Parno Mittra
Parno Mitra (Bengali: পার্নো মিত্র; born 31 October 1986)[1][2] is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films.
Parno Mitra | |
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 Mitra at the premiere of Ami Ar Amar Girlfriends | |
| Born | 31 October 1986 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actress, Politician |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Notable work | Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona, Alinagarer Golokdhadha |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Mitra started her career on television. Her acting assignment was Ravi Ojha's Bengali TV series Khela (2007).[3] She was catapulted to stardom after she enacted Ranjana in Anjan Dutta's National Award winning Bengali film Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona (2011).[3][4]
Early lifeEdit
Mittra was born in Kolkata. Her father worked in Arunachal Pradesh, and she spent most of her childhood days there. She studied at Dow Hill School in Kurseong, Darjeeling[5] and Pratt Memorial School[6] in Kolkata.
CareerEdit
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,[7] as the lead character. She got the Best Actress award for Mohona.[7] She acted opposite Abir Chatterjee in Shomoy and played the second lead in Bou Kotha Kao.[8]
She made her film debut with Anjan Dutt's Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona (2011). It received three National Awards[9][10] for Best Bengali Film, Special Jury Award and Best Music.
She starred opposite Parambrata Chattopadhyay as Ashima in director Kaushik Ganguly's Apur Panchali,[11] which was screened at the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in November 2013.[12]
Some of her other notable films are Bedroom,[13] Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends, Maach Mishti More[14] and Ekla Akash. She played a double role in Glamour.[15]
In 2015, she had three releases: Bheetu,[16] Glamour and Srijit Mukherjee's Rajkahini. (Rajkahini[17] is being made in Hindi as Begum Jaan[18] which is being produced by Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt.[18]) She acted in Pratim D Gupta's X Past Is Present, which featured Rajat Kapoor.[19]
Mittra has signed up for Bangladeshi director Mostafa Sarwar Farooki's[20] 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[21] and directed by Sayantan Ghosal.
Her upcoming films include Arindam Sil's Indo-Bangla project Balighawr, and Pratim D Gupta's Ahare Mon.[22]
Political careerEdit
Mittra joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2021 and is fighting 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Baranagar constituency.[23][24] Mitra was later criticised by Tathagata Roy who called her Nagarir Nati.[25][26]
FilmographyEdit
FilmsEdit
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Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Release date | Title | Director | CBFC rating | Producer | Composer | Character played | Co-star | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | June | 24 | Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona | Anjan Dutt | A | Dag Creative Media | Anjan Dutt | Ranjana | Anjan Dutt |
| 2012 | January | 6 | Bedroom | Mainak Bhaumik | A | Rana Sarkar | Rupam Islam | Ritika | Rahul Banerjee |
| June | 8 | Koyekti Meyer Golpo | Subrata Sen | A | Debashis Saha
Kaushik Bhattacharyya |
Chandan Raychowdhury
Vinit Ranjan Maitra |
Molly | Tanusree Chakraborty, Locket Chatterjee | |
| October | 5 | Ekla Akash | Sandipan Roy | Morning Fresh Media Pvt Ltd. | Jeet Gannguli | Nisha | Parambrata Chatterjee, Goutam Ghose | ||
| November | 23 | Dutta Vs Dutta | Anjan Dutt | Nilakhi Roy
Purnendu Roy |
Neel Dutt | Nandita aka Diana | Anjan Dutt | ||
| 2013 | January | 4 | Maach Mishti & More | Mainak Bhaumik | U/A | Mojo Productions (P) Ltd. Tripod entertainment | Neel Dutt | Sunaina aka Sunny | Soumitra Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee, Parambrata Chatterjee, Raima Sen |
| May | 10 | Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends | A | Aditya Productions and Entertainment | Neel Dutt | Rhea | Swastika Mukherjee, Raima Sen | ||
| 2015 | February | 6 | Glamour: No One is Innocent | Mahua Chakraborty | Orion Entertainment | Shibashish-Sanjib | Mona | Parambrata Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty | |
| February | 27 | Bheetu: Coward | |||||||
| April | 25 | Apur Panchali | Kaushik Ganguly | U/A | Shree Venkatesh Films | Indradeep Dasgupta | Ashima | Parambrata Chatterjee | |
| July | 3 | Sesh Anka | |||||||
