Rukmini Maitra

Rukmini Maitra is an Indian model and actress from Kolkata, who has worked as a model for various regional, national and international brands and magazines. After having established herself in the world of fashion, Maitra made her silver screen debut in 2017. She acted in five films with Dev .

Rukmini Maitra
Born
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
EducationMaster of Business Administration
OccupationModel, Actress
Years active2005–present
Notable work
Parent(s)Soumyendra Nath Maitra and Madhumita Maitra

Career

Rukmini started her career as a model at the age of 13. She has modelled for various regional, national and international brands and magazines such as Reliance, Lakmé, Vodafone, Sunsilk, Parachute, Titan, Tata Tea, Rado, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Femina, Royal Stag, PC Chandra Jewellers, Bhima Jewellers, Azva, Senco Gold, Spencer's, ITC, Fiama Di Wills, Big Bazar Fb, Lux, Emami, and has also modelled for eminent fashion designers like Masaba Gupta, Anita Dongre, Suneet Varma, Dev r Nil, Anju Modi etc.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Maitra debuted in the silver screen with the Bengali film titled Champ opposite Bengali actor Dev, which released in Eid, 2017. The film was directed by Raj Chakraborty. It is based on Boxing, a theme that is being explored in Bengali cinema for the very first time.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleLanguageCo-artistReferences
2017ChaampJaya SanyalBengaliDev, Priyanka Sarkar
CockpitKirti SachdevBengaliDev, Koel Mallick, Priyanka Sarkar[15]
2018KabirYasmin KhatunBengaliDev, Priyanka Sarkar[16][17]
2019KidnapMeghna ChatterjeeBengaliDev
PasswordNishaBengaliDev, Parambrata Chatterjee, Paoli Dam[18]
2020SwitzerlandTBABengaliAbir Chatterjee

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Film Result Reference
2018 Jio Filmfare Awards East Best Debut (Female) award
Won [19][20]
2017 The Times of India voted as Calcutta Times Most Desirable Woman of 2017 Won [19]
2017 The Times of India The Times 50 Most Desirable Women 2017 Won [21]
2018 The Times of India Times Power Women – Most Promising Actor 2018 Won
2018 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Bengal Film Journalists' Awards – Most Promising Actress 2018 Won [22]

See also

References
  1. "Dev is my best friend: Rukmini Maitra". The Times of India. 6 June 2016.
  2. "Make a fashion statement with shoulder-duster earrings, Model Rukmini Maitra, who loves to sport these long beauties". The Times of India. 6 January 2016.
  3. "Model Rukmini Maitra wears the newest Rado watch collection during the 'Rado Unveils Jewelry Wedding Collection' at Rado Showroom in Kolkata". gettyimages.in. 13 November 2014.
  4. "Rukmini Maitra launches Rado watches' 'High Jewelry Wedding Collection'". gomolo.com.
  5. "rukmini maitra on ethnicdukaan_com". rediff.com.
  6. "A unique fashion theatre was held introducing the label Prayash by the designer wherein city model Rukmini Maitra, the showstopper, enacted Goddess Durga". newkerala.com. 9 September 2015.
  7. "Designer Santanu Guha Thakurta introduces his label 'Prayash' depicting the story of Mahabharata and Maa Durga in the presence of celebrated model Rukmini Maitra". indiablooms.com. 7 September 2015.
  8. "OMG: Dev ready to settle down with his girlfriend! Rukmini Maitra, a city-based model has, it seems, successfully established her rule over Tollywood's hunkiest heartthrob Dev". The Times of India. 10 September 2014.
  9. "'I can't deny that Rukmini is my pillar of strength: Dev". The Times of India. 7 November 2016.
  10. "Finally, Dev gears up to launch "girlfriend" 'Rukmini Maitra' in a special project to be directed by another friend — filmmaker Raj Chakrabarty". The Times of India. 30 September 2016.
  11. "An interview with Rukmini Maitra". Anandabazar Patrika. 30 September 2016.
  12. "Rukmini will be making her acting debut in his upcoming production to be directed by Raj Chakraborty". hindustantimes.com. 4 October 2016.
  13. "Spot the champ-Dev and Rukmini hit it out of the ring with chaamp". telegraphindia.com. 25 November 2016.
  14. "CHECK MATE! – Dev-Rukmini get chatty with t2". telegraphindia.com. 11 November 2016.
  15. Shreyanka Mazumdar (14 June 2017). "Cockpit takes off on a 'remake' poster!". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  16. Ganguly, Ruman (1 January 2018). "Tolly films to look out for this year". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  17. "Kabir". The Times of India. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  18. Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (23 February 2019). "Filming begins today... First look poster of #Bengali film #Password... Stars Dev, Parambrata, Paoli Dam, Rukmini Maitra and Adrit... Directed by Kamaleswar Mukherjee... 4 Oct 2019 release. t.co/kuwuhJk8hz" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. Ruman Ganguly (28 February 2018). "Calcutta Times Most Desirable Woman 2017: Rukmini Maitra". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  20. "All winners of the Jio Filmfare Awards (East) 2018". Filmfare. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  21. Ruman Ganguly (10 May 2018). "Here are the other winners of The Times 50 Most Desirable Women 2017". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  22. Ruman Ganguly (10 May 2018). "জয়া-রুক্মিনীর জয়জয়কার, জেনে নিন আর কারা পেলেন সেরার সম্মান". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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