There have been many
Bengal
Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...
i female
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
s who have acted predominantly in Indian
Bengali cinema or
Hindi cinema
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
or both.
List of Bengali actresses from West Bengal
List of actresses predominantly in Bengali films
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Aparna Sen
Aparna Sen (, ''Ôporna Shen'') is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has received several accolades as an actress and filmmaker, including nine National Film Awards, five Filmf ...
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Aparajita Auddy
Aparajita Auddy is an Indian actress who works primarily in Bengali film and television industry.
Filmography
Television
References
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Aparajita Ghosh Das
Aparajita Ghosh Das is a Bengali film and television actress. She made her debut in films with Anjan Das's film ''Iti Srikanta'' (2004). She appeared in Anjan Dutt's film ''Chalo Let's Go'' (2008).
Early life
She completed her post-graduation ...
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Arati Bhattacharya
Arati Bhattacharya is an Indian Bengali actress, writer and director who is recognized for her work in Bengali cinema.
Career
She is known for films like Preyasi, '' Stree'' and ''Suryatrishna''. She also sang in the movie ''Anandamela'' i ...
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Arpita Chatterjee
Arpita Chatterjee ('' née'' Pal) is an Indian actress, who mostly appears in the Odia and Bengali film industry in India. She is married to actor Prosenjit Chatterjee.
She made her film debut in 1999 with the film ''Tumi Ele Tai'', directed ...
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Arundhati Devi
Arundhati Devi (; also known as Arundhati Mukherjee or Mukhopadhyay) (1924 – 1990) was an Indian actress, director, writer and singer who is predominantly known for her work in Bengali cinema.
Arundhati Devi was a student of Visva-Bharati Un ...
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Arunima Ghosh
Arunima Ghosh is an Indian Bengali film and television actress.
Filmography
* '' Surya'' (2004)
* ''Ek Mutho Chabi'' (2005)
* '' Sangram'' (2005)
* '' Probhu Nosto Hoye Jai'' (2007)
* ''Hochheta Ki'' (2008)
* '' Apon Shatru'' (2011)
* '' L ...
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Arijita Mukherjee
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Arpita Mukherjee Arpita is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Arpita Singh (born 1937), Indian artist
*Arpita Ghosh (born 1966), Indian theatre artist and politician
*Arpita Pal, Indian film actress
*Arpita Chakraborty
Arpita Chakraborty is a ...
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Basabi Nandi
Basabi Nandi (5 December 1935 – 22 July 2018) was an Indian actress and singer active in the Bengali cinema. She received Best Supporting Actress Award by Bengal Film Journalists' Association for the movie Bon Palashir Padabali in 1974.
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Bipasha Basu
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Bidipta Chakraborty
Bidipta Chakraborty is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Bengali films. She had appeared in Debesh Chattopadhyay's play ''Brain''.
Personal life
Bidipta was born to eminent theatre actor Biplab Ketan Chakraborty and dancer Dipali C ...
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Chandrabati Devi
Chandrabati Devi (19 October 190929 April 1992) was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema. She is best known for her role as Chandramukhi in the 1935 cult classic ''Devdas''.
Chandrabati Devi made her film debut in ...
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Chhaya Devi
Chhaya Devi ( bn, ছায়া দেবী; 3 June 1914 – 25 April 2001) was an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali and Hindi cinema. She appeared in hundreds of films for over five decades.
Her first lead role was in Debaki ...
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Chaiti Ghoshal
Chaiti Ghoshal is a Bengali film and television actress.
Filmography
Television
* Ek Akasher Niche
* Jamai Raja
* Tomay Amay Mile
* Arakshaniya
* Mohona
* Bouma Ekghor
See also
* Manasi Sinha
* Laboni Sarkar
Laboni Sarkar is a ...
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Chaitali Dasgupta Chaitali may refer to:
* Chaitali (poetry collection)
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, compo ...
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Chandrayee Ghosh
Chandrayee Ghosh (sometimes spelled Chandreye Ghosh or Chandreyi Ghosh) is an Indian actress, who appears in Bengali film and television series.
Career
Ghosh made her film debut in Sekhar Das's '' Mohulbanir Sereng'', followed by ''Tista'' i ...
