| Diti | |
| Native Name: | দিতি |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Birth Date: | 1965 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Sonargaon, Narayanganj District, East Pakistan |
| Birth Name: | Parveen Sultana |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Spouse: | Sohel Chowdhury (m. 1986 - div. 1995) Ilias Kanchan (divorced) |
| Children: | Lamia Chowdhury (b.1987) Dipta Chowdhury (b.1989) |
| Awards: | Bangladesh National Film Awards |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Resting Place: | Sonargaon, Narayanganj, Bangladesh |
Parveen Sultana (Bengali: পারভীন সুলতানা দিতি known by her stage name Diti; March 31, 1965 – March 20, 2016) was a Bangladeshi film and television actress. She won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1987 for her performance in Swami Stree.[1] [2] [3] She acted in more than 200 films in her career.
Diti was born in Sonargaon, Narayanganj district to her parents Abul Hossain and Nurjahan Begum.[4] She completed higher secondary examination from Eden Mohila College and bachelor's from Lalmatia Women College.[5]
As a singer, Diti got an award at a national competition by the Bangladesh Shishu Academy.[6] While she was singing for Bangladesh Television, she was noticed by actor Al Mansur. He cast her in the television drama "Laili Majnu" opposite of actor Manas Bandopadhyay.[6] Diti came to the film industry through the talent hunt competition "Notun Mukher Sondhane" in 1984.[6]
Diti debuted her acting career in the film Daak Diye Jai, directed by Udayon Chowdhury.[7] The film was never released. Her first released film was Ami-i Ostad.[7] She acted in television dramas. She also hosted a television show on cooking lessons.[7]
Diti married actor Sohel Chowdhury in 1986.[5] Chowdhury was also a winner of the competition "Notun Mukher Sondhane" in the same year as Diti was.[5] Chowdhury died from gun shots in 1998 at Trumps Club in Banani.[8] The couple were divorced before this incident.[5] Together they had a daughter, Lamia Chowdhury (b.1987), and a son, Shafayet Chowdhury Dipto (b. 1989).[9] [10] Later Diti married actor Ilias Kanchan which ended up in divorce as well.[7]
Diti was diagnosed with brain cancer on 25 July 2015.[11] She was treated in Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in Chennai, India,[11] [12] and died on 20 March 2016 in the United Hospital in Dhaka.[13]