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{{Short description|Bangladeshi actress (1950–2021)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kabori
| native_name = কবরী
| native_name_lang = bn
| image =
| caption =
| office              = [[Member of Parliament#Bangladesh|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency = [[Narayanganj-4]]
| term_start = 25 January 2009
| term_end = 20 November 2013
| predecessor = [[Muhammad Gias Uddin]]
| successor = [[Shamim Osman]]
| birth_name = Mina Pal
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|7|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Boalkhali]], [[Chittagong]], [[East Bengal]], Pakistan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|17|1950|7|19|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| occupation = Actress, politician and social worker
| awards = [[#Awards|full list]]
| children = 5 sons
| spouse = Chitta Chowdhury<br/>{{marriage|Shafiuddin Sarwar|1978|2008|end=div.}}
}}
'''Sarah Begum Kabori''' (also '''Kabori Sarwar'''; born '''Mina Pal''',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/05/06/d505061403105.htm |title=Tit Bits – The celebrity name game |author=Afsar Ahmed |date=6 May 2005 |access-date=28 December 2015 |newspaper=The Daily Star |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094409/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/05/06/d505061403105.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> 19 July 1950 – 17 April 2021)<ref name=50years/><ref name=nomore>{{Cite news |date=17 April 2021 |title=Silver screen legend Kabori no more |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/kabori-no-more-2078853 |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> was a<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 April 2021 |title=Actress Kabori dies of Covid-19 |url=http://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/actress-kabari-no-more-232678 |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref> Bangladeshi film actress and politician.<ref name=asiaone>{{cite web |url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20081121-102458.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222123023/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20081121-102458.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 December 2015 |title=Political career spells divorce for Bangladeshi actress |date=23 November 2008 |publisher=asiaone news |access-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> Her notable films include ''Sutorang'', ''Sareng Bou'', ''Abhirbhab'', ''Shat Bhai Champa'',  ''Sujon Sokhi'' and ''Lalon Fokir''.<ref name=nomore/> She received the [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress]] for her role in the film ''[[Sareng Bou]]'' (1978) and [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Lifetime Achievement|Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2013.<ref name=nfa>{{cite web |url=http://www.fdc.gov.bd/site/page/f3bb17fe-d9ad-4b61-bd8a-5824262691ad/১৯৭৫-২০১২ |title=জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) |language=bn |trans-title=List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012) |accessdate=19 June 2020 |publisher=Bangladesh Film Development Corporation |work=Government of Bangladesh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=10 March 2015 |title=Film Mrittika Maya wins national award 2013 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/film-mrittika-maya-wins-national-award-2013-70772 |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
Kabori got involved into politics later in her life. She became an elected member of parliament from the [[Narayanganj-4]] constituency as an [[Awami League]] politician in 2008 and served until 2014.<ref name=mp>{{Cite web |title=Constituency 207 |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla?layout=edit&id=856 |access-date=18 April 2021 |website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref>
==Early life==
Kabori was born in [[Boalkhali Upazila|Boalkhali]], [[Chittagong, East Bengal]], Pakistan.<ref name=50years>{{cite news |script-title=bn:মিষ্টি মেয়ের ৫০ বছর |url=http://www.bdtimes71.com/?p=32376 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018204554/http://www.bdtimes71.com/?p=32376 |archive-date=18 October 2016 |newspaper=BD Times 71 |language=bn |access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> She studied until 8th grade.<ref name=mp/> Her father, Krisna Das Paul, was a [[Bhajan]] singer and her mother used to recite verses from religious books. Kabori was born in a cultural based family. Her siblings knew how to dance and sing. And her brother could play the [[tabla]].<ref name=muniments>{{cite news |title=Muniments of my life |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/through-the-eyes/news/muniments-my-life-1661470 |access-date=17 April 2021 |date=17 November 2018}}</ref>
