Konkona Sen Sharma

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Konkona Sen Sharma

Konkona Sen Sharma at the Shiksha event in Mumbai (2007).
Born December 3, 1979 (1979-12-03) (age 28)
New Delhi, India
Occupation Actress
Years active 2002 - present
Spouse(s) None

Konkona Sen Sharma, born (3 December 1979) in New Delhi, India is an acclaimed National Award winning Indian actress.

Sharma, who made her debut as a child artist in the film Indira (1983), made her adult debut in Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000). She gained attention with the English film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), and received the coveted National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film. Her appearance in the film Page 3 (2005) gave her a wide recognition. Since then, she has starred in a number of films, most of which have been more critically then commercially successful. In 2007, she won her first Filmfare Award under the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance in Omkara (2006), had her first commercial success with Life in a... Metro and has thus established herself as one of the finest actresses of the industry.[1]

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Konkona has a degree in English from St. Stephen's College, Delhi which she received in 2001. She was a student of the Modern High School for Girls, Calcutta, as well as the Calcutta International School. [2]

Konkona is the daughter of Mukul Sharma (a science writer and journalist) and Aparna Sen(an acclaimed film director). She also has an older sibling Kamalini Chatterjee.[3]

Konkona's maternal grandfather, Chidananda Dasgupta, who is now 88 years old, is a film critic, scholar, professor, writer and one of the co-founders of the Calcutta Film Society with Satyajit Ray and Harisadhan Dasgupta. Her grandmother Supriya Dasgupta is a cousin of legendary modern Bengali poet Jibanananda Das.

Konkona Sen Sharma made her debut as a child artist in the film Indira.In 2000, Sen made her adult debut in Bengali film Ek Je Aachhe Kanya which she played negative character,follow by Rituporno Ghosh's accliamed film Titli opposite her mother Aparna Sen.

She became a known face when she starred in the film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, directed by her mother. The film was a multiplex success and was a favourite with the critics. Konkona's performance as a Tamil housewife got her the National Film Award for Best Actress. [4]

Sen as Tamil young woman Meenakshi Iyer in Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, which earned the actress her first National Award.
Sen as Tamil young woman Meenakshi Iyer in Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, which earned the actress her first National Award.

This was followed by the critically acclaimed film, Page 3 (2005); the film was an average performer at the box office.[5] Her role drew a lot of praise and she became a more familiar face to the movie going public. She won the Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut for her first act in commercial cinema.

She followed it up with even more acclaimed performances in 15 Park Avenue (2005) and Omkara (2006). For the latter she received the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Her next release Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante (2006) got average reviews. Following this, Sen acted in Dosar highly acclaimed Bengali film by Rituporno Ghosh which premiered at several international film festivals. Later she won the best actress award at Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival for this film.[6]

Her first release of 2007 Traffic Signal (2007) performed poorly at the box office but she received good reviews for her performance. Her second released film of 2007, Life in a... Metro, was released to good reviews and has emerged as a hit in India. [7] Her performance as a confused girl who is looking for Mr. Right was praised.[8]

Sen as Banaras small town girl new looks in her first commercial film Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007).
Sen as Banaras small town girl new looks in her first commercial film Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007).

In late 2007 Sen portrayed the character of a Banaras small town young woman, Chutki , in her first Yash Raj Films, Pradeep Sarkar's drama Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, alongside Rani Mukherji, Jaya Bachchan and Kunal Kapoor. The film was a critical and commercial failure in India.But she was criticised again for her role.

