Bidya Sinha Saha Mim

Bidya Sinha Saha Mim
Mim in 2012
Born	(1989-11-10) 10 November 1989 Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Residence	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	Bachelor of Arts (Bengali literature)
Alma mater	Southeast University
Occupation	Actress, Model, Television host
Years active	2007–present
Parent(s)	Birendra Nath Saha, Chobi Saha

Bidya Sinha Saha Mim (born November 10, 1989) is a Bangladeshi actress and model.

Mim began her career in acting, after winning the Lux Channel I Superstar in 2007. She played as lead cast member on Humayun Ahmed television drama Jol Torongo (2007). After transitioning into film, she had her breakthrough role in Humayun Ahmed drama-film Amar Ache Jol (2008), which was a huge success among critics. Her next film Amar Praner Priya was a huge commercial success, for which she earned a best actress nomination at Meril Prothom Alo Awards. In 2014, She starred in Glow of the Firefly. The film won numerous International awards including Best Film at 12th Asian Film Awards, and was Bangladeshi entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards.

Mim has been associated with various Bangladeshi and multinational brands. She has been the brands ambassador of numerous brands including Lux, Grameenphone, Walton. In 2015, Mim was introduced as the face of TRESemmé products in South Asia.

Early life and background

Mim was born in Bagha, Rajshahi, to Professor Birendra Nath Saha, and Chobi Saha. Mim attended Nawab Faizunnesa Government Girls' High School in Comilla. She later attended the Comilla Victoria Government College, and completed her secondary education. She has attended in Bengali Department of Southeast University, where she earned Bachelor of Arts in Bengali literature.

Career

Mim participated in 'Lux Channel I' Superstar in 2007. She was the winner of the contest.^[1] During the competition, it was announced that the winner of the contest would be cast in novelist and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed's Dhallywood film Amar Ache Jol under Impress Telefilm Limited. The film was not targeted for wide range of audience and only released in selected film theaters. The film helped Mim to start her acting career.

Her debut TV drama was actor turned director Mahfuz Ahmed's Shesher Kobitar Porer Kobita. Some of her TV dramas (Bengali Natok) are Royal Rahman's Jodha Akbar, Sheikh Selim's A B C, Sheikh Selim and Alam Ashraf's Tini Bujhtey Parlen Je Eta Prem Noy, Mohan Khan's Nil Josnai Kalo Shap, and Mizanur Rahman's Shopnogulo Tai Opurno. In 2009, after two years she came back to Dhallywood film screen with the film Amar Praner Priya, acting with Shakib Khan

In 2012, Mim returned to the silver screen with the film Jonakir Alo, directed by Khalid Mahmud Mithu. The film also stars Emon and Kalyan. She has worked in Tollywood with director Raja Chanda.^[2]

Film

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Co-Artist	Director	Language
2008	Amar Ache Jol		Ferdous Ahmed, Zahid Hasan	Humayun Ahmed	Bengali
2009	Amar Praner Priya	Priyanka	Shakib Khan	Jakir Hossain Raju	Bengali
2014	Jonakir Alo		Mamnun Hasan	Khalid Mahmud Mithu	Bengali
	Tarkaata		Arifin Shuvoo	Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Raz	Bengali
2015	Podmo Patar Jol	Rupak	Mamnun Hasan Emon	Tonmoy Tansen	Bengali
	Black	Tina	Soham Chakraborty	Raja Chanda	Bengali
2016	Sweetheart	Bilina Rosario	Riaz, Bappy Chowdhury	Wazed Ali Sumon	Bengali
	Ami Tomar Hote Chai		Bappy Chowdhury	Anonno Mamun	Bengali
2017	Valobasha Emoni Hoy		Irfan Sazzad, Mir Sabbir	Tania Ahmed	Bengali
	Asmane Pakha Melo		Sagor	Sagor Rsa	Bengali
	Pashan		Om	Saikat Nasir	Bengali
	Yeti Obhijaan	TBA	Prosenjit Chatterjee, Aryann Bhowmik	Srijit Mukherjee	Bengali

TV series and TV films

TV commercials

Awards and nominations

• Lux Channel I Superstar 2007 winner^[3]

Bibliography

• Shraboner Brishti Te Bheja (2012)
• Purnota (2013)

See also

• Cinema of Bangladesh
• Dhallywood

References

Further reading

• Shazu, Shah Alam (2 March 2011). "A Grounded Actress". The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 March 2013. 

External links

• Bidya Sinha Saha Mim on IMDb