==Film career==
[[File:Subhash Dutta and Kabori.jpg|thumb|[[Subhash Dutta]] and Kabori in the film set "Sutorang" (1964)]]
Kabori debuted in film industry at the age of 13. Her first film ''[[Sutorang]]'', directed by [[Subhash Dutta]], was released in 1964.<ref name=palo>{{cite news |date=4 June 2014 |script-title=bn:অভিনেত্রী কবরীর ৫০ বছর |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/article/232978/%E2%80%98%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A7%AB%E0%A7%A6-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0%E2%80%99 |publisher=Prothom Alo |language=bn |access-date=19 April 2021 |archive-date=25 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125170608/http://www.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/article/232978/%E2%80%98%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A7%AB%E0%A7%A6-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0%E2%80%99 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She earned the role through the music director [[Satya Saha]].<ref name=muniments/> In the film, Subhash Dutta changed the actress 'Mina's' name to 'Kabori,' which means 'bun of hair.' With her new name and appearance, Kabori quickly became a symbol of romance for the local audience through her debut in cinema.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-07 |title=Roar বাংলা - সারাহ বেগম কবরী: স্মৃতির অলিন্দ |url=https://archive.roar.media/bangla/main/biography/kabori-from-the-memory-lane |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Roar Bangla |language=bn-BD}}</ref> Kabori starred with [[Abdur Razzak (actor)|Razzak]] in more than 20 films together since Dutta's ''Abirbhab'' in 1968; the films include ''[[Nil Akasher Niche]]'' (1969), ''[[Deep Nebhe Nai]]'' (1970), and ''[[Ka Kha Ga Gha Umo]]'' (1970).<ref name=razzak/>
Kabori acted in several films with [[Farooque]] in the 1970s, notably ''Sujon Sokhi'' and ''Sareng Bou''.<ref name=nomore/> She also starred with [[Bulbul Ahmed]] in [[Chashi Nazrul Islam]]'s ''[[Devdas (1982 film)|Devdas]]'' (1982).<ref name=nomore/> She acted in the 1973 film [[Titash Ekti Nadir Naam]] by [[Ritwik Ghatak]], an Indian filmmaker.<ref name=nomore/> She also acted in an [[Urdu]] film ''Bahana'' by [[Zahir Raihan]] with co-actor [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]].<ref name=nomore/> She also worked with other actors including [[Alamgir (actor)|Alamgir]], [[Sohel Rana (actor)|Sohel Rana]], [[Uzzal]], [[Wasim (actor)|Wasim]], [[Khan Ataur Rahman]], [[Golam Mustafa]], [[Anwar Hossain (actor)|Anwar Hossain]] and [[A.T.M. Shamsuzzaman]].<ref name=nomore/>
In 2006, Kabori directed the film ''Ayna''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Heroine searching for heroine |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/news/59791/Heroine-searching-for-heroine |newspaper=Prothom Alo |date=27 February 2015 |access-date=19 April 2021 |archive-date=27 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227162859/http://en.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/news/59791/Heroine-searching-for-heroine |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Kabori authored a book titled ''"Sritituku Thaak"''.<ref name=nomore/>
==Political career==
In 2008, Kabori was elected to the National Parliament in Bangladesh from [[Narayanganj-4]] for 9th Bangladesh Parliament. During [[1971 Liberation War]], she participated by donating blood to help the freedom fighters.<ref name=asiaone/> She had fled to India during the war and worked on a film, "Joy Bangladesh", in [[Mumbai]].<ref name=nomore/>
==Personal life==
Kabori first married Chitta Chowdhury.<ref name=divorce/> After the divorce from Chowdhury, she married Shafiuddin Sarwar in 1978. Sarwar is an uncle of politician [[Shamim Osman]].<ref name=divorce/> The couple was divorced in 2008.<ref name=divorce>{{Cite news |date=20 November 2008 |title=Actress Kabori divorced |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-64152 |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Entry into politics sours Kabari's marriage |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/entry-into-politics-sours-kabaris-marriage-1.144259 |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=Gulf News |language=en}}</ref>  She had five sons.<ref name=asiaone />
== Death and legacy ==
After testing positive for [[COVID-19]], Kabori was first admitted to Kurmitola General Hospital and later, was shifted to the ICU in Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital where she died on 17 April 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 April 2021 |title=Veteran actress Kabori passes away |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2021/04/17/veteran-actress-kabori-passes-away |access-date=17 April 2021 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref><ref name=nomore/> She had been working on a film titled ''Ei Tumi Shei Tumi'' since 2019.
