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Parno Mitra (born 31 October 1986)[1][2] is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films.

Parno Mitra
Mitra at the premiere of Ami Ar Amar Girlfriends
Born	(1986-10-31) 31 October 1986 (age 35) Kolkata, West Bengal
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress, Politician
Years active	2007–present
Notable work	Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona, Alinagarer Golokdhadha
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Mitra started her career on television. Her acting assignment was Ravi Ojha's Bengali TV series Khela (2007).[3] She was catapulted to stardom after she enacted Ranjana in Anjan Dutta's National Award winning Bengali film Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona (2011).[3][4]

Early life

Mittra was born in Kolkata. Her father worked in Arunachal Pradesh, and she spent most of her childhood days there. She studied at Dow Hill School in Kurseong, Darjeeling[5] and Pratt Memorial School[6] in Kolkata.

Career

Mittra's debut TV serial was Khela (2007), a Ravi Ojha production in which she played Indira. She acted in another popular Ravi Ojha production, Mohona,[7] as the lead character. She got the Best Actress award for Mohona.[7] She acted opposite Abir Chatterjee in Shomoy and played the second lead in Bou Kotha Kao.[8]

She made her film debut with Anjan Dutt's Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona (2011). It received three National Awards[9][10] for Best Bengali Film, Special Jury Award and Best Music.

She starred opposite Parambrata Chattopadhyay as Ashima in director Kaushik Ganguly's Apur Panchali,[11] which was screened at the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in November 2013.[12]

Some of her other notable films are Bedroom,[13] Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends, Maach Mishti More[14] and Ekla Akash. She played a double role in Glamour.[15]

In 2015, she had three releases: Bheetu,[16] Glamour and Srijit Mukherjee's Rajkahini. (Rajkahini[17] is being made in Hindi as Begum Jaan[18] which is being produced by Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt.[18]) She acted in Pratim D Gupta's X Past Is Present, which featured Rajat Kapoor.[19]

Mittra has signed up for Bangladeshi director Mostafa Sarwar Farooki's[20] bilingual international film featuring Irrfan Khan and Rokeya Prachy of Tareque Masud's The Clay Bird.

In 2018 she played the main role as Brishti in Alinagarer Golokdhadha opposite Anirban Bhattacharya[21] and directed by Sayantan Ghosal.

Her upcoming films include Arindam Sil's Indo-Bangla project Balighawr, and Pratim D Gupta's Ahare Mon.[22]

Political career

Mittra joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2021 and contested the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Baranagar constituency.[23][24] She lost the election to Tapas Roy of All India Trinamool Congress by 35,147 votes. Mitra was later criticised by Tathagata Roy who called her Nagarir Nati.[25][26]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Films	Role
2011	Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona	Ranjana
2012	Bedroom	Ritika
	Koyekti Meyer Golpo	Molly
	Ekla Akash	Nisha
	Dutta Vs Dutta	Nandita aka Diana
2013	Maach Mishti & More	Sunaina aka Sunny
	Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends	Rhea
2014	Apur Panchali	Ashima
	Glamour: No One is Innocent	Mona
	Bheetu: Coward
	Sesh Anka
2015	Rajkahini	Golaap
	X: Past Is Present	Shiuli
2016	Shaheb Bibi Golaam	Rumi
2017	The Bongs Again	Oli
	Doob	Nitu
2018	Alinagarer Golokdhadha	Brishti
	Ahare Mon	Suzie Q
	Happy Pill
2022	Dharmajuddha	Shabnam
2023	Bonobibi
	Sunetra Sundaram

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Role
2007	Khela	Ravi Ojha	Indu
2007-08	Mohona	Ravi Ojha	Mohona/ Isha/ Maria[27]
2009	Bou Kotha Kao	Ravi Ojha	Neera
2009	Shomoy		Rukmini
2020	Kora Pakhi	Leena Gangopadhyay	Amon
2020	Sreemoyee (Ep.375-376)	Leena Gangopadhyay	Amon

Mahalaya

Date-Year	Title	Role	Channel
29 September 2008	Mahisasuramardini	Devi Mahisasuramardini and her various avatars	Zee Bangla

References

External links

• Parno Mittra at IMDb
• Parno Mittra on Twitter

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