Antara Banerjee (Born November 1996) is an Indian film and television actress, who appeared in the film ''
The Shaukeens'' and the television series ''
Gumrah: End of Innocence''.
Personal life
Born in a Kulin Brahmin family of
Bengal
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, Antara Banerjee is the only daughter of Subrata and Atasi Banerjee, couple from the "City of Joy"
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
, relocated to
Bombay
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial centre, financial capital and the list of cities i ...
city, for fulfilling her ambition of becoming an actress.
Being a professional ''
Kathak
''Kathak'' is one of the eight major forms of Classical Indian dance, Indian classical dance. Its origin is attributed to the traveling bards in ancient northern India known as ''Kathakar'' ("storyteller"), who communicated stories from the ...
dancer
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'' for the past 15 years.
Banerjee has done several stage shows in Kolkata and has pursued training consistently to try her luck in Classical Singing.
Career
Banerjee began her career in television, making her debut with an appearance in ''
Gumrah: End of Innocence''. Later she made her film debut with the 2014 comedy film ''
The Shaukeens''.
She was next seen in a venture, an episodic role in
Life OK
Life OK was an Indian pay television channel owned by Star India.
It was launched on 18 December 2011 replacing Star One.
It also started airing in the United States on 1 March 2012, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 28 May of that s ...
crime drama ''
Savdhaan India
''Savdhaan India – India Fights Back'' ( ''Attention India! – India Fights Back'') is an Indian Hindi-language crime currently broadcasting on Star Bharat. It was created by Ajit Thakur. The series is hosted by Ashutosh Rana, Tisca Chopra, ...
''.
Later, she rejoined television from 2016 to 2018 and played the role of Pinky Ahlawat in
&TV's ''
Badho Bahu
''Badho Bahu'' is an Indian Hindi-language romantic drama television series that aired on &TV. Produced by Sunny Side Up and Hum Tum Tele Films, the show premiered on September 12, 2016. It starred Rytasha Rathore and Prince Narula in the le ...
''. Her performance was highly acclaimed and appreciated.
Banerjee then made an episodic appearance in ''
Laal Ishq'' as Kesar.
That same year, she bagged the role of Suman Sharma in
Star Plus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. Its programming consists of family dramas, romantic comedies, youth-oriented reali ...
series ''
Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' but exited the show in 2019 and was replaced by Ritu Chauhan.
In 2019, she joined
Colors TV
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's ''
Kavach 2'' portraying Sanjana Jindal.
From 2019 to 2020, Banerjee portrayed Chinki Malhotra in Star Plus's fantasy drama ''
Divya Drishti''.
Television
Filmography
References
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Actresses from Mumbai
Living people
1992 births