| October | 16 | Rajkahini | Srijit Mukherjee | A | Golaap | Rituparna Sengupta, Abir Chatterjee | |||
| November | 20 | X: Past Is Present | Pratim D. Gupta | Shiuli | Ronodeep Bose | ||||
| 2016 | August | 26 | Shaheb Bibi Golaam | Pratim D. Gupta | A | Firdausul Hasan Prabal Halder |
Anupam Roy | Rumi | Anjan Dutt, Swastika Mukherjee, Ritwick Chakraborty |
| 2017 | January | 13 | The Bongs Again | Anjan Dutt | Himanshu Dhanuka
Joy Ganguly |
Neel Dutt | Oli | Anjan Dutt | |
| Doob | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Abdul Aziz Irrfan Khan Ashok Dhanuka Himanshu Dhanuka |
Pavel Areen | Nitu | Irrfan Khan | ||||
| 2018 | April | 20 | Alinagarer Golokdhadha | Sayantan Ghosal | Champion Movies and Ritum Jain | Meemo | Brishti | Anirban Bhattacharya[27] | |
| Ahare Mon | Pratim D. Gupta | Ritwick Chakraborty[22] | |||||||
| 2019 | Urojahaj | ||||||||
| Dharmajuddha |
Raj Chakraborty | Koushik, Subhashree | |||||||
| Bonbibi |
Rajdeep Ghosh | ||||||||
TV seriesEdit
| Year | Title | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Khela | Rabi Ojha | Indu |
| 2007-08 | Mohona | Ravi Ojha | Mohona/ Isha/ Maria[28] |
| 2009 | Bou Kotha Kao | Ravi Ojha | Neera |
| 2009 | Shomoy | Rukmini | |
| 2020 | Kora Pakhi | Leena gangopadhay | Amon |
| 2020 | Sreemoyee (Ep.375-376) | Leena gangopadhay | Amon |
MahalayaEdit
| Date-Year | Title | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2008 | Mahisasuramardini | Devi Mahisasuramardini and her various avatars | Zee Bangla |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Parno's 'short' story". Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Parno, Ranadeb glam up gym B\'day". www.indiablooms.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Women on top". Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ Dutt, Anjan (24 June 2011), Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona, retrieved 23 June 2016
- ↑ "Heritage gutted at Dow Hill". Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Parno Mittra". www.cinetalkers.com. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Parno is chilled out - Times of India". Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Actress Parno Mitra Wiki Biodata Career Personal Details - Hindi Songs Lyrics". www.lyricsdelhi.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "The bong connection at the national awards". Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Vidya Balan bags National Award for The Dirty Picture". Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Apur Panchali Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "I don't take myself seriously as a filmmaker, says Kaushik Ganguly". 5 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Parno and Mainak are a couple and we have proof! - Times of India". Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ Bhaumik, Mainak (17 February 2013), Fish, Sweets & More, retrieved 23 June 2016
- ↑ "Parno Mittra on being choosy and having no inhibitions on screen". Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Bheetu: Of fear and pain". 12 September 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Vidya Balan all set for partition tale 'Begum Jaan'". 21 April 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Hungama, Bollywood. "Vidya Balan's Begum Jaan gets Gauhar Khan, Pallavi Sharda, Ila Arun and Mishti on board | Bollywood News | Hindi Movies News | News - BollywoodHungama.com". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Parno's 'short' story". Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Irrfan Khan to star in Bangladesi director's film 'No Bed Of Roses'". 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Mystery intensifies with new 'Alinagarer Golokdhadha' trailer - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Pratim's Next". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "West Bengal assembly elections: BJP pits 'stars' to take on TMC veterans".
- ↑ "Old-timers, new entrants and celebs pepper BJP's 3rd List".
- ↑ "Bengal Election: 'নগরের নটী' পায়েল, তনুশ্রীরা কেন প্রার্থী, বিজেপি-র 'প্রভু'দের প্রকাশ্য তোপ তথাগতর". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ "পায়েল, শ্রাবন্তী, পার্ণোদের 'নগরনটী' বানালেন তথাগত রায়". eiimuhurte. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ Eros Now Bengali (6 March 2018), Alinagarer Golokdhadha Official Trailer 2018 | Bengali Movie | Anirban, Parno, Sayantan Ghosal, retrieved 2 April 2018
- ↑ "Spotlight Jack". Telegraph Calcutta. 20 October 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
External linksEdit
- Parno Mittra on IMDb
- Parno Mittra on Twitter