Noted actress Mita Chowdhury breathed her last in London

Entertainment Desk :
Noted Bangladeshi actress Mita Chowdhury died on June 29.
According to media reports, she had been suffering from cancer and undergoing chemotherapy.
Eminent actress and Member of the Parliament Suborna Mustafa also shared the news through her official Facebook account. She wrote, “Dear Mita, my beautiful, loving, talented friend…so hard to say goodbye.”
Later in another post, Suborna Mustafa also wrote, “My first TV drama ‘Borof Gola Nodi’ was with Mita. ‘Dolls’ House’ brought us together after almost 28 years.”
Mita Chowdhury started her acting career in 1968 and got recognised for her performance in theaters and TV dramas in the 70s and 80s era.
After a long break, she returned to acting in 2006 and played roles in movies like ‘Made in Bangladesh’.
Her first serial was ‘Shanto Kutir’. According to Mita Chowdhury, “Through this drama, I basically got acquainted with the new genre of work.”
Mita Chowdhury and Shampa Reza had been friends for more than 60 years. They started their cultural journey together when they were children, Mita in acting, on the other hand, Shampa in singing.
In the course of their lives, they were located in different parts of the world but they stayed connected and kept exchanging letters, books and knowledge.
“Life is full of culture and beauty but life is also just about living. Mita knew how to live; with beauty and with grace. Even when death appeared before her, she faced it with her graceful beauty,” recalled Shampa Reza, a veteran singer and a childhood friend, when asked to describe Mita Chowdhury as a person.
“Mita possessed every quality that an ideal person could have. She embraced every chapter of her life so gracefully. After getting diagnosed, she dealt with every medical procedure and otherworldly things single-handedly,” she also said.
After getting married, Mita Chowdhury moved to the United Kingdom and settled there. She also secured her master’s degree in English there.