Konkona Sen Sharma (born 3 December 1979) is an Indian cinema actress and filmmaker who predominantly works in Hindi and Bengali. In various categories and versions, she has garnered two National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards. Sen Sharma, the daughter of filmmaker-actress Aparna Sen, is best known for her work in arthouse indie films, where she has established herself as one of the leading actresses of contemporary parallel cinema. She has also garnered honors for her work in mainstream films such as Laaga Chunari Mein Daag.
Sharma made her cinematic debut as a child artist in Indira (1983), and then as an adult in the Bengali thriller Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000). She rose to prominence after appearing in her mother's English-language film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), for which she won the National Film Award for Best Actress. Her role in the drama Page 3 (2005) launched her career, and she has subsequently appeared in a number of films, the most of which have earned her critical acclaim rather than commercial success. She received two consecutive Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Omkara (2006) and Life in a... Metro (2007). Her work in the former earned her the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was the first woman to win Best Actress at the Filmfare Awards East for her performance in the Bengali film Goynar Baksho (2014). Her directorial debut film, A Death in the Gunj, was released in 2017, and she received the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director. The same year, she starred in Lipstick Under My Burkha, which earned her a slew of international accolades.
Early years
Sen Sharma was born on the 3rd of December, 1979. Mukul Sharma, her father, was a science writer and journalist, and Aparna Sen, her mother, was an actress and film director. Kamalini Chatterjee is her elder sister. Chidananda Dasgupta, Sen Sharma's maternal grandfather, was a cinema critic, scholar, professor, writer, and co-founder of the Calcutta cinema Society. Supriya Dasgupta, her grandmother, was a cousin of the great modern Bengali poet Jibanananda Das.
Sen Sharma holds an English degree from St Stephen's College in Delhi, which she got in 2001. She attended the Modern High School for Girls.
Career
Sen Sharma made her film debut as a child artist in the 1983 Bengali film Indira. In the Bengali film Ek Je Aachhe Kanya in 2000, she made her adult debut as a bad character. It was followed by a role in Rituparno Ghosh's critically acclaimed film Titli, in which she co-starred with Mithun Chakraborty and her mother Aparna Sen.
Aparna Sen directed her in the English-language film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer in 2001. The picture was a critical and commercial success, primarily in multiplexes. Sen Sharma's portrayal of a Tamil housewife, as well as her command of the accent, earned her the National Film Award for Best Actress. Her performance was then included in Filmfare's "Top 80 Iconic Performances" edition in 2010.
"What distinguishes her performance as Meenakshi Iyer is not so much the effort she put in as it is the apparent lack of it." You believe you've met Meenakshi because she's bickering with the urbane photographer Jehangir Chaudhary, gently reprimanding him about how her name is pronounced (it's Mee-naa-kshi, not Minakshi), or even shouting at her newborn. And therein is the key to her unforgettable performance."
—Filmfare's assessment of Sen Sharma's performance in Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)
Page 3 (2005), the National Film Award-winning social film, followed. Her portrayal of a sharp journalist earned accolades, and she became a more recognized figure to moviegoers.
Sen Sharma was given the lead role in Mira Nair's Hollywood film The Namesake (2007), but she was unable to commit due to conflicting dates with other projects. She was praised for her performances as a mentally ill woman in 15 Park Avenue (2005) and as a middle-aged village housewife in Omkara (2006). She won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress and the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter. Her subsequent release, Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante (2006), received mixed reviews. Sen Sharma made her directorial debut in 2006 with Naamkoron (Naming Ceremony), an 18-minute Bengali short film for the Kala Ghoda Film Festival.
Sen Sharma then appeared in Dosar, a Bengali art film directed by Rituporno Ghosh that screened at various international film festivals. Her performance earned her the Best Actress prize at the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival.
