Soumili Biswas

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Soumili Biswas
Born29 September
NationalityIndian
Known forDancing, Anchoring, Acting
Spouse
Ayan Ghosh
(m. 2012)

Soumili Biswas is a Bengali film and television actress, model, TV anchor, and classical dancer. [1] Her first feature film, Alo , was released in 2003, where she plays a supporting role. She started as the anchor of non-fiction, student-based show in Tara Bangla named Syllabus-e nei. [2] In 2007, she played the role of Durga in ETV Bangla's Durge Durgatinashini. [3] She is currently serving as a mentor in Zee Bangla most popular Bengali Dance Reality Show Dance Bangla Dance Season 11.

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She joins Bharatiya Janata Party on 17 February 2021.

Personal life

She was born in Barisha/Behala, in south Kolkata, as the younger of two siblings. She has an elder brother, named Sujoy. She went to the Bidya Bharati Girls' School in Behala, Kolkata, and graduated in economics (honours) from the Jogamaya Devi College, a women's college of the University of Calcutta. She started training in Bharatnatyam from about the age of three, and received training under Thankamani Kutty and in ballet from Mamata Shankar. She regularly performs in dance dramas and in solo and group classical performances in Kolkata and elsewhere. She has received the Sangeet Ratna and the Sangeet Bibhakar awards in Bharatnatyam. [1] [4] [5] She wed Ayan Ghosh, a banking professional in December 2012 in an arranged marriage.

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Television

Mahalaya

Reality Shows

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