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Chitra Sen
Chitra Sen is an Indian actress and dancer who works in Bengali language films and television series. She has worked mainly in theatres, but she has also worked in films and on television. She started her career under Jnyanesh Mukhopadhyay. She ...
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Churni Ganguly
Churni Ganguly (née Banerjee) is a Bengali actress and director.
After spending her childhood in Kurseong, she came to Kolkata and got admitted at the Jadavpur University. While studying at Jadavpur University, she joined a theatre group as a ...
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Darshana Banik
Darshana Banik is an Indian model and actress. Banik works for the Bengali and Telugu film industry. She started her career as a model and brand ambassador for different brands like Colors, Vodafone, and Boroline.
Early life
Darshana Banik ...
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Debashree Roy
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Debika Mukherjee
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Debolina Dutta
Debolina Dutta is an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali cinema and television. She made her acting debut as a child artist with the film ''Manush Amanush''. In 2014, she received the National Award for her role as a water prostitute ...
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Ditipriya Roy
Ditipriya Roy is an Indian television and film actress working in Bengali-language films and serials. She is known for portraying the character of Rani Rashmoni in the Bengali television series ''Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni''. Her movies include '' ...
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Ena Saha
Ena Saha (born 28 May 1996), is an Indian film and television actress who predominantly appears in Bengali films and television shows.
Career
She has appeared in a number of Bengali TV serials, including ''Raat Bhor Bristi'', ''Bou Katha Kau'' ...
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Farida Akhtar Babita
Farida Akhtar Poppy, known by her stage name Babita, is a Bangladeshi film actress. She is a popular actress in Bangladeshi films of the 1970s. She is best known for her performance in Satyajit Ray's '' Distant Thunder'', a novel adaptation abou ...
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Gita Dey
Gita Dey (5 August 1931 – 17 January 2011) was an Indian actress in Bengali cinema, theatre and Bengali folk theater. She became a stage artist at the age of 6 years. She came to the film industry in 1943. Her first film release was ''Ahuti ...
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Gita Nag
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Ishaa Saha
Ishaa Saha is an Indian actress who mainly works in Bengali cinema. She started her career with Bengali television. She made her film debut in Bengali cinema in 2017 as a lead with ''Projapoti Biskut'' directed by Anindya Chatterjee. She acted i ...
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Indrani Dutta
Indrani Dutta ( bn, ইন্দ্রানী দত্ত) is an Indian actress and dancer who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. Recipient of a BFJA Award, Dutta shot to fame in 1990s.
Early life
Dutta was born in Kolkata. She is the ...
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Indrani Haldar
Indrani Haldar is an Indian actress who is mostly known for her work in Bengali cinema. She was conferred with a National Award, three BFJA Awards and two Anandalok Awards.
Halder made her debut in 1986 with the Bengali TV series ''Tero Parbo ...
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Jaya Bachchan
Jaya Bachchan (''Birth name, née'' Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. She is a member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party, serving four terms since 2004. Known primarily for her work in Hindi ...
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Jaya Ahsan
Jaya Maswood (born 1 July), commonly known as Jaya Ahsan, is a Bangladeshi actress and producer. Starting her career as a model and, later, as a television actress, she currently works mostly in Bangladeshi and Indian Bengali films. She won Ba ...
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Jaya Seal
Jaya Seal Ghosh the renowned actress and dancer started learning Bharatanatyam from a very early age under Guru Indira P. P. Bora for five years. Simultaneously she was also acting in Assamese television and did plays with noted Assamese thea ...
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Jhilik Bhattacharjee
Jhilik Bhattacharjee is an Indian actress, who works in Odia and Bengali film industry.
Early life
Bhattacharjee was born in West Bengal. Her father is Mrityunjay Bhattacharjee and mother is Sumana Bhattacharjee. She is trained dancer in Bhar ...
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June Malia
June MaliaSpelling according tThe Times of India/ref> (or June Malliah) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Bengali cinema and television. She is a philanthropist and also a member of West Bengal Women's Commission. In 2021, she wa ...
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Kanan Devi
Kanan Devi (22 April 1916 – 17 July 1992) was an Indian actress and singer. She was among the early singing stars of Indian cinema, and is credited popularly as the first star of Bengali cinema. Her singing style, usually in rapid tempo, was ...
