Megha Chakraborty

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Megha Chakraborty
Born
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present
Known for
Spouse
Sahil Phull
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(m. 2025)​

Megha Chakraborty is an Indian film and television actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Dr. Krishna Dubey in Krishna Chali London , Garima Ruhail Rajawat in Kaatelal & Sons and Imlie Rathore Rana in Imlie . [1]

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Personal life

Chakraborty was born and brought up in Kolkata, West Bengal. She moved to Mumbai in 2014. [2]

In January 2025, Chakraborty confirmed dating her Kaatelal & Sons co-actor Sahil Phull and shared her engagement news. The couple got married on on 21 January 2025 in Jammu, in a traditional wedding ceremony. [3] [4] [5]

Career

She started her career with the Bengali serial Joto Hashi Tato Ranna. [6] Her big break in Hindi Television was Badii Devrani. [7] After that, she was seen in TV shows like Khwaabon Ki Zamin Par [8] and Peshwa Bajirao [9] and became a household name with Krishna Chali London. [10]

She also played the main protagonist Gulaal in the film Desert Tears which portrayed persecution of women in rural India and was shot in the state of Rajasthan. [11] [12]

In November 2020, she started playing the lead role of Garima Ruhail Rajawat in Kaatelal & Sons opposite Ankit Mohan initially and later on opposite Sahil Phull. After the show ended, she and Phull started their own production company Mismanaged Company. Her first production would be the web show Dil-E-Couch where she portrayed the role of Nima, with the series premiere on the YouTube channel "Mismanaged Company". [13]

From September 2022 to September 2023 she portrayed the role of Imlie Atharv Rathore Rana opposite Karan Vohra in Star Plus' Imlie . From July 2024 to November 2024 she played Vaani Tripathi alongside Shruti Bhist and Namish Taneja in Colors TV's Mishri .

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014ActionRini
2018ConfessionsMahimaShort Film
2021Desert Tears

Television

YearTitleRoleRef.
2013Joto Hasi Toto Ranna
2015 Badii Devrani Reeti Poddar [14]
2016–2017 Khwaabon Ki Zamin Par Niyati Bajpayee [15] [16]
2017 Peshwa Bajirao Mastani [17]
2018–2019 Krishna Chali London Dr. Krishna Dubey Sahay [18] [19]
2020–2021 Kaatelal & Sons Garima "Gunnu" Ruhail Rajawat [20]
2022–2023 Imlie Imlie Rathore Rana [21]
2022 Swaraj Debi Chaudhrani [22]
2024 Mishri Vaani Tripathi [23]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021Dil-E-CouchNimaAlso co-producer

Music videos

YearTitleSinger(s)Notes
2021Ho Tum Kahan Nikhil Paul George Also co-producer
2022Tere Baad Phir Kisi SeAsit Tripathi, Faaiz Anwar and Rashid Khan

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