Plabita Borthakur

Plabita Borthakur (born 17 June 1992) is an Indian film actor, singer and artist from Assam.[1][2]

Plabita Borthakur
প্লাবিতা বৰঠাকুৰ
Plabita Borthakur
Born (1992-06-17) 17 June 1992
Duliajan, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
NationalityIndian
EducationGraduate
Occupation
  • Actress
  • Singer
Years active2014 – Present
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Parent(s)
  • Probin Borthakur
  • Rina Borthakur
RelativesParineeta Borthakur (Sister)
Websitehttps://plabitaborthakur.com

Early life

Her father Probin Borthakur was an engineer by profession with Oil India Limited along with being an Indian classical singer and teacher while her mother is a writer and poet. Her older sisters, Parineeta Borthakur[3] and Priyangi Borthakur, are in the film industry as well. She grew up in the Oil India township of Duliajan in Assam, before moving to Mumbai's Jai Hind College, for higher studies. Professionally, she got her head start with numerous ad assignments and concerts with her band, Manu and Chow.

Career

Plabita Borthakur made her debut in PK in a blink and miss role as Anushka Sharma's sister.[4] She is back with another Bollywood film, where she plays one of the main protagonists in the much spoken about, Lipstick Under My Burkha.[5]

On 15 July 2017, she made a special appearance on The Kapil Sharma Show, alongside Prakash Jha and Ekta Kapoor.

Plabita has received rave reviews for her performance as a Muslim girl, Rehana Abidi in Lipstick Under My Burkha.

She is currently shooting for 2 feature films Waah Zindagi (under the banner Shivaza Films), and Chhote Nawab (Yoodlee Films by SaReGaMa). Her webseries, "What's Your Status" released in July, 2018.

She was part of an episodic web series on Zee5 called Parchhayee, that released on the 24 June 2019.

In June 2019, the trailer of Doosra shows her in a pivotal role.[6][7]

She was last seen in the critically acclaimed web-series Breathe: Into the Shadows on Amazon Prime Video.

She has recently finished shooting for Netflix series Bombay Begums.

Filmography
YearFilmDirectorRole
2014 PKRajkumar HiraniJaggu's sister
2015 "Big F"MTV IndiaAnjali
2017 Lipstick Under My BurkhaAlankrita ShrivastavaRehana Abidi
2018 What's Your Status (Web Series)[8] Prateek Prajosh Aisha Sharma
2019 Fuh Se Fantasy Shraddha Pasi Jyotsna (Jo)
2019 Parchhayee (Zee5 Web Series) Suman Lal Neelam
2020 Chhote Nawab (under production)[9] Kumud Chaudhary Fauziya
2020 Waah ZindagiDinesh YadavReena
2020 Doosra Abhinay Deo Tara
2020 Bombay Begums (Netflix) Alankrita Shrivastava, Bornila Chatterjee Ayesha
2020 Homecoming (Feature) Soumyajit Majumdar TBA
2020 Breathe Into The Shadows (Amazon Prime Video) Mayank Sharma Meghna
2020 Escaype Live (Hotstar) Abhishek Sengupta, Siddharth Kumar Tewari TBA

Web Series
Year Series Role Language Notes
2020 Breathe : Into the Shadows Meghna Verma Hindi Amazon Prime Video

Awards and nominations
Year Film Award Category Result Ref.
2018 Lipstick Under My Burkha Star Screen Awards Most Promising Newcomer - Female Nominated

Music

She is also an independent musician and part of a band called Manu and Chow. They have so far, released a couple of original songs and a Music video called P.

References
  1. "The Rockstar 'Burkha' Girl - Plabita Borthakur". The Moviean. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. "Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. "A Woman is the Best Judge for Herself - Parineeta Borthakur". The Moviean. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. "Plabita in Pk". Magicalassam.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. "Plabita Borthakur: Indian audience is ready for realistic content - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. Scroll Staff. "'Doosra' trailer: Abhinay Deo's cricket drama relives the shirtless Sourav Ganguly moment from 2002". Scroll.in. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  7. "Doosra poster: Abhinay Deo's film relives Sourav Ganguly's celebration of epic 2002 NatWest Series win". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  8. "What's Your Status|Web Series-Episode1 -Sunday|Cheers!". Cheers! on YouTube. 16 July 2018.
  9. "Akshay Oberoi, Plabita Borthakur to star in 'Chhote Nawab'". Times of India. 8 July 2018.
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