s expectations by choosing to build a career in music instead of following a conventional office job.

Shorolipi

1971

No artwork available
NR

Sundori is a young woman from a poor family in a village governed by a ruthless zamindar.

And She Was Beautiful

1979

The Endless Trail poster
9.3

A brilliant film made by Amjad Hossain on the oppressed have-nots of rural Bangladesh, Golapi Akhon Train-e, enjoyed a phenomenal success. The movie showcasing talented actors Rowshan Jamil, Bobita, and Anowara also brought to attention the issue of inequitable treatment of women.

The Endless Trail

1978

Abar Tora Manush Ho poster
NR

Abar Tora Manush Ho is a 1973 Bangladeshi film starring Maruf Ahmed, Bobita, Farooque and Raisul Islam Asad. Khan Ataur Rahman earned both Best Film and Best Director Award at Bangladesh National Film Awards.

Abar Tora Manush Ho

1973

Alor Michil poster
9.0

Alor Michil is a 1974 Bangladeshi patriotic film which focuses on the independence movement of 1971. Written and directed by Narayan Ghosh Mita, it stars Abdur Razzak, Babita, Faruk and Anwar Hussain in lead roles. It has been selected for preservation by the Bangladesh Film Archive

Alor Michil

1974

In Flames of Sunrise poster
NR

During the war of independence of Bangladesh, a number of women was victimized by Pakistani Military. A film actor feels to take the responsibility of the war heroines......

In Flames of Sunrise

1972

Taka Ana Pai poster
7.0

A lawyer, son of a local decorator wedding cook, unwillingly got married with a rich father's goofy daughter & bring curse to his family.

Taka Ana Pai

1970