Shabana (Bangladeshi actress)

Shabana
Shabanaa
Born	Ratna 1953 (age 60–61) Raujan, Chittagong, East Bengal (now Bangladesh)
Years active	1962–1998
Spouse(s)	Wahis Sadik (m. 1973-present)[1]
Awards	National Film Award

Shabana (born 1953^{[citation needed]}) is a Bangladeshi film actress.

Early life and career

Shabana's birth name is Ratna. Her family is originated in dabuwa Raozan area in Chittagong. She started her acting career in 1960s. She first acted in film Natun Sur in 1962 at the age of 9. She first appeared in a Urdu film Chakori in 1967. It was directed by Ehtesham. He set her stage-name Shabana. Since then she is known as Shabana.

She acted over 300 films in Bangla & Urdu.^{[citation needed]} She acted with actors like Nadeem, Razzak, Bulbul Ahmed, Prabir Mitra, Shawkat Akbar, Subhash Dutta, Rahman, Syed Hasan Imam, Uzzal, Alamgir, Jashim, ATM Shamsuzzaman, Khasru, Sohel Rana, Mahmud Koli, Ilyas Kanchan, Wasim, Humayun Faridi, Javed Sheikh and Rajesh Khanna.

Shabana and Alamgir pair was considered as the most successful one after Razzak-Kabari & Razzak-Shabana.

Shabana-Nadeem pair

Shabana first acted with Pakistani film actor Nadeem in her debut Urdu film Chakori in 1967. Her cosmopolitan roles included Anari, Chotey Sahab, Chand aur Chandni and Chand Suraj - an experimental film by Pakistani director Mustafiz, similar in technique to Robert Altman’s latter-day, “Shortcuts”, the first half was devoted to the relationship between Waheed Murad and Rozina, while later unconnected interludes were focused on Shabana and evergreen co-star Nadeem.

Shabana’s last East Pakistani movie was Andhi (joint venture) in 1991. She resurfaced in the 80’s, when co-productions among South Asian countries became a popular style of film making including roles in Basera (1984) and Aandhi (1991) again all with Nadeem. She was also starred in Pakistan-Turkey co-production film Hulchul with Pakistani actor Javed Sheikh in 1985.

Personal life

Shabana left acting in 1998 and has left to USA to permanently live with her family members.^[1] She is married to Bangaldeshi film director Wahis Sadik since 1973. She has two daughters and one son.

Works

Bangla films

Urdu films

• No.- Year- Films- Language- Actors
• 1- 1967- Chakori- Urdu- Shabana, Nadeem, Reshma, Mustafa,Dear Asghar Dear
• 2- 1967- Chhotey Sahib- Urdu- Shabana, Nadeem, Sujata, Azeem, Dear Asghar
• 3- 1968- Chand aur Chandni -Urdu- Shabana, Nadeem, Reshma, Mustafa, Dear Asghar
• 4- 1968- Qulli- Urdu- Shabana, Nadeem, Sujata, Azeem, Jaleel Afghani
• 5- 1969- Daagh- Urdu- Shabana, Nadeem, Masood Akhtar, Jalil Afghani
• 6- 1969- Anari- Urdu- Shabana, Nadeem, Jaleel Afghani, Mithu, Dear Asghar
• 7-1970- Pail- Urdu- Shabana, Razzaq
• 8-1970- Chand Sooraj- Urdu- Rozina, Waheed Murad, Shabana, Nadeem, Zaqia, Hanif
• 9- 1971- Meherban- Urdu- Shabana, Razzaq, Sultan
• 10- 1984- Basera- Urdu- Shabana, Nadeem, Mustafa, Rangeela, Shoukat
• 12- 1985- Hulchul- Urdu/Turkish- Shabana,Javed Sheikh,Nazan
• 13- 1991- Aandhi- Urdu- Shabana, Nadeem, Kavita, Shashma, Faisal, Afzaal

References

External links

• Bangladeshi Actress Shabana
• Shabana