Her second collaboration with Madhur Bhandarkar, Traffic Signal, was her first release in 2007, in which she played a street prostitute. She later appeared in Anurag Basu's Life in a... Metro later that year. The film received excellent reviews and did well at the box office in India. Metro portrayed the lives of several Mumbai residents, and Sen Sharma's performance as a young and insecure woman earned her a second Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Sen Sharma appeared in two films produced by Yash Raj Films in late 2007. She expressed her enthusiasm for these two endeavors because they were the first in which she had to lip sync for songs. In the first, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, a drama directed by Pradeep Sarkar, she played Shubhavari 'Shubhi/Chutki' Sahay, a young woman from Banaras, with Rani Mukerji. Despite her strong performance, the film was a critical and commercial flop in India. The second was Aaja Nachle, which was highly advertised as Madhuri Dixit's return film. The picture performed poorly both critically and commercially. CNN-IBN's Rajeev Masand described her performance in the film as "...nothing short of fantastic." Her biggest strength is that she is not frightened of making a fool of herself or of being laughed at. As a result, her performance in Aaja Nachle is unafraid and fearless."
Sen Sharma appeared in Dil Kabaddi in 2008. She appeared in a short film (How Can It Be?) directed by Mira Nair for a film project called 8, which was shown at numerous film festivals before being released theatrically in 2008.
She received generally excellent reviews for her role in the low-budget English-language film The President Is Coming, directed by Kunaal Roy Kapur, in 2009. The Times of India's Nikhat Kazmi commented, "Performance-wise, it's the uptight and complex-ridden Ms. Sen Sharma who walks away with laurels and laughs, even as the film takes a healthy snigger at the desi self."
Sen Sharma then appeared in Zoya Akhtar's Luck by Chance, co-starring Farhan Akhtar. The picture received generally excellent reviews from reviewers, as did her performance, although its financial success was minimal. Sen Sharma's most recent film was Ayan Mukerjee's coming-of-age comedy-drama Wake Up Sid, in which she co-starred with Ranbir Kapoor. The film earned overwhelmingly excellent reviews upon its initial release, and her acting was praised. "Sen Sharma is natural to the core, and the best part is, she's so effortless," commented Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama. This outstanding performer delivers again another winning performance!" "Ms. Sharma has made a specialty of characters like Aisha: independent urban women whose dreams include careers as well as love," noted the New York Times. Her Aisha is a sophisticated creation — ambitious, sympathetic, and convincing — and Mr. Mukerji, making his directorial debut, is correct to let her carry the film."
Sen Sharma appeared in Ashwani Dheer's comedy Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge in 2010, alongside Ajay Devgan and Paresh Rawal. as well as Neeraj Pathak's Right Yaa Wrong, in which she played a lawyer. She just wrapped production on Rituparno Ghosh's comedy Sunglass and Vinay Shukla's Mirch.
Sen Sharma performed the major part in Aparna Sen's Iti Mrinalini in 2011, which was supposedly a semi-autobiographical film directed by Aparna Sen, Konkona's mother. She will also be seen in Amitabh Verma's Jackpot, alongside Ranvir Shorey, Suman Mukherjee's adaption of Shesher Kobita, and Goutam Ghose's Shunyo Awnko.
Sen Sharma appeared in Balaji Telefilms' Ek Thi Daayan in 2013, directed by Kannan Iyer and produced by Vishal Bhardwaj and Ekta Kapoor. Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, and Huma Qureshi also appeared in the film, which was inspired by a short story written by her father, Mukul Sharma. She has also starred in Aparna Sen's Goynar Baksho.
In 2015, Sharma appeared as Tagore's sister-in-law in the Bengali film Kadombori, as well as Lakshmi Das, the wife of Gour Hari Das, an Odisha freedom warrior who spent 32 years trying to persuade the government of his patriotism. In October, she portrayed Nupur Talwar in Vishal Bhardwaj's film Talvar, which is based on the 2008 Noida Double Murder case. Sharma and her co-stars Irrfan Khan and Neeraj Kabi received widespread critical acclaim for the film, which also became a sleeper blockbuster in India. She portrayed Nayantara in the short film Nayantara's Necklace the same year.
