Dilara Hanif Rita (born 1984), known by her stage name Purnima, is a Bangladeshi film actress. Her notable films are Moner Majhe Tumi (2003), Megher Pore Megh (2004), Shuva (2005), Hridoyer Kotha (2006), Akash Chonya Valobasha (2008) etc. She won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress in 2010.

Early life

Purnima was born on 1970 in Fatikchhari, Chittagong. Her parents are Mohammad Hanif and Sufia Begum. She has one sister Dilruba Hanif. She is also an actress.

Career

Purnima made her film debut with E Jibon Tomar Amar in 1993 which was releasedin1995.. She acted alongside Riaz in Indian-Bangladeshi film Moner Majhe Tumi in 2003 which became immensely popular. She did many movies with actor Riaz, Manna, Shakib Khan, Ferdous, Amin Khan. Her notable performance includes Megher Por Megh (2004) based on the liberation war of Pakistani and directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam. Shasti (2004), based on a story of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore directed by the same director earned her critical acclaim. In August 2005, she appeared with Shakib Khan in Shuva also directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam, based on the short story Shuva by Rabindranath Tagore. The film received highly positive reviews from critics as well as her performance. Purnima played a mute girl in this movie. Her other notable commercial successes include Hridoyer Kotha 2006 and Akash Chhoa Bhalobasa (2008). Both were directed by S A Haque Alik. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in 'Ora Amake Valo Hote Dilo Na' (2010). Apart from acting in films, Purnima has also worked regularly in TV dramas. He has presented star talk shows "Ebong Purnima", "Purnima Alo" and "Boro Mancher Tarokara". Also presented "Merri Prothom Alo Award 2016" and "Merrill Prothom Alo Award 2017" with Ferdous. She made her web-film debut in 2021 with Amitabh Reza Chowdhury's 'Munsigiri', where she acted alongside Chanchal Chowdhury.

Personal life

Purnima married 5 times.Her 1st husband is a businessman named Iftekhar(1993), 2nd husband Mostaq (1998) 3rd husband kibria(2002) and divorced them. After her all marriage broke up, she married Fahad (2007). After their divorce in 2022, she married again Robin on 2022.

Filmography

Television

Music video

Awards

Bangladesh National Film Awards

Meril Prothom Alo Awards