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
(m. 1989;div. 2012)
[1]
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. [9] In 1989, she married film producer, KMR Manzoor, [10] and they have three children together. [9] The couple got divorced in December 2012. [9]

Awards

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

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