Sharma appeared as a cop with Sonakshi Sinha in Akira, directed by A.R. Murgadoss, in 2016.
Her directorial debut, A Death in the Gunj, was released on June 2, 2017, starring Vikrant Massey and Kalki Koechlin. The film received critical acclaim and earned her the Best Director award at both the New York Indian Film Festival and the MAMI Film Festival. Her long-awaited film Lipstick Under My Burkha, directed by Alankrita Srivastava, was released in July. The picture received excellent reviews and performed well at the box office. Scholarship, her next project with Kalki Koechlin, is now under pre-production.
Sen Sharma will appear in the Amazon Prime web series Mumbai Diaries 26/11 in 2021. It is directed by Nikkhil Advani and produced by Emmay Entertainment. Mohit Raina, Tina Desai, and Shreya Dhanwanthary also star.
Sen Sharma and actor Ronit Roy will co-star in the upcoming mystery film Bioscope in 2022. Tollywood and Bollywood celebrities will marry under the direction of Preetam Mukherjee.
Theatre
Sen Sharma made her theatrical debut in Atul Kumar's The Blue Mug in June 2009, opposite Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, and Sheeba Chadha. The play toured the United States and abroad in 2010.
Private life
Sen Sharma began dating co-star and actor Ranvir Shorey in 2007. The pair married in a private ceremony on September 3, 2010. According to the Times of India, Sen Sharma gave birth to her first kid, Haroon, on March 15, 2011, in a South Mumbai hospital. Sen Sharma and Shorey filed for divorce in September 2015. They are still friends and share custody of their son. The pair finally divorced on August 13, 2020.
Sen Sharma stated in March 2022 that she has always been "gender neutral" and does not see herself as either a man or a woman, and that gender is a taught idea to which she can not relate.
 | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Indira | Child artist | Bengali | |
| 1994 | Amodini | Teenage stepmother | Bengali | |
| 2001 | Ek Je Aachhe Kanya | Ria | Bengali | |
| 2002 | Titli | Titli | Bengali | |
| Mr. and Mrs. Iyer | Meenakshi Iyer | English | ||
| 2004 | Chai Pani Etc. | Shanti/Radha Joshi | English | |
| 2005 | Amu | Kaju "Amu" | English | |
| Page 3 | Madhvi Sharma | Hindi | ||
| 15 Park Avenue | Mithi | English | ||
| 2006 | Dosar | Kaberi Chatterjee | Bengali | |
| Mixed Doubles | Malti | Hindi | ||
| Yun Hota To Kya Hota | Tilottima Punj | Hindi | ||
| Omkara | Indu | Hindi | ||
| Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante | Sanjana | Hindi | ||
| 2007 | Traffic Signal | Noori | Hindi | |
| Meridian | Pramilla | Hindi | ||
| Life in a... Metro | Shruti Ghosh | Hindi | ||
| Laaga Chunari Mein Daag | Shubhavari 'Shubhi/Chutki' Sahay | Hindi | ||
| Aaja Nachle | Anokhi Anokhelal | Hindi | ||
| 2008 | Fashion | Herself | Hindi | Special appearance |
| Dil Kabaddi | Simi | Hindi | ||
| 8 | Zeinab | English | Segment "How Can It Be?" | |
| 2009 | The President Is Coming | Maya Roy | English | |
| Luck by Chance | Sona Mishra | Hindi | ||
| Wake Up Sid | Aisha Banerjee | Hindi | ||
| 2010 | Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge | Munmun | Hindi | |
| Right Yaa Wrong | Radhika Patnaik | Hindi | ||
| Mirch | Lavni/Anita | Hindi | ||
| 2011 | 7 Khoon Maaf | Nandini | Hindi | Cameo appearance |
| Iti Mrinalini | Mrinalini 'Mili' Mitra | Bengali | ||
| 2013 | Shunyo Awnko | Raka Biswas | Bengali | |
| Goynar Baksho | Shomlata | Bengali | ||
| Ek Thi Daayan | Diana | Hindi | ||
| Blind Night | Ninu | Hindi | ||
| Sunglass | Chitra | Hindi / Bengali | ||
| Shesher Kabita | Labannya | Bengali | ||
| 2015 | Shajarur Kanta | Deepa Bhatto | Bengali | |
| Kadambari | Kadambari Devi | Bengali | ||
| Gour Hari Dastaan | Lakshmi Das | Hindi | ||
| Talvar | Nutan Tandon | Hindi | ||
| Saari Raat | The wife | Hindi | ||
| Nayantara's Necklace | Nayantara | Hindi | ||
| 2016 | Akira | SP Rabiya | Hindi | |
