{{short description|Bangladeshi film actress}} {{About|the Bangladeshi film actress|the Indian film actress|Babita}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{infobox person | name = Bobita | native_name = ববিতা | native_name_lang = bn | image = Farida Akhtar Babita in 2023.jpg | caption = Babita in 2023 | birth_name = Farida Akhter Poppy | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|07|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Jashore, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan | occupation = Actress | relatives = {{unbulleted list|Shuchanda (sister) | Champa (sister) | Zahir Raihan (brother-in-law) | Riaz (cousin) |Omar Sani (nephew)}} | spouse = Iftekharul Alam | children = Anik Islam | father = ASM Nizamuddin Ayub | mother = Jahan Ara Begum | awards = {{ubl|Ekushey Padak (2026)|National Film Awards}} }}
'''Farida Akhtar Poppy''', known by her stage name '''Babita''', (born 30 July 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shazu |first=Shah Alam |date=2023-08-01 |title=At 70, Babita living her best life in Canada |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/70-babita-living-her-best-life-canada-3383741 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi film actress. She is best known for her performance in Satyajit Ray's ''Distant Thunder'', a novel adaptation about the Bengal famine of 1943, which won the Golden Bear prize at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival in 1973. She was active in the 1970s through 1990s as an actress in Bangladeshi films.<ref name=priyo>{{cite news |title=Babita becomes DCI Goodwill Ambassador |newspaper=Priyo News |date=8 June 2011 |url=http://news.priyo.com/entertainment/2011/06/08/babita-becomes-dci-goodwill-am-28297.html |access-date=2015-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004003037/http://news.priyo.com/entertainment/2011/06/08/babita-becomes-dci-goodwill-am-28297.html |archive-date=4 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=distressedchildren>{{cite web |title=Babita Akhtar |publisher=distressedchildren |url=http://www.distressedchildren.org/babita-akhtar/ |access-date=2015-10-07}}</ref> She acted in 275 films.<ref name=richardson>{{Cite web |last=Shazu |first=Shah Alam |date=2023-08-11 |title=Babita immortalised |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/babita-immortalised-3391616 |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
After winning the National Film Award in 1975,<ref name="26Bobita">{{Cite news |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/article/930274 |script-title=bn:বাষট্টি পেরিয়ে ববিতা |website=Prothom Alo |date=30 July 2016 |language=bn |trans-title=Twenty-six, Bobita |access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref> she won three consecutive best actress prizes. She won ''Best Actor'' in 1986,<ref name="26Bobita" /> ''Best Producer'' in 1997 and ''Best Supporting'' Actress Award twice in 2002 and 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.poriborton.com/dhallywood/115698 |script-title=bn:জীবনে পূর্ণতার সুখ পেতে যাচ্ছি : ববিতা |website=poriborton.com |language=bn |access-date=2019-07-10 |archive-date=2019-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710070310/https://www.poriborton.com/dhallywood/115698 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In addition, she was awarded the lifetime achievement award of the National Film Award in the year 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/আজীবন-সম্মাননা-পেলেন-ববিতা|script-title=bn:আজীবন সম্মাননা পেলেন ববিতা |website=Prothom Alo |date=31 March 2018 |language=bn |access-date=2023-08-11}}</ref> In 2023, Bob Dubey, the mayor of Richardson, a city in North Texas, officially declared 5 August as "Babita Day" in honor of her.<ref name=richardson/> In 2026, she was awarded with the ''Ekushe Padak'', for her special contribution to film. <ref>{{Cite web |last=BSS |date=2026-02-26 |title=Govt will establish liberal democratic state system to promote knowledge, science: PM |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/59lwqxh9y7 |access-date=2026-03-09 |website=Prothomalo |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life == Babita, nicknamed Poppy, was born to a family that had its origins in the west-Bangladeshi district of Jessore, Bangladesh.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}} Her father ASM Nizamuddin Ayub was a government officer and mother Jahan Ara Begum was a doctor. They were in Bagerhat due to their father's job.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/entertainment/news/419642 |script-title=bn:মনে হচ্ছে চলচ্চিত্রের জন্য কিছু একটা করতে পেরেছি : ববিতা |work=Jago News 24 |language=bn |access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref> She has three sisters and three brothers. Babita's mother studied in Lady Brabourne College in Calcutta.