Bobita

Acting

Bobita

Born 1953-07-30 · 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.

Acting credits

Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini poster
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The film is about Joy (Shakib Khan) who is engaged to his cousin Mithu(Mimo). But he promises his grandfather that he will not tie the knot before he finds his missing aunt and uncle. In search of his missing relatives, he goes to Malaysia, where he meets Jara(Jaya) who is a UN employee. They become familiar with each other and Jara helps Joy find his aunt. Joy, appreciative of her companionship and help, falls for Jara. To avoid him, Jara gets involved with another man Shakib(Arefin Shuvo). In this situation, the climax of the film comes down between responsibility towards family, relatives and love affairs.

Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini

2013

Affliction poster
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Director: Sheikh Niamat Ali Writers: Sheikh Niamat Ali (dialogue), Sheikh Niamat Ali (screenplay) | Stars: Humayun Faridi, Bobita, Dolly Anowar

Affliction

1985

In Flames of Sunrise poster
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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

Manusher Mon poster
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First released film after the independence of Bangladesh.

Manusher Mon

1972

Dhor poster
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The story tells about a boy and his survival in the underground crime of capital Dhaka in Bangladesh.

Dhor

1999

Shorolipi poster
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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

Basundhara poster
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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

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

Dipu Number Two poster
9.4

An adventure story for young boys, Dipu Number Two is the second film of a talented director from Bangladesh who is one of the few who concentrate on quality filmmaking in a country with a rich commercial film industry. The story is taken from a youth-oriented novel in which Dipu, a boy belonging to the educated class, is teased by the school bully but eventually forms a deep relationship with him. The rest is totally escapist in nature, including a scene in which the two youths manage to capture single-handedly an entire group of robbers.

Dipu Number Two

1996

No artwork available
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Sundori is a young woman from a poor family in a village governed by a ruthless zamindar.

And She Was Beautiful

1979

Jaltey Suraj Ke Nichey poster
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A Bangladeshi film released in 1971.

Jaltey Suraj Ke Nichey

1971

Mayer Odhikar poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Mayer Odhikar

1996

Lathial poster
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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

Jonmo Theke Jolchi poster
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It's a 1981 Bangladeshi drama film about life of a singer

Jonmo Theke Jolchi

1981

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9.0

On a tiny river island in southern Bangladesh, life is tough, and every day feels like a fight to survive. The villagers live in fragile homes, battling floods, poverty, and the indifference of the world around them. Like insects and spiders in their small, overlooked corners, they cling to life, love, and hope, finding small victories and quiet courage in the face of constant hardship.

The Insects

1996

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it's a 2002 Bangladeshi true film about one country's king

Hason Raja

Strir Morjada poster
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Rokib leads a happy life with his wife and children. Things take a turn when he is wrongfully imprisoned. In his absence, his landlord forces his family to vacate their house.

Strir Morjada

2002

Madam Fuli poster
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An illiterate rural Bangladeshi girl changes herself into a modern and urban one to get the right of her husband.

Madam Fuli

1999

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It's a 1976 Bangladeshi film about Crime and Drama and Happy Ending

A Fisful of Rice

Alor Michil poster
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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

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

Khodar Pore Ma poster
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A boy gets separated from his mother when he was quite young. Will they reunite?

Khodar Pore Ma

2012

Abar Tora Manush Ho poster
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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

Distant Thunder poster
6.7

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