File PhotoVeteran actress Nasima Khan, a prominent face in Bangladeshi cinema during the 1960s, passed away at around 7:30pm on Sunday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Uttara, Dhaka.
Sony Rahman, organising secretary of the Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association and an actor, confirmed her death.
Nasima Khan was among the pioneering actresses of Bangladesh’s film industry. She began her film career in the late 1950s, appearing in both Bengali and Urdu-language films.
Born on 6 August 1944 in Lalbagh, Old Dhaka, she was the daughter of Mohammad Masud Khan. Her ancestral home is Ukil Bari in Rarhikhal village under Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj. Her grandfather, Khan Bahadur Abdul Jalil, served as a deputy magistrate in Dhaka during British rule.
Nasima Khan made her film debut in 1959 with AJ Kardar’s Jago Hua Savera, playing a supporting female role in the internationally recognised film, considered Dhaka’s second talkie. In the same year, she appeared in Baby Islam’s Urdu film Tanha, alongside Shabnam, Sumita Devi and Lahore-based actress Shamim Ara.
She made her debut as a leading actress in the 1961 film Je Nodi Moru Pothe, opposite Anis, and went on to establish herself as a familiar face on the silver screen.
Her notable films include Surjasnan, Dharapat, Kar Bou, Ujala, Begana, Apon Dulal, Uljhan, Main Bhi Insan Hoon, Dui Bhai, Gouri, Amar Bou and Dheuyer Pore Dheu.
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