Personal Info
Birth date
1953-07-30 (71 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Bagerhat, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Also known as
Farida Akhtar Poppy
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.
Filmography
Distant Thunder
6.7
Overview:
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.Dipu Number 2
9.4
Overview:
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.Abar Tora Manush Ho
NYR
Overview:
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.Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini
NYR
Overview:
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.Quiet Flows the Meghna
8
Overview:
A Delhi girl comes to her aunt's house, where she hears the reality of Bangladesh's independent story.Poka Makorer Ghor Bosoti
NYR
Overview:
1996 Bangladeshi film produced by Bobita and directed by Akhtaruzzaman. Based on Selina Hossain's 1986 novel of the same title. Winner of four Bangladesh National Film Awards including the Best FilmBosundhora
NYR
Overview:
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.Tin konna
NYR
Overview:
Three siblings get separated at early age when the baddies hit the daddy, one grows up to be a cop, another is an urban petty boss, and the third is a photographer….Lathial
NYR
Overview:
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.Alor Michil
NYR
Overview:
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 ArchiveAnd She Was Beautiful
NYR
Overview:
Sundori is a young woman from a poor family in a village governed by a ruthless zamindar.Affliction
NYR
Overview:
Director: Sheikh Niamat Ali Writers: Sheikh Niamat Ali (dialogue), Sheikh Niamat Ali (screenplay) | Stars: Humayun Faridi, Bobita, Dolly AnowarTaka Ana Pai
NYR
Overview:
A lawyer, son of a local decorator wedding cook, unwillingly got married with a rich father's goofy daughter & bring curse to his family.Khodar Pore Ma
NYR
Overview:
A boy gets separated from his mother when he was quite young. Will they reunite?Madam Fuli
NYR
Overview:
An illiterate rural Bangladeshi girl changes herself into a modern and urban one to get the right of her husband.The Endless Trail
10
Overview:
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.Acting
TBAPoka Makorer Ghor Bosoti as Unknown
TBANoyonmoni as Unknown
TBAHason Raja as Unknown
TBAPitched Road as Unknown
TBAPadma Meghna Jamuna as Unknown
TBAA Fisful of Rice as Unknown
2013Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini as Herself
2012Khodar Pore Ma as Unknown
1999Madam Fuli as Unknown
1996Dipu Number 2 as Dipu's Mother
1996Mayer Odhikar as Asha Siddiqui, Robin's mother
1996Jibon Songsar as Unknown
1986Tin konna as Bobi
1985Affliction as ivy
1983Durdesh as Unknown
1981Jonmo Theke Jolchi as Unknown
1979And She Was Beautiful as Sundori
1978Dumurer Phul as Unknown
1978The Endless Trail as Golapi
1977Bosundhora as Unknown
1975Lathial as Banu
1974Alor Michil as Alo
1973Abar Tora Manush Ho as Unknown
1973Distant Thunder as Ananga, Gangacharan's wife
1973Quiet Flows the Meghna as Anita Gupta
1972In Flames of Sunrise as Romena
1972Manusher Mon as Parul "Paru"
1971Jaltey Suraj Ke Nichey as Unknown
1970Taka Ana Pai as Unknown