Mita Rahman

Mita Rahman (22 January 1958 – 29 June 2023) was a Bangladeshi-British actress. She was also known as Mita Chowdhury.

In the 1970s, she became famous as one of the most promising actresses in post-independence Bangladesh, with a number of notable performances on stage and screen. Prominent among these was her portrayal of Rabeya in a 1978 Bangladesh Television adaptation of Nondito Norokey, the classic Bengali novel by Humayun Ahmed. She was also a presenter on the popular World Music radio programme on Bangladesh Betaar.

At the peak of her career, she got married and moved to Guernsey in the Channel Islands, where she spent the next few decades, raising a family and working in a number of careers. In 2006, she returned to acting. Among others, she performed in a Tara Theatre production of Sonata by Mahesh Elkunchwar, which also played in Dhaka afterwards. She became a more regular presence in Bangladeshi TV dramas. On British television, she had supporting roles in series such as This is Going to Hurt, We Are Lady Parts and The Good Karma Hospital.

Rahman died near her home in Hitchin, Hertfordshire after a long battle with pancreatic cancer on 29 June 2023, at the age of 65. She was survived by two children.[1][2]