<ref name="palo">{{cite news |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/we-are/article/471514/সবকিছু-পাশ-কাটিয়ে-আপন-মনে-চলেছি |date=9 March 2015 |newspaper=Prothom Alo |language=bn |script-title=bn:কে কি বলল, মাথা ঘামাতে রাজি ছিলাম না |access-date=3 October 2016 |archive-date=5 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905114915/http://www.prothom-alo.com/we-are/article/471514/সবকিছু-পাশ-কাটিয়ে-আপন-মনে-চলেছি |url-status=dead }}</ref> In an interview with the ''Independent'' newspaper in 2004, Babita says that it was Afzal Chowdhury who suggested the screen name ''Babita'' for her. In another interview with the ''Daily Star'' in 2005, she mentioned that Zahir Raihan originally cast her for the film ''Shongshaar''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Q & A |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/06/28/d506281403110.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=28 June 2005 |access-date=2012-07-10 |archive-date=2015-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403050307/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/06/28/d506281403110.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> A different version of the story is that she adopted the name after appearing in Ehtesham's film ''Pitch Dhala Path''.<ref>{{cite news |author=Afsar Ahmed |date=6 May 2005 |title=The celebrity name game |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/05/06/d505061403105.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2012-07-10 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094409/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/05/06/d505061403105.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Babita's brother-in-law Zahir Raihan first cast her for his film ''Jaltey Suraj Ka Nichey''. The film was not completed in the end but she found a break-through into the Dhaka film industry. Her first released feature was ''Shesh Porjonto''. Among the three sisters and three brothers are elder sister Shuchanda who is a film actress,<ref name="Documentary">{{Cite news |url=https://www.dailyinqilab.com/article/41574/সুচন্দা-ববিতা-ও-চম্পার-জীবনী-নিয়ে-তথ্যচিত্র-তিন-কন্যা|script-title=bn:সুচন্দা ববিতা ও চম্পার জীবনী নিয়ে তথ্যচিত্র তিন কন্যা |work=Daily Inqilab |language=bn |access-date=2019-07-27 |trans-title=Three daughters of the documentary on the biography of Suchanda Babita and Champa}}</ref> elder brother Shaheedul Islam is an Electrical Engineer, currently living in Australia, another brother Iqbal Islam is a Pilot officer, younger sister Champa is a film actress<ref name="Documentary" /> and younger brother Ferdous Islam is currently living in the United States.{{fact|date=April 2025}}
== Education == Babita studied in her early days at Dawood Public School in Jessore. During her studies there, due to her sister's arrival in the film, she came to Dhaka with her family. Later she studied in Gloria School.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.jaijaidinbd.com/?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=04-06-2015&feature=yes&type=single&pub_no=871&cat_id=3&menu_id=81&news_type_id=1&index=36 |script-title=bn:যায় যায় দিন |work=Jaijaidin |language=bn |access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref> She earned proficiency in English, including some foreign languages like Urdu and Hindi. She refined herself to the level of an ideal artist.<ref name="jessore">{{Cite web |url=http://jessore.info/index.php?option=content&value=38 |script-title=bn:ববিতা / Babita (1955) - Jessore, Jhenaidah, Magura, Narail |website=jessore.info |access-date=2019-07-16}}</ref>
==Personal life== Babita married Iftekharul Alam, a businessman.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The icon of the golden-era Bangla film |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/59393/the-icon-of-the-golden-era-bangla-movie |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=New Age|language=en}}</ref> Together they had a son, Anik. Iftekharul died when Anik was three. She never remarried after that. <ref name="palo" /> Babita's sisters Shuchanda and Champa are also film actresses.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/dhallywood/%E2%80%9Cteen-kanya%E2%80%9D-queue-1293295 |title="Teen Kanya" on queue |date=3 October 2016 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2016-10-02}}</ref>
==Career== [[File:Ekushe Padak 2026 award ceremony, Prime Minister Tareq Rahman, Osmani Smriti Auditorium, Dhaka, 2026-02-26.jpg|thumb|Babita receives Ekushay Padak from Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in February 2026.]]
