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

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from Basirhat constituency as a

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candidate. Jahan's screen debut was in Raj Chakraborty's ''

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''.

Early life and education

Jahan was born into a Uttar Pradesh Muslim family in Calcutta (now

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, India to Muhammed Shah Jahan and Sushma Khatun on 8 January 1990. She completed her schooling from Our Lady Queen of the Missions School, Kolkata and then went to college in Bhawanipur College,

graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree.

Acting career

Jahan started her modelling career after winning the beauty contest, "Fair One Miss Kolkata" in 2010. She made her Tollywood debut in the 2011 film, ''

'' alongside Jeet. After a year's hiatus, she starred in her second film, ''

Khoka 420 ''Khoka 420'' is a Bengali romantic action comedy film directed by Rajib Biswas. The film stars Dev, Subhashree Ganguly, Nusrat Jahan, Tapas Paul, Rajatava Dutta and others. The film is a remake of the 2010 Telugu film Brindavanam starring ...

'' (2013), with Dev. The same year she appeared in ''Khiladi'', opposite

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. She appeared in two item songs, "Chicken Tandoori" from ''Action'' and "Desi Chhori" from ''

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'', both of which were hits and became chartbusters. Jahan then appeared in ''Sondhey Namaar Aagey'', with

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and Payel Sarkar. In 2015, she featured in the comedy film, '' Jamai 420'', opposite Ankush Hazra, with an ensemble cast including

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and

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. Jahan was also a part of the theme song of BCL (Bengal Celebrity League) for the team "Midnapoor Mighities", with Dev and

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. Her next and last film of 2015 was ''

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'', with

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and Rachel White released in December 2015. The movie was a huge box office success. In 2016, she appeared in director

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' film ''Power'', with Jeet and Sayantika Banerjee. That same year, she starred in the comedy film ''

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'', with Dev,

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, Ankush Hazra, Mimi Chakraborty,

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and Sayantika Banerjee. Later that year, she was seen in ''Love Express'', opposite Dev and after that in ''Zulfiqar'', directed by

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with a cast including Prosenjit Chatterjee,

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, Dev, Ankush Hazra, Jisshu Sengupta, and

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. ''Zulfiqar'' was among the top earning films of 2016. She ended 2016 with the comedy film ''

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'', with Ankush Hazra under the direction of Pathikrit Basu. She was first seen in 2017, in ''One'', with

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and

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, directed by

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. In May 2017, her next film ''

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'', with Ankush Hazra and Sayantika Banerjee was released. On 22 September 2017, '' Bolo Dugga Maiki'', along with Ankush Hazra was released. Jahan took a guest role in the 2018 film ''Uma'' followed by a role in ''Crisscross'', directed by Birsa Dasgupta, and featuring Mimi Chakraborty,

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and

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. After that,

selected her for the film '' Naqaab'' with Shakib Khan and Sayantika Banerjee. She danced in the song ''Joy Joy Durga Maa'' composed and featured by

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, cricketer

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, actress

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, Mimi Chakraborty and actor Bonny Sengupta were shown in the screen. This was released on the behalf of Captain TMT Bar as a promotion. In 2020, she appeared in ''Asur'', with Jeet and

and then in an action film on hostage rescue operation ''

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'' as ATS technical head Amanda Jones along with

, Mimi Chakraborty,

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and

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Political career

On 12 March 2019, the

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and president of

party,

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announced that Jahan would contest the upcoming

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of 2019 from Basirhat Lok Sabha Constituency. She emerged as the winner by a margin of votes against

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candidate Sayantan Basu.

Personal life

Jahan and businessman Nikhil Jain had an elaborate marriage ceremony on 19 June 2019 in

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, followed by a reception attended by

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and her actress friend and co-

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, among other celebrities. Jahan later has claimed that the marriage was not legal and "it was nothing more than a live-in relationship". Later a

court ruled that Jahan and Jain's marriage is legally invalid. Jahan began her relationship with actor

but their

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remains unknown as of December 2021. In August 2021, Jahan gave birth to a boy, at a private hospital in Kolkata. It is reported that the child's birth certificate named Dasgupta as the father.

Filmography

Mahalaya

Music videos

Awards

* In 2021 Nusrat honoured with "The Youth Icon" award at the 16th Tumi Ananya Awards * In 2022 Nusrat was awarded ''Mahanayika'' by the

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of West Bengal

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jahan, Nusrat 1990 births Living people Actresses from Kolkata West Bengal politicians Lok Sabha members from West Bengal Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal Women in West Bengal politics Women members of the Lok Sabha Indian film actresses Bengali actresses Actresses in Bengali cinema Indian television actresses Bhawanipur Education Society College alumni India MPs 2019–present Indian actor-politicians 21st-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian politicians 21st-century Indian women politicians