Actress Nasima Khan passes away

Actress Nasima Khan, a prominent figure in the film industry during the 1960s, has passed away. She breathed her last on Sunday night while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital’s Uttara area.
Nasima Khan was one of the pioneering actresses of Bangladesh’s film industry. Beginning her journey on the silver screen in the late 1950s, she acted in both Bengali and Urdu-language films.
She was born on 6 August 1944 in Lalbagh, Old Dhaka. Her ancestral home is at Ukil Bari in Rarhikhal village under Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj.  
Nasima Khan made her big-screen debut in 1959 with AJ Kardar’s “Jago Hua Savera”. She played one of the supporting female roles in the film, which is regarded as Dhaka’s second talkie and also received international recognition.
In the same year, she got the opportunity to act in Baby Islam’s Urdu film “Tanha”. Her co-stars included Shabnam, Sumita Devi and Lahore-based actress Shamim Ara.
Nasima Khan made her debut as a leading actress in the 1961 film Je Nodi Moru Pothe, opposite Anis. She subsequently appeared in a string of films, establishing herself as a familiar face on the silver screen.
Among her notable films are “Surjasnan”, “Dharapat”, “Kar Bou”, “Ujala, Begana”, “Apon Dulal”, “Uljhan”, “Main Bhi Insan Hoon”, ‘Dui Bhai”, “Gouri”, “Amar Bou” and “Dheuyer Pore Dheu”.