| 2017 | Lipstick Under My Burkha | Shireen Aslam | Hindi | |
| 2018 | Bird of Dusk | Herself | English, Bengali | |
| 2019 | A Monsoon Date (Short Film) | Hindi | ||
| 2020 | Cargo | Mandakini | Hindi | Cameo appearance |
| Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare | Dolly | Hindi | ||
| 2021 | Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi | Seema | Hindi | |
| Ajeeb Daastaans | Bharti Mandal | Hindi | ||
| 2023 | Kuttey | Lakshmi Sharma | Hindi | |
| The Rapist | Naina Malik | Hindi | ||
| Metro... In Dino | Hindi |
| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Naamkoron | Yes | Yes | Bengali | Short Film |
| 2017 | A Death in the Gunj | Yes | Yes | English Hindi Bengali |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Picnic | Daughter | Bengali | Child Artist | |
| 2005 | Karkat Rashi | College girl | Hindi | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Koffee with Karan | Herself | English | Star One | Season 1, Episode 16 (Guest with Rahul Bose) |
| 2007 | Season 2, Episode 09 (Guest with Kunal Kapoor & Riteish Deshmukh) | ||||
| 2009 | 54th Filmfare Awards | Herself | English | Sony TV | Co-Host with Ranbir Kapoor, Imran Khan & Deepika Padukone |
| 2013 | Ek Thhi Naayka | Herself | Hindi | Life OK | TV Mini-Series (2 episodes, 1.3 & 1.4) for the promotion of Ek Thi Dayaan |
| 2015 | The Tara Sharma Show | Herself | English | Star World | Season 3, Episode 3 (Konkona Sen Sharma & Moms) |
| 2018 | Guftagoo | Herself | Hindi, English | Rajya Sabha TV | Episode "Guftagoo with Konkona Sensharma" |
| 2018 | Side Hero | Herself | Hindi | Eros Now | Original Web Series (Episode 1: "Aaj Ki Party") |
| 2020 | Mumbai Diaries - 26/11 | Chitra Das | Hindi | Amazon Prime Video | Original Web Series |
| 2023 | Soup | Hindi | Netflix | Original Web Series |
| Year | Title | Author | Role | Language | Platform | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Twin Beds | Anita Nair | Nisha (wife) | English | Storytel India | with Satyadeep Mishra |
| The Rumour | Anushka Ravishankar | Narrator | ||||
| The Last Bargain | Samita Aiyer | |||||
| 2020 | A Swiss Mountain Adventure | Mindhouse App | Sleep Meditation Stories | |||
| The Timeless Love of Lily Moon | ||||||
| 2021 | Kadambari Devi's Suicide Note | Ranjan Bandopadhyay | Storytel India | Translated from Bengali by Jhimli Mookherjee | ||
| 2022 | Barefoot Boys | Podcaster | Luminary | Podcast |
| Year | Track | Album | Record Label | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Bangla Rap | Goynar Baksho | SVF | Bengali | with Paran Bandopadhyay, Pijush Ganguly & Moushumi Chatterjee |
| 2015 | The Broken Heart (Bhogno Hridoy) | Kadambari | Times Music | with Saskia Rao De Haas, Sandipan Ganguly & Parambrata Chattopadhyay | |
| Kadambori's Letter |
| Year | Film | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Ek Je Aachhe Kanya | Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | Best Actress | Won |
| 2003 | Mr and Mrs Iyer | National Film Awards | Best Actress | Won |
| Anandalok Awards | Best Actress (Critics) | Won | ||
| 2006 | Page 3 | Zee Cine Awards | Best Female Debut (jointly with Vidya Balan) | Won |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
| Producers Guild Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| Screen Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
| 2007 | Omkara | National Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| Filmfare Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Zee Cine Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| Screen Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| 15, Park Avenue | Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | Most Outstanding Performance of the Year | Won | |
| Dosar | New York Indian Film Festival | Best Actress | Won | |