<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 April 2021 |title="I feel very proud to have been born in Bangladesh" - Kabori |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/i-feel-very-proud-have-been-born-bangladesh-kabori-2078969 |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
The 1969 [[Ka Kha Ga Gha Umo]] film was shot in [[Chuadanga Sadar Upazila|Chuadanga]]. The crew stayed at a house called Setab Manzil. The road around the house started going by the name ''Kabori Road'' after Kabori which became official in February 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 April 2021 |title=Revisiting 'Kabori Road' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/revisiting-kabori-road-2079501 |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Role
!Director
!Co-artists
|Ref(s)
|-Notes
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Sutorang]]'' || Jorina || [[Subhash Dutta]] || [[Subhash Dutta]] ||
|-
| 1965 || ''Bahana'' || || [[Zahir Raihan]] || [[Abdur Rahman (actor)|Rahman]], Garaj Babu || <ref name="Gazdar1997p254">{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=254 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1967 || ''Heeraramon'' || || || [[Shawkat Akbar|S. Akbar]], [[Anwara Begum|Anwara]], Siraj, Jeshiri, Sadiq Nabi || <ref name="Gazdar1997p259">{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=259 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}</ref>
|-
| ''Momir Elo'' || || Kazi Khaliq || [[Abdur Razzak (actor)|Razzak]], Siraj, [[Anwar Hossain (actor)|Anwar]], Jalil, Chitra, Wahida || <ref name="Gazdar1997p259" />
|-
| ''Sat Bhai Champa'' || || [[Khan Ataur Rahman]] || Azim, Raj, Attiya, K. A. Khan || <ref name="Gazdar1997p259" />
|-
| Bashori ||Radha||[[Abdul Jabbar Khan (director)|Abdul Jabbar Khan]]|| [[Abdur Razzak (actor)|Razzak]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1968 || ''Abirbhab '' || || [[Subhash Dutta]] || [[Abdur Razzak (actor)|Razzak]]|| <ref name="Gazdar1997p262">{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=262 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}</ref>
|-
| ''Arun Borun Kiranmala''  || || || [[Azim (actor)|Azim]] ||
|-
| ''Soeey Nadya Jage Pani'' || || [[Khan Ataur Rahman]] || [[Syed Hasan Imam (actor)|Syed Hasan Imam]], [[Rosy Afsari]], Jalil Afghani || <ref>{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=260 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}</ref>
|-
|Chorabali
|
|[[Ismail Mohammad]]
|[[Rozi Afsari]], [[Shawkat Akbar|S. Akbar]], Syed Ahsan Ali Sydney
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=চোরাবালি (Chorabali) - বাংলা মুভি ডেটাবেজ {{!}} Bangla Movie Database |url=https://bmdb.com.bd/movie/895/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=বাংলা মুভি ডেটাবেজ |language=bn-BD}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-14 |title=শক্তিমান অভিনেতা সৈয়দ আহসান আলী সিডনী'র ২০তম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ - নিরাপদ নিউজ |url=https://www.nirapadnews.com/entertainment/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=nirapadnews.com/ |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1969 || [[Nil Akasher Niche]] || || || [[Abdur Razzak (actor)|Razzak]] ||
|-
| ''Moina Moti'' || || Qazi Zaheer || || <ref>{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=266 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="9" | 1970 || ''[[Deep Nebhe Nai]]'' || || ||  [[Abdur Razzak (actor)|Razzak]]||
|-
| ''Binimoy'' || || || [[Uzzal]] || Debut film of [[Uzzal]]
|-
| ''Dorpo Churno'' || || || ||
|-
| ''Jey Aguney Puri'' || || Amir Hussain || || <ref name="Gazdar1997p268">{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=268 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Ka Kha Ga Gha Umo]]'' || || [[Narayan Ghosh Mita]] || || <ref name="Gazdar1997p268" />
