Ishaa Saha | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2016âpresent |
Ishaa Saha is an Indian actress who mainly works in Bengali cinema.[1] She started her career with Bengali television and made her film debut in 2017 as a lead in Projapoti Biskut, directed by Anindya Chatterjee.[2][3] She has acted in films directed by filmmaker Dhrubo Banerjee.
Early life and education[edit | edit source]
Saha was born in Kolkata into a Bengali family. She completed her Bachelor of Laws degree in 2015 from Surendranath Law College.
Career[edit | edit source]
Ishaa started her career as a television artist in 2016 with Star Jalsha's Jhanjh Lobongo Phool, playing the lead character, Lobongo.[4] She later made her film debut in 2017 with the family drama Projapoti Biskut, directed by Anindya Chatterjee, which was critically and commercially successful.[5] She received praise for her performance and won the Critics' Award for Best Actor (Female) at the 3rd Filmfare Awards East.[6] In 2018, Saha played the role of Jhinuk,[7] a girl next door, alongside Abir Chatterjee and Arjun Chakrabarty as the female protagonist in the Guptodhon franchise (Guptodhoner Sandhane (2018) and Durgeshgorer Guptodhon (2019)).[8] Saha gained wider recognition for her performance in Sweater,[9] the film also turned out to be a box office success.[10] Both Sweater and Durgeshgorer Guptodhon are in the 'Top Rated Bengali Movies Of 2019' list.[11] Next she starred in Dhrubo Banerjee's[12] Golondaaj, opposite to Dev.[13] In 2021 she acted in a number of films including Karnasubarner Guptodhon and Kachher Manush. Karnasubarner Guptodhon was a hit at the box office and went on to become one of the highest-grossing Bengali films of all time, grossing âš98 million.[14] In 2023, she starred in the musical romantic dramas Mitthye Premer Gaan and Ghore Pherar Gaan.
Filmography[edit | edit source]
| Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Production | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Projapoti Biskut | Shaon | Anindya Chatterjee | Windows Production | [15] |
| 2018 | Guptodhoner Sandhane | Jhinuk | Dhrubo Banerjee | Shree Venkatesh Films | [16] |
| 2019 | Sweater | Tulika alias Tuku | Shieladitya Moulik | PSS Entertainments, Pramod Films, P&P Entertainment | [17] |
| Durgeshgorer Guptodhon | Jhinuk | Dhrubo Banerjee | Shree Venkatesh Films | [18] | |
| Buro Sadhu | Shweta | Vik | Wisemonk Creative, DNA Entertainment Networks | [19] | |
| 2020 | Detective | Sudhamukhi | Joydip Mukherjee | Shree Venkatesh Films | [20] |
| 2021 | Torulatar Bhoot | Kamalkali | Deb Roy | Green Motion Pictures | [21] |
| Golondaaj | Kamalini | Dhrubo Banerjee | Shree Venkatesh Films | [22] | |
| 2022 | Mahananda | Mahal | Arindam Sil | Friends Communication | [23] |
| Sahobashe | Tista | Anjan Kanjilal | Mojotale Entertainments | ||
| Kolkata Chalantika | Tumpa | Pavel | Baba Bhootnath Entertainment | ||
| Kachher Manush | Aalo | Pathikrit Basu | Dev Entertainment Ventures | [24] | |
| Karnasubarner Guptodhon | Jhinuk | Dhrubo Banerjee | Shree Venkatesh Films | [25] | |
| 2023 | Mitthye Premer Gaan | Anwesha Ray | Paroma Neotia | Neostories Productions | [26] |
| Ghore Pherar Gaan | Tora | Aritra Sen | Eskay Movies | [27] | |
| Ektu Sore Bosun | Piu | Kamaleshwar Mukherjee | Big Cat Films | [28] | |
| 2025 | Oporichito | Riya Ghoshal | Joydip Mukherjee | Eskay Movies | [29] |
| Check in Cheque Out | Namrata Mitra | Satrajit Sen | Techno India Group, Novotel | [30] | |
| The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika | Damini | Joydip Mukherjee | Hoichoi Studios | [31] | |
| Lawho Gouranger Naam Rey | Rai | Srijit Mukherji | SVF, Dag Creative Media | [32] | |
| 2026 | Tejpata |
Template:TableTBA | Souvik Kundu | Zee Bangla Cinema Originals | [33] |
| Saptadingar Guptodhon |
Jhinuk | Dhrubo Banerjee | SVF | [34] |
Television[edit | edit source]
| Year | Title | Channel | Role | Production House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Jhanjh Lobongo Phool | Star Jalsha | Lobongo | SVF |
Web series[edit | edit source]
| Year | Title | Director | Platform | Character Name | Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Japani Toy (Season 1) | Sourav Chakraborty | Hoichoi | Kinkini | SVF |
| 2019 | Japani Toy (Season 2) | Soumik Chattopadhyay | Kinkini | SVF | |
| Daab Chingri | Sudeep Das | ZEE5 | Sohini | Nideas | |
| Bhalobashar Shohor (Story:Kolkatar Kobitara) | Abhijit Guha & Sudeshna Roy | Malini | Roadshow Films | ||
| 2020 | Mafia | Birsa Dasgupta | Hoichoi | Ananya | Roadshow Films & Eskay Movies |
