WAmala Akkineni is an Indian film actress, Bharata Natyam dancer, and an animal welfare activist. She appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam Hindi, and Kannada a language films. She has won two Filmfare Awards South, namely Best Actress - Malayalam for 1991 film Ulladakkam and Best Supporting Actress – Telugu for 2012 film Life Is Beautiful. Amala is the co-founder of The Blue Cross of Hyderabad, a non-government organisation (NGO) in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights in India.
WBidita Bag is an Indian actress and a professional model. She has a varied portfolio when it comes to print advertisements, TV commercials and films. She is mostly known for her inclination towards socio-political films.
WMimi Chakraborty is an Indian actress, singer and politician. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema and television. She was listed as the most desirable woman in the Calcutta Times list of Most Desirable Women 2016.
WRhea Chakraborty is an Indian actress and VJ. She started her career as a VJ on MTV India. She made her acting debut with the 2012 Telugu film Tuneega Tuneega and later appeared in the Hindi film Mere Dad Ki Maruti (2013).
WLocket Chatterjee is a Bengali actress, politician and Member of Parliament for Hooghly, West Bengal, India. She is also a classical dancer. She completed her training in Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, Manipuri and Creative, but is better known as an actress. Previously, she was the state president of BJP Mahila Morcha, the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal. Now she is a General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal
WSabitri Chatterjee is an Indian actress who is well known for her work in Bengali theatre and cinema. Her career spans more than 60 years. She is the recipient of BFJA Awards for two times. In 1999, she was conferred with Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting in Bengali theatre. In 2013, she was awarded by the Government of West Bengal its highest civilian award; the Banga Bibhushan. In 2014, Government of India conferred upon her its fourth-highest civilian award the Padma Shri.
WTannishtha Chatterjee is an Indian film actress and director best known in the west for her performance in the British film Brick Lane (2007), the film adaptation of Monica Ali's best selling novel of the same name for which she was nominated best actress at the British Independent Film Awards. Her other notable roles have been in Academy Award-winning German director Florian Gallenberger's film Shadows of Time, Road, Movie with Abhay Deol, Dekh Indian Circus, for which she won the National Film award and Marathi film Doctor Rakhmabai, among many others.
WSai Deodhar Anand is an Indian television actor who has worked in popular television soap operas, such as Saara Akaash and Ek Ladki Anjaani Si. Recently, she has appeared in Kashi – Ab Na Rahe Tera Kagaz Kora on NDTV Imagine, where she played the role of a mother of a 6-year-old girl. Sai is also busy in shooting of an unnamed film to be produced by her husband Shakti Anand. She appeared in her first role as a child artist in a 1993 Marathi Movie - Lapandav, where she played a mischievous young sister of the protagonist, who kicks off comedy of errors that unfolds in the film.
WChandrabati Devi was an Indian film actress who appeared in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema. She is best known for her role as Chandramukhi in the 1935 cult classic Devdas.
WSeeta Devi (1912–1983), born Renee Smith, was one of the early stars of silent films in the Indian film industry.
WSumitra Devi was an Indian actress who is recognized for her work in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema during the 1940s and 1950s. She is most remembered for her role in the 1952 Hindi film Mamta directed by Dada Gunjal. She was the recipient of BFJA Award for Best Actress for two times. She was one of the exquisite beauties of her time and has been regarded as the most beautiful woman of her time by veterans such as Pradeep Kumar and Uttam Kumar.
WSaayoni Ghosh is an Indian Bengali film and television actress and singer. Her acting debut was with a telefilm Ichhe Dana, and her first appearance on the big screen was with a short role in the film Notobor Notout After this she shared the screen with some veteran actors in Raj Chakraborty's Shotru, and later played a carefree journalist role in Raj Chakraborty's daily soap Proloy Asche. She has played lead roles in the films Kanamachi, Antaraal, Ekla Cholo, Bitnoon, Mayer Biye, Rajkahini.
WAnita Guha was an Indian Bengali actress who usually played mythological characters in films. She became known for playing the title role in Jai Santoshi Maa (1975). Previously, she had played Sita in other mythological films; Sampoorna Ramayana (1961), Shree Ram Bharat Milap (1965) and Tulsi Vivah (1971). Besides this, she also played notable roles in films such as Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959), Purnima (1965), Pyar Ki Rahen (1959), Gateway of India (1957), Dekh Kabira Roya (1957) and Sanjog (1961).
WKajal Gupta is an Indian Bengali film actress known for Basanta Bilap (1973), Sansarer Itikatha (1983) and Agnishwar (1975).
WNusrat Jahan Ruhi is an Indian film actress who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. She joined active politics in 2019 and contested from Basirhat as a Trinamool Congress candidate. Jahan's screen debut was in Raj Chakraborty's Shotru. She then appeared in the film Khoka 420, under the banner Eskay Movies. Her other notable movies include Khiladi, with Ankush Hazra, Sondhe Namar Agey, with Rahul Bose and Power, with Jeet under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. She is an elected Member of Parliament for Basirhat.
