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| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
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| nationality = Bangladeshi
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| years_active = 1962-2022
| years_active = 1962-2022

Revision as of 06:20, 8 July 2022

Sharmili Ahmed
শর্মিলি আহমেদ
Born
Majeda Mullick

(1947-05-08)8 May 1947
Died8 July 2022(2022-07-08) (aged 75)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Actress and key opinion leader
Years active1962-2022
Parent
  • Tofazzal Hossain (father)
RelativesWahida Mollick Jolly (sister)

Sharmili Ahmed (8 May 1947 – 8 July 2022)[1] [2][3] was a Bangladeshi television and film actress. She started her acting career in 1968.[4]

Early life

Ahmed was born in Belur Chok village, Murshidabad. She passed matriculation examination from Rajshahi PN Girls High School.[3]

Career

Ahmed had started her career on radio in 1962 and on film in 1964.[5] She worked in Dompoti, the first ever drama serial on Bangladesh Television.[6] She acted in a mother role for the first time in the drama Agun, directed by Mohammad Mohsin in 1976.[7]

Works

  • Jugnoo (1968)[8]
  • Malancha
  • Dompoti
  • Agun
  • Abirbhab
  • Brishtir Porey (2005)
  • Amader Anando Bari (2005)
  • Aguntuk (2005)
  • Poshak (2005)
  • Anchol (2006)
  • Chena Manusher Panchalee (2007)
  • Dhupchhaya (2009)
  • Uposhonghar (2010)
  • Poush Phaguner Pala (2011)
  • Meherjaan (2011)
  • Chheleti (2011)[5]
  • Abar Hawa Bodol (2014)

Personal life

Ahmed had a daughter Tanima.[7] She had a younger sister theatre actor and activist Wahida Mollick Jolly.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Legendary actress Sharmili Ahmed no more". The Daily Star. 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  2. ^ Afsar Ahmed (May 6, 2005). "Tit Bits - The celebrity name game". The Daily Star. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Shah Alam Shazu (August 15, 2010). "Those were the days". The Daily Star. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  4. ^ Tamanna Khan (26 August 2011). "Television Now and Then". The Daily Star. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Through the eyes of Sharmili Ahmed". The Daily Star. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  6. ^ Shah Alam Shazu (October 31, 2014). "The Five Generations of TV Heroines". The Daily Star. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  7. ^ a b Punny Kabir (May 12, 2013). "Sharmili Ahmed, symbol of an 'ideal mother'". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  8. ^ Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 260. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
  9. ^ Mohammad Zahidul Islam (September 6, 2014). "Wahida Mollick Jolly". The Daily Star. Retrieved November 30, 2015.