Payel Sarkar

Payel Sarkar
Sarkar in 2019
Born	(1981-02-10) 10 February 1981 (age 44) [1]
Nationality	Indian
Education	Jadavpur University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–present
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Payel Sarkar is an Indian actress who has appeared in Bengali films and Hindi television. ^[2] On 25 February 2021, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. ^[3]

Political career

Sarkar joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2021 and contested in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Behala Purba constituency but lost. ^[4]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

List of Payel Sarkar film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Sudhu Tumi	Anjana
2006	Bibar	Iti
2007	I Love You	Pooja
	FM Fun Aur Masti	Rosy
2009	Cross Connection	Piya
	Prem Aamar	Riya
2010	Le Chakka	Rani Mitra	Anandalok Puraskar for Best Actress
2011	Jaani Dekha Hobe	Hiya
2012	Le Halua Le	Sonali
	Bojhena Shey Bojhena	Joyeeta
	Bawali Unlimited	Munmun
2013	Golemale Pirit Koro Na
	Asharay Goppo
2014	Bangali Babu English Mem		Cameo
	Bachchan
	Chotushkone
2015	Ebar Shabor
	Lorai: Play to Live	Anuradha S. Ryan
	Amanush 2
	Jamai 420	Julie
	Jomer Raja Dilo Bor	Rea Banerjee	Kalakar Award for Best Actress
	Guddu Ki Gun		Hindi Debut
2016	Agantuker Pore
	Eagoler Chokh
	Hemanta
	Chocolate
2017	Jio Pagla
2018	Bhaijaan Elo Re
2019	Mukhomukhi
	Jamai Badal
	Bhalobashar Shohor
2020	Korapaak
	Mukhosh
	Ekti Tara
	Harano Prapti		Zee5 release
	Biye.com		Zee5 release
2021	Magic
	Shimanto		[5]
	Anusandhan		[6]
2022	The Eken
	Jaalbandi
	Kulpi
	Jotugriho
	Har Mana Har
2023	Chayamoyee	Damini
	Ektu Sore Bosun	Urmi
2024	Abar Arownne Din Ratri	Nandini
	Dard	Agni	Multilingual film; India Bangladesh joint venture
2025	Babu Shona	Titas	[7]
	Alakshye Ritwick	Surama Ghatak	[8]
	Prasna	Titli
	The Academy of Fine Arts†	TBA	[9]

Television

• Ekdin Pratidin as Diya [2005–2007]
• Love Story as Shruti opposite to Mishal Raheja [30 April 2007 – 17 January 2008] ^[10]
• Waqt Batayega Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya as Rudra (Protagonist; also Shamli in her previous birth who was killed by her husband Jayant) [14 April 2008 – 30 October 2008]
• Shakuntala as Rajkumari Gauri [2 February 2009 – 15 May 2009]
• Ladies Special as Pooja Singh [25 May 2009 – 9 December 2009]

Web series

List of Payel Sarkar web series credits

Year	Series	OTT	Character	Notes
2017	Cartoon	Hoichoi	Jinia
2019	Sharate Aaj	ZEE5	Sahana	[11] [12] [13]
2020	Shobdo Jobdo	Hoichoi	Aditi	[14]
	Mismatch Season 3	Hoichoi	Nibedita
2022	Encrypted	Klikk
	Murder by the Sea	Hoichoi
	Hello! Remember me?	Hoichoi
2024	Kaantaye Kaantaye	Zee5	Kaveri Dutta Gupta

Awards

• Anandalok Award, 2010 Best Actress for Le Chakka
• Kalakar Awards, 2016 Best Actress for Jomer Raja Dilo Bor

References

1. "Payel Sarkar Birthday-AajTak". AajTak. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
2. Roy, Priyanka (11 August 2008). "Who's that girl?". telegraphindia.com. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
3. "Actress Payel Sarkar talks about her Behala East connect, shift from acting to politics and more". 14 March 2021. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
4. "How BJP's using intellectuals, actors to win Bengal & 'get traction' in Tamil Nadu, Kerala". ThePrint . 16 March 2021. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
5. "নো ম্যানস ল্যান্ড- এর গল্প বলবেন পায়েল,রাহুল, সাহেবরা, আসছে 'সীমান্ত'". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 28 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
6. Ruman Ganguly (2 September 2020). "Paayel and Saswata set to fly to London for Kamaleswar's film shoot". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
7. বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়, দেবর্ষি (16 February 2025). "যুক্তিহীন গল্প ও দর্শকের স্নায়ুর পরীক্ষা! জীতু-শ্রাবন্তীর 'বাবু সোনা' কি প্রত্যাশা পূরণ করল". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 March 2025.
8. "Alakshye Ritwik Movie Review: A not-so-unknown biography of a legend". The Times of India . Retrieved 9 May 2025.
9. "সত্যজিৎকে অভিনব শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ্য, 'জয় বাবা ফেলুনাথ' এবং 'চিড়িয়াখানা'-র পোস্টারের আদলে 'চোর'দের ছবি ঘোষণা!". Aaj Kal . Retrieved 9 May 2025.
10. "'I want to work with SRK'". The Times of India . 25 August 2008. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
11. "ZEE5 announces Sharate Aaj, their biggest Bengali Original, yet". Indian Television Dot Com. 2 November 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
12. "Sharate Aaj: Zee5's Biggest Bengali Original Series Releases on 21st February | Webfare .live". 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019.
13. "Sharate Aaj review: Zee5's new Bengali series is a smartly written thriller loaded with terrific performances". Firstpost. 3 March 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
14. "রজত কাপুর-মুমতাজ-পায়েল অভিনীত 'শব্দজব্দ'! মুক্তি পেল ট্রেলার". 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

External links

• Payel Sarkar at IMDb  
• Payel Sarkar at Bollywood Hungama
• Official website