Bobita

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.

Known For

Quiet Flows the Meghna

Durdesh

The Endless Trail

Dipu Number Two

Acting

2012

Khodar Pore Ma

as

1975

Lathial

as

Banu

1999

Madam Fuli

as

A Fisful of Rice

as

1981

Jonmo Theke Jolchi

as

Padma Meghna Jamuna

as

Pitched Road

as

Hason Raja

as

1986

Tin konna

as

Bobi

1996

Mayer Odhikar

as

Asha Siddiqui, Robin's mother

1973

Quiet Flows the Meghna

as

Anita Gupta

1973

Distant Thunder

as

Ananga, Gangacharan's wife

1985

Affliction

as

Ivy

2013

Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini

as

Herself

1983

Durdesh

as

1973

Abar Tora Manush Ho

as

1974

Alor Michil

as

Alo

1978

Dumurer Phul

as

1977

Bosundhora

as

1972

Manusher Mon

as

Parul "Paru"

1971

Jaltey Suraj Ke Nichey

as

1970

Taka Ana Pai

as

1972

In Flames of Sunrise

as

Romena

Noyonmoni

as

1978

The Endless Trail

as

Golapi

1979

And She Was Beautiful

as

Sundori

1996

Dipu Number Two

as

Dipu's Mother

1996

The Insects

as

1996

Jibon Songsar

as

Production

Crew

Directing