Bobita

Known for ActingBorn 1953-07-30 (age 72)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Dipu Number Two

The Endless Trail

The Insects

Quiet Flows the Meghna

Durdesh

Distant Thunder

Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini

Khodar Pore Ma

Ke Apon Ke Por

Strir Morjada

Madam Fuli

Dhor

Mayer Odhikar

Jibon Songsar

Tin konna

Affliction

Jonmo Theke Jolchi

And She Was Beautiful

Dumurer Phul

Bosundhora

Lathial

Alor Michil

Abar Tora Manush Ho

Manusher Mon

In Flames of Sunrise

Jaltey Suraj Ke Nichey

Shorolipi

Taka Ana Pai

A Fisful of Rice

Padma Meghna Jamuna

Pitched Road

Hason Raja

Noyonmoni