Sumona Chakravarti

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Sumona Chakravarti
Sumona Chakravarti attends the rice ceremony of their grandson Krishh Lahiri (09).jpg
Chakravarti during Durga Pooja
Born (1988-06-24) 24 June 1988 (age 35) [1]
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Jai Hind College, Mumbai [2] [3]
Occupation(s) Actress, model
Years active1999–present
Known for The Kapil Sharma Show
Comedy Nights with Kapil
Comedy Circus
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)

Sumona Chakravarti (born 24 June 1988) [4] is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television productions. She is best known for her roles in Sony TV's daily soap opera, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain , with Comedy Nights With Kapil on Colors TV and The Kapil Sharma Show on Sony TV.

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Career

She began her acting career at the age of 11 through Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala starrer Mann in the year 1999. [5] In the next few years she did quite a few television shows but her big breakthrough happened in 2011 when she played the role of Natasha in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain , a television show produced by Balaji Telefilms.

Sumona in 2018 Sumona Chakravarti graces Kapil Sharma and Ginni Chatrath's wedding reception (17).jpg
Sumona in 2018

In the following year she participated in the comedy show Kahani Comedy Circus Ki on Sony TV with Kapil Sharma and the duo emerged as the winners of the show. From there on began her professional partnership with Kapil Sharma that is still going on. From June 2013 to January 2016 she was seen as Manju Sharma in Comedy Nights with Kapil where she played the role of Kapil Sharma's wife. In 2016, she came back to the screen with Sony TV's The Kapil Sharma Show which she was seen playing the role of Sarla Gulati, a girl deeply in love with her neighbour Kapil. The show came back with its second season in 2018 where she is playing the role of Bhuri.

Sumona Chakravarti has presented two travel shows namely Dubai Diaries and Swiss Made Adventures both on NDTV Good Times. While she was the host in Dubai Diaries, [6] she went in as a participant seeking the adventurous side of Switzerland in Swiss Made Adventures. [7]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleRef.
1999 Mann Neha [8]
2010 Aakhari Decision Mansee [9]
2012 Barfi! Shruti's Friend [10]
2014 Kick Vidhi [11]
2015 Phir Se... Pia [12]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2006 Kasamh Se Nivedita Deb; Aparajit's sister[ citation needed ]
2007Detective DollDetective Doll[ citation needed ]
2007Sun Yaar Chill Maar[ citation needed ]
2007–2009 Kasturi Vandy Singhania [13]
2010 Neer Bhare Tere Naina Devi Chiraiya [14]
2010 Sapno Se Bhare Naina [14]
2010Horror NightsMiaEpisode: "Haunted Hospital" [15]
2011 Khotey Sikkey AnjaliEpisode: "MLA Ashok Rao gets murdered in Williamson Hotel" [16]
2011-14 Bade Achhe Lagte Hain Natasha Amarnath Kapoor – Amarnath and Niharika's daughter; Rishab's sister; Ram, Siddhant and Ishika's half-sister; Kartik's first wife[ citation needed ]
2012 Kahani Comedy Circus Ki Sumona Chakravarti[ citation needed ]
2013 Ek Thhi Naayka Laboni [17]
2013-16 Comedy Nights with Kapil Manju Sharma, Bittu's wife[ citation needed ]
2014 Savdhaan India Shruti(Episode 740) [18]
2014 Yeh Hai Aashiqui Tejaswini [19]
2015 Jamai Raja Misha Grewal [20]
2016-2017 The Kapil Sharma Show Sarla Gulati, Mashoor's daughter; Kappu's childhood friend and Chandu's love interest [21]
2016Dubai DiariesSumona ChakravartiShow Host [22]
2016Swiss Made AdventuresSumona ChakravartiTraveller [23]
2017 Dev Meera Ghosh [24] [25]
2018–2021 The Kapil Sharma Show Season 2Bhoori, Bachcha's sister-in-law; Titli's sister; Chandu's love interest
2021– present The Kapil Sharma Show Season 3Kapil's wife Bindu [26]
2018–2021 Shonar Bengal Sumona ChakravartiShow Host

Theatre

TitleYearRoleDirectorVenueNotesRef.
Da Dating Truths2009Prriya Ary and Ravi GosainSt. Andrews Auditorium, Bandra (W), Mumbai [27]
The Relationship Agreement2016The GirlMeherzad Patel National Centre for the Performing Arts (India) [28] [29]

Awards and nominations

Indian Telly Awards

YearNominated WorkCategoryResultRef.
2014 Comedy Nights with Kapil Best Ensemble CastWon [30]

Indian Television Academy Awards

YearNominated WorkCategoryResultRef.
2015 Comedy Nights with Kapil Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Comedy)Nominated [31]
2023 The Kapil Sharma Show Season 5 Best Actress – Comedy -TVWon [32]

Yash Bharti Award

Sumona Chakravarti was awarded with the Yash Bharti Award [33] [34] on 27 October 2016 by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Boroplus Gold Awards

YearNominated WorkCategoryResultRef.
2017 The Kapil Sharma Show Best Actor in a Comic Role (Female)Nominated[ citation needed ]

See also

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