=== Actress === Babita's notable work includes ''Shukhe Thako'', ''Taka Anna Pai'', ''Shorolipi'', ''Manusher Mon'', ''Pich Dhala Path'', ''Noyon Moni'', ''Jonmo Theke Jolchi'' and ''Anarkoli''. Her acting gained the attention of the Indian director Satyajit Ray. In 1973, Ray cast Babita in ''Ashani Sanket'' ("Distant Thunder"), his film about the Bengal famine of 1943. Babita appeared in the lead role of Ananga, the demure wife of the village doctor Gangacharan, who was played by long-time Ray favorite Soumitra Chatterjee.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}
Babita acted in number of joint venture film projects in her career, namely: a Canada-India joint production film ''Durdesh'' in 1983 (''Gehri Chot - Urf: Durdesh'' in Hindi) opposite Nadeem Baig (actor) and also Pakistan-Bangladesh joint venture film ''Miss Lanka'' (''Nadaani'' in Urdu) in 1985. ''Ashani Sanket'' won the Golden Bear prize at the 1973 Berlin Film Festival. Babita's performance was central to the film.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}} [[File:Sheikh Hasina presents Lifetime Achievement Award to Babita at National Film Awards 2016, Dhaka, 2018-07-08 (PID-0043444).jpg|thumb|Babita receives Lifetime Achievement Award at National Film Awards 2016 from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.]] Babita also acted in ''Arunodoyer Agnishakkhi'' (1972) by Subhash Dutta, ''Dhire Bohe Meghna'' (1973) by Alamgir Kabir, ''Golapi Ekhon Trainey'' (1978) by Amjad Hossain, ''Dahan'' (1986) by Sheikh Niamat Ali, and ''Dipu Number Two'' (1996) by Morshedul Islam.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}
Babita's male co-actors were Razzak, Faruk, Zafar Iqbal, Bulbul Ahmed, and Sohel Rana.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}
=== 1968–1974 === Babita made her debut as a child actor in the ''Songsar'' film of Zahir Raihan starring elder sister Shuchanda.<ref name="jessore" /> In this film she plays the daughter of Razzaq and Shuchanda. Her primary name in the film was "Subarna". She acted in a television drama called "Kalam" at that time. Her name became "Babita" when she appeared in Zaheer Raihan's film "Jalte Suraj Ki Niche". In the role of the first heroine in 1969, she starred in the film. The film was released on 14 August 1969 and on that day her mother died.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dailyspandan.com/2019/04/22/নায়িকা-চরিত্রে-যেদিন-সিন/ |script-title=bn:নায়িকা চরিত্রে যেদিন সিনেমা মুক্তি পায় সেদিন ববিতার মা মারা যান |date=2019-04-22 |website=Daily Spandan |access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> Throughout the 70's, she established herself as one of the best actresses of the decade.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.priyo.com/people/babita |script-title=bn:ববিতা |website=Priyo |language=bn |access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref>
===Since 2000=== [[File:Riaz, Suchanda, Bobita, Tina and Champa.jpg|thumb|Riaz, Shuchanda, Babita, Tina and Champa at Cox's Bazar in 2014]] In 2002, Babita won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in ''Hason Raja'', Chashi Nazrul Islam's biopic of the Bengali folk-poet. She has also formed her own film-production company and has expressed an interest in directing in the future.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}} She also starred in Shahin-Sumon's action drama ''Khodar Pore Ma'' co-starring Shakib Khan, played as his mother. The film received positive reviews and declared as a super-hit and become the highest-grossing film of 2012<ref>{{cite news |date=27 August 2012 |title=Khodar Pore Ma highest grossing films of 2012 |newspaper=dainikdestiny.com |url=http://www.dainikdestiny.com/print_news.php?pub_no=370&cat_id=3&menu_id=67&news_type_id=1&news_id=69612 |url-status=dead |access-date=26 