Konkona Sen Sharma Biography

The very talented actress Konkona Sen Sharma may not fit into a typical and conventional Bollywood actresses' form but that hasn't stopped her from being a successful actress. Konkona has got so much talent that she always marks her presence whenever she appears on the silver screen. Born on 3rd December 1979 in Delhi, the talented actress has polished her acting talents well by working in a parallel cinema before making a successful debut in regular Hindi movies. Konkona comes from a cinematic background as her mother Aparna Sen is a well known actress and a director. Her father Mukul Sharma is a journalist and a science writer. Konkona's maternal grandfather Chidananda Dasgupta was a film critic, writer, professor and is one of the founders of the Calcutta Film Society. As a child she went to Modern High School for Girls and then in St. Stephen's College to get a degree in English. Married to famous actor Ranvir Shorey, she is a proud mother of a cute baby boy named Haroon.

Konkona made her acting debut in the year 1983 through the film 'Indira'. She worked as a child artist in this film. After growing up, she made her debut in 2000 as a lead role in one Bengali film known as 'Ek Je Aachhe Kanya' . Then she appeared in the film of veteran director 'Rituparno Ghosh' named as 'Titli' in 2001.

She made her debut in Hindi with her mother's Aparna Sen's film 'Mr. and Mrs. Iyer' in 2002. Her fabulous performance and acting skills in that film brought her the National Movie Award for the Best Actress. Then she appeared in Shonali Bose's 'Amu' in 2005. She got into a real fame when she did a fantastic job in Madhur Bhandarkar's film 'Page 3' in 2005. After this film, Konkona became a household name. She got a lot of critical appreciation for her role of a journalist in that movie. Her next release was Aparna Sen's movie '15 Park Avenue' in which she played a role of a schizophrenic patient. For this movie also she got critical accolades, Later she has appeared in many films like 'Mixed Doubles','Yun Hota To Kya Hota' . Her performance in Vishal Bhardwaj's film 'Omkara' was also well appreciated. She won a National Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film.

Later she appeared in 'Traffic Signal' and 'Life in a Metro' for which she won the Moviefare Best Supporting Actress Award. Her next releases 'Laaga Chunari Mein Daag' and 'Aaja Nachle' could not do well at the box office. But she made a successful comeback in the film 'The President Is Coming'. She got very good reviews for her role in that film. Her next films 'Luck By Chance' and 'Wake Up Sid' were also hit movies. Next, she appeared in many movies like 'Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge','Right yaaa Wrong','Mirch','7 Khoon Maaf' etc.

Currently Konkona is looking forward for her next release 'Ek Thi Daayan' by Ekta Kapoor along with Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin and Huma Qureshi. And she will be seen in the films like 'Blind Night','Gour Hari Dastaan' and many other Bengali projects.