Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed

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Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed
কাজী নওশাবা আহমেদ
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater University of Dhaka
Occupation(s)Model, Actress
Years active2004–present

Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed is a Bangladeshi actress, voice artist, painter, puppeteer, director and a social activist. [1] [2] [3]

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Background

Ahmed studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka. [4]

Career

Ahmed first acted in the film Udhao in 2008, which was released on 2013. She also acted in the film Chuye dile mon (2015) as a special appearance, but this film was not released due to funding issues. She also acted in the films Dhaka Dreams (2017), Dhaka Attack (2017), Bhubhan Majhi (2017), and Chandrabati Kotha (2017), [5] all of which are in post-production. [6]

Ahmed performed the role of a badminton player, Tania, in a short film by Projonmo Talkies, which was released in July 2017 on its YouTube channel. [7]

Ahmed founded a theater troupe named Together We Can in 2018 and she also runs a production studio, X Solutions Ltd. [8] [9] Together We Can produced a play "Riya, Girl with a White Pigeon", featuring children with special needs from Rajshahi. [8]

Ahmed worked as the puppeteer behind Sisimpur’s puppet character Ikri for seven years. [1] In April 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, her organisation Together We Can, along with Mukto Ashor, launched a campaign titled Art for Togetherness 2020. [10] Ahmed and her daughter were featured in June 2020 by the Independent Global Art Festival 2020. [1] In April 2021, she produced a music video titled Alor Khoje featuring musician Shofi Mondol and sign language instructors Ahsan Habib and Afroza Mukta. [9]

Ahmed acted in a Bengali-Indian film, Joto Kando Kolkatatei, directed by Anik Dutta, awaiting release in 2024. [11] She performed in the stage play "Siddhartha", directed by Reza Arif, with the theatre troupe Aarshinagar. [11]

Ahmed has been an activist in social movements starting with the 2013 Shahbag protests. [12]

In 2024, she became a member of the Bangladesh Films Certificate Board. [13]

Personal life

Ahmed has a daughter, Prokiti Nazareena Ahmed Bela, aged 10–11. [11] [1]

Ahmed was arrested on 4 August 2018 from Uttara by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). She was accused of spreading false news over the 2018 Bangladesh road safety protests. [14] [15] On 5 August, RAB officials claimed she had confessed to the allegations. [16] On 21 August, she got ad-interim bail from Dhaka court due to her health conditions. She was placed in a 4-day remand before the court and granted for two day remand on 10 August for quizzing. [17] [18] In January 2019, she was granted permanent bail by the court. [19]

In May 2019, Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) submitted charge sheet against Ahmed. [20] In November, the High Court stayed the trial proceedings for six months. [21] [22]

Works

Films
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Udhao Mita
2015 Chuye Dile Mon AbontiSpecial Appearance
2016Prothiruddo
2017Dhaka DreamsParulFilming
2017 Dhaka Attack Sinthia
2017 Bhuban Majhi [23]
2019 Chandrabati Kotha Sonai [5]
2022 Araal ShefaliA Chorki Web film
2022 Amanush
TBA Chaya Brikkho †
Music video appearance
SongYearArtistRef(s)
"Kashfuler Shohor Dekha"2021 Shironamhin [24]

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