Nazma Anwar ( – 14 December 2004) was a Bangladeshi film and television actress, and drama activist. She performed in Bengali films including Hajar Bachhor Dhore (2005), Dukhai (1997) Joyjatra (2004), Shonkhonil Karagar (1992), Chittagong: The Last Stopover (2000), Shankhonad (2004) and also in television drama plays including Iblish, Kothao Keu Nei, and Tahara. Early life Anwar was born in 1941 in Munshiganj District in the-then British India. Her father was a professor of Arabic in the Government Haraganga College. She moved to Dhaka with her family when while she finished her sixth grade in school. Career Anwar started her career as a theater activist by joined Dhaka Drama Circle in 1960s. In 1981, she joined in Aranyak Natyadal, a theater group in Bangladesh. In 2001, she played in the tele drama Kariman Bewa (2001), based on the biography of freedom fighter Taramon Bibi. Personal life Anwar had five children. Her daughter, Ishrat Nishat (d. 2020), was a theatre activist. Works Films Shonkhonil Karagar (1992) Dukhai (1997) Chittagong: The Last Stopover (2000) Joyjatra (2004) Shankhonad (2004) Hajar Bachhor Dhore (2005) References External links 1940s births 2004 deaths People from Munshiganj District Bangladeshi film actresses Bangladeshi theatre people Date of birth missing