Sujata (actress)

This article is about the Bangladeshi actress. For the Indian actress, see Sujatha (actress).

For other people with similar names, see Sujata (disambiguation).

Salma Begum Sujata (born Tandra Majumder),^[1] known mononymously as Sujata, is a retired Bangladeshi film actress.^[2] She is best known for her role in Rupban (1965) as Rupban Konna.^[3][4] She was awarded Bangladesh National Film Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2017 and Ekushey Padak in 2021.^[5][6]

Sujata
সুজাতা
Sujata in the 1967 film Aina Obo Shishta
Born	Tandra Majumder 10 August 1947 Kushtia District, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladshi
Other names	Salma Begum Sujata
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Azim ​ ​ (m. 1967; died 2003)​

Career

Sujata debuted in acting through the film Rupban in 1965.^[7]

Personal life

Sujata married actor Azim on 30 June 1967. She was born a Hindu and converted to Islam. ^[8][9]

Works

• Dharapat (1963) Her first film
• Rupban (1965)
• 13 Number Feku Ostagar Lane (1966)^[10]
• Aina Obo Shishta (1966)^[10]
• Dak Babu (1966)^[10]
• Parwana (1966)^[10]
• Rahim Badshah O Rupban (1966)^[10]
• Raja Sanyasi (1966)^[10]
• Zarina Sundri (1966)^[10]
• Agun Niye Khela (1967)^[11]
• Chote Saheb (1967)^[11]
• Main Bhi Insan Hon (1967)^[11]
• Aban Chhita (1968)^[12]
• Eto Tuku Asha (1968)^[13]
• Chena Achena (1968)^[13]
• Kanchen Mala (1968)^[13]
• Madho Mala (1968)^[13]
• Quli (1968)^[14]
• Rakhan Bandhu (1968)^[13]
• Roopban Roopkatha (1968)^[13]
• Ali Baba (1969)^[15]
• Alor Pipasha (1969)^[15]
• Bedarmie (1969)^[15]
• Ghazi Kalu (1969)^[15]
• Mere Arman Mere Sapne (1969)^[16]
• Momeir Alo (1969)^[15]
• Saiful Maluk (1969)^[15]
• Swarna Kamal (1969)^[17]
• Aparjeo (1970)^[18]
• Surja Uther Agey (1970)^[18]
• Osru Diye Lekha (1972)
• Alor Michil (1974)
• Chhutir Ghonta (1980)
• Hitman (2014)
• Ostitto (2016)
• Mon Diyechi Tare (2023)

References

1. "National Film Award-2017 and 2018". Ministry of Information. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
2. "Sujata wants to be regular in acting". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
3. Afsar Ahmed (May 6, 2005). "Tit Bits - The celebrity name game". The Daily Star. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
4. সুচরিতার বদলে সুজাতা. Ittefaq (in Bengali). May 1, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
5. "National Film Awards for 2017 and 2018 announced". The Daily Star. 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
6. "21 eminent personalities named for Ekushey Padak". The Daily Star. 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
7. "Sujata to receive the Lifetime Achievement award". The Daily Star. 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
8. Ahsan, Syed Badrul (2013-09-13). "Star Marriages". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
9. আজিম. The Report24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2018-08-21.
10. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 257. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
11. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 259. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
12. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 263. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
13. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 262. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
14. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 261. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
15. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 265. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
16. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 264. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
17. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 266. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
18. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 268. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.

Further reading

• Shihab, Karoby (2020). "In conversation with Sujata". New Age.

External links

• Media related to Sujata (actress) at Wikimedia Commons
• Sujata at IMDb