Naina Ganguly

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Naina Ganguly
Naina-Ganguly-at-the-press-meet-of-Ram-Gopal-Varmas-Dhahanam.jpg
Ganguly at RGV's Dhahanam Event
Born (1994-04-17) 17 April 1994 (age 29)
OccupationActress
Years active2016–present

Naina Ganguly (born 17 April 1994) is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu films. She is known for her role in Meri Beti Sunny Leone Banna Chaahti Hai (2017) [1] [2] and Charitraheen (2018 web series). [3]

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Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2016 Vangaveeti Ratna Kumari Telugu [4]
2017 Meri Beti Sunny Leone Banna Chaahti Hai Daughter Hindi Short film [5] [6]
2018CharitraheenKiran/ Kiranmoyee Bengali Web series [7]
2019Charitraheen 2 [8] [9]
2020Charitraheen 3
Johaar BalaTelugu [10]
2021 D Company Hindi film and web series [11]
Parampara Jenny Telugu Web series on Disney+ Hotstar
2022 Malli Modalaindi PavithraReleased on ZEE5 [12]
Dangerous
Thaggedele Special appearance in the title song [13]

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