Dolly Anwar

Dolly Anwar (; 1 July 1948 – 3 July 1991) was a Bangladeshi stage, television and film actress and writer and editor of Saatdin magazine. She was awarded Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the film Surjo Dighol Bari.

Early life Anwar was the daughter of Nilima Ibrahim, a political and feminist activist, and Muhammad Ibrahim, a physician. She was an undergraduate student in literature at Jagannath College.

Anwar left acting and started serving as the director of an advertisement agency and the editor of a weekly, Saatdin.

Personal life and death Anwar first married Raju in 1966, a student leader.

Anwar committed suicide on 3 July 1991 and died at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital later that night.