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

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

Personal life

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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

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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

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Films

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Year Title Role Language
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
2017 Sesh Katha Kinkini Bengali
2018 Tumbbad Vinayak's mistress Hindi
Simmba Poornima
2019 Chippa Newspaper Girl
Article 15 Dr. Malti

TV/Web Series

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Year Title Role Platform Notes
Crime Patrol Various Characters Sony Entertainment Television
2013–2014 Paanch 5 Wrongs Make A Right Zara Ahmed Khan Channel V India [1]
2015 Man's World Chhaya Y-Films Web series
Stories by Rabindranath Tagore Giribala Hoichoi
2016 Not Fit Landlord Dice Media Single Episode[2]
2017–2018 PA Gals Sonali Mukherjee Girliyapa (The Viral Fever) Web series[3][4]
2020 Overtime Ramya YouTube Web series[5][6]
Raktanchal Seema MX Player Web series[7]
Lalbazaar Farzana ZEE5 Web series[8][9]
2022 The Great Indian Murder Champi Disney+ Hotstar Webseries
TVF Pitchers Aparajita ZEE5 Webseries

References

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  1. ^ "Was scared of getting typecast on TV: Ronjini Chakraborty - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. ^ Not Fit (TV Series 2015– ) - IMDb, retrieved 8 February 2021
  3. ^ "Girliyapa to release second season of PA-GALS on August 5 - TelevisionPost". 4 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Akanksha Thakur takes over from Prajakta Koli; Season 2 of Girliyapa's PA-GALS to stream". IWMBuzz. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  5. ^ "India's first ever alien invasion show comes to YouTube on January 29". www.adgully.com. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Overtime aims to be a quirky alien invasion office comedy series". Outlookindia.com. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Raktanchal trailer: Of tender mafia and the battle for power". The Indian Express. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Bollywood actor Ronjini Chakraborty on playing a sex worker in ZEE5's Lalbazaar". www.indulgexpress.com. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Ronjini Chakraborty: Ajay Devgn lending his voice to Lalbazaar has made it larger than life". Cinema Express. Retrieved 8 February 2021.