Dolly Johur
Acting
Biography
Dolly Johur is a Bangladeshi film, television and stage actress. She earned Bangladesh National Film Award for Lifetime Achievement (2021) from the Bangladeshi government. She received Bangladesh National Film Awards 2 times - as the Best Actress and the Best Supporting Actress for her roles in the films Shonkhonil Karagar and Ghani (2006) respectively.
Born: July 17, 1953
Place of Birth: Dhanmondi, Dacca, East Pakistan
Known For
Dipu Number Two
An adventure story for young boys, Dipu Number Two is the second film of a talented director from Bangladesh who is one of the few who concentrate on quality filmmaking in a country with a rich commercial film industry. The story is taken from a youth-oriented novel in which Dipu, a boy belonging to the educated class, is teased by the school bully but eventually forms a deep relationship with him. The rest is totally escapist in nature, including a scene in which the two youths manage to capture single-handedly an entire group of robbers.
Aguner Poroshmoni
A middle-class family shelters a freedom fighter in war-torn Dhaka.
Wrong Number
The story revolves around different comical events regarding telephonic conversation. Athoi (Shrabanti), a young girl loves to dial wrong numbers and through such an incident, gets involved with a boy Abir (Riaz). The story advances through a series of humorous events.
Daruchini Dwip
University students aspire to visit a beach named Saint Martin.
Words of the Heart
Hridoyer Kotha (Bengali: হৃদয়ের কথা) is a Bangladeshi film released on 18 October 2006 directed by S.A. Haque Alik. Riaz produced the movie, the first time in his career. Notable songs in the film include Bhalobasbo Basbore Bondhu (Habib Wahid) and Jay Din Jay Ekaki (S.I. Tutul).
Ononto Bhalobasa
Afzal Chowdhury (Abul Hayat) has two stepbrothers: Ashraf Chowdhury (Wasimul Bari Rajib) and Akram Chowdhury (Nasir Khan). They killed Afzal for the greed of his properties and put the blame on his pregnant wife Nazma (Dolly Johur). After serving her sentence she rejoins with her son Moshal (Shakib Khan). On the other hand, Ashraf's daughter Jyoti (Irin Zaman) is also grown-up, now. One day, Moshal saves Jyoti from some goons. And they deeply fell in love. But what will happen when they learn about their family rivalry?
Something Like an Autobiography
Filmmaker-actor couple, Tithi and Farhan, are subjects of criticism and trolls for not taking baby in a patriarchal society. Tithi doesn’t succumb to the pressure of social validation and decides to have a baby when the time is right for her, but the question never ends for her.
Anondo Osru
Dewan Sharif is an influential person in village and whoever rise voice against him, he kills him. His elder brother left villages a long time ago and lives in town. He plans to occupy the property his brother left in the village. During election time, he goes town and hires a hooligan to take care the opposition. His nephew Khosru also comes to village during election. He falls in love with Sharif's maid-servant's daughter Dola and it make Sharif angry. Sharif makes Dola's family desert the village. He also maddened Khosru with a medicine as he become threat of his occupying his brother's property.
Shoshurbari Zindabad
Shoshurbari Zindabad (Bengali: শ্বশুরবাড়ী জিন্দাবাদ) is a 2002 Bangladeshi film released on Eid-ul-Fitr. The film marked the directorial debut of Debashish Biswas, son of Dilip Biswas.
Common Gender
Common Gender is a 2012 Bangladeshi film starring Dolly Zahur and Chitralekha Guha. It is the first Bangladeshi film to portray the lives of Hijra or transgender people. It is one of the first films in world cinema to have two transgender people as lead characters. It was subsequently released in the United States.
Filmography
as Tithi's Mother
as Rehana - Shuvro's Mother
as Adhora's mother
as Rokeya
as Athoi's Aunty
as Rehana Akter
as Pathor's Mother
as Dola's Mother
as Tariq's mother
as Surma
as Rabeya / Emma