Aindrita Ray

 

Aindrita Ray

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Aindrita Ray
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Ray during the shoot of Kannada movie Manasaare
Born
Aindrita Ray

3 March 1985 (age 35)
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India[1][2]
NationalityIndian
OccupationModel, film actress
Years active2008–present
Spouse(s)
 
(m. 2018)

Aindrita Ray (born 3 March 1985) is an Indian film actress,[3] primarily appearing in Kannada films. She made her acting debut in 2007, starring in Meravanige and went on to appear in several commercially successful films, establishing herself as a leading contemporary actress of Kannada cinema.[4] She is perhaps well known for her critically acclaimed performance as Devika, a mentally challenged girl, in Manasaare.

Early life and background[edit source]

Aindrita Ray was born as the youngest daughter into a Bengali family in Udaipur, Rajasthan, where she spent her childhood, before moving to Mumbai.[1] With her father, A. K. Ray, being a prosthodontist in the Indian Air Force, she along with her family moved from one place to another, finally settling in Bangalore.[5]

Ray studied at Baldwin Girls High School, Bangalore. Later, she joined B. R. Ambedkar Dental College, Bangalore to pursue a bachelor's degree in dental science. While studying, she did part-time modelling, appearing in television advertisements, which paved way for her entry into the film industry. She started acting in Kannada movies, and once in a while appearing in Amateur/Short films.

Acting career[edit source]

Debut and breakthrough (2008)[edit source]

Aindrita Ray trained under fashion choreographer M. S. Sreedhar. She was also seen in a song in the 2006 Kannada movie Jackpot, starring Harsha and Dhyaan.[6] Aindrita Ray began her acting career in the 2008 film Meravanige, playing Nandini, the love interest of the lead actor played by Prajwal Devaraj. The film received a moderate success at the box office, with Rediff.com lauding her performance and her dancing capabilities. Later, in the same year, she made a cameo appearance in Mast Majaa Madi, which had an ensemble cast.

Initial success and accolades (2009–10)[edit source]

In 2009, Ray appeared in Vaayuputra, an action movie, alongside the debutant Chiranjeevi Sarja. This was followed by a brief appearance in the successful film, Love Guru, directed by Prashant Raj. However, she got her biggest break in the film Junglee and then Turning point movie was Manasaare for her critically acclaimed role of a mentally challenged girl. She received many awards and accolades for her role, which included Suvarna Award for Best Actress and a nomination for Filmfare Awards. This was followed by director Suri's Junglee, which found a moderate success.

In 2010, she starred in five films. Veera Parampare was the only successful movie among Nooru JanmakuNannavanuJanuma Janumadallu and a Bollywood parallel cinema, A Flat. She was nominated by Filmfare for the Best Actress category for Veera Parampare.

Recent works[edit source]

After a series of flops, Ray was cast in the supporting role in the Puneeth Rajkumar starrer Paramathma. She was widely acclaimed by the critics for her obsessive character role. She was also noticed by the critics in Dhool. The other films, Manasina Maathu and Kaanchana, however were failures.

In 2012, she starred in Parijatha, opposite Diganth, which found moderate success. Her other films include Tony, with Srinagar Kitty in the lead and Rajani Kantha, with Duniya Vijay.

In 2014, she made her Bengali film debut with Bachchan, opposite Jeet and directed by Raja Chanda, which incidentally was a remake of the Kannada movie Vishnuvardhana.

Ray will appear in Raja Chanda's Bengali film Amar Apanjan, alongside Soham Chakraborty, Priyanka Sarkar and Subhasree.

Personal life[edit source]

Aindrita married actor Diganth Manchale on 12 December 2018,[7][8][9] after 10 years of courtship.[10]

Filmography[edit source]

YearMovieRoleLanguageNotes
2008MeravanigeNandiniKannada
Mast Maja MaadiHerselfSpecial appearance
2009JungleePadma
VayuputraDivya
Love GuruHerselfSpecial appearance
ManasaareDevika
2010Nooru JanmakuDrushti
NannavanuSanjana
Veera ParamparePooja
2010A FlatKaran's WifeHindiuncredited role
2011Manasina MaathuSahanaKannada
DhoolPriya
ParamathmaSaanvi
2012ParijathaChandrika
Prem AddaHerselfSpecial appearance in song Basanthi
2013Rajani KanthaPriyaKannada
ZiddiSahana
KaddipudiDaisyCameo appearance including appearance in the song Soundarya Samara
TonyPammi
BhajarangiGeetha
2014Athi AparoopaAparna
BachchanPriyaBengaliBengali debut
2015Sharp ShooterHerselfKannadaSpecial appearance in song Kuntebille
2016Mungaru Male 2Shreya
John Jani JanardhanHerselfSpecial appearance in song Preetiya Paarivala
NiruttaraShravya
2017ChowkaPushpa
Melkote Manja
Amar AponjonSayoniBengali
2018Raambo 2HerselfKannadaSpecial appearance in the song "Dumm Maaro Dumm"
2019Main Zaroor AaungaLisaHindiBollywood Debut.[11]
BhavaiRani[12]
2020GarudaTBAKannadaPost Production[13]
Premam PoojyamTBAFilming[14]

Web-Series[edit source]

YearTitleRolePlatformRef.
2020The CasinoCamilla KhuranaZee5[15]

Awards[edit source]


MovieAwardCategoryResultRef.
Manasaare2011 AKKA aawardsBest ActressWon[16]
Suvarna Film AwardsSuvarna Best ActressWon[17]
South Scope AwardsBest Kannada ActressWon[18]
57th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Actress – KannadaNominated[19]
Veera Parampare58th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Actress – KannadaNominated[20]
Suvarna Film AwardsBest ActressNominated[21]
Paramathma59th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Supporting ActressNominated[22]
1st SIIMA AwardsSIIMA Best Supporting ActressWon[23]
Bhajarangi3rd SIIMA AwardsSIIMA Best ActressWon[24]
61st Filmfare Awards SouthBest Actress – KannadaNominated[25]
Niruttara64th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Supporting ActressNominated[26]

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