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Karuna Banerjee
Karuna Banerjee ( bn, করুণা ব্যানার্জী) (25 December 1919 – 13 November 2001) was a Bengali actress best known for her role in Satyajit Ray's ''The Apu Trilogy'' (1955–1959) as the long suffering mother, Sarbaja ...
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Kaberi Bose
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Kajal Gupta
Kajal Gupta ( bn, কাজল গুপ্ত, born as Sandhya Chattopadhyay , 8 January 1936 – 22 October 1996) was an Indian Bengali film actress known for ''Basanta Bilap'' (1973), '' Sansarer Itikatha'' (1983) and ''Agnishwar'' (1975).
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Kanika Majumdar
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Konkona Sen Sharma
Konkona Sen Sharma (born 3 December 1979) is an Indian actress and filmmaker who works primarily in Hindi and Bengali films. She has received two National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards. The daughter of filmmakeractress Aparna Sen, Sen ...
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Koushani Mukherjee
Koushani Mukherjee is an Indian actress-turned to politician. She mainly appears in Bengali films. She debuted in the movie ''Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey'' in 2015, with Bonny Sengupta, directed by Raj Chakraborty.
Career
In 2015, Mukherjee wo ...
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Koel Mallick
Koel Mallick (born Rukmini Mallick on 28 April 1982) is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films. She is the daughter of actor Ranjit Mallick and Deepa Mallick. She made her film debut in ''Nater Guru'' (2003).
Early life and education ...
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Kaninika Banerjee
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Kamalika Banerjee
Kamalika Banerjee or Kamalika Bandyopadhyay is a Bengali film and television actress.
Works Films
Television
* ''Checkmate'' as Dr. Banalata Sen
* ''Ekhane Aakash Neel'' as Basabdatta
* ''Behula on Star Jalsha'' as Sumitra Behula's mot ...
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Lily Chakravarty
Lily Chakravarty is an Indian actress. She worked in many Bengali and Hindi films.
Early life
She was born in Dhaka. She was born to Sri Kesab Chandra Chakraborty and Dipti Chakraborty.
Career
Lily debuted in the Bengali movie Bhanu Pelo Lott ...
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Laboni Sarkar
Laboni Sarkar is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of three BFJA Awards. She initiated her acting career as a child artist with roles in Bengali films.
Filmography
* '' Aporajeyo'' (2022)
* ...
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Locket Chatterjee
Locket Chatterjee (born 4 December 1974) is an Indian actress, politician and Member of Parliament for Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal, India. She is also a classical dancer. She completed her training in Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, ...
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Madhabi Mukherjee
Madhabi Chakraborty (''née'' Mukherjee; born 10 February 1942) is an Indian actress. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the Bengali film '' Dibratrir Kabya''. She has acted in some of the most critically a ...
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Meenakshi Goswami
Meenakshi Goswami was an Indian actress who works mainly in Bengali cinema. mainly as supporting actress. She has worked in movies like Ogo Badhu Sundari, Dui Pata, Amar Geeti, Samrat O Sundari, Chhoto Bou, Swet Patharer Thala . She is part ...
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Moushumi Chatterjee
Moushumi Chatterjee (born Indira Chattopadhyay) is an Indian actress who is recognised for her work in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema. She was one of the highest paid actresses in Hindi films during the 1970s. She joined the Bharatiya Janata ...
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Mithu Mukherjee
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Mahua Roychoudhury
Mahua Roy Choudhury ( bn, মহুয়া রায় চৌধুরী; 24 September 1958 – 22 July 1985) was an Indian actress who is recognized for her work in Bengali cinema. She is considered to be one of the most successful actres ...
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Mamata Shankar
Mamata Shankar (born 7 January 1955) is an Indian actress and dancer. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has acted in films by directors including Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Rituparno Ghosh, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Gautam Ghosh. In ...
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Moon Moon Sen
Moon Moon Sen, also credited as Moonmoon Sen (born Srimati Sen; 28 March 1954), is an Indian actress, known for her works in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Marathi films. She eventually starred in Bollywood films. She h ...
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Mithu Chakrabarty
Mithu Chakrabarty is an Indian television actress and theater personality. She is the wife of veteran Bengali actor Sabyasachi Chakrabarty.
