Farida Yasmin was born on February 3, 1940 in Murshidabad, West Bengal, British India. She is known for
Chanda (1962),
Jowar Elo (1962) and
Ae Desh Tomar Amar (1959). She was married to
Qazi Anwar Husain. She died on August 8, 2015 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.