Konkona Sen Sharma

Konkona Sen Sharma was born December 3, 1979. She is an Indian actress. Sharma appears primarily in Indian arthouse and independent films, and her achievements in the genre have established her as one of the leading actresses of contemporary parallel cinema.

Making her debut as a child artist in the film Indira (1983), Konkona Sen Sharma debuted as an adult in the Bengali thriller Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000). She first gained attention with the English-language film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), which was directed by her mother, and received the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.
Konkona acted in Dosar, a highly acclaimed Bengali film by Rituporno Ghosh. Sharma won the best actress award at Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival for this film.

konkona's first release of 2007, Traffic Signal (2007) didn't performed well at the box office, but she received good reviews for her performance. Her second released film of 2007, Life in a Metro, was released to good reviews and emerged as a hit in India.

Sharma's performance as a confused girl was praised a lot and she won her second Filmfare Award for this performance. In late 2007, Konkona acted in two movies under Yash Raj Films banner. In the first one, Pradeep Sarkar's drama Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, she portrayed the character of a Banaras small town young woman, Chutki alongside Rani Mukherji. The film was a critical and commercial failure in India, even though her performance was highly praised.

The second one was Aaja Nachle; the comeback film of Madhuri Dixit. This film did not do well at box office but Konkona got good reviews for her performance in the film.

In 2008, Konkona starred in Dil Kabaddi, which was a flop. Moreover, Konkona also starred in a short film ‘How Can It Be?’ directed by Mira Nair for a movie project called 8, which screened at Rome Film Festival and Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival (MIAAC), 2008.

In 2009, there followed by low-budget English film The President Is Coming , directed by Kunaal Roy Kapur. her upcoming releases for 2009 are Amavas, Right Ya Wrong, Sunglass, Wake Up Sid.

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.