Filmography
* Tenida and Co. (upcoming)
* Mini (2022)
* Bornoporichoy (2019)
* Anurup/Mirror Image ( ...
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Mousumi Saha
Mousumi Saha is an Indian actress. She acts in films of many languages. She also starred in 58 episodes of the Star Jalsha serial ''Khokababu'', airing from 2017 as "Kaushalya Mukherjee".
Filmography
Television
* Sindoorkhela (2010-2012)
*K ...
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Monami Ghosh
Monami Ghosh is an Indian Bengali film and television actress with a career spanning almost two decades. She has acted in several television serials, among which the 2009 ETV Bangla serial ''Binni Dhaner Khoi'' is noteworthy.
Career
Ghosh sta ...
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Manali Dey
Manali Dey (sometimes Manali De and Manali Manisha Dey) is an Indian television actress. She made her acting debut in the Bengali film ''Kali Aamar Maa'' in 1999. Later she made her television debut in the serial (radio and television), televisi ...
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Mimi Chakraborty
Mimi Chakraborty (born 11 February 1989) is an Indian actress, singer and politician. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema and television. Her debut film was Bapi Bari Jaa in which she played the female lead, Dola.
She was listed as ...
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Madhumita Sarcar
Madhumita Sarcar is an Indian actress from Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the b ...
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Mumtaz Sorcar
Mumtaz Sorcar (born 15 September 1986) is an Indian actress and model. She is the daughter of the famous magician PC Sorcar Junior and Joysri Sorcar. Mumtaz started her career with a music video for singer Mehreen Mahmud, Mehreen from Banglades ...
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Moubani Sorcar
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Moyna Mukherjee
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Nandini Chatterjee
Nandini is a female given name. It is derived from the Sanskrit verbal root ''nand'', which means "to rejoice, delight". Literally, ''nandinī'' means a woman who brings joy. The name also specifically refers to a daughter, as a daughter brings ...
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Nandini Ghosal
Nandini Ghosal is an Indian Bengali classical dancer, choreographer and actress. After making her acting debut in the 1997 drama film '' Char Adhyay'', Nandini played leading role in several Bengali films, such as ''Kichhhu Sanlap Kichhu Pralap'' ...
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Nandini Malia
Nandini is a female given name. It is derived from the Sanskrit verbal root ''nand'', which means "to rejoice, delight". Literally, ''nandinī'' means a woman who brings joy. The name also specifically refers to a daughter, as a daughter brings ...
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Nayana Bandopadhyay
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Nusrat Jahan
Nusrat Jahan Ruhi (born 8 January 1990) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. In 2019, Jahan became actively involved in politics and was elected as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Basirhat constituency as a Tri ...
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Padma Devi
Padma Devi (1917–1983) was a popular Indian Bengali Hindi/Hindustani Film Actress and playback singer of Indian cinema, in the silent era and the early talkies. Starting her career with the main role in ''Sea Goddess'' (1931), directed by Dhi ...
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Papiya Adhikari
Papiya Adhikari is a Bengali Indian actress and ''Jatra'' personality. She joined Bharatiya Janata Party On 17 February 2021.
Career
Adhikari was born in Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim ...
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Pallavi Chatterjee
Pallavi Chatterjee (born 30 October 1965) is an Indian actress and producer who is known for her works in Bollywood and Bengali Film Industry. She is best known for her role as Brinda in Rituparno Ghosh's ''Dosar'' (2006). She is the recipient o ...
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Paoli Dam
Paoli Dam (born 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial ''Jibon Niye Khela'' (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as ''Tithir Atithi'' and ''Sonar Harin''; the former ran for ...
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Parno Mittra
Parno Mitra (born 31 October 1986) is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films.
Mitra started her career on television. Her acting assignment was Ravi Ojha's Bengali TV series ''Khela'' (2007). She was catapulted to stardom after she ena ...
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Payel Sarkar
Payel Sarkar (born 10 February 1984) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Bengali films and Hindi television. On 25 February 2021, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Political career
Sarkar joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2021 and ...
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Puja Banerjee
Puja Banerjee (born 6 February 1987), sometimes credited as Pooja Bose, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Bengali films and Hindi television. She is well known for playing Vrinda in the show '' Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna'', whi ...
