Kabori Sarwar

Kobori Sarwar (born Meena Pal) is a Bangladeshi film actress. She received the National award for her performance in the movie Sareng Bou (The Captain's Wife). She is a Member of Parliament and was elected to her post in December 2008 from the Awami League.

Early life

Sarwar was born in Chittagong. She studied at Sir Ashutosh College of Chittagong.

Film career

Sarwar stepped into the field of cinema as an amateur artist at the age of 13. In 1964 Kabori acted in her first film, Shutorang, under Subhash Dutta's direction, and coincidentally after 40 years, in 2004, Subhash Dutta acted in the movie Aaina under Kabori's direction.

Sarwar acted in several movies (e.g. Sujon Sokhi and Sareng Bou) with Farooque in 1970s. She also performed with Bulbul Ahmed in Devdas. She acted another important role in Titash Ekti Nadir Naam directed by Ritwik Ghatak, an Indian filmmaker. She also acted in a Urdu film Bahana by Zahir Raihan with co-actor Rahman.

Sarwar also worked with actors like Razzak, Alamgir, Sohel Rana, Ujjal, Wasim, Khan Ataur Rahman, Golam Mustafa, Anwar Hossain and A.T.M. Shamsuzzaman.