| 2008 | Life in a... Metro | International Indian Film Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| Producers Guild Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Screen Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| Zee Cine Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| Filmfare Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Laaga Chunari Mein Daag | Nominated | |||
| 2010 | Wake Up Sid | Producers Guild Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 2011 | Iti Mrinalini | New York Indian Film Festival | Best Actress | Won |
| 2014 | Ek Thi Daayan | Filmfare Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Screen Awards | Best Actor in a Negative Role (Female) | Nominated | ||
| Goynar Baksho | Filmfare Awards East | Best Actress | Won | |
| 2016 | Talvar | BIG Star Entertainment Awards | Most Entertaining Actor in a Thriller Role – Female | Nominated |
| Producers Guild Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| Zee Cine Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | — | GQ India Awards | Excellence in Direction and Acting | Won |
| A Death in the Gunj | Filmfare Awards | Best Film (Critics) | Nominated | |
| Best Debut Director | Won | |||
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | Best Debut Director | Won | ||
| Gollapudi Srinivas Awards | Best Debut Director | Won | ||
| MAMI Film Festival | Mastercard Best India Female Filmmaker | Won | ||
| Indian Film Festival of Melbourne | Best Director | Nominated | ||
| New York Indian Film Festival | Best Director | Won | ||
| Lipstick Under My Burkha | Best Feature Film | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Won | |||
| Indian Film Festival of Melbourne | Best Actress | Won | ||
| Screen Awards | Best Actress (Critics) | Won | ||
| Zee Cine Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare | Filmfare Awards | Best Actress (Critics) | Nominated |
| Ajeeb Daastaans | Asian Academy Creative Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won | |
| Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Actress in a Web Original Film | Won | ||
| 2022 | Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi | Filmfare Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Bio | |
| Real Name | Konkona Sen Sharma |
| Nickname | Koko |
| Profession | Actress |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height | in centimeters- 155 cm in meters- 1.55 m in Feet Inches- 5' 1" |
| Weight | in Kilograms- 57 Kg in Pounds- 126 lbs |
| Figure Measurements | 34-27-35 |
| Eye Colour | Dark Brown |
| Hair Colour | Black |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 3 December 1979 |
| Age (as in 2022) | 42 Years |
| Birth Place | New Delhi, India |
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Sagittarius |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Kolkata, India |
| School | Modern High School for Girls, Kolkata Calcutta International School, Kolkata |
| College | St. Stephen's College, Delhi |
| Educational Qualifications | Degree in English |
| Debut Film | Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2001) |
| Family | Father- Mukul Sharma (Writer and journalist) Mother- Aparna Sen (Actress and Director) Sister- Kamalini Chatterjee (Elder) Brother- N/A |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Address | Goregaon, Mumbai |
| Hobbies | Reading |
| Controversies | • It was in the news that she married Ranvir Shorey in a hurry due to her pregnancy before it. • There were speculations about her divorce, but later it proved to be wrong. |
| Favourite Things | |
| Favourite Food | Fish |
| Favourite Actor | Irrfan Khan |
| Favourite Actress | Tabu |
| Favourite Book | Hooked to This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz |
| Boys, Affairs and More | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Affairs/Boyfriends | Ranvir Shorey (Actor) |
| Husband | Ranvir Shorey (Actor) |
| Children | Daughter- N/A Son- Haroon |
| Money Factor | |
| Salary | 75 Lacs – 1 Crore (INR) |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
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