Kabori
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Kabori | |
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কবরী | |
File:A scene in Sutorang (cropped).jpg | |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 25 January 2009 – 20 November 2013 | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Gias Uddin |
Succeeded by | Shamim Osman |
Constituency | Narayanganj-4 |
Personal details | |
Born | Mina Pal 19 July 1950 Boalkhali, Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan |
Died | 17 April 2021 Dhaka, Bangladesh | (aged 70)
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Spouse(s) | Chitta Chowdhury Shafiuddin Sarwar
(m. 1978; div. 2008) |
Children | 5 sons |
Occupation | Actress, politician and social worker |
Awards | full list |
Sarah Begum Kabori (also Kabori Sarwar; born Mina Pal,[1] 19 July 1950 – 17 April 2021)[2][3] was a[4] Bangladeshi film actress and politician.[5] Her notable films include Sutorang, Sareng Bou, Abhirbhab, Shat Bhai Champa, Sujon Sokhi and Lalon Fokir.[3] She received the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the film Sareng Bou (1978) and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.[6][7]
Kabori got involved into politics later in her life. She became an elected member of parliament from the Narayanganj-4 constituency as an Awami League politician in 2008 and served until 2014.[8]
Early life
Kabori was born in Boalkhali, Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan.[2] She studied until 8th grade.[8] Her father, Krisna Das Paul, was a Bhajan singer and her mother used to recite verses from religious books. Kabori was born in a cultural based family. Her siblings knew how to dance and sing. And her brother could play the tabla.[9]
Film career
Kabori debuted in film industry at the age of 13. Her first film Sutorang, directed by Subhash Dutta, was released in 1964.[10] She earned the role through the music director Satya Saha.[9] Kabori starred with Razzak in more than 20 films together since Dutta's Abirbhab in 1968; the films include Nil Akasher Niche (1969), Deep Nebhe Nai (1970), and Ka Kha Ga Gha Umo (1970).[11]
Kabori acted in several films with Farooque in the 1970s, notably Sujon Sokhi and Sareng Bou.[3] She also starred with Bulbul Ahmed in Chashi Nazrul Islam's Devdas (1982).[3] She acted in the 1973 film Titash Ekti Nadir Naam by Ritwik Ghatak, an Indian filmmaker.[3] She also acted in an Urdu film Bahana by Zahir Raihan with co-actor Rahman.[3] She also worked with other actors including Alamgir, Sohel Rana, Uzzal, Wasim, Khan Ataur Rahman, Golam Mustafa, Anwar Hossain and A.T.M. Shamsuzzaman.[3]
In 2006, Kabori directed the film Ayna.[12]
Kabori authored a book titled "Sritituku Thaak".[3]
Political career
In 2008, Kabori was elected to the National Parliament in Bangladesh from Narayanganj-4 for 9th Bangladesh Parliament. During 1971 Liberation War, she participated by donating blood to help the freedom fighters.[5] She had fled to India during the war and worked on a film, "Joy Bangladesh", in Mumbai.[3]
Personal life
Kabori first married Chitta Chowdhury.[13] After the divorce from Chowdhury, she married Shafiuddin Sarwar in 1978. Sarwar is an uncle of politician Shamim Osman.[13] The couple was divorced in 2008.[13][14] She had five sons.[5]
Death and legacy
After testing positive for COVID-19, Kabori was first admitted to Kurmitola General Hospital and later, was shifted to the ICU in Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital where she died on 17 April 2021.[15][3] She had been working on a film titled Ei Tumi Shei Tumi since 2019. [16]
The 1969 Ka Kha Ga Gha Umo film was shot in Chuadanga. The crew stayed at a house called Setab Manzil. The road around the house started going by the name Kabori Road after Kabori which became official in February 2017.[17]
Filmography
1964 | Sutorang | Subhash Dutta Subhash Dutta
Awards
References
External links |
- 2021 deaths
- 1950 births
- People from Chittagong
- Bangladeshi film actresses
- Bangladeshi actor-politicians
- Awami League politicians
- Actresses in Bengali cinema
- Bangladeshi expatriate actresses in India
- Actresses in Hindi cinema
- Best Actress National Film Awards (Bangladesh) winners
- 9th Jatiya Sangsad members
- Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad
- Bangladeshi Hindus
- Meril-Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award winners
- Best Actress Bachsas Award winners
- National Film Award (Bangladesh) for Lifetime Achievement recipients
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
- 20th-century Bangladeshi actresses