Mita Noor Explained

Mita Noor
Birth Date:1 January 1971
Birth Place:Daudkandi Upazila, Comilla District
Death Place:Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Death Cause:Suicide by hanging
Occupation:Model, actress
Spouse:Shahanur Rahman Majumder
Mother:Mariam Sarkar
Father:Fazlur Rahman

Sabina Yasmin Mita Noor (known as Mita Noor; born 1 January 1971; died 1 July 2013)[1] was a Bangladeshi actress.[2] On 1 July 2013, she committed suicide by hanging herself at her home in Gulshan, Dhaka.[2] [3]

Career

As a child, Noor attended Bulbul Lalitakala Academy to learn Bharatnatyam.[4] She debuted in 1989 with weekly drama Sagar Sechar Swadh on Bangladesh Television. She also took part as a model in TV advertisements.[1] In 2011 she directed one short play Chowngali.

Personal life

Noor was married to businessman Shahanur Rahman Majumder for 24 years.[2] Together they had two sons - Shehzad Noor Taus and Sadman Noor Tahmid. Taus was on the news when he had created the first-ever Bangladeshi meta-search engine SearchW3.net at the age of 13.[5]

Death

On 1 July 2013, after a history of depression, Noor committed suicide by hanging herself at her home in Gulshan, Dhaka.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. News: ‘Mita Noor killed herself’. August 25, 2015. July 1, 2013. bdnews24.
  2. News: Actress Mita Noor found dead. July 1, 2013. August 25, 2015. The Daily Star.
  3. News: Mita Noor committed suicide, says final autopsy report. August 28, 2013. August 25, 2015.
  4. News: Mita Noor: Transition from modelling to acting. Mahmuda Afroz. November 3, 2006. August 25, 2015. The Daily Star.
  5. News: Bangladeshi whizkid on the block. August 23, 2009. August 25, 2015. The Daily Star.