And she also star in another Yash Raj Films , Aaja Nachle :come back film of Madhuri Dixit.This film did not do well at box office but she got good reviws for her tomboy looks and perfromances in the film.Rajeev Masand from CNN-IBN noted,"Konkona Sen Sharma is nothing short of fantastic. Her greatest strength is that she isn't afraid of making a fool of herself and she doesn't worry about being laughed at. As a result, her performance in Aaja Nachle is fearless and uninhibited."[9] As of December 2007, she is set to star in Zoya Akhtar's forthcoming film Luck by Chance opposite Farhan Akhtar. [10]Moreover, she will play a small but vital part in Mira Nair's Shantaram. [11]

Sen has made three appearances on Karan Johar's talk show Koffee with Karan. She appeared with her Mr. and Mrs. Iyer co-star Rahul Bose in 2004, and later on along with Kunal Kapoor and Ritesh Deshmukh. In 2007, she hosted a programme called My Brilliant Brain, which aired on National Geographic Channel.[12]

2003, National Film Award for Best Actress, Mr and Mrs Iyer

2006, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, for Omkara

2005, Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut, Page 3
2006, Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female, for Omkara

Year Film Role Other notes
1983 Indira Child artist
1989 Picnic Daughter TV
1994 Amodini Teenage stepmother
2000 Ek Je Aachhe Kanya Ria
2002 Titli Titli
2002 Mr. and Mrs. Iyer Meenakshi Iyer Winner, National Film Award for Best Actress
2004 Chai Pani Etc. Shanti/Radha Joshi
2005 Amu Kaju "Amu"
2005 Page 3 Madhvi Sharma
2005 15 Park Avenue Mithi
2005 Amavas Nisha
2006 Dosar Kaberi Chatterjee
2006 Mixed Doubles Malti
2006 Yun Hota To Kya Hota Tilottima Punj
2006 Omkara Indu Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2006 Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante Sanjana
2006 Karkat Rashi College girl TV
2006 Gulel Filming
2006 Meridian Pramilla Post-production
2007 Life in a... Metro Shruti
2007 Traffic Signal Noori
2007 Laaga Chunari Mein Daag Chutki (Shubhavari)
2007 Aaja Nachle Anokhi
2008 Sunglass Post-production
2008 Jewellery Box Anjali
2008 Right or Wrong[14] Announced
2008 Luck by Chance[10] Announced
2009 Shantaram Guest appearance Announced

  1. ^ rediff.com. Top Bollywood Actresses. Retrieved on 25 August 2006.
  2. ^ bollywoodgate.com. Konkona's education. Retrieved on 27 August 2007.
  3. ^ chakpak.com. Early life. Retrieved on 27 August 2007.
  4. ^ rediff.com. Konkona wins National Film Award. Retrieved on 27 August 2007.
  5. ^ boxofficeindia.com. 2005 box office analysis. Retrieved on 27 August 2007.
  6. ^ ndtvmovies. Konkona wins best actress award in NYC. Retrieved on 12 November 2007.
  7. ^ indiafm.com. Life In A Metro status. Retrieved on 27 August 2007.
  8. ^ indiafm.com. Life In A Metro review. Retrieved on 27 August 2007.
  9. ^ Movie Review:AAJA NACHLE. Madhuri spectacular in Aaja Nachle. Retrieved on 30 November, 2007.
  10. ^ a b Hard Luck, Tabu!. Time of India. Retrieved on 14 December 2007.
  11. ^ Konkona Sen Sharma bags Mira Nair's Shantaram. indiaFM.com. Retrieved on 15 December 2007.
  12. ^ indiaFM.com. Retrieved on 1 November 2007.
  13. ^ ndtvmovies. Konkona wins best actress award in NYC. Retrieved on 12 November 2007.
  14. '^ Sunny, Irrfan, Konkona in 'Right or Wrong. IndiaFM. Retrieved on 7 September 2007.

Awards
Filmfare Award
Preceded by
Ayesha Kapoor
for Black		 Best Supporting Actress
for Omkara
2006		 Succeeded by
TBA
National Film Award
Preceded by
Tabu
for Chandni Bar
and
Sobhana
for Mitr - My Friend		 Best Actress
for Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
2003		 Succeeded by
Meera Jasmine
for Padam Onnu Oru Vilaapam
v • d • e
Cinema of India
Industries: Assamese • Bengal • Bollywood • Karnataka • Tamil Nadu • Malayalam • Marathi • Punjwood •Tollywood
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