| Humaira Himu | |
| Native Name: | হুমাইরা হিমু |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Birth Name: | Humaira Nusrat Himu |
| Birth Date: | 23 November 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Lakshmipur, Bangladesh |
| Death Cause: | Suicide by hanging |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 2005–2023 |
Humaira Nusrat Himu (known as Humaira Himu; 23 November 1985 – 2 November 2023)[1] was a Bangladeshi television and film actress. She made her film debut in Amar Bondhu Rashed in 2011. She had appeared in TV dramas like DB, Sanghat, Chairman Bari, Batighor, and Shonena She Shonena.[2] [3] [4]
Himu was born in Lakshmipur District on 23 November 1985 as the only child to Sana Ullah (d. 2022) and Shamim Ara Chowdhury (d. 2020).[5] She started working on theatre at an early stage. She worked at local cultural organisations - HiFi Koutuk Shilpogoshthi and Friends Natyogoshthi.[1] In 1999, she moved to Dhaka after her Secondary School Certificate exams. She worked at several theatre groups including Nagorik Natyangan.[1]
Himu mostly worked on television dramas. She made her television drama debut with 'PI' and film debut with Amar Bondhu Rashed in 2011 with the role "Toru Apa".[1] [3] [5]
Himu died on 2 November 2023 at the age of 37.[6] Rapid Action Battalion arrested her friend Mohammad Ziauddin alias Rufi alias Urfi Zia on accusation of being involved in her death. According to Rufi, Himu committed suicide by hanging from a ceiling structure after an altercation with him regarding financial affairs. Himu and Rufi would often fight about marriage and gambling. Rufi has also said that she attempted to hang herself before when things did not go her way but she would eventually come down. [7] Therefore, when she went to commit suicide, Rufi did not know that Himu would end her life at that moment. Rufi watched Himu committing suicide in her bedroom while he was sitting on her bed. When Himu hung herself, Rufi and makeup artist Mihir took her to the hospital, where the doctors said she was deceased. When the doctors noticed a spot on her neck, they assumed that she might’ve committed suicide so they called the police. Before the police arrived, Rufi took Himu to the hospital and then later ran away with Himu’s two cell phones and her car. When the RAB caught Rufi, he said he wanted to sell those phones. Himu’s body was taken for autopsy and then her namaz-e-janaza was held at Channel I premises.[8] She was then buried beside her mother’s grave in Lakshmipur.[9]
Although Rufi claimed that Himu committed suicide, a lot of artists have said that she is not the type to kill herself. Some artists claimed that Himu became really lonely after her mother died, which is why she distanced herself from everyone, including people who were her colleagues. Even though she would normally work as an actress, she would spend a lot of her time on Bigo Live, which is where she met Rufi. She would often gamble on Bigo Live. She was also distracted by Bigo Live while she would work.