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Priyanka Sarkar
Priyanka Sarkar is an Indian film and television actress who mosty works in Bengali films. Her first successful film was ''Chirodini Tumi Je Amar'' (2008) directed by Raj Chakraborty. She was married to actor Rahul Banerjee.
Filmography
Te ...
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Priyanka Upendra
Priyanka Upendra (née Trivedi) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada Language films.
Early life
Priyanka was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Her mother is from West Bengal and father from Uttar Pradesh. She spent ten yea ...
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Payel De
Payel De, also known as Payel Dey, is a Bengali actress. She began her career in 2006 with Zee Bangla's Ekdin Pratidin daily soap and portrayed the character Chandrayee as a supporting role. She is known for her work in television soap opera seri ...
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Pallavi Sharma
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Raima Sen
Raima Sen (born Raima Dev Varma on 7 November 1979) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in the Hindi and Bengali films.
Early life
Raima Sen was born on 7 November 1979 in Bombay (now Mumbai) to Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Varma a ...
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Rajeswari Roy Choudhry
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Ratna Ghoshal
Ratna Ghoshal is an Indian film and television actress. She began her career as a supporting actress. She set foot in the world of acting through the film ''Raja Rammohun''.
Career
''Raja Rammohun'' directed by Bijoy Bose in 1965 was her debut ...
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Rita Dutta Chakraborty
Rita Dutta Chakraborty is a Bengali film and television actress. She has acted in movies like Krantikaal, Alo. She played the role of ''Aarati'' in Star Jalsha's popular serial ''Maa''. Rita is also a Bengali reciter.
Filmography
Televisi ...
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Ridhima Ghosh
Ridhima Ghosh is an Indian Bengali film and television actress. She made her acting debut in the Bengali film ''Ratporir Rupkotha'' in 2007. In 2009, she made her television debut in Bengali TV serial '' Bou Kotha Kao '' aired in Star Jalsha. ...
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Rimjhim Mitra
Rimjhim Mitra is a Bengali television and film actress. In 2010, she participated in a Bengali dance reality show. In 2013, she was the winner of season one of ''Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Bangla'', shown on ETV Bangla. She joined the Bharatiya Janata ...
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Rita Dutta Chakraborty
Rita Dutta Chakraborty is a Bengali film and television actress. She has acted in movies like Krantikaal, Alo. She played the role of ''Aarati'' in Star Jalsha's popular serial ''Maa''. Rita is also a Bengali reciter.
Filmography
Televisi ...
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Rita Koiral
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Ritabhari Chakraborty
Ritabhari Chakraborty is an Indian Bengali film actress. She is a prominent name in the Indian television and film industry. Chakraborty earned commercial success in Bengali with the romantic Thriller ''Shesh Theke Shuru'' (2019) and ''Brahma J ...
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Rituparna Sengupta
Rituparna Sengupta is an Indian actress and producer who is known for her work in Bengali cinema and Hindi cinema. One of the most successful actresses of Bengali cinema, she rode the crest of her box office success in the late 1990s. She won ...
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Rukmini Maitra
Rukmini Maitra is an Indian actress and model. After having established herself in the world of fashion, Maitra made her debut in films in 2017 with the film Chaamp. She acted in six films with Dev. She had her Bollywood debut opposite Vidyut J ...
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Ruma Guha Thakurta
Ruma Guha Thakurta (21 November 1934 – 3 June 2019) was an Indian actress and singer primarily associated with Bengali language films. She founded Calcutta Youth Choir in 1958.
Early life
Ruma Guha Thakurta was born on 3 November 1934 to ...
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Rakhee Gulzar
Raakhee Gulzar (born Rakhee Majumdar on 15 August 1947 and known as Raakhee) is an Indian actress who has appeared in many Hindi films and Bengali films as well. In four decades of acting, she has won three Filmfare Awards and one National Film ...
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Rajanya Mitra
Rajanya Mitra ( bn, রাজন্যা মিত্র) is a Bengali actress who works primarily in TV soap operas.
Career
Rajanya started her acting through the documentary movie, ''A Journey from Calcutta to Kolkata'' (2009), directed by D ...
