Plabita Borthakur
Plabita Borthakur is an Indian film actor, singer and an artist.[1][2]
Plabita Borthakur | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Graduate |
| Occupation | Actress, Singer |
| Years active | 2014 - Present |
| Home town | Guwahati, Kamrup district, Assam, India |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) |
| Parent(s) | Probin Borthakur Rina Borthakur |
| Relatives | Parineeta Borthakur (sister) |
| Website | https://plabitaborthakur.com |
Early life
Her father Probin Borthakur is 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 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 24th of June, 2019.
In June 2019, the trailer of Doosra shows her in a pivotal role.[6] [7]
She has recently finished shooting for Netflix series Bombay Begums.
Ad Commercials
Paytm: For a long time, Plabita was popular as the PayTM girl, thanks to her Paytm Ad.
She has since, done numerous ad commercials.
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Filmography
| Year | Title | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | PK | Rajkumar Hirani | Jaggu's sister |
| 2015 | "Big F" | MTV India | Anjali |
| 2017 | Lipstick Under My Burkha | Alankrita Shrivastava | Rehana 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 Zindagi | Dinesh Yadav | Reena |
| 2020 | Doosra | Abhinay Deo | Tara |
| 2020 | Bombay Begums (Netflix) | Alankrita Shrivastava, Bornila Chatterjee | TBA |
| 2020 | Homecoming (Feature) | Soumyajit Majumdar | TBA |
| 2020 | Escaype Live (Hotstar) | Abhishek Sengupta, Siddharth Kumar Tewari | TBA |
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
- "The Rockstar 'Burkha' Girl - Plabita Borthakur". The Moviean. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- "Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- "A Woman is the Best Judge for Herself - Parineeta Borthakur". The Moviean. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- "Plabita in Pk". Magicalassam.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- "Plabita Borthakur: Indian audience is ready for realistic content - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- Staff, Scroll. "'Doosra' trailer: Abhinay Deo's cricket drama relives the shirtless Sourav Ganguly moment from 2002". Scroll.in. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- "Doosra poster: Abhinay Deo's film relives Sourav Ganguly's celebration of epic 2002 NatWest Series win". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- "What's Your Status|Web Series-Episode1 -Sunday|Cheers!". Cheers! on YouTube. 16 July 2018.
- "Akshay Oberoi, Plabita Borthakur to star in 'Chhote Nawab'". Times of India. 8 July 2018.