Shuchorita

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Shuchorita
Born
Baby Helen

Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationFilm actress
Years active1969–present
Notable work Jadur Bashi , Hangor Nodi Grenade
Spouse(s) Jashim (div)
KMR Manzoor
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(m. 1989;div. 2012)​
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RelativesRita (sister)

Baby Helen (known by her stage name Shuchorita) [2] is a Bangladeshi film actress. [3] She won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the film Hangor Nodi Grenade (1997) and Best Supporting Actress for Meghkonna (2018). [4] [5] She has acted in over 100 movies. [2]

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Background

Shuchorita was born in Dhaka, [2] the middle child of three siblings. She has an older sister, Rita, and had a younger brother, Manu, who died in a home accident in 1998.[ citation needed ]

Career

Shuchorita got into the film industry through the help of her aunt, Panna, a dance artist herself. [2] She started her acting career as a child artist, playing the role of a boy, in the 1969 film Bablu. [2] She was cast as the lead actress in the film Shikriti in 1972. [2] As an actress, she got her breakthrough in the film Jadur Bashi (1977). [2] [6]

Works

Personal life

In the early 1980s, Shuchorita was married to actor Jashim for a year.[ citation needed ] In 1989, she married film producer, KMR Manzoor, [9] and they have three children together. [10] The couple got divorced in December 2012. [10]

Awards

Beside the Bangladesh National Film Award, Shuchorita won Best Actress award from Bangladesh Film Journalists Association in 1981. [11] [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Manzoor Uttara Club president". The Daily Star. December 27, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Khokon, Liakat (February 7, 2011). কিংবদন্তী: যাদুর বাঁশির সেই সুচরিতা [Legendary : Shuchorita, the magic flutist]. Amar Desh (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ Afsar Ahmed (May 6, 2005). "Tit Bits - The celebrity name game". The Daily Star. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) [List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)]. Government of Bangladesh (in Bengali). Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  5. ↑ "National Film Awards for 2017 and 2018 announced". The Daily Star. 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  6. ↑ Liakat Hossain Khokon (February 7, 2011). কিংবদন্তী : যাদুর বাঁশির সেই সুচরিতা. Dainik Amar Desh (in Bengali). Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Five films on Channel i this Eid". The Daily Star. July 7, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Suchorita-সুচরিতা". Bangladesh Film Archive. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Mr. KMR Manzoor, Managing Director, Neptune Theatre Ltd., Ovishar Cinema Hall and Neptune Theatre". reflectionnews.com. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  10. 1 2 Manzoor, Khan (January 24, 2016). "K. M. R. Manzoor's children". dailynayadiganta. Archived from the original on 2018-08-28. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  11. ↑ Rahat Saiful (August 22, 2015). এখনো ব্যস্ত সুচরিতা. Rising BD (in Bengali). Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  12. ↑ Momin Rahman and Nobin Hossain (1998). বাংলাদেশের চলচ্চিত্রে তারকা নায়িকাঃ পপি থেকে পপি. Anyadin, Eid Special (in Bengali). 2 (25). Mazharul Islam: 351.
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