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Rukma Roy
Rooqma Ray (also known as Rukma Roy; bn, রুকমা রায়) is an Indian television actress who predominantly appears in Bengali TV soap operas. She is known for playing the lead characters of Rajkumari Kiranmala in ''Kiranmala'' a ...
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Sagarika
Sagarika Mukherjee (born 4 September 1970), also known as Saag, is an Indian singer and actress. She sings mainly in Hindi, Assamese and Bengali language songs but has also sung in Tamil and Telugu languages. She is the daughter of singer ...
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Sarajubala Devi
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Suchitra Sen
Suchitra Sen ( ; born as Roma Dasgupta (; 6 April 1931 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema ...
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Sabitri Chatterjee
Sabitri Chatterjee (born 22 February 1937) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali theatre and cinema. Her career spans more than 60 years. She is the recipient of BFJA Awards for two times. In 1999,
she was conferred with San ...
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Supriya Devi
Supriya Devi (Supriya Choudhury; 8 January 1933 – 26 January 2018) was an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema for more than 50 years. She is best known for her portrayal of Neeta in Ritwik Ghatak's Bengali film '' Megh ...
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Sandhya Roy
Sandhya Roy is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of BFJA Award for three times, and one Filmfare Awards East best actress for '' Ganadevata''.
Roy made her cinematic debut with ...
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Sharmila Tagore
Sharmila Tagore (also known as Begum Ayesha Sultana; born 8 December 1944) is a retired Indian actress, primarily known for her work in Hindi and Bengali cinema, Tagore is the recipient of two National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award, and the Fi ...
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Swatilekha Sengupta
Swatilekha Sengupta (''née'' Chatterjee; 22 May 1950 – 16 June 2021) was a Bengali actress. She had received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for her contribution to Indian theatre as an actor.
Career
Swatilekha started her career in theater ...
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Sumitra Mukherjee
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Shakuntala Barua
Shakuntala Barua is an Indian actress. She was born in Kolkata.
Filmography
* Tonic (film) (2020)
* Sahaj Paather Gappo (2016)
* Chaap – The Pressure (2013)
* Phire Eso Tumi (2012)
* Amrita (2012)
* Aaro Kachha Kachhi (2012)
* Aami Mont ...
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Soma Dey
Soma Dey ( bn, সোমা দে ; born 1947) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is best known for her role as Chintamani in Govinda Ray's ''Bilwamangal'' (1976).
Soma Dey made her big screen debut with ' ...
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Soma Mukherjee
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Sonali Gupta
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Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (actress)
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (8 August 1956 — 27 October 2016) was an Indian actress known for her works in Bengali films. In a career spanning three and a half decades, she had acted in around 300 films. Known for her outstanding performance in ...
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Sreela Majumdar
Sreela Majumdar (also credited as Srila Mazumdar) is an actress in the Bengali language film industry of India. She has done voice dubbing for Aishwarya Rai in the film '' Chokher Bali'' (2003).
Early life
She was born to Ramchandra Majumdar a ...
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Satabdi Roy
Satabdi Roy ()(born 5 October 1969) is an Indian actress, film director and politician. As an actress she is known for her work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, BFJA ...
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Sreelekha Mitra
Sreelekha Mitra (Bengali language, Bengali: শ্রীলেখা মিত্র) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Winner of a Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, BFJA Award a ...
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Sohini Sengupta
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Sudipta Chakraborty
Sudipta Chakraborty is an Indian actor who mostly works in Bengali cinema. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film ''Bariwali''.
She completed her school leaving examination from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort Willi ...
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Swastika Mukherjee
Swastika Mukherjee (born 13 December 1980) is an Indian actress and the daughter of the late Santu Mukhopadhyay.
Mukherjee made her screen debut with ''Devdasi'', a Bengali TV series. She made her big screen debut with '' Hemanter Pakhi'' (20 ...
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Swastika Dutta
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Soumitrisha Kundu
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Sayantika Banerjee
Sayantika Banerjee is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has been praised by the critics for her acting and dance skills. In 2012 she was in the Bengali film '' Awara'', which was commercially successful. She jo ...
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Samata Das
Samata Das is an Indian actress. She rose to fame for her role as Lati in Buddhadev Dasgupta's National Award winning film ''Mondo Meyer Upakhyan'' (2002).
