Nazma Anwar
{{Infobox person
| name = Nazma Anwar
| native_name = নাজমা আনোয়ার
| native_name_lang = bn
| birth_date = {{circa|1941}}
| birth_place = Munshiganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|12|14|1941|df=yes}}
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1981-2004
| children = Ishrat Nishat (d. 2020)
Manzur Kalam
Nuzhat Anwar
Nisbat Anwar
Nusrat Naheed
}}
Nazma Anwar ({{circa|1941}} – 14 December 2004) was a Bangladeshi film and television actress, and drama activist. She performed in Bengali films including Hajar Bachhor Dhore (2005), Dukhai (1997) Joyjatra (2004), Shonkhonil Karagar (1992), Chittagong: The Last Stopover (2000), Shankhonad (2004) and also in television drama plays including Iblish, Kothao Keu Nei, and Tahara.{{cite news |last1=Charanji |first1=Kavita |title=Najma Anwar: A grassroots actress Getting under the skin of her characters |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/07/02/d40702140196.htm |access-date=4 March 2019 |work=The Daily Star |issue=Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 36 |date=2 July 2004}}{{cite news|title=Actress Nazma Anwar passes away |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/12/16/d41216100472.htm |access-date=26 July 2018 |agency=The Daily Star |volume=5|issue=36 |date=16 December 2004}}
Early life
Anwar was born in 1941 in Munshiganj District in the-then British India. Her father was a professor of Arabic in the Government Haraganga College. She moved to Dhaka with her family when she finished her sixth grade in school.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ittefaq.com.bd/print-edition/anondo-binodon/2016/12/15/162413.html|script-title=bn:কে বলে গো সেই প্রভাতে নেই আমি|date=2016-12-15|work=The Daily Ittefaq|language=bn|access-date=2018-10-03}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.theatrewala.net/shankha/29-2014-12-13-09-00-17/194-2015-01-20-07-56-01|script-title=bn:নাজমা আনোয়ার : ক্রমেই ম্লান হয়ে যায় যেসব মানুষেরা|website=www.theatrewala.net|language=bn|access-date=2018-12-31}}
Career
Anwar started her career as a theater activist by joining Dhaka Drama Circle in 1960s. In 1981, she joined in Aranyak Natyadal, a theater group in Bangladesh.{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/12/20/d412201404118.htm|title=Theatre activists pay homage to Najma Anwar|last=Ahmed|first=Afsar|date=2004-12-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2019-03-04}}{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/01/08/d50108140295.htm|title=In memory of Najma Anwar|last=Zaker|first=Sara|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-12-31}}
In 2001, she played in the tele drama Kariman Bewa (2001), based on the biography of freedom fighter Taramon Bibi.
Personal life
Anwar had five children. Her daughter, Ishrat Nishat, was a theatre activist.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/thespian-ishrat-nishat-passes-away-1856674|title=Thespian Ishrat Nishat passes away|date=2020-01-21|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}} Ishrat Nishat died on January 19, 2020 from a cardiac arrest at around 11:00 pm.
Works
;Films
- Shonkhonil Karagar (1992)
- Dukhai (1997)
- Chittagong: The Last Stopover (2000)
- Joyjatra (2004)
- Shankhonad (2004)
- Hajar Bachhor Dhore (2005)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|31690}}
{{Bengali theatre}}
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Category:People from Munshiganj District
Category:Bangladeshi film actresses
Category:Bangladeshi theatre people
Category:Date of birth missing