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402205208/http://www.dainikdestiny.com/print_news.php?pub_no=370&cat_id=3&menu_id=67&news_type_id=1&news_id=69612 |archive-date=2 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=4 November 2012 |title=Khodar Pore Ma highest grossing films of 2012 |newspaper=mzamin.com |url=http://www.mzamin.com/details.php?nid=MjkwOTc=&ty=&s=MjI=&c=Mjk= |url-status=dead |access-date=26 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112192204/https://mzamin.com/details.php?nid=MjkwOTc=&ty=&s=MjI=&c=Mjk= |archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> and received several National Film Awards including Khan's second National Film Award for Best Actor at the 37th National Film Awards.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 February 2014 |script-title=bn:জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার ঘোষণা |language=bn |work=Prothom Alo |url=http://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/article/141469/জাতীয়-চলচ্চিত্র-পুরস্কার-ঘোষণা |access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref>
Babita has campaigned actively on behalf of various social causes in Bangladesh. Notable among the causes she has supported the campaign against throwing acid on women; the national immunization drive for children; and a support group for children who suffer from leukemia. Starting in 2011, Babita began working with Distressed Children & Infants International as a goodwill ambassador.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ian Burzynski |url=http://v2.distressedchildren.org/2011/06/07/babita-akhtar-famous-bangladeshi-actress-becomes-dci-goodwill-ambassador/ |title=Babita Akhtar, Famous Bangladeshi Actress, Becomes DCI Goodwill Ambassador |publisher=V2.distressedchildren.org |access-date=2012-07-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325034826/http://v2.distressedchildren.org/2011/06/07/babita-akhtar-famous-bangladeshi-actress-becomes-dci-goodwill-ambassador/ |archive-date=2012-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/bobita-and-her-sisters-celebrate-eid-underprivileged-children-1756021 |title=Bobita and her sisters celebrate Eid with underprivileged children |date=2019-06-13 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref>
=== Producer === After the commercial success of ''Teen Kannya'' (1985), a film produced by Babita's elder sister Shuchanda, Babita became interested in producing films and hence launched a film production house named "Babita Movies." Some of Babita's produced films include ''Ful Shojja'', ''Agomon'', ''Lady Smuggler'' (a Bangladesh-Pakistan-Nepal joint venture film), ''Lottery'' and ''Poka Makorer Ghor Bosoti'' (a Bangladesh Government sponsored film).
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" width= "100%" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Note ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Ref |- | rowspan="2"| 1968 | ''Songsar'' |Laily | Child artist |<ref name=":filmsl">{{Cite web |last=বার্তা ২৪ |first=Barta 24 |title=৭২-এ পা কিংবদন্তি ববিতার, কোথায় কেমন আছেন? |url=https://barta24.com/details/entertainment/287915 |access-date=2026-01-04 |website=Barta 24 |language=bn}}</ref> |- |<ref name=":filmsl" /> |- | 1969 | ''Shesh Porjonto'' |Bobby | Debut as a lead role |<ref name=":filmsl" /> |- | rowspan="2"| 1970 | ''Taka Ana Pai'' | Rina | |<ref name=":filmsl" /> |- | ''Santan'' | | | | |- | |''Pich Dhala Poth'' |Rani |Supporting role | |- | rowspan="2"| 1971 | ''Shorolipi'' | Mita | |<ref name=":filmsl" /> |- | ''Jaltey Suraj Ke Neeche'' |Bobita | Debut in Urdu film | <ref>{{cite journal |last=Hoek |first=Lotte |year=2014 |title=Cross-wing Filmmaking: East Pakistani Urdu Films and Their Traces in the Bangladesh Film Archive |journal=BioScope |volume=5 |issue=2 |page=105 |doi=10.1177/0974927614547989 |quote=Nadeem and Bobita graced the silver screens of Pakistan in the Urdu film ''Jaltey Suraj Ke Neeche'' ... Directed by Zahir Raihan (though in places credited to his assistant director Nurul Hoque).