Sharmili Ahmed

Sharmili Ahmed’s other name was Majeda Mallick. She was a Bangladeshi television and film actress. She was born on May 8, 1947. Sharmili Ahmed’s place of birth is Belur Chok village, Domkal Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, British India. She completed her matriculation examination at Rajshahi PN Girls High School. Later, she graduated from the University of Rajshahi. Her father’s name is Tofazzal Hossain. She was the eldest child among six siblings. She had a younger sister Wahida Mollick Jolly Wahida Mollik Jolly is an actress and costume desi >> Read More... , a Bangladeshi theatre actress and activist. She married Rakibuddin Ahmed (1932 – 1996) with whom she had a daughter named Tanima.

Sharmili Ahmed started acting on stage at four. She began her career as a radio announcer & drama artiste in Rajshahi Radio in 1962. In 1964, she marked her debut as a film actress and as a television actress in 1968. She worked in the first-ever television drama serial “Dompoti” on Bangladesh Television. In 1976, she portrayed the role of mother for the first time in the drama “Agun,” directed by Mohammad Mohsin Mohammad Mohsin popularly known as Mohsin was an O >> Read More... . She played the role of Chhobi’s sister-in-law in the film “Bashundhara” in the following year.  In 1991, she acted in a Bangladeshi film “Streer Paona” as Kabir’s mother. She appeared in the 1997 film “Hangor Nodi Grenade,” directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam Bio coming soon... >> Read More... and based on the novel Hangor Nodi Grenade by Selina Hossain. In 2012, she acted in a Bengali romantic action film “Se Amar Mon Kereche,” directed by Sohanur Rahman Sohan. The following year, she worked on three films such as Akash Koto Dure, 71 Er Maa Jononi, and Prem Korbo Tomar Sathe.

Sharmili Ahmed also worked in several television drama serials such as Brishir Porey (2005), Aguntuk (2005), Chena Manusher Panchalee (2007), Uposhonghar (2010), Poush Phaguner Pala (2011), Abar Hawa Bodoi (2014), and many more. She also hosted a television program “Amar Ma Amar Prithibi” based on World Mother’s Day, aired on Ekushey Television. Throughout her career spanning over fifty years, she acted in around four hundred films and one-fifty television programs.

Also, she was awarded with numerous prestigious awards, including the Ritwik Ghatak Golden Award, Alokito Nari Award, Anannya Award, Syed Mahidul Islam Memorial Award, and others. In 1985, she was honored with the Bachsas Award for her role in Dohon film. Sharmili Ahmed passed away on July 8, 2022, at the age of seventy-five in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She had been suffering from cancer for a long time and died while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka.