Rumana Rashid Ishita

{{Short description|Bangladeshi television actress, director, and writer}}

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| name = Rumana Rashid Ishita

| image = Rumana Rashid Ishita01 (cropped).jpg

| native_name = রুমানা

| native_name_lang = bn

| birth_date = 22 August 1980 (44)

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|writer}}

| years_active = 1988–present

| nationality = Bangladeshi

}}

Rumana Rashid Ishita (Birth: 22 August 1980{{Cite web |title=Rumana Rashid Ishita Books - রুমানা রশিদ ঈশিতা এর বই {{!}} Rokomari.com |url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/author/5532/rumana-rashid-ishita |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=www.rokomari.com |language=en}}) is a Bangladeshi television actress, director, and writer.{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/ishita-to-appear-on-btv-after-a-hiatus-54032|title=Ishita to appear on BTV after a hiatus|date=Dec 7, 2015|accessdate=December 7, 2015|newspaper=The Daily Star}} She won the national talent competition, Notun Kuri, as a child artiste in 1988.{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/print_news.php?nid=3862|title=From child artiste to actor-director|date=September 14, 2007|accessdate=December 7, 2015|newspaper=The Daily Star|author=Nadia Sarwat}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/boishakh-with-ishita-20322|title=Boishakh with Ishita|date= April 17, 2014|accessdate=December 7, 2015|newspaper=The Daily Star}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/in-search-of-talent-29324|title=IN SEARCH OF TALENT|author=Faridur Sagor|date= June 21, 2014 |accessdate=December 7, 2015|newspaper=The Daily Star}}

Education

Ishita completed her bachelor's in 2004 and later completed her MBA.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/cover-story/news/reinventing-ishita-1770598|title=Reinventing Ishita |date=2019-07-13 |website=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2019-07-12}} She is a former student of Holy Cross Girls' School and College.

Career

In 2007, Ishita served as a marketing executive of the television channel Channel i and worked for 11 years. She is also a faculty member of a private university.

Personal life

Ishita is a restaurateur. Singer Firoza Begum was her aunt-in-law.

Works

  • Ghotona Samanyo (1997)
  • Nirjon Aranye
  • Swapno Swapneel
  • Godhuli Belaye
  • Firey Ase Fire Asa
  • Bipashar Jonno Bhalobasha (2002)
  • Aparoopa (2005)
  • Pata Jhorar Din (2018)

Awards and nominations

;Meril-Prothom Alo Awards

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2002

| rowspan="2"| Best TV Actress

| Bipashar Jonno Bhalobasha

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2005

| Aparoopa

| {{nom}}

2018

| Critics Choice Award for Best TV Actress

| Pata Jhorar Din

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References

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{{cite news |title=Meril-Prothom Alo Awards 2018 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/news/meril-prothom-alo-awards-2018-1735633 |accessdate=27 October 2020 |work=The Daily Star |publisher=Transcom Group |date=28 April 2019 |location=Dhaka |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807014540/https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/news/meril-prothom-alo-awards-2018-1735633 |url-status=live }}

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