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Konkona Sen Sharma

Konkona Sen Sharma,(Bengali: কঙ্কনা সেন শর্মা, Hindi: कोंकणा सेन शर्मा), born 3 December, 1979 in New Delhi, India is a two-time National Award winning Indian actress.

She made her debut as a child artist in the film Indira (1983) and as an adult in Bengali Thrillar Movie 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 than commercially successful. She won two Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards for her performances in Omkara and Life in a... Metro respectively. Her performance in the former won her a second National Award under the Best Supporting Actress category.

Early life

Konkona is the daughter of Mukul Sharma (a science writer and journalist) and Aparna Sen (an actress and film director). She also has an older sibling Kamalini Chatterjee. Konkona's maternal grandfather, Chidananda Dasgupta, is a film critic, scholar, professor, writer and one of the co-founders of the Calcutta Film Society. Her grandmother Supriya Dasgupta is a cousin of legendary modern Bengali poet Jibanananda Das.

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.

Career

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

She became a known face when she starred in the film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, directed by Aparna Sen. The film was a success in multiplexes and was a favourite with the critics. Konkona's performance as a Tamil housewife in this movie got her the National Film Award for Best Actress. This was followed by the critically acclaimed film, Page 3 (2005), though the film was an average performer at the box office. 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 this performance, which was 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 both Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award and National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her next release Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante (2006) got average reviews.

Following this, Konkona acted in Dosar, a highly acclaimed Bengali film by Rituporno Ghosh, which premiered at several international film festivals. She won the best actress award at Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival for this film.

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 emerged as a hit in India. Her performance as a confused girl was praised and she won her second Filmfare Award for this performance.

In late 2007, Konkona acted in two movies under Yash Raj Films banner. In the first one, Pradeep Sarkar's drama Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, she portrayed the character of a Banaras small town young woman, Chutki alongside Rani Mukherji. The film was a critical and commercial failure in India, even though her performance was highly praised. The second one was Aaja Nachle: the comeback film of Madhuri Dixit. This film did not do well at box office but Konkona got good reviews for her tomboy looks and performances 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."

As of December 2007, she is set to star in Zoya Akhtar's forthcoming film Luck by Chance opposite Farhan Akhtar.She also has completed shooting for Rituparno Ghosh's comedy film Sunglass. Other confirmed future projects include Neeraj Pathak's Right or Wrong and Kunaal Roy Kapur's The President Is Coming where she plays as Bengali writer and social activist .Moreover, she will play a small but vital part in Mira Nair's Shantaram.Then, she will be seen opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Karan Johar's next production, Wake up Sid ,directed by Ayaan Mukherjee.

Personal life

Konkona is in a relationship with actor Ranvir Shorey. In July 2008, Aparna Sen confirmed that Konkona was engaged to Ranvir Shorey.

In the media

In 2005, Konkona was ranked 11th on Rediff's "Top Bollywood Female Stars". She was later ranked 9th in 2006.

Konkona 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.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1983	Indira	Child artist
1989	Picnic	Daughter	TV
1994	Amodini	Teenage stepmother
2000	Ek Je Aachhe Kanya	Ria	Winner, BFJA - Best Actress
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	Winner,BFJA - Most Outstanding Work of the Year Award
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 Winner , National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2006	Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante	Sanjana
2006	Karkat Rashi	College girl	TV
2007	Life in a... Metro	Shruti	Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2007	Traffic Signal	Noori
2007	Laaga Chunari Mein Daag	Chutki (Shubhavari)	Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2007	Aaja Nachle	Anokhi
2008	Sunglass		Post-production
2008	Amavas	Nisha	Delay
2008	Jewellery Box	Anjali
2008	Gulel
2008	Meridian	Pramilla	Post-production
2008	Fashion	Special Appearance
2008	Right or Wrong		Announced
2008	Luck by Chance		Announced
2008	Dil Kabaddi	Simi	Announced
2008	The President Is Coming	Maya Roy	Filming
2008	8	Zeinab (segment "how can it be ?")	Post-production
2009	Wake up Sid	Anjali	Announced
2009	Shantaram	Guest appearance	Announced