Zahrat Ara, who starred in Mukh O Mukhosh, the first Bengali film made with sound in the East Pakistan, has passed away. She was around 80.
She breathed her last in a care home in London on Monday, her family friend Ferdous Rahman told media here.
He said the actress had been suffered from various old age complications.
Directed by Abdul Jabbar Khan, Mukh O Mukhosh (The Face and the Mask') was released in Dhaka, Chittagong, Narayanganj, and Khulna on 3 August 1956. The film was a great success as viewers thronged to watch the first film to be made in the region.
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