Ronjini Chakraborty

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Ronjini Chakraborty
Born (1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 (age 32)
Nationality Indian
Occupations
Years active2011 – present
Notable work Tumbbad , Article 15 and TVF Pitchers

Ronjini Chakraborty (born 24 February 1992) is an Indian actress and model. She has established her career in Hindi and Bengali films.

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Personal life

Ronjini was born in a middle-class Bengali family on 8 December 1992 in Kolkata. She has been trained in the Indian Classical Music for 7 years during her adolescence. Her mother wanted her to be a singer, but her preference was acting. That's why she chose acting as her career. She started her acting journey while she was in college. She joined a theatre group named “Theatrecian” and did several theatre plays like ‘The Lesson’ directed by Eugene Ionesco, ‘No Exit’ directed by Jean-Paul Sartre, ‘The Home Coming’ directed by Harold Pinter, ‘The Goat’ directed by Edward Albee, and ‘The Comedy Kitchen’ adopted by Dhruv Mukherjee. Then, she joined the FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) in Pune to do an acting course and to enhance her acting skills. After the completion of her training, she came back to Kolkata.

Career

After doing several Bengali films including Tears of Nandigram and Trayadashi, she shifted to Mumbai. There, she started giving auditions and got selected for TV ads. She did several advertisements including Cadbury Celebration, Sony Mix Channel, Bharat Nirman, Yebhi.com, and 7Up.

In 2011, Ronjini was shortlisted for a Colors TV daily soap, “Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha,” but she couldn't be a part of the show as she got an offer for a movie, From Sydney with Love at the same time. From both choices, she opted for the movie. In 2013, she made her appearance in a sitcom of Channel V named Paanch 5 Wrongs Make A Right She has also appeared in short films such as ‘A Perfect Day’ by Abhinandan Gupta (2011), ‘Just Friends’ by Arun Sukumar (2013), and ‘Blouse’ by Vijayeta Kumar (2014). She has appeared in various films, like Autohead (2016), Tumbbad (2018), Simmba (2018), and Article 15(2019). She has acted in many Hindi TV series, including ‘Man's World’ (2015), Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (2015), ‘Not Out’ (2016), ‘PA Gals’ (2017), ‘Lalbazaar’ (2020), Raktanchal (2020).

The Great Indian Murder(2022) and TVF Pitchers(2022).

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguage
2011 Abosheshey Rai Bengali
2012 From Sydney with Love Sneha Hindi
I. D. Party girl
2014 Blouse Kanta Hindi
Tears of Nandigram Bengali
2016 Autohead Roopa Hindi
2017Sesh KathaKinkini Bengali
2018 Tumbbad Vinayak's mistress Hindi
Simmba Poornima
2019ChippaNewspaper Girl
Article 15 Dr. Malti

TV/Web Series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
Crime Patrol Various Characters Sony Entertainment Television
2013–2014 Paanch 5 Wrongs Make A Right Zara Ahmed Khan Channel V India [1]
2015Man's WorldChhaya Y-Films Web series
Stories by Rabindranath Tagore GiribalaHoichoi
2016Not FitLandlordDice MediaSingle Episode [2]
2017–2018PA GalsSonali MukherjeeGirliyapa (The Viral Fever)Web series [3] [4]
2020OvertimeRamya YouTube Web series [5] [6]
Raktanchal Seema MX Player Web series [7]
LalbazaarFarzana ZEE5 Web series [8] [9]
2022 The Great Indian Murder Champi Disney+ Hotstar Webseries
TVF Pitchers Aparajita ZEE5 Webseries

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