| 2021 | Boyfriends & Girlfriends | Suvankar Paul | Amrita | SVF | |
| Indu | Sayantan Ghosal | Indu | Missing Screw | ||
| 2022 | Gora | Somlata | |||
| Hello! Remember me? | Abhimanyu Mukherjee | ||||
| 2023 | Indu 2 | Indu | |||
| 2024 | Paashbalish | Korok Murmu | ZEE5 | Indu | Mahabahu Motion Pictures |
| 2025 | Indu 3 | Ayan Chakraborti | Hoichoi | Indu | Missing Screw |
References[edit | edit source]
- â "'Detective' Trailer Video: Anirban Bhattacharya and Ishaa Saha starrer 'Detective' Official Trailer Video âē". The Times of India.
- â "Ishaa's the 'Girl in a Bookstore'". The Times of India. 2018.
- â "There's no such thing as cakewalk in the industry: Ishaa Saha - Times of India". The Times of India. 11 July 2020.
- â "Bengali actress Ishaa Saha bags another OTT project". The Times of India. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
Bengali actress Ishaa Saha started her career with television show 'Jhanjh Lobongo Phool'.
- â "Projapoti Biskut's trailer gets Tolly buzzing". The Times of India. 2017.
- â "All winners of the Jio Filmfare Awards (East) 2018". Filmfare.com. 2018.
- â "Petite actor Ishaa Saha is back as Jhinuk in Durgeshgorer Guptodhon". IndulgeExpress. 2019.
- â "'Feluda Meets Indiana Jones' In Bengali Cinema's First Treasure Hunt Franchise". FilmCompanion. 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- â "Ishaa in Siladittya Moulick's next, Sweater". TOI. 2018.
- â "I'm enjoying Sweater's success: Ishaa Saha". TOI. 2019.
- â "Top Rated Bengali Movies Of 2019". TOI. 2019.
- â "Ishaa thrilled to be part of Dhrubo Banerjee's next". TOI. 2020.
- â "Ishaa Saha's picnic misadventure". TOI. 2020.
- â "Year Ender 2022- Bangla Films: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧍ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻā§āϏ āĻ āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧠āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĢā§āϞā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻŋ". Aaj Tak (in Bengali). 20 December 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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- â "'Durgeshgorer Guptodhon' to repeat the same star cast of 'Guptodhoner Sondhane' - Times of India". The Times of India. 16 May 2018.
- â "Sweater First Look".
- â "Whenever I see Abir, I feel Sonada is walking in front of me â Guptodhoner Sondhane maker Dhrubo Banerjee". The Telegraph (India).
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- â "āϰāϰā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰāύāĻžāĻĨā§āϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻĻāĻž āĻāϞā§āĻĒ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻŦ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻāϏāĻā§ āĻšāĻāĻāĻ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§āϞā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻĢāϰā§āĻŽā§". Archived from the original on 2 May 2024.
- â "āϰāĻšāϏā§āϝ, āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϧā§āϰ āĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ 'āϤāϰā§āϞāϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϤ'! āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļā§āϝ āĻā§āϰā§āϞāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ".
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- â "āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āĻĨā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻ āύāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻ āĻĻāĻŽā§āϝ āϞāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāϞā§āĻĒ 'āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύāύā§āĻĻāĻž'". The Indian Express (in Bengali). 9 April 2022.
- â "Pathikrit Basu's 'Kacher Manush' starring Dev Adhikari & Prosenjit Chatterjee to release on Durga Puja this year!". The Times of India. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- â "Karnasubarner Guptodhon: Sonada shines once again and makes it a joyful ride this Durga Puja". The Telegraph (India). 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- â "āĻāĻļāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ āϰā§āĻā§ 'āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŽā§āϰ āĻāĻžāύ' āĻ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§āϰ, āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āϞāĻā§āĻ". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 21 January 2023. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
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External links[edit | edit source]
- Ishaa Saha on Twitter
- Ishaa Saha on IMDb