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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 enacted Ranjana in Anjan Dutta's
She starred opposite Parambrata Chattopadhyay as Ashima in director Kaushik Ganguly's ''Apur Panchali'', which was screened at the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in November 2013.
Some of her other notable films are ''Bedroom'', ''Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends'', ''Maach Mishti More'' and ''Ekla Akash''. She played a double role in ''Glamour''.
In 2015, she had three releases: ''Bheetu'', ''Glamour'' and Srijit Mukherjee's ''Rajkahini''. (''Rajkahini'' is being made in Hindi as ''Begum Jaan'' which is being produced by Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt.) She acted in Pratim D Gupta's ''X Past Is Present'', which featured Rajat Kapoor.
Mittra has signed up for Bangladeshi director Mostafa Sarwar Farooki's bilingual international film featuring Irrfan Khan and Rokeya Prachy of Tareque Masud's ''The Clay Bird''.
In 2018 she played the main role as Brishti in Alinagarer Golokdhadha opposite
National Award
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winning Bengali film ''Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona
''Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona'' ( bn, রঞ্জনা আমি আর আসবনা, en, Ranjana, I will not come back again) is a 2011 Bengali language Indian rock musical drama film directed by Anjan Dutt. It won three national film awar ...
'' (2011).
Early life
Mittra was born inKolkata
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 border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
. Her father worked in Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares ...
, and she spent most of her childhood days there. She studied at Dow Hill School in Kurseong, Darjeeling and Pratt Memorial School in Kolkata.
Career
Mittra's debut TV serial was ''Khela'' (2007), a Ravi Ojha production in which she played Indira. She acted in another popular Ravi Ojha production, ''Mohona'', as the lead character. She got the Best Actress award for ''Mohona''. She acted opposite Abir Chatterjee in ''Shomoy'' and played the second lead in ''Bou Kotha Kao
''Bou Kotha Kao'' ( bn, বউ কথা কও); is a television serial which was aired on Bengali GEC Star Jalsha. It was produced by ''Ravi Ojha Productions'' and was directed by Tathagata Mukherjee. It starred Riju Biswas and Manali Dey in t ...
''.
She made her film debut with Anjan Dutt's ''Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona
''Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona'' ( bn, রঞ্জনা আমি আর আসবনা, en, Ranjana, I will not come back again) is a 2011 Bengali language Indian rock musical drama film directed by Anjan Dutt. It won three national film awar ...
'' (2011). It received three National Awards for Best Bengali Film, Special Jury Award and Best Music.
She starred opposite Parambrata Chattopadhyay as Ashima in director Kaushik Ganguly's ''Apur Panchali'', which was screened at the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in November 2013.
Some of her other notable films are ''Bedroom'', ''Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends'', ''Maach Mishti More'' and ''Ekla Akash''. She played a double role in ''Glamour''.
In 2015, she had three releases: ''Bheetu'', ''Glamour'' and Srijit Mukherjee's ''Rajkahini''. (''Rajkahini'' is being made in Hindi as ''Begum Jaan'' which is being produced by Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt.) She acted in Pratim D Gupta's ''X Past Is Present'', which featured Rajat Kapoor.
Mittra has signed up for Bangladeshi director Mostafa Sarwar Farooki's bilingual international film featuring Irrfan Khan and Rokeya Prachy of Tareque Masud's ''The Clay Bird''.
In 2018 she played the main role as Brishti in Alinagarer Golokdhadha opposite Anirban Bhattacharya
Anirban Bhattacharya (born 7 October 1986) is an Indian actor, theatre actor, singer and director. His first successful theatre production was ''Debi Sarpamasta'', written by Manoj Mitra, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. His other notable work ...
and directed by Sayantan Ghosal.
Her upcoming films include Arindam Sil's Indo-Bangla project ''Balighawr'', and Pratim D Gupta's ''Ahare Mon
''Ahare Mon'' is a 2018 Indian Bengali film directed by Pratim D. Gupta and stars Adil Hussain, Anjan Dutt, Mamata Shankar, Ritwick Chakraborty, Paoli Dam, Parno Mittra and Chitrangada Chakraborty in the lead roles.
Cast
* Adil Hussain as ...
''.
Political career
Mittra joinedBharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...
in 2021 and contested the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
The 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election for 292 of the 294 constituencies in West Bengal was held between 27 March to 29 April 2021 in eight phases. Voting for the two remaining constituencies was delayed to 30 September 2021.
The ...
from Baranagar constituency. She lost the election to Tapas Roy of All India Trinamool Congress by 35,147 votes. Mitra was later criticised by Tathagata Roy who called her ''Nagarir Nati''.
Filmography
TV series
Mahalaya
References
External links
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mittra, Parno Living people 1989 births Bengali television actresses University of Calcutta alumni Indian film actresses Indian television actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses from Kolkata Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal Indian actor-politicians