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{{short description|Bangladeshi actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ferdousi Mazumder
| native_name = ফেরদৌসী মজুমদার
| native_name_lang = bn
| birth_name = Ferdous Ara Begum
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|06|18|df=y}}
| occupation = Actor
| awards = {{ubl|[[Ekushey Padak]]|[[Independence Day Award]]}}
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]
| education = [[Master of Arts|MA]] (Bengali and Arabic)
| relatives = {{ubl|[[Munier Chowdhury]] (brother)|[[Kabir Chowdhury]] (brother)}}
| spouse = [[Ramendu Majumdar]]
| children = Tropa Mazumder
}}

'''Ferdousi Mazumder''' ({{nee|Ara Begum}}; born 18 June 1943)<ref name=captive/> is a Bangladeshi film, television and stage actress. She was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] (1998, [[Independence Day Award]] and [[Ekushey Padak]] (2020) by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref> As of 2009, on stage she has given over 1200 performances of about 35 plays, mostly for her own group, ''Theatre''.<ref name=captive/>

==Early life==
Mazumder was an intermediate student of [[Eden Mohila College|Eden College]].<ref name=captive/> She earned her master's degree in both [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Arabic]] from the [[University of Dhaka]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

==Career==
Mazumder started her drama career through her brother, [[Munier Chowdhury]], a playwright and novelist.<ref name=captive/> She first acted in the drama ''Daktar Abdullahar Karkhana'', written by [[Shawkat Osman]], which was a production of the then Iqbal Hall of the [[University of Dhaka]].<ref name=captive/> Ferdousi also acted at the very first televised drama of [[Bangladesh Television]], ''Ektala Dotala'' (1964).<ref name=captive/> Over the years, she performed in plays like ''Kokilara'', a one-woman play, ''Eka'', a one-character non-verbal play, ''Tamoshi'', written by [[Nilima Ibrahim]] and others.<ref name=captive/> She directed five stage plays including ''Meherjan Arekbar'', ''Tahara Tokhono'', ''Chithi'' and ''Dui Bon''.<ref name=captive/>

After the independence of Bangladesh, in 1972, a group of ''Chhatra Shikkhak Natya Goshthi'' members formed a theatre troupe calling it ''Theatre''. Majumdar was one of the founding members of the troupe.<ref name=captive/>

==Personal life==
Mazumder is married to [[Ramendu Majumdar]] since around 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-30|title=Personal Musings|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/cover-story/news/personal-musings-2120909|access-date=2021-07-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/cover-story/ferdausi-majumdar-tale-the-thespian-1316857 |title=Ferdausi Majumdar - Tale of the Thespian |last=Haq |first=Minam |date=19 November 2016 |publisher=The Daily Star |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref> Together they have a daughter, Tropa Mazumder. Her father, Khan Bahadur Abdul Halim Chowdhury, was a district magistrate. Her brother [[Munier Chowdhury]] was an intellectual. Another brother, [[Kabir Chowdhury]], was a professor and intellectual.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mazumder, Ferdousi|title=Mone Pore|publisher=Shahitya Prokash|ISBN=984-465-439-4}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Independence Day Award]] (2020)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/100201/10-named-for-independence-award|title=10 named for Independence Award|work=New Age|language=en|access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref>
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1998)
* William Kerry Award (1998)
* Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award for Best Actor (1978)
* First National TV Award for Best Acting (1975)
* Sequence Award of Merit for performance in TV for a decade<ref name=captive>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2009/06/03/cover.htm|title=Holding Her Audience Captive|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=19 June 2009|access-date=19 November 2022}}</ref>

==Works==
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* ''Daktar Abdullahar Karkhana''
* ''Eka''
* ''[[Songsoptok]]''
* ''Kokilara''
* ''Tamoshi''<ref name=captive/>
* ''Payer Awaj Pawa Jay''
* ''Ekhon Dushshoomoy''
* ''Dui Bon''
* ''Shubochon Nirbashone''
* ''Ghore Baire''<ref name=captive/>
* ''Meraj Fakirer Ma''
* ''Madhobi''
* ''Mukti''
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bachsas Award for Best Supporting Actress}}
{{Meril Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award}}
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[[Category:Bangladeshi television actresses]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi film actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi actresses]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak in arts]]
[[Category:Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]
[[Category:Eden Mohila College alumni]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Meril-Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award winners]]
[[Category:Best Supporting Actress Bachsas Award winners]]
[[Category:People from Chatkhil Upazila]]

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