Musammat Hosne Ara Sharifa Begum (known by the stage name Sultana Zaman; 2 September 1935 – 20 May 2012) was a Bangladeshi film actress and producer. In 2009, she was given Bangladesh National Film Award for Lifetime Achievement — the first since the award's inception in 1975.

Background and family

Zaman was born on 2 September 1935 to Syed Abdur Razzaq, an officer of the zamindar of

Natore Natore district is a district of Rajshahi Division located in northern Bangladesh. It borders the metropolitan city of Rajshahi, and used to be part of Rajshahi district. History Natore was the District Headquarters of Rajshahi from 1769 to 182 ...

and Rahima Khatun. Zaman passed SSC examination from Natore Girls' School, HSC examination from

Rajshahi College Rajshahi College ( bn, রাজশাহী কলেজ ''Rajshahi Kôlej'') is the third oldest institution of higher education in Bangladesh. Established in 1873 in Rajshahi city, it is the third oldest college in Bangladesh after Dhaka Col ...

. In 1956, she married QM Zaman, the first chief cameraman of Film Development Corporation (FDC) of the then

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

and the cameramen of films including the first Bangla full-length commercial film ''

Mukh O Mukhosh ''Mukh O Mukhosh'' ( bn, মুখ ও মুখোশ, translation='The Face and the Mask', italic=yes) was the first Bengali-language feature film to be made in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). It was produced by Iqbal Films and directed by Abdu ...

'' (1956).

Career

Zaman debuted her acting career in 1959 through the film ''Matir Pahar'' produced by SM Parvez and directed by Mohiuddin. She adopted her name as Sultana Zaman through the film ''Anek Diner Chena'' (1964) directed by

Khan Ataur Rahman Khan Ataur Rahman (known as Khan Ata; 11 December 1928 – 1 December 1997) was a Bangladeshi film actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer, and singer, best known for his role in the film ''Jibon Theke Neya'' (1970). He rec ...

. Zaman produced two films, ''Bhanumati'' (1969) and ''Chhadmabeshi''. Besides, she was the presenter of the lyric program ''Chhayachhanda'' in commercial service of radio and acted on radio plays including ''Kritodaser Hashi'', ''Tajmahal'' and ''Zafran''.

Works

Awards

* Bangladesh National Film Award for Lifetime Achievement (2009) * Chitrakash Award * National Award (2011) by the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zaman, Sultana 1935 births 2012 deaths Bangladeshi film actresses National Film Award (Bangladesh) for Lifetime Achievement recipients Burials at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard People from Natore District Rajshahi College alumni