Eminent actress Sharmili Ahmed passes away at 75

Eminent actress Sharmili Ahmed passed away at her residence in Uttara this morning. She was 75 years old.

Ahsan Habib Nasim, the president of Actors' Equity Bangladesh, confirm the news. He told the media that the actress had been suffering from cancer for a long time.

"On Friday morning as her condition deteriorated, she was taken to a private hospital in Dhaka from her Uttara residence, where she breathed her last," he said.

However, Shuborna Mustafa, another eminent actress and Member of Parliament, wrote in her Facebook post that the legendary actress "breathed her last at her home this morning".

“My beautiful chachi, the great actor of our times Mrs Sharmili Ahmed breathed her last this morning at home. May her soul rest in eternal peace,” she wrote.

The entire acting fraternity has lost their beloved AMMA, the actress wrote.

Born in 1947 in Belur Chok village of Murshidabad, Sharmili started her career on radio in 1962 before making a foray into films in 1964, and television four years later.

Sharmili acted in numerous television dramas, including 'Dompoti', the first drama serial in the history of Bangladesh TV, and also appeared in several films.

Some of her remarkable works are 'Malancha', 'Dompoti', 'Agun', 'Abirvaab', 'Poush Phaguner Pala', 'Meherjaan', 'Abar Hawa Bodol', 'Brishtir Pore', 'Amader Ananda Bari', 'Anchol', 'Aguntuk', 'Poshak', 'Chheleti', 'Uposhonghar', 'Chena Manusher Panchalee', and 'Dhupchhay'.

She will be cherished and remembered for her remarkable contribution to Bangladesh’s cultural arena for over five decades.