Bobita

Bobita

Personal information

Known for
Acting
Known credits
33
Gender
Female
Born
July 30, 1953
Place of birth
Bagerhat, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Also known as
Farida Akhtar Poppy

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.

Popular

Distant Thunder
Movie
1973

Distant Thunder

Movie · 1973

Dipu Number Two
Movie
1996

Dipu Number Two

Movie · 1996

The Endless Trail
Movie
1978

The Endless Trail

Movie · 1978

Durdesh
Movie
1983

Durdesh

Movie · 1983

Quiet Flows the Meghna
Movie
1973

Quiet Flows the Meghna

Movie · 1973

Khodar Pore Ma
Movie
2012

Khodar Pore Ma

Movie · 2012