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Aindrita Ray (born 19 April) is an Indian actress who primarily works in
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also appeared in Bengali and
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films. Ray is a recipient of two
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, along with nominations for five
Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...
. Ray made her acting debut in 2007, with ''
Meravanige ''Meravanige'' (Kannada: ಮೆರವಣಿಗೆ) is a 2008 Indian Kannada romance film, romantic thriller film directed by Mahesh Babu from a story written by Janardhana Maharshi and stars Prajwal Devaraj and Aindrita Ray in the lead roles. ...
''. She had her breakthrough with '' Manasaare'' (2010), for which she received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada nomination. Ray received two more Filmfare Best Actress nomination for her performance in '' Veera Parampare'' (2010) and '' Bhajarangi'' (2013). For the last of these, she won the SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Kannada. Her other successful films include — '' Paramathma'' (2011), '' Mungaru Male 2'' (2016), '' Chowka'' (2017), '' Premam Poojyam'' (2021), '' Kshamisi Nimma Khaatheyalli Hanavilla'' (2022) and '' Thimayya & Thimayya'' (2022).


Early life and background

Ray was born on 19 April as the youngest daughter into a Bengali family in
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, Rajasthan, where she spent her childhood, before moving to
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. With her father, A. K. Ray, being a prosthodontist in the
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, she along with her family moved from one place to another, finally settling in
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. Ray studied at Baldwin Girls' High School, Bangalore. Later, she joined MR Ambedkar Dental College, Bangalore to pursue a bachelor's degree in dental science. While studying, she did parttime modelling, appearing in
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, which paved way for her entry into the film industry. She started acting in Kannada movies, and once in a while appearing in Amateur/Short films.


Career


Debut and breakthrough (2008-2010)

Ray trained under fashion choreographer M. S. Sreedhar. She appeared first on-screen in a song in the 2006 Kannada film '' Jackpot''. Ray began her acting career in the 2008 film ''
Meravanige ''Meravanige'' (Kannada: ಮೆರವಣಿಗೆ) is a 2008 Indian Kannada romance film, romantic thriller film directed by Mahesh Babu from a story written by Janardhana Maharshi and stars Prajwal Devaraj and Aindrita Ray in the lead roles. ...
'', playing Nandini, opposite
Prajwal Devaraj Prajwal Devaraj (born 4 July 1987) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with the Kannada film '' Sixer'' (2007) for which he won the Best Debut actor award at the Suvarna Film Awards. This was followed by t ...
. The film received a moderate success at the box office, with '' Rediff.com'' praising her performance, dance and adding that she makes a mark "effectively". Ray had four releases in 2009. She first played Padma in '' Junglee'', opposite Duniya Vijay and then played Divya opposite
Chiranjeevi Sarja Chiranjeevi Sarja (17 October 1980 - 7 June 2020) was an Indian film actor who appeared in Kannada films. Hailing from a family of actors, Sarja acted in more than 20 films in a career spanning 11 years. Early life and family Sarja was born ...
in ''
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''. Her final film that year, '' Manasaare'', proved to be her breakthrough. Her portrayal of a mentally challenged girl, Devika opposite
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won her the Suvarna Film Award for Best Actress, along with nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada. A critic from ''
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'' stated: "Aindrita with less dialogue, and easy on the eye, manages to emote well with her eyes and smile." In her first film of 2010, Ray played Drushti opposite Santhosh Aryan in '' Nooru Janmaku''. She then played Sanjana in '' Nannavanu'', opposite Prajwal Devaraj. '' Veera Parampare'' was her only successful film that year, where she played Sapna, a village chief daughter opposite
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. The film earned her another Filmfare for the Best Actress nomination. Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana noted that Ray gets to her "bubbly self" and performs well.


Recent works

After a series of flops, Ray was cast in the supporting role in the
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starrer '' Paramathma''. She was widely acclaimed by the critics for her obsessive character role. She was also noticed by the critics in '' Dhool''. The other films, '' Manasina Maathu'' and ''Kaanchana'', however film failured at Box office. In 2012, she starred in '' Parijatha'', opposite
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, which found moderate success. Her other films include '' Tony'', with Srinagara Kitty in the lead and '' Rajani Kantha'', with Duniya Vijay. In 2014, she made her Bengali film debut with '' Bachchan'', opposite Jeet and directed by Raja Chanda, which incidentally was a remake of the Kannada movie '' Vishnuvardhana''. In 2017, Ray appeared in Raja Chanda's Bengali film '' Amar Aponjon'', alongside
Soham Chakraborty Soham Chakraborty (born 4 March 1984) is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and politician. He has appeared in more than 100 Tollywood (Bengali cinema), Bengali films, as child artist (Master Bittu) and as male lead. He earned n ...
,
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and Subhashree Ganguly. In 2021, she is appearing in Hardik Gajjar's Hindi feature film '' Bhavai'' opposite
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, releasing in theatres on 1 October.


Personal life

Ray met actor Diganth Manchale on the sets of '' Manasaare'' in 2008, and they eventually started dating. After 10 years of courtship, Ray and Diganth got married on 12 December 2018, in a traditional Bengali wedding ceremony, at Nandi Hills,
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.


Media image

Ray was placed first in '' Rediff.com'' 's "Top 5 Kannada Actress" list of 2009. In Bangalore Times Most Desirable Women list, Ray was placed 5th in 2012, 19th in 2014 and 7th in 2016, 6th in 2018, 7th in 2019 and 9th in 2020. In 2024, Ray and Diganth along with
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, donated a mechanical elephant to a temple in Mysuru.


Filmography


Films


Web series


Music videos


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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