Veteran actress Nasima Khan dies at 82

Veteran Bangladeshi actress Nasima Khan, who rose to prominence in the country’s film industry during the 1960s and 1970s, died at a hospital in Dhaka’s Uttara area on Sunday evening at the age of 82.

Ms Khan breathed her last around 7 pm on October 11, according to a social media post by television actress Reshma Ahmed, who confirmed the news. “The legendary figure of our film industry, respected Nasima Khan apa, is no more,” she wrote. Nevertheless, no official statement regarding the cause of death or funeral arrangements had been disclosed at the time of writing.

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One of the pioneering actresses of Bangladesh’s film industry, she made her big-screen debut in 1959 with Jago Hua Savera and subsequently played a leading role in Je Nodi Moru Pathe in 1961. Moreover, from the 1960s through the 1980s, she carved out a distinctive presence in the industry and earned acclaim for her performances. Her final appearance on the big screen came in Kusum Kusum Prem, released in 2011. Consequently, her death has cast a pall of grief over the country’s film fraternity, which has lost one of its most venerated figures.