Afroza Sultana Ratna (born 15 June 1952), best known by her stage name Shabana, is a Bangladeshi film actress. She was one of the most influential and highest-paid actresses in Bangladeshi cinema from the 1970s to the 1990s before retiring in 1998. Across her three-decade-long career, she appeared in 299 films. She co-starred with Alamgir in 130 of them.
Starting her career as a child actress in 1961 film Notun Sur, she quickly became a reigning star of the Bangladesh film industry in the 1980s. She earned a record 8 Best Actress Awards at the Bangladesh National Film Awards. Her national film award-winning roles were in Janani (1977), Sokhi Tumi Kar (1980), Dui Poisar Alta (1982), Nazma (1983), Bhat De (1984), Apeksha (1987), Ranga Bhabi (1989), Moroner Pore (1990), and Achena (1991). In July 2017, Shabana was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Government of Bangladesh for her contribution to Bangladeshi cinema.
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Early life and career
Shabana's family has originated in Dabua, Raozan area in Chittagong. She started her acting career co-starring with Pakistani actor Nadeem in Urdu film Chakori in 1967. She acted in 299 films in Bengali and Urdu, and one in Hindi titled Shatru where she starred with Indian actor Rajesh Khanna in 1986. The film was directed by Pramod Chakravorty. She acted with Nadeem, Razzak, Bulbul Ahmed, Prabir Mitra, Shawkat Akbar, Subhash Dutta, Rahman, Syed Hasan Imam, Ujjal, Zafar Iqbal, Alamgir, Jashim, ATM Shamsuzzaman, Khasru, Sohel Rana, Mahmud Koli, Ilyas Kanchan, Wasim (actor), Humayun Faridi, Javed Sheikh and Rajesh Khanna.
