Kabori Sarwar is a movie star of Bangladesh. She stepped into the field of cinema as an amateur artist at the age of 13. Her full name is Kabori Sarwar. She received the National award /Best Actress for her performance in the classic movie 'Sareng Bou- the Captain's wife'. She studied at Sir Ashutosh College of Chittagong. She is a Member of Parliament and was elected to her post in December 2008 in a landslide victory of her party Awami League.
She is an active member in multiple community service organizations and is a champion of women's rights and an advocate of the destitute. She is a pacifist and a firm believer in the emancipation of the under-privileged in Bangladesh.
Her role in the Media
Kabori was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was back in 1964 that Kabori acted in her first film, Shutorang, under Subhash Dutta's direction, and coincidentally after 40 years, in 2004, Subhash Dutta acted in the movie Aaina under Kabori's direction.
Kabori has also had remarkable on-screen chemistry with Farooq in the 1970s. This has been evident in two blockbusters like Shujon Shokhi and Shareng Bou. She also formed an on-screen pair with Bulbul Ahmed in one of the most talked-about film Devdas, made on Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's timeless classic. Another high point of Kabori's screen career was her role in Titash Ekti Nadir Naam directed by Ritwik Ghatak - one of India's legendary filmmakers. She also acted in a Urdu film Bahana by Zahir Raihan with co-star Rahman.
Kabori also worked with co-actors like Sohel Rana, Ujjal, Wasim, Khan Ataur Rahman, Golam Mustafa, Anwar Hossain and ATM Shamsuzzaman.
Kabori was elected to the National Parliament in Bangladesh and is currently serving as an MP from Narayanganj District No.4. She has five sons. Kabori was also a very active participant in the war during the Pakistan Bangladesh war in 1970 in India where she organised numerous charity functions and concerts where the proceeds would go to the Interim government in Agartola. She was also the first woman broadcast by Radio India during the war. Kabori is very active as a MP spearheading several projects to help the women of Bangladesh. Recently she was a guest of the State Department to attend a seminar in Washington DC regarding AIDS awareness in Third World nations.