Personal life
Das married Bengali television assistant director Shankar Chanda, right ...
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Saayoni Ghosh
Saayoni Ghosh (born 27 January 1993) is an Indian Bengali film and television actress. She is also a singer and a politician. Her acting debut was with a telefilm ''Ichhe Dana'', and her first appearance on the big screen was with a short role ...
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Sohini Sarkar
Sohini Sarkar is an Indian Bengali film and television actress. She played the title character in the 2011–2012 TV series ''Adwitiya''. Sarkar made her film debut in the 2013 film ''Rupkatha Noy''. In the same year she acted in the film ''Phor ...
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Sonamoni Saha
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Srabanti Chatterjee
Srabanti Chatterjee is an Indian actress, former journalist at ABP News and anchor who appears in Bengali language films. Srabanti primarily works in cinema of West Bengal, based in Kolkata.
Political career
Chatterjee joined Bharatiya Janata ...
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Sraboni Bhuniya
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Subhashree Ganguly
Subhashree Ganguly (born 3 November 1990) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of Anandalok Nayikar Khonje 2006. She is the highest paid actress of Bengali cinema.
She made her acting debut in 2008 with the Odia comedy drama film '' Mat ...
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Tanusree Shankar
Tanushree Shankar (born 16 March 1956) is an Indian dancer and choreographer. She is based in Kolkata, India. She was a leading dancer of the Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts in the 1970s and 1980s. She also acted in various films, ...
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Tulika Basu
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Tanni Laharoy
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Trina Saha
Trina Saha (born 21 January 1993) is an Indian television actress. Saha started her career in television as a lead actress through Khokababu (TV series) portraying the character ''Tori''. She has acted in many Bengali movies and TV soap opera
A ...
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Umasashi
Umasashi (1915 – 6 December 2000) was an Indian Bengali film actress who appeared in many roles from 1929 to 1951. Her on-screen pairings with actors such as Durgadas Bannerjee, K. L. Saigal, Pahari Sanyal and Prithviraj Kapoor were popular in ...
List of actresses predominantly in Hindi films
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Amala Akkineni
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Anita Guha
Anita Guha (17 January 1932 – 20 June 2007) was an Indian actress who usually played mythological characters in films. She became known for playing the title role in ''Jai Santoshi Maa'' (1975). Previously, she had played Sita in other mytholo ...
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Bipasha Basu
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Debashree Roy
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Devika Rani
Devika Rani Choudhuri (30 March 1908 – 9 March 1994), usually known as Devika Rani, was an Indian actress who was active in Hindi films during the 1930s and 1940s. Widely acknowledged as the first lady of Indian cinema, Devika Rani ha ...
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Indrani Haldar
Indrani Haldar is an Indian actress who is mostly known for her work in Bengali cinema. She was conferred with a National Award, three BFJA Awards and two Anandalok Awards.
Halder made her debut in 1986 with the Bengali TV series ''Tero Parbo ...
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Jaya Bhaduri
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Jhilik Bhattacharya
Jhilik Bhattacharjee is an Indian actress, who works in Odia and Bengali film industry.
Early life
Bhattacharjee was born in West Bengal. Her father is Mrityunjay Bhattacharjee and mother is Sumana Bhattacharjee. She is trained dancer in Bha ...
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Kajol
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Koena Mitra
Koena Mitra (born 7 January 1984) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Bollywood films. She is mostly known for her item numbers and for her appearance as Julie in the movie ''Apna Sapna Money Money''.
Early life
Mitra was born in Ko ...
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Konkona Sen Sharma
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Lisa Ray
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Lolita Chatterjee (age 81)
Lolita Chatterjee (1937 – 9 May 2018) was an actress who worked in Bengali Cinema. She made her debut as an adult in 1964 and played her first role in the Bengali classic ‘''Bibhas''’ alongside Uttam Kumar.
Career
She made her deb ...
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Mahima Chaudhry
Mahima Chaudhry is an Indian actress and model who worked in Hindi films. During the 1990s, Chaudhry did a few modelling assignments and appeared in several television commercials before venturing into films. She made her acting debut in the 1997 ...
