Mimi Chakraborty

Mimi Chakraborty
Born (1989-02-11) 11 February 1989[1][2]
Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India[3]
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2010–present
Notable work Bojhena Shey Bojhena
Proloy
Television Gaaner Oparey
Parent(s) Tapashi Chakraborty (mother)[4]

Mimi Chakraborty (born 11 February 1989)[1][2] is a Bengali film and former television actress.[5] She rose to fame by playing the role of "Pupe", the female lead in the mega serial Gaaner Oparey.[4]

Early life

Chakraborty was born in Jalpaiguri, a city in the Indian state of West Bengal.[6] She spent her childhood in Arunachal Pradesh in Deomali, a town in Tirap district, but later moved back to her ancestral home in Jalpaiguri City[6] with her family. She was educated in Holy Child School, Jalpaiguri and later at St. James' School, Binnaguri, Jalpaiguri; then she came to Kolkata and completed her graduation in English from the Asutosh College.[7]

Career

Chakraborty was a model briefly before starting her acting career. She participated in Femina Miss India. Her acting debut was with Champion.[6]

Her second project was a TV serial Gaaner Oparey, produced by Ideas Creations. It aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. Ideas Creations, the production house of Prosenjit Chatterjee together with Star Jalsha launched the mega-serial Gaaner Oparey to pay tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on the 150th anniversary of his birth. The likes of Rituparno Ghosh (who was initial scriptwriter of Gaaner Oparey), Debojyoti Mishra (music director), and other noted personalities from the film industry were involved with the project.[4]

Her debut film Bapi Bari Jaa was released on 7 December 2012.[8]

Gaaner Oparey

Gaaner Oparey, was the musical journey between two artists, Bohemian Gora and traditional Pupe and their love and in the whole process reinventing Tagore's "music". The story revolved around a girl called Pupe from an orthodox Tagore-worshipping family and Gora, an extremely talented but care-free lad, who keeps on experimenting with Rabindra sangeet. This TV show marks the beginning of a year-long celebration of 150th birth anniversary of Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore.[9]

Chakraborty portrayed the role of Pupe, a very talented singer, belonging to an orthodox Tagore worshipping family, who used to sing Rabindrasangeet in traditional form in concurrence with her family values. She was brilliant in all the emotions and made Pupe iconic.[10]

Bapi Bari Jaa

Chakraborty's film debut was in Bapi Bari Jaa in which she played the female lead, Dola.[11] The film was produced by Prosenjit Chatterjee production house, Ideas Creations. The film was also the silver-screen debut of Arjun Chakrabarty (better known as Gora, the male protagonist from Gaaner Opaarey) who played the role of Bapi, the male lead.[12]

Bojhena Shey Bojhena

Her film, Bojhena Shey Bojhena along with Soham Chakraborty, Payel Sarkar, Abir Chatterjee was released on January 2013. It was shot in Malda.

Gangster

She will star with Yash Dasgupta in his debut film to be directed by Birsa Dasgupta which will release in Puja 2016.[13]

Television works

Fashion

Chakraborty has been a part of Fame Fashion and Creative Excellence (FFACE) in different ways. In 2014, she unveiled the Edition 1 of the FFACE Calendar at Tantra, Park Hotel Kolkata. The same year she was a part of the conceptual greeting card produced by FFACE as the FFACE of DURGA promoting women empowerment.

Filmography

Key Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Director Co-Star Role
2012 Bapi Bari Jaa Abhijeet Guha,Sudeshna Roy Arjun Chakraborty Dola
2012 Bojhena Shey Bojhena Raj Chakraborty Soham Chakraborty Riya
2013 Proloy Raj Chakraborty Parambrata Chatterjee Durga
2014 Bangali Babu English Mem Ravi Kinagi Soham Chakraborty Riya
2014 Golpo Holeo Shotti Birsa Dasgupta Soham Chakraborty Anu
2014 Yoddha: The Warrior Raj Chakraborty Dev Rajkumari Durga / Nandini
2014 Khaad Kaushik Ganguly Saheb Bhattacharya
2015 Jamai 420 Ravi Kinagi Soham Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan, Ankush Hazra Tina
2015 Katmundu Raj Chakraborty Soham Chakraborty, Abir Chatterjee, Payel Sarkar Rai
2015 Shudhu Tomari Jonyo Birsa Dasgupta Dev, Soham Chakraborty, Srabanti Chatterjee Koli
2016 Ki Kore Toke Bolbo Ravi Kinagi Ankush Hazra Anjali
2016 Kelor Kirti Raja Chanda Jisshu Sengupta Rima
2016 Gangster Birsa Dasgupta Yash Dasgupta Ruhi
2017 Posto Shiboprosad Mukherjee Jisshu Sengupta TBA

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Mimi Chakraborty celebrates birthday in orphanage". The Times of India. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 Sarkar, Tithi (1 June 2011). "Bright young thing". India Today. Retrieved 9 July 2016. its leading lady Mimi Chakraborty, 22, became a household name almost overnight.
  3. ↑ Banerjee, Malini (22 February 2016). "International Women's Day: These 7 women do Kolkata proud for varied reasons". India Today. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "The sound of music The lead pair of STAR Jalsha's mega Gaaner Oparey.". The Telegraph. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Mimi ki tollywoode agami diner shera baji?". Eisamay (Bengali News Paper). 7 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 NAG, KUSHALI (7 July 2011). "'I miss the lights and camera'". The Telegraph India. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Mimi Chakraborty, Actress". bhalobasa.in. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  8. ↑ ""Jouboner Khola Haway" (Bengali Title)". Ebela (Bengali News Paper). 29 November 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "Ganer Opare Serial Songs, Casting". bhalobasa.in. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  10. ↑ Ganguly, Ruman (17 March 2011). "Pupé injured". The Times Of India Kolkata. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  11. ↑ Bapi Bari Jaa at the Internet Movie Database
  12. ↑ "DHAMAKA JODI! Now catch Pupe and Gora — Mimi Chakraborty and Arjun Chakrabarty — in film from Prosenjit's production house". Times of India. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  13. ↑ Ganguly, Ruman (17 June 2016). "Yash Dasgupta to woo Mimi in debut film". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  14. ↑ "BIG Bangla Rising Star Awards 2011". Frontier India Portal. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

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