Ritabhari Chakraborty is an Bengali film actress. Ritabhari is daughter of actress turned director Satarupa Sanyal and prominent filmmaker of yesteryears Utpalendu Chakraborty. Ritabhari Chakraborty earned commercial success in Bengali with the romantic Thriller Shesh Theke Shuru (2019) and Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti (2020).
Ritabhari Chakraborty has been voted by Times of India as the Most Desirable Woman of 2018 in East as well as one of The Top 50 Most Desirable Woman of the country leaving many Bollywood actors behind. She is also the youngest producer in West Bengal.
Ritabhari Chakraborty started her modelling career in when she was still in high school. She made her first appearance in television after her 10th boards examination at age 15 as the female protagonist of the popular Indian Bengali television show Ogo Bodhu Sundari. Despite working on back to back projects, Chakraborty, a high school student back then, maintained her academic standing. She went on to become an All-India national topper in 12th boards examination in History and Bengali.
After completing high school, Chakraborty decided to pursue History in Jadavpur University. In 2021, Chakraborty graduated from University of California, Los Angeles where she attended the UCLA Professional Program in UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and won Acting for the Camera Pitch Competition for her multicultural drama Colors of Silence.
Television & Theater
Chakraborty started off as the female protagonist in the Bengali television show Ogo Bodhu Sundari. Owing to the show's immense success, a remake to its Hindi counterpart was also made as Sasural Genda Phool. She also played the protagonist in another television show, Chokher Tara Tui, which aired on STAR Jalsha. However, she had to quit the show prematurely due to health issues.
Chakraborty was also affiliated to the theatre group Jojok. She had played the character of Charulata (in a theatrical adaptation of Tagore's Noshtonir) directed by Gautam Halder.
Short films & music videos
In 2017, Ritabhari starred in a music video Orrey Mon alongside Ayushmann Khurrana,[citation needed] produced by her own production company SCUD. Orrey Mon is a Journey of a young couple trying to fulfil their dream to open a cafe together. The single was a huge success with currently over 20 million views in YouTube].[15] She went on to acting and producing more content with actors like Kalki Koechlin, Parambrata Chatterjee (Nykaa Tvc), Anurag Kashyap, Rajat Kapoor, Kunal Karan Kapoor and so on.
Movies
Lead cast of Bengali film ‘Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti’ Ritabhari Chakraborty and Soham Majumdar addressing a Press Conference, during the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2021), in Panaji, Goa on 18 January 2021.
In 2011, she was set to make her big screen debut with the film Tomar Shange Praner Khela, directed by Rakesh Kumar, who had also directed Sasural Genda Phool. However, the film was later shelved. She went on working in other films like Barood and Tobu Basanta. She also appeared in Srijit Mukherji's multi starer film Chotushkone in October 2014. She was seen in an Indian Bengali drama film Bawal directed by Biswaroop Biswas. She went on to work in Onyo Apalaa in 2015 which was an official selection in Indian Panorama.
After the release of Naked in 2017, Ritabhari Chakraborty was cast in the Bollywood horror movie 'Pari', which featured Anushka Sharma as the lead protagonist.
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