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.