Baby Helen (known by her stage name Shuchorita; born 1958) is a Bangladeshi film actress. She won the

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress ( bn, জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার) is the highest award for film actresses in Bangladesh. List of winners ;Key Records and statistics Multiple w ...

for her role in the film ''

Hangor Nodi Grenade ''Hangor Nodi Grenade'' is a 1997 film directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam. The story is based on the novel of the same name by Selina Hossain. That film won ''Bangladesh National Film Award'' in three categories including Best Director, Best Story ...

'' (1997) and Best Supporting Actress for Meghkonna (2018). She has acted in over 100 movies.

Background

Shuchorita was born in Dhaka, a middle child of the three siblings. Her older sister, Rita, was the one who opened up the path to film industry but after a few films she decided to settle down and work on her married life while Shuchorita hit the spotlight. Their younger brother, Manu, died in a fire accident at his home around Eid ul Fitr in 1998.

Career

Shuchorita got into the film industry through the help of her aunt, Panna, a dance artist herself. Shuchorita started her acting career as a child artist, playing the role of a boy, in the 1969 film ''Bablu''. She was cast as the lead actress in the film ''Shikriti'' in 1972. As an actress, she got her breakthrough in the film ''

Jadur Bashi ''Jadur Bashi'' ( bn, যাদুর বাঁশি) is a 1977 Bengali romantic film directed by Abdul Latif Bachchu. Story, screenplay and dialogue written by Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury. Apu Sarwar has played the main character in the film. Along w ...

'' (1977).

Works

Personal life

In the early 1980s, Shuchorita was married to actor

Jashim Abul Khayer Jashim Uddin (known professionally as Jashim; 14 August 1950 – 8 October 1998) was a Bangladeshi film actor, producer, action director and a freedom fighter. He acted in more than 200 films and is known as the first action hero of D ...

for a year. In 1989, she married film producer, KMR Manzoor, and they have three children together. The couple got divorced in December 2012.

Awards

Beside the

Bangladesh National Film Award Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...

, Shuchorita won Best Actress award from Bangladesh Film Journalists Association in 1981.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shuchorita Living people 1958 births Bangladeshi film actresses Best Actress National Film Awards (Bangladesh) winners People from Dhaka Date of birth missing (living people) Best Actress Bachsas Award winners Best Supporting Actress National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners