Bobita

Born: 1953-07-30

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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Dipu Number 2

as Dipu's Mother
Released: 1996-12-16

An adventure story for young boys, Dipu Number Two is the second film of a talented director...

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Distant Thunder

as Ananga, Gangacharan's wife
Released: 1973-08-16

Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching,...

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Quiet Flows the Meghna

as Anita Gupta
Released: 1973-02-09

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

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Abar Tora Manush Ho

as uncredited
Released: 1973-12-07

Abar Tora Manush Ho is a 1973 Bangladeshi film starring Maruf Ahmed, Bobita, Farooque and Raisul...

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Durdesh

as uncredited
Released: 1983-03-31

Raju lives with his mother and resents his father for having an affair

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Lathial

as Banu
Released: 1975-08-22

Lathial (Bengali: লাঠিয়াল) is a Bangladeshi film directed by Narayan Ghosh Mita. The film is...

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Taka Ana Pai

as uncredited
Released: 1970-02-01

A lawyer, son of a local decorator wedding cook, unwillingly got married with a rich father's...

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Madam Fuli

as uncredited
Released: 1999-08-05

An illiterate rural Bangladeshi girl changes herself into a modern and urban one to get the...

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The Endless Trail

as Golapi
Released: 1978-01-01

A brilliant film made by Amjad Hossain on the oppressed have-nots of rural Bangladesh, Golapi...

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Khodar Pore Ma

as uncredited
Released: 2012-08-17

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

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Mayer Odhikar

as Asha Siddiqui, Robin's mother
Released: 1996-12-06

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Jonmo Theke Jolchi

as uncredited
Released: 1981-12-11

It's a 1981 Bangladeshi drama film about life of a singer

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Tin konna

as Bobi
Released: 1986-07-17

Three siblings get separated at early age when the baddies hit the daddy, one grows up to be a...

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Affliction

as ivy
Released: 1985-12-27

Director: Sheikh Niamat Ali Writers: Sheikh Niamat Ali (dialogue), Sheikh Niamat Ali...

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Bosundhora

as uncredited
Released: 1977-11-11

Bosundhora is a 1977 Bengali-language Bangladeshi film directed by Subhash Dutta. The film was...

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Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini

as Herself
Released: 2013-10-16

The film is about Joy (Shakib Khan) who is engaged to his cousin Mithu(Mimo). But he promises...

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Jaltey Suraj Ke Nichey

as uncredited
Released: 1971-09-01

A Bangladeshi film released in 1971.

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Alor Michil

as Alo
Released: 1974-01-25

Alor Michil is a 1974 Bangladeshi patriotic film which focuses on the independence movement of...

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Dumurer Phul

as uncredited
Released: 1978-05-05

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Manusher Mon

as Parul "Paru"
Released: 1972-02-12

First released film after the independence of Bangladesh.

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In Flames of Sunrise

as Romena
Released: 1972-11-08

During the war of independence of Bangladesh, a number of women was victimized by Pakistani...

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