Monami Ghosh

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Monami Ghosh
Born
Monami Ghosh

July 13, 1984 (age 39)
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress
Years active1999-present
Known forPratiksha Ektu Bhalobashar... (as Ananya)
Ekdin Pratidin (as Barsha)
Binni Dhaner Khoi (as Mohor)
Punyi Pukur (as Kankon)
Irabotir Chupkotha (as Iraboti)

Monami Ghosh is an Indian Bengali film and television actress with a career spanning almost two decades. She has acted in several television serials, among which the 2009 ETV Bangla serial Binni Dhaner Khoi is noteworthy. [1]

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Career

Ghosh started her acting career with the Bengali television serial Saat Kahon (aired on DD Bangla) when she was 17 years old. She has played the lead in 25–30 serials for which she has become famous for her portrayal of the characters Ananya in Pratiksha Ektu Bhalobashar... (2001–02), Komolika in Kon Shey Alor Swapno Niye (2003), Zeenat in Ek Akasher Niche (2004-04), and Barsha in Ekdin Pratidin. Her most well known performance is the character Mohor and in the ETV Bangla serial Binni Dhaner Khoi (2009-2013) where she also played the character Lin (Mohor's daughter). [2]

In parallel to her television career, Ghosh has appeared in several film roles. In 2008, she finished shooting for Aniruddha Banerjee's film Box No. 1313 opposite Parambrata Chatterjee. In 2012, she acted in Anik Dutta's Bengali film Bhooter Bhabishyat , in which she played the role of "Lachhmi". She also appeared in the 2015 film Bela Seshe directed by the duo Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee, and as "Piu", and "Jiniya" in the 2018 cross-border film Maati starring Adil Hussain and Paoli Dam.

Monami Ghosh went on to appear in more Bengali television serials like the 2013 ETV Bangla series Hiyar Majhe, which had the same unit employed on Binni Dhaner Khoi . Her character in the show was that of Bhromor aka Kurani. Her co-actor was Badsah Maitra. She then appeared in Sadhak Bamakhyapa and Amloki, and starred as Kankaboti Banerjee, aka Kankon, in the 2015 Star Jalsha drama series Punyi Pukur . In 2018, she began playing the character of "Iraboti Mitra" [3] [4] in the serial Irabotir Chupkotha on Star Jalsha.

Filmography

Television

YearShowChannelCharacter
1999-2000Saat Kahon DD Bangla
2001-2002Pratiksha Ektu Bhalobashar... DD1 Ananya
2003Kon Shey Alor Swapno Niye Akash Bangla Komolika
2004Sonar Horin ETV Bangla
2004-2005 Ek Akasher Niche Zee Bangla Zeenat
2005-2007 Ekdin Pratidin Barsha
2007-2008Kaal Akash Bangla
2009–2012 Binni Dhaner Khoi ETV Bangla Dr. Kojagori Mukherjee, aka Mohor

and Lin Banerjee (double role)

2013-2014Hiyar Majhe ETV Bangla Bhromor
2015Sadhak Bamakhyapa Colors Bangla Sulokkhona
2015–2017 Punyi Pukur Star Jalsha Kankaboti Banerjee aka Kankon
2018 Amloki Zee Bangla (later replaced by Sreetoma Roy Chowdhury)Mohona
2018–2020 Irabotir Chupkotha [5] [6] [7] Star Jalsha Dual role as Iraboti Mitra and Arushi
2018 Dadagiri Unlimited Season 8 Zee Bangla Guest Participant to support team Darjeeling
2021Dance Dance Junior Season 2 Star Jalsha Judge
2022Dance Dance Junior Season 3Judge

Web series

YearShowPlatformCharacterRef.
2021MouchakHoichoi OriginalsMou [8]

Mahalaya

YearProgram NameCharacterChannel
2010 Nabadurga Devi Kalratri Ruposhi Bangla
2018 Durgotinashini Durga Dance Performance Star Jalsha

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