Mouli Ganguly

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Mouli Ganguly
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Ganguly in May 2012
Born
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Host
  • Model
Known for Kaahin Kissii Roz
Spouse
(m. 2010)

Mouli Ganguly is an Indian actress, who has worked in both Hindi and Bengali cinema. [1] She shot to fame as Shaina in Ekta Kapoor's thriller series Kaahin Kissii Roz that aired from 2001 to 2004 on Star Plus. She played the title role in Saaksshi (2004). [2] She was also seen in Season 3 of Jamai Raja on Zee TV as Payal Walia. [3] She was nominated in the Best Actor - Female category at the 2002 Indian Telly Awards. Currently, she is playing as Ira Sharma in Janani – AI Ki Kahani .

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Early life

Ganguly was born in Kolkata, West Bengal and graduated in science from the University of Calcutta. [4] [5]

Career

Ganguly in 2012 Mouli ganguly.jpg
Ganguly in 2012

She started modelling and has been in a number of TV and print ads. [4] She has modelled for products like Pears, Rin, Ponds Face Wash, Horlicks, Rasna, Ariel, Close-Up, Pepsodent, Asian Paints, Britannia, Maggie, Saffola and Bombay Dyeing.[ citation needed ]

She has also worked as an assistant director before she started acting.[ citation needed ]

In April 2001, Ganguly was cast in the lead role as Shaina in Kaahin Kissii Roz . The highly rated show garnered her a lot of positive reviews. The show went on until September 2004. She later starred in Kutumb and Kkusum . [4] In 2004, Ganguly starred in the Sony TV serial Saaksshi in the lead role opposite Samir Soni and Amit Sadh. [6]

Her television success led to an appearance in Rituporno Ghosh's film Raincoat (2004) alongside Aishwarya Rai and Ajay Devgan. [4] Thereafter she took a hiatus and made a comeback with Aathvaan Vachan (2008). [7]

In 2009, she appeared on the reality dance show Nach Baliye with her then boyfriend and co-star Mazher Sayed.[ citation needed ]

She played the role of the antagonist in the serial Kya Huaa Tera Vaada which aired on Sony TV in 2012 starring as a shrewd businesswoman who rekindles a romance with a married man. [8] In 2016, she returned as an antagonist, this time in Season 3 of Zee TV's Jamai Raja .[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Mouli married her longtime boyfriend, Kaahin Kissii Roz co-star Mazher Sayed, in 2010 in a private ceremony attended by close friends and family. [9] [10] [11]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageRef.
1996 Baksho Rahashya Receiptionist Bengali
2000Bhalobasar ChoanBengali
2004 Raincoat Sheila Hindi [12]
2007 68 Pages MansiHindi [13]
2010It's a Man's WorldUn­knownHindi
2011 Chalo Paltai MaliniBengali
2019 Kissebaaz Inspector MadamHindi [14]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2000Thriller At 10Shammi NarangEpisode 56–60
Milan [15]
2001 Karam Manasi
2001KudratGayatri Chaudhary Seth
2001–2004 Kaahin Kissii Roz Sunaina "Shaina" Sikand / Mansi / Devika [16]
2002 CID Dr. Amrita
Krishna Arjun Smriti / MaliniEpisodes 16-17
2003 Kutumb Shweta Chattopadhyay
2004–2005 Saaksshi Saaksshi Singh [17]
2004 Sahib Biwi Gulam Jaba
2005 Kkusum Vidhi Chopra Kapoor
2005–2006 Sarrkkar – Risshton Ki Ankahi Kahani Kritika Pratapsingh
2006 Resham Dankh Divya Balraj [18]
2008–2009 Aathvaan Vachan Manali
Nach Baliye 4 Contestant10th place
2010 Laagi Tujhse Lagan Subalakshmi
Mano Ya Na Mano 2 KaminiEpisode 10
2012 Aasman Se Aage Roshni
2012 Adaalat Mauli
2012–2013 Kya Huaa Tera Vaada Anushka Sarkar Bhalla
2013 Ek Thhi Naayka Tanushree Dasgupta
2015–2016 Suryaputra Karn Radha
2016–2017 Jamai Raja Payal Walia Sengupta [19]
2019 Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki Shruti Bhalla
2021–2022 Baal Shiv – Mahadev Ki Andekhi Gatha Anusuya
2024 Janani – AI Ki Kahani Ira Sharma [20]

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