Rokeya Prachy

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Rokeya Prachy
রোকেয়া প্রাচী
Rokeya Prachi (cropped).jpg
Prachy in Dhaka, 2019
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Actress, director
Spouses
  • Ahad Parvez
    (died 1999)
  • (m. 2004;div. 2013)
Awards Bangladesh National Film Awards

Rokeya Prachy is a Bangladeshi theater, television and film actress and director. [1]

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Career

Prachy got her acting breakthrough in Morshedul Islam's film Dukhai in 1997. [2] Her first directorial work was a docufiction for Channel I in 2009. [3] She later directed "Lutfunnesa" and "Bayanno'r Michhile". In 2015, she made her first television series direction in "Shelai Poribar". [4]

Personal life

Prachy was married to Sergeant Ahad Parvez. [5] He was killed by muggers in Shapla Square, Motijheel in Dhaka on 28 October 1999. [5] She then married journalist and columnist Asif Nazrul in May 2004. [6] They have a daughter together. They divorced in 2013. [7]

Criticism

Rokeya Prachy took a stand for the government during the repression of the dictatorship Awami League government on the students in the quota reform movement that took place in 2024. [8] During the movement, a group of pro-autocracy Awami artists, including Rokeya Prachy, were active against the movement in a WhatsApp group called 'Alo Ashbei' [9] led by actor Ferdous. After the non-cooperation movement, on September 3, 2024, some screenshots related to that WhatsApp group were spread on social media. [10] [11]

Works

Television dramas

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Dukhai
2002 Matir Moina Ayesha Bibi
2006 Ontarjatra
2007 On the Wings of Dreams Matka [13] [14]
2010 Moner Manush Lalon's mother
Andho Nirangam Lalon's mother
2013 Gaariwala [15]
2013 Shikhandi Kotha [16]
2017 Doob: No Bed of Roses Maya [17]
2018Matir Projar Deshe [18]
2022 Mujib: The Making of a Nation

Awards and nominations

Prachy was nominated for and won domestic and international awards. [19]

YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
1998 Bangladesh National Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Dukhai Won
1999Critics’ AwardBest Actress Chor Won
2008Lux Channel-I Performance AwardBest Supporting Actress On the Wings of Dreams Won

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