Ishaa Saha is an Indian actress who mainly works in Bengali cinema.[1] She started her career with Bengali television. She made her film debut in Bengali cinema in 2017 as a lead with Projapoti Biskut directed by Anindya Chatterjee.[2][3] She acted in all the films directed by filmmaker Dhrubo Banerjee.

Ishaa Saha
Born
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
OccupationActress
Years active2016–present

Early life and education

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Saha was born in Kolkata. Saha passed Bachelor of Laws in 2015 from University of Calcutta and started her career as a television artist in 2016 with Star Jalsha's Jhanjh Lobongo Phool as Lobongo.[citation needed]

Career

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She made her film debut in 2017, with the family drama Projapoti Biskut directed by Anindya Chatterjee, which was critically and commercially successful.[4] She received praise for her performance and received a 3rd Filmfare Awards East for Critics' Award for Best Actor (Female).[5] In 2018, Saha played the role of Jhinuk,[6] a girl next door, alongside Abir Chatterjee and Arjun Chakrabarty as female protagonist in the 'Guptodhon' franchise (Guptodhoner Sondhane (2018) and Durgeshgorer Guptodhon (2019)).[7] Saha gained wider recognition for her performance in Sweater,[8] the film also turned out to be a box office success.[9] Both Sweater and Durgeshgorer Guptodhon are in the 'Top Rated Bengali Movies Of 2019' list.[10] Next she starred in Dhrubo Banerjee's[11] Golondaaj, opposite to Dev.[12] In 2021 she acted in a number of films including Karnasubarner Guptodhon and Kacher Manush. Karnasubarner Guptodhon was a blockbuster at the box office and it went on to become one of the highest-grossing Bengali films of all time, grossing 9.2 crores. In 2022 she starred in the romantic dramas Mitthye Premer Gaan and Ghore Pherar Gaan.

Filmography

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Key
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Year Title Role Director Production Ref
2017 Projapoti Biskut Shaon Anindya Chatterjee Windows Production [13]
2018 Guptodhoner Sondhane Jhinuk Dhrubo Banerjee Shree Venkatesh Films [14]
2019 Sweater Tulika alias Tuku Shieladitya Moulik PSS Entertainments, Pramod Films, P&P Entertainment [15]
Durgeshgorer Guptodhon Jhinuk Dhrubo Banerjee Shree Venkatesh Films [16]
Buro Sadhu Shweta Vik Wisemonk Creative, DNA Entertainment Networks [17]
2020 Detective Sudhamukhi Joydip Mukherjee [18]Shree Venkatesh Films
2021 Torulatar Bhoot Kamalkali Deb Roy Green Motion Pictures [19]
Golondaaj Kamalini Dhrubo Banerjee Shree Venkatesh Films [20]
2022 Mahananda Mahal Arindam Sil Friends Communication
Sahobashe Tista Anjan Kanjilal Mojotale Entertainments
Kolkata Chalantika Tumpa Pavel Baba Bhootnath Entertainment
Kacher Manush Aalo Pathikrit Basu Dev Entertainment Ventures
Karnasubarner Guptodhon Jhinuk Dhrubo Banerjee Shree Venkatesh Films
2023 Mitthye Premer Gaan Anwesha Paroma Neotia Neostories Productions
Ghore Pherar Gaan Tora Aritra Sen Eskay Movies
Ektu Sore Bosun Kamaleshwar Mukherjee Big Cat Films
2024 Asukh Bisukh Kaushik Ganguly Shadow Films
Oporichito Joydip Mukherjee

Television

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Year Title Channel Role Production House
2016 Jhanjh Lobongo Phool Star Jalsha Lobongo SVF

Web series

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Year Title Director Platform Character Name Production
2018 Japani Toy (Season 1) Sourav Chakraborty Hoichoi Kinkini SVF
2019 Japani Toy (Season 2) Soumik Chattopadhyay Kinkini SVF
Daab Chingri Sudeep Das ZEE5 Sohini Nideas
Bhalobashar Shohor (Story:Kolkatar Kobitara) Abhijit Guha & Sudeshna Roy Malini Roadshow Films
2020 Mafia Birsa Dasgupta Hoichoi Ananya Roadshow Films & Eskay Movies
2021 Boyfriends & Girlfriends Suvankar Paul Amrita SVF
Indu Sayantan Ghosal Indu Missing Screw
2022 Gora Somlata
Hello! Remember me? Abhimanyu Mukherjee
2023 Indu 2 Indu
2024 Paashbalish Korok Murmu ZEE5 Indu Mahabahu Motion Pictures

References

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  1. ^ "'Detective' Trailer Video: Anirban Bhattacharya and Ishaa Saha starrer 'Detective' Official Trailer Video ►". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "Ishaa's the 'Girl in a Bookstore'". The Times of India. 2018.
  3. ^ "There's no such thing as cakewalk in the industry: Ishaa Saha - Times of India". The Times of India. 11 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Projapoti Biskut's trailer gets Tolly buzzing". The Times of India. 2017.
  5. ^ "All winners of the Jio Filmfare Awards (East) 2018". Filmfare.com. 2018.
  6. ^ "Petite actor Ishaa Saha is back as Jhinuk in Durgeshgorer Guptodhon". IndulgeExpress. 2019.
  7. ^ "'Feluda Meets Indiana Jones' In Bengali Cinema's First Treasure Hunt Franchise". FilmCompanion. 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Ishaa in Siladittya Moulick's next, Sweater". TOI. 2018.
  9. ^ "I'm enjoying Sweater's success: Ishaa Saha". TOI. 2019.
  10. ^ "Top Rated Bengali Movies Of 2019". TOI. 2019.
  11. ^ "Ishaa thrilled to be part of Dhrubo Banerjee's next". TOI. 2020.
  12. ^ "Ishaa Saha's picnic misadventure". TOI. 2020.
  13. ^ "দুর্গার আগেই কার্তিক চলে আসছেন 'প্রজাপতি বিস্কুট' নিয়ে".
  14. ^ "'Durgeshgorer Guptodhon' to repeat the same star cast of 'Guptodhoner Sondhane' - Times of India". The Times of India. 16 May 2018.
  15. ^ "Sweater First Look".
  16. ^ "Whenever I see Abir, I feel Sonada is walking in front of me — Guptodhoner Sondhane maker Dhrubo Banerjee". www.telegraphindia.com.
  17. ^ "টলিউডে নতুন জুটি".
  18. ^ "ররীন্দ্রনাথের গোয়েন্দা গল্প নিয়ে ওয়েব সিরিজ আসছে হইচই ডিজিটাল প্ল্যাটফর্মে".
  19. ^ "রহস্য, ভয় এবং প্রতিশোধের গল্প বলবে 'তরুলতার ভূত'! প্রকাশ্য ট্রেলার ও মিউজিক".
  20. ^ "'গোলন্দাজ' দেব, প্রকাশ্যে ছবির মোশন পোস্টার".
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