Konkona Sen Sharma Biography
Konkona Sen Sharma does not fit into the conventional Bollywood actress mould and put her acting talents to use initially in contemporary cinema moving every now and then into the commercial stream. She is at the top of her game with twelve movies lined up for release in 2009.
Basics on Konkona
Konkona Sen was born in New Delhi, India on the 3rd December 1979 to Mukul Sharma, a science writer and journalist and Aparna Sen, an actress and film director. Kalyan Ray, an author, is her stepfather. She has an older sister Kamalini Chatterjee.
Konkona’s maternal grandfather is Chidananda Dasgupta, who was one of the founding members of the Calcutta Film Society. He was also a film critic, scholar, writer and professor. Her grandmother Supriya Dasgupta was the cousin of Jibananda Das, a Bengali poet.
She did her schooling at Modern High School for Girls and Calcutta International School. She graduated with a degree in English from St Stephen’s College, New Delhi.
Konkona Sen is engaged to actor Ranvir Shorey.
Konkona Sen Sharma’s Movies
1983 Konkona got her first taste as an actress as a child artiste in Indira (1983).
2000 to 2005 In 2000, she acted in the Bengali movie Ek Je Aachhe Kanya as Ria. In Rituparno Ghosh’s Titli (2001) she shared screen space with her mother Aparna Sen. They played mother-daughter onscreen too. Her portrayal of the orthodox Tamil Brahmin Mrs Iyer in Aparna Sen’s Mr & Mrs Iyer (2002), won her the National Film Award for Best Actress.
She then played Amu in Shonali Bose’s Amu (2005) about the 1984 riots when Sikhs were targeted. In Madhur Bhandarkar’s Page 3 (2005) she reached out to a wider audience and her performance as a disillusioned journalist was appreciated. In Aparna Sen’s 15 Park Avenue, she did a convincing job as a schizophrenic. The movie also starred Shabana Azmi as her older sister and Rahul Bose as her lover.
2006 to 2008 Rajat Kapoor’s Mixed Doubles, Naseeruddin Shah’s Yun Hota Tho Kya Hota were her releases in 2006, followed by another award winning performance in Vishal Bharadwaj’s Omkara as Langda Tyagi’s wife Indu. She won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
She played Noorie in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Traffic Signal (2007) and Shruti in Life in a Metro (2007) that won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Laga Chunari Mein Daag (2007) and Aaja Nachle (2007) both failed to do well. She made a brief appearance in Fashion (2008).
2009 Konkana Sen Sharma’s first release in 2009 was The President Is Coming. Her performace as Maya Rao garnered good reviews. She will be playing the lead in Zoya Akhtar’s Luck By Chance opposite Farhan Akhtar. Her other releases are Wake Up Sid with Ranbir Kapoor; Rituparno Ghosh’s Sunglass with Madhavan and Raima Sen; 8, that is a montage of eight short films directed by eight directors; Mira Nair’s Shantaram and Vinay Shukla’s Mirch.
Konkona Sen Sharma Filmography
The President Is Coming ( Konkona Sen Sharma)Luck By Chance ( Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Hrithik Roshan, Dimple Kapadia, Isha Sharvani)Dil Kabaddi ( Irrfan Khan, Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen Sharma, Soha Ali Khan, Payal Rohatgi)Laaga Chunari Mein Daag ( Rani Mukherjee, Konkona Sen Sharma, Abhishek Bachchan, Kunal Kapoor, Jaya Bachchan, Anupam Kher)Aaja Nachle ( Madhuri Dixit, Kunal Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Vinay Pathak, Jugal Hansraj)Metro ( Shilpa Shetty, Shiney Ahuja, Kangana Ranaut, Kay Kay Menon, Konkona Sen Sharma, Irrfan Khan)Traffic Signal ( Kunal Khemu, Neetu Chandra, Ranvir Shorey, Konkona Sen Sharma)Yun Hota To Kya Hota ( Konkona Sen Sharma, Jimmy Shergill, Irrfan Khan, Paresh Rawal, Shahana Goswami)Omkara ( Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Bipasha Basu, Naseeruddin Shah)15 Park Avenue ( Konkona Sen Sharma, Shabana Azmi, Rahul Bose)Page 3 ( Konkona Sen Sharma, Boman Irani, Tara Sharma)
Konkona Sen Sharma News & Features Filmfare Awards –
Hrithik, Priyanka win top honours 01st Mar 2009 Konkona Sen to work with Mammootty? 07th Feb 2009 Luck By Chance – Movie Review 30th Jan 2009 It's Farhan versus Harman this Friday 29th Jan 2009 The President Is Coming – Movie Review 10th Jan 2009 Luck By Chance – Preview and Stills 06th Jan 2009 Farhan Akhtar leaving nothing to chance for sister's film 05th Jan 2009 Farhan 'Actor' returns with black comedy 13th Dec 2008 Dil Kabaddi – Movie Review 05th Dec 2008 Dil Kabaddi – Movie Preview 03rd Dec 2008.............