|-
| ''Nayika'' || || U. Chowdhury || || <ref name="Gazdar1997p268" />
|-
| ''Sontan'' || || E. R. Khan || || <ref name="Gazdar1997p268" />
|-
| ''Aka Baka'' || || || [[Abdur Razzak (actor)|Razzak]]||
|-
| ''Kanch Kata Heera'' || || || [[Abdur Razzak (actor)|Razzak]]||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1971 || ''Jai Bangladesh'' || ||I. S. Johar || || Hindi
|-
| Jolchhobi || || || [[Farooque]] || Debut film of [[Farooque]]
|-
| 1972 || ''Apon Por'' || || [[Khan Ataur Rahman]] || [[Zafar Iqbal (actor)|Zafar Iqbal]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1973 || Lalon Fokir || || || ||
|-
| ''[[Titash Ekti Nadir Naam]]'' || || [[Ritwik Ghatak]] || || Bengali (India-Bangladesh)
|-
| ''[[Rangbaz (1973 film)|Rangbaz]]'' || || || [[Abdur Razzak (actor)|Razzak]]||
|-
| ''Amar Jonmobhumi '' || || || [[Alamgir (actor)|Alamgir]] || Debut film of Alamgir<ref name=50years />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1974 || Sadharon Meye || || || [[Zafar Iqbal (actor)|Zafar Iqbal]]||
|-
| [[Masud Rana (film)|Masud Rana]] || || || [[Sohel Rana (actor)|Sohel Rana]] || Debut film of Sohel Rana
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Sujon Sokhi (1975 film)|Sujon Sokhi]]'' || Sokhi || [[Khan Ataur Rahman]] || [[Farooque]] ||
|-
| 1977 ||''[[MotiMohol]]'' || Firoza || [[Ashok Ghosh]] || [[Abdur Razzak (actor)|Razzak]], Mahmud Koli ||
|-
| 1977 ||''[[Love In Simla]]'' || || [[Abul Bashar]] || [[Alamgir (actor)|Alamgir]] ||
|-
| 1978 || [[Sareng Bou]] || || [[Abdullah al Mamun (playwright)|Abdullah al Mamun]] || [[Farooque]] ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Devdas (1982 film)|Devdas]]'' || || [[Chashi Nazrul Islam]] || [[Bulbul Ahmed]], [[Anwara Begum]] ||
|-
| 1988 || [[Dui Jibon]]|| || [[Abdullah al Mamun (playwright)|Abdullah al Mamun]]|| [[Bulbul Ahmed]], [[Diti]], [[Afzal Hossain]], Nipa Monalisa ||
|}
==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Film !! Ref
|-
| 1973 || [[Bachsas Awards]] || [[Bachsas Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || Lalon Fokir ||
|-
| 1975 || Bachsas Awards || Best Actress || Sujon Sokhi ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1978 || [[Bangladesh National Film Awards]] || Best Actress || Sareng Bou ||
|-
| Bachsas Awards || Best Actress || Sareng Bou ||
|-
| 1988 || Bachsas Awards || Best Actress || Dui Jibon ||
|-
| 2008 || Bachsas Awards || Honorary Award || || <ref name=50years />
|-
| 2009 || Bachsas Awards || Lifetime Achievement || || <ref>{{cite news |date=27 December 2014 |script-title=bn:বাচসাস চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার পেলেন রাজ্জাক-কবরী জুটি |url=http://www.kalerkantho.com/online/entertainment/2014/12/27/168306 |newspaper=Kaler Kantho |language=bn |access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || National Film Awards || Lifetime Achievement || || <ref>{{cite news |date=10 March 2015 |script-title=bn:জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার-২০১৩ ঘোষণা |url=http://www.dhakatimes24.com/2015/03/10/57348 |newspaper=Dhaka Times |language=bn |access-date=1 October 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2019 || Nayakraj Razzak Award || || ||  <ref name=razzak>{{Cite news |date=23 April 2019 |title=Kabori honoured with Nayakraj Razzak Award |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/film/news/kabori-honoured-nayakraj-razzak-award-1733149 |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
|}
== References ==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|2619547}}
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