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Mouni Ray
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Moushumi Chatterjee
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Nandana Sen
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Paoli Dam
Paoli Dam (born 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial ''Jibon Niye Khela'' (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as ''Tithir Atithi'' and ''Sonar Harin''; the former ran for ...
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Priyanka Kothari
Priyanka Kothari, often credited as Nisha Kothari or Amoha, is an actress and model. She has appeared in Bollywood, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. She has frequently appeared in Ram Gopal Varma films.
Early life
Priyanka Kothari was born in ...
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Preeti Ganguly
Preeti Ganguly ( hi, प्रीति गाँगुली; 17 May 1953 – 2 December 2012) was an Indian actress who played several comic roles in Bollywood in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the daughter of veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar, a ...
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Raakhee
Raakhee Gulzar (born Rakhee Majumdar on 15 August 1947 and known as Raakhee) is an Indian actress who has appeared in many Hindi films and Bengali films as well. In four decades of acting, she has won three Filmfare Awards and one National Film ...
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Rachana Banerjee
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Raima Sen
Raima Sen (born Raima Dev Varma on 7 November 1979) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in the Hindi and Bengali films.
Early life
Raima Sen was born on 7 November 1979 in Bombay (now Mumbai) to Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Varma a ...
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Rani Mukerji
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Reema Sen
Reema Sen (born 29 October 1981) is an Indian actress and model who primarily appeared in Bengali theatre films, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films.
Early life and education
Sen was born in Kolkata on 29 October 1981. She completed high school fro ...
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Richa Gangopadhyay
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She was cast along with the prominent ...
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Rimi Sen
Rimi Sen (born Subhamitra Sen on 21 September 1981) is an Indian actress and producer who appears in Hindi, Telugu, and Bengali films. Sen debuted as child actress in the 1996 Bengali film ''Damu''. She made her debut as a lead actress in 20 ...
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Rituparna Sengupta
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Riya Sen
Riya Sen (born Riya Dev Varma; 24 January 1981) is an Indian actress and model. who predominantly appears in Hindi, Bengali, English, Telugu and Tamil films.
Sen comes from a royal background; her father Bharat Dev Varma hails from the royal ...
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Roopa Ganguly
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Sagarika
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Shahana Goswami
Shahana Goswami is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of Indian economist and writer Omkar Goswami.
Career
Through her theater circle Goswami met talent consultant Shaanu Sharma who asked her to audition for a role in Naseeruddin Shah's ...
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Sharmila Tagore
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Suchitra Sen
Suchitra Sen ( ; born as Roma Dasgupta (; 6 April 1931 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema ...
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Sumitra Devi
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Sushmita Sen
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Sumita Sanyal
Sumita Sanyal (9 October 1945 – 9 July 2017) was an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali and Hindi cinema. She made her debut opposite Uttam Kumar in Bibhuti Laha's ''Khokababur Pratyabartan'' (1960). She subsequently appeared ...
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Swastika Mukherjee
Swastika Mukherjee (born 13 December 1980) is an Indian actress and the daughter of the late Santu Mukhopadhyay.
Mukherjee made her screen debut with ''Devdasi'', a Bengali TV series. She made her big screen debut with '' Hemanter Pakhi'' (20 ...
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Tanisha
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Tanushree Dutta
Tanushree Dutta (pronounced ) is an Indian actress and model. Dutta won the Femina Miss India Universe title in 2004 at age 20. In the same year at the Miss Universe beauty pageant held in Ecuador, she represented India amongst 133 other count ...
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Umasashi
Umasashi (1915 – 6 December 2000) was an Indian Bengali film actress who appeared in many roles from 1929 to 1951. Her on-screen pairings with actors such as Durgadas Bannerjee, K. L. Saigal, Pahari Sanyal and Prithviraj Kapoor were popular in ...
See also
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List of Bangladeshi actresses This article is a list of Bangladeshi famous film artists.
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* Achol
* Rosy Afsari
* Bulbul Ahmed
* Ferdous Ahmed
* Inam Ahmed
* Jahanara Ahmed
* Mahfuz Ahmed
* Momtazuddin Ahmed (dramatist), Momtazuddin Ahmed
* Munmun Ahmed
* Mizu Ahmed
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