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Shuchanda

{{short description|Bangladeshi actress (born 1947)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Shuchanda

| native_name = সুচন্দা

| native_name_lang = bn

| image = Shuchanda in BFDC (cropped).jpg

| caption = Actress Suchanda is speaking in Dhaka on the relief collection program for flood victims in 2024

| birth_name = Kohinoor Akhter

| birth_date = {{b-da|19 September 1947}}

| birth_place = Satkhira District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan{{Cite web|url=http://old.dhakatimes24.com/2013/09/26/557|title=চম্পা, চন্দা আর ববি|trans-title=Champa, Chhanda and Bobby|website=dhakatimes24.com|date=2013-09-26|access-date=2017-10-29|language=bn}}

| years_active = 1965-present

| relatives = {{ubl|Bobita (sister)|Champa (sister)|Riaz (cousin)}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Zahir Raihan|19 September 1967|1972|end=disappeared}}

}}

Kohinoor Akhter{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/05/06/d505061403105.htm|title=Tit Bits - The celebrity name game|author=Afsar Ahmed|date= 2005-05-06|accessdate=2015-12-28|newspaper=The Daily Star}} (known by her stage name Shuchanda) is a Bangladeshi film actress and director. She started her career in the mid 1960s and acted in about 100 movies. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for the film Hajar Bachhor Dhore (2005){{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-52684|title=National Film Awards for the last fours years announced|date=2008-09-01|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-10-29|language=en}} and Bangladesh National Film Award for Lifetime Achievement (2019).{{Cite web|title='জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার ২০১৯' জয়ী যারা|url=https://www.banglanews24.com/entertainment/news/bd/827222.details|access-date=2020-12-03|website=banglanews24.com|date=3 December 2020|language=bn}}

Career

Shuchanda debuted in acting with the film Kagojer Nouka (1966), directed by Subhash Dutta.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-54202|title=Shuchanda on her National Award winning film "Hajar Bochhor Dhorey"|date=2008-09-11|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-10-29|language=en}} She acted in films like "Behula" (1966), "Shuorani Duorani" (1968) and "Jibon Theke Neya" (1970) — directed by her future husband Zahir Raihan.

As an actor, Shuchanda won a Nigar Award from Pakistan in 1987 for her role in the film Hum Ek Hain.

In 1985, Shuchanda debuted as a film producer and produced Teen Kanya, Taka Ana Pai and Protishodh, from her production house "Suchanda Cholochitra".

Shuchanda debuted as a director with the film Bidesh Jatra in 1998.

Filmography

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!scope="col"| Year

!scope="col"| Title

!scope="col"| Role

!scope="col"| Director

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

rowspan="1"| 1966Behula
rowspan="2"| 1967Anwara
Nayan Tara
rowspan="11"| 1968Chawa PawaNarayan Ghosh Mita{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=262 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}
Dui BhaiNoorul Haq
Jahan Baje ShehnaiRahman
Janglee PhoolM. Shahjehan{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=260 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}
Koonch Baran KanyaZule Rahman
Nishi Holo BhorNur-e-Alam
ParashmaniZahir Choudhry
Rakhan BandhuIbne Meezan
SansarFazal Haq
Shuryo Rani Duyo RaniMatiul Haq{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=263 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}
ZuleekhaZahir Raihan
rowspan="3"| 1969Moner Moto BouNurul Haq{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=265 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}
Natun Name DakuMumtaz
PiyasaN. Islam{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=263 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}
rowspan="2"| 1970Jibon Theke NeyaZahir Raihan{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=268 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}
Je Agune Puri
rowspan="1"| 1972Asru Diye Lekha
rowspan="1"| 1973Dhire Bohe Meghna
rowspan="1"| 1974Sangram
rowspan="1"| 1985Teen Kanya
rowspan="1"| 1987Behula Lakhshimdar
rowspan="1"| 1990Jhinuk Mala
rowspan="1"| 1993Basona
rowspan="1"| 1995Prem Preeti
rowspan="1"| 1996Sabuj Coat Kalo Chashma
rowspan="1"| 2005Hajar Bachhor Dhore
UnknownKacher Shwargo

Personal life

Shuchanda was married to Zahir Raihan until his disappearance in 1972, immediately after the liberation war of 1971. She has a daughter, Lisa Malik and a son, Arafat Raihan Opu.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-23|title=Suchanda's Lifetime Achievement Award: A day of elation and grief|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/suchandas-lifetime-achievement-award-day-elation-and-grief-2032437|access-date=2021-01-24|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}

Awards

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|2596180}}

{{Bangladesh National Film Award Lifetime Achievement}}

{{Bangladesh National Film Award Best Director}}

{{Bachsas Award for Best Supporting Actress}}

{{Meril Prothom Alo Critics Choice Awards for Best Film Director}}

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Category:Living people

Category:People from Satkhira District

Category:Bangladeshi film actresses

Category:20th-century Bangladeshi actresses

Category:Best Director National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners

Category:Best Film Directing Meril-Prothom Alo Critics Choice Award winners

Category:Best Supporting Actress Bachsas Award winners

Category:National Film Award (Bangladesh) for Lifetime Achievement recipients

Category:1947 births

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