Shabana (actress)

Shabana
শাবানা
Born
Afroza Sultana Ratna

(1950-06-05) 5 June 1950 (age 74)[1]
Raozan, Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan[1]
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Film actress, producer
Years active1962–1998
Spouse
Wahid Sadique
​
(m. 1973)​
[2]
AwardsBangladesh National Film Awards (10 times)

Afroza Sultana Ratna (born 5 June 1950), best known by her stage name Shabana, is a Bangladeshi film actress.[3] She earned a total of ten Bangladesh National Film Awards. Her national film award-winning roles were in Janani (1977), Sokhi Tumi Kar (1980), Dui Poisar Alta (1982), Nazma (1983), Bhat De (1984), Apeksha (1987), Ranga Bhabi (1989), Moroner Pore (1990) and Achena (1991). Across her three-decade-long career, she appeared in 299 films. She co-starred with Alamgir in 130 of them.[4]

In 1981, Shabana attended the 12th Moscow International Film Festival[citation needed] where she met actress Natalya Belokhvostikova. Shabana starred in the film Bhat De for which she received the National Film Award as Best Actress in 1984 and attended the Cannes Film Festival. Shabana served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador[5] and helped with vaccination campaigns against polio in Bangladesh in 1988 and 1989. She was photographed with fellow UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador actress, Audrey Hepburn, in 1989. In July 2017, Shabana was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by Prime Minister for her contribution as an actress to the Bangladeshi film industry.[6]

  1. ^ a b Noble, Peter; Moore, Oscar, eds. (1991). Screen International Film and Television Yearbook 1991/92. International Thomson Business Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 1-85032-044-6.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference palo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Afsar Ahmed (6 May 2005). "The celebrity name game". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  4. ^ "A starry evening". Dhaka Tribune. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  5. ^ "UNICEF Bangladesh - UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Audrey Hepburn vaccinates a toddler against polio with Bangladeshi film actress Ms Shabana (actress) and Ms Farida Akhter Bobita on 15 June 1989. Happy Birthday Audrey Hepburn! | Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Shabana receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Prime Minister Hasina". Daily Sun. Retrieved 29 December 2021.