WKajol Devgn, known mononymously as Kajol, is an Indian film actress. Acknowledged as one of the most successful actresses of Hindi cinema, Kajol is the recipient of numerous accolades, including six Filmfare Awards, among which she holds the record for most Best Actress awards previously set by her aunt Nutan. In 2011, she was honoured with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour of the country, by the Government of India.
WSoha Ali Khan Pataudi is an Indian film actress and has worked in Hindi, Bengali and English films. She is the daughter of actress Sharmila Tagore and the cricket player Mansoor Ali Khan, and the younger sister of actor Saif Ali Khan. She started her acting career with the romantic comedy film Dil Maange More (2004), and is best known for her role in the drama film Rang De Basanti (2006), for which she was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.
WEkavali Khanna actress who stars in Bollywood, Hollywood and Bengali films.
WRukmini Maitra is an Indian model and actress from Kolkata, who has worked as a model for various regional, national, and international brands and magazines. After having established herself in the world of fashion, Maitra made her silver screen debut in 2017. She acted in five films with Dev.
WIris Maity is a model and actress of Indian descent. She participated in the reality show Bigg Boss Bangla 1 in 2013.
WPinky Sarkar better known as Meenakshi, is an Indian film actress, who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. She is probably best known for her performance as Raasathi in her debut film Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar.
WMeghali Meenakshi is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil cinema. She made her Tamil debut in Pa. Vijay's film Aaruthra. The lyricist-cum-actor directed and acted in this venture.
WKoena Mitra is an Indian actress and model who appears in Bollywood films. She mostly known for her item no songs and movie Apna Sapna Money Money. She participated on Bigg Boss season 13 as a celebrity contestant.
WShaoli Mitra is a Bengali theatre and film actress. She played the role of Bangabala in Ritwik Ghatak's Jukti Takko Aar Gappo. She is the daughter of Sombhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra, who were also theatre personalities. In 2011, she was a chairperson of Rabindra Shardhoshato Janmabarsha Udjapon Samiti.
WTanisha Mukerji is an Indian film actress known for her works in Indian movies, Bollywood and Telugu and Tamil films. Part of the Mukherjee-Samarth family, she is the daughter of filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee and actress Tanuja Samarth and the younger sister of Bollywood actress Kajol. She made her debut with the Hindi film Sssshhh... in 2003. She had her first hit with Ram Gopal Varma's Sarkar, appearing alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan. She also was a contestant, and also ended up as the first runner-up on the reality show Bigg Boss 7 in 2012
WArpita Chatterjee is an Indian film actress, who mostly appears in the Odia and Bengali film industry in India. She is married to actor Prosenjit Chatterjee.
WGargee Roychowdhury is an Indian Bengali actress. She works in Bengali movies in Tollywood and serials in television. Gargi Roychowdhury is one of the popular actresses of the Bengali screen. She began her career as a theatre artist, performing in Uttaran and later Bohurupee. She has also been a newscaster and radio artist. She is an alumnus of Patha Bhavan, Kolkata
WEna Jennifer Saha, is an Indian film and television actress who predominantly appears in Bengali films and television shows.
WSatarupa Sanyal is a Bengali Indian independent or parallel cinema film director, producer, actress, poet and social activist, based in Kolkata, India. She is well known for her feminist social stances that inform her films.
WSauraseni Maitra is an Indian Bengali model and actress. Maitra started her career from the tender age.
WNandana Sen, is an Indian actress, screenwriter, children's author and child-rights activist. Her first film role in Bollywood was Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black (2005), starring Rani Mukherjee and Amitabh Bachchan, in which she played the role of Rani's 17-year-old younger sister.
WSudeshna Roy is an Indian film director, actor and writer based in Tollywood. She started her career as an entertainment journalist before collaborating with the director Abhijit Guha and foraying into the film industry. She is a popular artist in the Bangla Entertainment Industry. Besides directing films, she acted in several films, daily soaps and web series. The duo debuted with their first film Shudhu Tumi, and then they made several films in varied genres. However, they are known to make urban middle-class romantic comedy films. They worked with Abir Chatterjee, who debuted in their film Cross Connection in 2009. They came into prominence after their critically acclaimed film Teen Yaari Kotha. Teen Yaari Katha was showcased in the competition section of Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in 2012. It travelled to the Bangkok International Film as well as Kolkata International Film Festival.Their film Bapi bari jaa is considered a cult classic among the Bangla film lovers. It also marked the debut of Arjun Chakraborty and MP Mimi Chakraborty in the Bangla film industry.
WSalma Begum Sujata known mononymously as Sujata, is a Bangladeshi former film actress. She is best known for her role in Rupban (1965) as Rupban Konna. In 2017, she became the recipient of Bangladesh National Film Award for Lifetime Achievement.
WRuma Guha Thakurta was an Indian actress and singer primarily associated with Bengali language films. She founded Calcutta Youth Choir in 1958.
WNusrat Imrose Tisha is a Bangladeshi actress, model and producer who has appeared mainly in Bengali television and films. She has garnered landmark popularity with her remarkable performances both on television and the silver screen.