}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"| 1972 | ''Arunodoyer Agnishakkhi'' | Romena | |<ref name=":filmsl" /> |- | ''Manusher Mon'' | | |<ref name=":filmsl" /> |- | ''Yea Kore Biye'' | Shova | |<ref>{{Cite web |last=সাজু |first=শাহ আলম |date=2021-07-15 |title=দর্শক-হৃদয়ে ‘দেবদাস’ হয়ে বেঁচে আছেন বুলবুল আহমেদ |url=https://bangla.thedailystar.net/বিনোদন/টিভি-ও-সিনেমা/দর্শক-হৃদয়ে-দেবদাস-হয়ে-বেঁচে-আছেন-বুলবুল-আহমেদ-239391 |access-date=2026-01-04 |website=The Daily Star Bangla |language=en}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4"| 1973 | ''Distant Thunder'' | Angana Banu | | |- | ''Abar Tora Manush Ho'' | Romena | |<ref name=":filmsl" /> |- | ''Dhire Bohe Meghna'' | Anita Gupta |Indo-Bangladesh joint production |<ref name=":filmsl" /> |- | ''Rater Pore Din'' | | | |- | rowspan="2"| 1974 | ''Alor Michil'' | | | |- | ''Shesh Hote Shuru'' | | | |- | rowspan="2" | 1975 | ''Bandi Theke Begum'' | Chadni | '''Winner –''' Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress | |- | ''Lathial'' | Banu | | |- | rowspan="5"| 1976 | ''Ek Mutho Vat'' | | | |- | ''Ki Je Kori'' | Shahana Chowdhury | | |- | ''Noyonmoni'' | Moni | '''Winner –''' Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress | |- | ''Bondini'' | | | |- | ''Surjogrohon'' | | | |- | rowspan="3"| 1977 | ''Ononto Prem'' | | | |- | ''Nishan'' | | | |- | ''Bosundhora'' | Chobi | '''Winner –''' Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress | |- | rowspan="5"| 1978 | ''Agnishikha'' | | | |- | ''Ashami Hajir'' | | | |- | ''Golapi EKhon Traine'' | Golapi | | |- | ''Fokir Majnu Shah'' | | | |- | ''Dumurer Phul'' | | | |- | rowspan="4"| 1979 | ''Jinjir'' | Nina | | |- | ''Bela Shesher Gaan'' | | | |- | ''Sundori'' | Sundori | | |- | ''Surjo Sangram'' | | | |- | rowspan="3"| 1980 | ''Ekhoni Somoy'' | | | |- | ''Koshai'' | | | |- | ''Protigga'' | | | |- | 1981 | ''Jonmo Theke Jolchi'' | | | |- | rowspan="2"| 1982 | ''Nat Bou'' | | | |- | ''Boro Barir Meye'' | | | |- | rowspan="4"| 1983 | ''Door-Desh'' | Pinky Khanna | Hindi film | |- | ''Notun Bou'' | | | |- | ''Nag Purnima'' | Laci | | |- | ''Laily Mojnu'' | Laily | | |- | 1984 | ''Penshon'' | Khuki | | |- | rowspan="6"| 1985 | ''Tin Konna'' | Boby | | |- | ''Dahan'' | Aivi | '''Winner –''' Bachsas Award for Best Actress | |- | ''Premik'' | | | |- | ''Miss Lanka'' | | | |- | ''Ramer Sumati'' | Narayoni | '''Winner –''' Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress | |- | ''Sohel Rana'' | | | |- | 1986 | ''Miss Bangkok'' | | | |- | 1987 | ''Lady Smuggler'' | Fayyaz |Urdu film | |- | rowspan="2"| 1988 | ''Agomon'' | Sajeda | | |- | ''Pothe Holo Dekha'' | | | |- | rowspan="2"| 1989 | ''Biroho Byatha'' | Surjomukhi | | |- | ''Biranggona Sokhina'' | | | |- | rowspan="2"| 1991 | ''Padma Meghna Jamuna'' | Saju | | |- | ''Shoshurbari'' | | | |- |1992 |''Professor'' |Salma | |<ref name=":filmsl" /> |- | rowspan="4" | 1994 | ''Golapi Ekhon Dhakay'' | Golapi | | |- |''Dakat'' |Asma | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=ডাকাত - বাংলা মুভি ডেটাবেজবাংলা মুভি ডেটাবেজ |url=https://bmdb.com.bd/movie/2762/,%20https://bmdb.com.bd/movie/2762/ |access-date=2026-01-13 |website=bmdb.com.bd |language=bn-BD}}</ref> |- |''Moha Genjam'' |Rani | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=মহা গ্যান্জাম - বাংলা মুভি ডেটাবেজবাংলা মুভি ডেটাবেজ |url=https://bmdb.com.bd/movie/2732/,%20https://bmdb.com.bd/movie/2732/ |access-date=2026-01-26 |website=bmdb.com.bd |language=bn-BD}}</ref> |- |''Ainer Hat'' |Asha | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=আইনের হাত - বাংলা মুভি ডেটাবেজবাংলা মুভি ডেটাবেজ |url=https://bmdb.com.bd/movie/2741/,%20https://bmdb.com.bd/movie/2741/ |access-date=2026-01-26 |website=bmdb.com.bd |language=bn-BD}}</ref> |- | 1995 | ''Mohamilon'' | Shahana Mollik | | |- | rowspan="5" | 1996 | ''Jibon Songsar'' | | | |- | ''Dipu Number Two'' | MS Rowshon | | |- | ''Poka Makorer Ghor Bosoti'' | | '''Winner –''' Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress | |- | ''Mayer Odhikar'' | Asha Siddiqa | | |- | ''Shopner Prithibi'' | Sultana | | |- |2012 |''Khodar Pore Ma'' |Munna's Mother | | |- |2011 |''Ke Apon Ke Por'' | |'''Winner –''' Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress |<ref>{{Cite web |title=জন্মদিনে ছেলের সঙ্গে ববিতা |url=https://www.deshrupantor.com/610206/জন্মদিনে-ছেলের-সঙ্গে-ববিতা |access-date=2026-01-26 |website=দেশ রূপান্তর |language=bn}}</ref> |- |2013 |''Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini'' |Narrator | | |- | rowspan="1" | 2015 | ''Putro Ekhon Paisawala'' | | | <ref>{{cite news |title=No scope for Babita yet in new film |url=https://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/204392 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |date=23 June 2019}}</ref> |- |}
==Awards== Babita won three consecutive National Film Awards for three consecutive years. She received the Best Actress Award from the Bangla Film Journalist Association for her performance in Satyajit Ray's Distant Thunder film.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://dainikazadi.net/বাংলা-চলচ্চিত্র-আমার-প্র/ |script-title=bn:বাংলা চলচ্চিত্র আমার প্রথম প্রেম |work=Dainik Azadi |language=bn |access-date=2019-07-21 |archive-date=2018-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023042819/http://dainikazadi.net/বাংলা-চলচ্চিত্র-আমার-প্র/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Besides, she has received numerous awards, both public and private. That is why she was called a 'prize daughter'.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/entertainment/news/116895 |script-title=bn:আজ ববিতার জন্মদিন |work=Jago News 24 |language=bn |access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> She participated in the International Film Festival for the most number of Bangladeshi delegates.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://web.dailyjanakantha.com/details/article/102287/এখনও-ববিতা/ |script-title=bn:এখনও ববিতা |work=Janakantha |language=bn |access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> {|class="wikitable" ! Year !! Award name !! Category !! Film !! Result !{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | 1975||Bangladesh National Film Awards|| Best Actress || ''Bandi Theke Begum''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sharenews24.com/index.php?page=details&nc=49&news_id=11552 |script-title=bn:ববিতার ৫৭তম জন্মদিন |newspaper=Share News24 |language=bn |date=30 July 2015 |access-date=2015-10-25 |archive-date=2016-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011123743/http://www.sharenews24.com/index.php?page=details&nc=49&news_id=11552 |url-status=dead }}</ref>|| {{won}} | |- | 1976 | Bangladesh National Film Awards || Best Actress || Noyonmoni<ref name="priyo" /> || {{won}} | |- |1977 |Bangladesh National Film Awards|| Best Actress ||Basundhara (film){{citation needed|date=July 2019}}|| {{won}} | |- |1985 |Bangladesh National Film Awards|| Best Actress || Ramer Sumoti<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.moi.gov.bd/1985.pdf |title=National Film Award: 1985 |date=2008-11-18 |website=Ministry of Information |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118070628/http://www.moi.gov.bd/1985.pdf |archive-date=2008-11-18 |access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref>|| {{won}} | |- |1996 |Bangladesh National Film Awards |Best film producer |Poka Makorer Ghor Bosoti<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/entertainment-news/2015/10/17/104062 |script-title=bn:সাফল্যে ভিন্ন স্বাদের ছবি |website=Bangladesh Pratidin |date=17 October 2015 |language=bn |access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref> |{{won}} | |- |2002 |Bangladesh National Film Awards |Best supporting actress |Hason Raja<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fdc.gov.bd/site/page/f3bb17fe-d9ad-4b61-bd8a-5824262691ad/১৯৭৫-২০১২ |script-title=bn:১৯৭৫-২০১২ - বাংলাদেশ চলচ্চিত্র উন্নয়ন কর্পোরেশন-গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার |date=2018-12-23 |website=Bangladesh Film Development Corporation |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223211753/http://www.fdc.gov.bd/site/page/f3bb17fe-d9ad-4b61-bd8a-5824262691ad/%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%AB-%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%A8 |archive-date=2018-12-23 |access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref> |{{won}} | |- |2011 |Bangladesh National Film Awards |Best supporting actress |''Ke Apon Ke Por'' |{{won}} | |- |2016 |Bangladesh National Film Awards |Lifetime Achievement Award |{{En dash}} |{{won}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/144787 |title=Babita to be honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref><ref name="ind21May2018">{{Cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/150765 |title=Babita to receive lifetime achievement award in Kolkata |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |date=21 May 2018 |access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref> | |- |2026 |Ekushey Padak |Lifetime Achievement |{{En dash}} |{{Won}} |<ref>{{Cite web |last=bdnews24.com |title=‘একুশে পদক’ জহির রায়হানকে উৎসর্গ ববিতার |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/glitz/d0b71059ee3a |access-date=2026-02-08 |website=‘একুশে পদক’ জহির রায়হানকে উৎসর্গ ববিতার |language=en}}</ref> |- |1972 |Jahir Rayhan Padak | | |{{won}} | |- |1989 || Ershad Padak || || || {{won}} <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newschattogram24.com/%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%a4%e0%a6%be/ |script-title=bn:ফরিদা আক্তার পপি ববিতা |website=NewsChattogram24.Com |language=bn |access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> | |- |1993 |Bangladesh Film Directors Association |Special prize |Distant Thunder |{{won}} | |- | 2012||Bangladesh National Film Awards|| Best Supporting Actress || Ke Apon Ke Por || {{won}} | |- | 2002 || Dhallywood Music & Film Lifetime Achievement Award || Best Actress || || {{won}}<ref name=priyo/><ref name=distressedchildren/> | |- | 2009 |Dhallywood Music & Film Lifetime Achievement Award|| Best Actress || || {{won}}<ref name=priyo/><ref name=distressedchildren/> | |- | 1993|| Bengal Film Journalists Association Award, India || Best Actress || Distant Thunder|| {{won}}<ref name="ind21May2018" /> | |- | 1983 || National Film Award of Pakistan || Best Actress || Naadani (Miss Lanka) || {{won}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.distressedchildren.org/babita-akhtar-famous-bangladeshi-actress-becomes-dci-goodwill-ambassador/ |title=Babita Akhtar, Famous Bangladeshi Actress, Becomes DCI Goodwill Ambassador |website=distressedchildren.org |access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> | |- | 1974 || Bangladesh Cine Journalists Association Award (Bachsas Awards) || Best Actress || || {{won}}<ref name=":0"/> | |- | 1977 |Bangladesh Cine Journalists Association Award (Bachsas Awards)||Best Actress | || {{won}}<ref name=":0"/> | |- | 1980 |Bangladesh Cine Journalists Association Award (Bachsas Awards)||Best Actress | || {{won}}<ref name=":0"/> | |- | 1985 |Bangladesh Cine Journalists Association Award (Bachsas Awards)||Best Actress |Dahan|| {{won}}<ref name=":0"/> | |- |2003 |Bangladesh Cine Journalists Association Award (Bachsas Awards) |Best supporting actress |Hason Raja |{{won}} | |- |2012 |Bangladesh Cine Journalists Association Award (Bachsas Awards) |Best Actress |Khodar Pore Ma |{{won}} | |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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