Debjani Modak

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Debjani Modak
Born (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 27)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India [1]
Other namesKinni Modak/Kinni
OccupationActress Films & Television
Years active2013–present
Notable work

Debjani Modak (pronounced [d-ai-bj-aa-n-eemo-dak] ) (born 20 March 1996) is an Indian film and Television actress who predominantly works in Bengali films and Television and worked in Tamil, Telugu Tele Serials. She is known for playing Rasaathi in Rasaathi [2] and Dr. Pandithaaradhyula Vedashwini in Ennenno Janmala Bandham .

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Early life

Debjani Modak was born into a Bengali Hindu family. Her father is a businessman while her mother is a homemaker. Until class V, she did her schooling at St. Johns Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School, before moving to the St Anthony's School (Girls) boarding school in Kurseong. She completed her XII'th standard (commerce stream) at B.D.M International in Kolkata, West Bengal. She couldn't continue her studies further as she stepped into acting career at a very young age, but she took a correspondence course for BA English (Hons). [3] [4]

Early career

In 2012, Debjani initially started shooting for a Bengali TV serial, but the project got shelved and later on, one of the assistant directors who worked for this serial referred her to the film director Rajib Chatterjee.[ citation needed ][ relevant? ]. [5] She made her debut in films with Knockout (2013). [6]

She worked in two other Bengali films before stepping into Bengali TV serials.[ relevant? ] [7] [8] [9]

Television career

In 2015, she made her television debut in the Bengali serial Aponjon [10] on Colors Bangla.

In 2020, she made her Tamil television debut in the serial Rasaathi , on Sun TV.[ citation needed ] [11] [12] She also started playing the role of Sandhiya in Vanathai Pola .[ citation needed ] [13]


In 2021, she made her Telugu debut in the serial Ennenno Janmala Bandham , which aired on Star Maa.[ citation needed ] [14] [15]

In April 2023, Modak quit Vanathai Pola . [16] [17]

Modak's first language is Bengali and she is fluent in Hindi, English. She can manage Telugu and a bit of Tamil. [3] [4]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotesLanguageRef.
2013KnockoutRuhi SenHeroineBengali [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
2014Gangstar KingDuniya [23]
2016Clapstick(ক্লাপস্টিক)Alo [24]

Television

Key
†Coming Soon
YearTitleRoleLanguageChannelRef.
2015AponjonAntara Bengali Colors Bangla [25] [26] [27]
2016 Phoolmoni Madhabi Debroy Zee Bangla [28] [29] [30] [31]
Mahalaya/Matrirupeno Devi Annapurna (Mythological) [32] [33]
2017Bhakter Bhogobaan Shri KrishnaQueen Draupadi (Mythological) Star Jalsha [34] [35]
2018Kundu Phooler MalaKinni [36]
Om Namah Shivay Devi Saraswati (Mythological) [37]
2019 Thakurmar Jhuli Rupavati Rajkanya Ananyarupa (Fantasy-Fiction) [38]
Kunjochaya Sejhoti (Slightly Anti-Protagonist Role) [39] [40] [41]
Mahalaya/Agomoni MahishasuramardiniDevi Dakshayani Sati and Yadevi(Mythological) [42] [43]
2020 Rasaathi Rasaathi Tamil Sun TV [44] [45] [46] [47]
2020-2023 Vanathai Pola Sandhiya(Deputy Collector/Madam Tehsildhaar) [48] [49]
2023Bangaru Chellelu (Dubbed version of Vanathai Pola) Telugu Gemini TV
2021-2023 Ennenno Janmala Bandham Dr. Pandithaaradhyula Vedashwini Telugu Star Maa [50] [51]
Anuraga Aralitu (Dubbed version of Ennenno Janmala Bandham) Kannada Star Suvarna
2023SatyabhamaSatyabhama Telugu Star Maa [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60]

Awards and nominations

Key
†Denotes yet to be bestowed.
YearAwardCategoryShowResultRef.
2022 Star Maa AwardsBest Wife (Category)Enneno Janmala BandamWon [61]
2023Best Couple(Category) VedashNominated
2024Padmamohana Awards (PATS Media)Best Heroine (Category) for year 2023Conferred [62] [63] [64] [65] [66]

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