Nazma Anwar ( – 14 December 2004) was a Bangladeshi film and television actress, and drama activist. She performed in Bengali films including ''

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'' (2005), ''

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'' (1997) ''

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'' (2004), '' Shonkhonil Karagar'' (1992), ''Chittagong: The Last Stopover'' (2000), ''

Shankhonad Shankhonad ( bn, শঙ্খনাদ, ''Wail of the Conch'') is a 2004 Bangladeshi drama film directed by Abu Sayeed. It stars Zahid Hasan, KS Firoz, Nazma Anwar, and Fazlur Rahman Babu. Plot Osman returns to his ancestral village on a stormy ...

'' (2004) and also in television drama plays including ''Iblish'', ''

Kothao Keu Nei ''Kothao Keu Nei'' (Bengali: কোথাও কেউ নেই, English: ''No one is nowhere'') is a Bangladeshi drama television series written by Humayun Ahmed, which aired on Bangladesh Television from 1993 to 1994. The series is about the s ...

'', and ''Tahara''.

Early life

Anwar was born in 1941 in

Munshiganj District Munshiganj ( bn, মুন্সীগঞ্জ), also historically known as Bikrampur, is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division and borders Dhaka District. Geography Total land area is 235974 acres (954 km2), ...

in the-then

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. Her father was a professor of Arabic in the Government Haraganga College. She moved to Dhaka with her family when while she finished her sixth grade in school.

Career

Anwar started her career as a theater activist by joined Dhaka Drama Circle in 1960s. In 1981, she joined in Aranyak Natyadal, a theater group in Bangladesh. In 2001, she played in the tele drama ''Kariman Bewa'' (2001), based on the biography of freedom fighter

Taramon Bibi Taramon Bibi Bir Protik ( – 1 December 2018) was one of the two female freedom fighters in Bangladesh obtaining the Bir Protik award. She engaged in direct combat during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971 as a member of the Mukti Bahini ...

Personal life

Anwar had five children. Her daughter, Ishrat Nishat (d. 2020), was a theatre activist.

Works

;Films * '' Shonkhonil Karagar'' (1992) * ''

'' (1997) * ''Chittagong: The Last Stopover'' (2000) * ''

'' (2004) * ''

'' (2005)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anwar, Nazma 1940s births 2004 deaths People from Munshiganj District Bangladeshi film actresses Bangladeshi theatre people Date of birth missing