Bidita Bag Explained

Bidita Bag
Birth Date:	30 September 1987
Birth Place:	Santragachhi, Howrah, West Bengal, India
Occupation:	Actress, model
Years Active:	2010–present
Alma Mater:	Jadavpur University (Economics)

Bidita Bag is an Indian actress and model. She is mostly known for her inclination towards socio-political films.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Career

Bidita pursued a career in modelling in college. She was spotted by Jeena Mitra Banik and ace make-up artist Late Prabeer Kumar Dey. She came to prominence in Kolkata after working for designers like Sabyasachi Mukherjee. After graduation she moved to Mumbai. She has worked for Lakme Fashion Week, Lakme, Elle-18, Vaseline, Nokia, Motorola, Colgate, Reliance, Fair and Lovely (make-up man ki beti), 7UP, Samsung Corby TV, Wild Stone deodorant, Kwality Walls Cornetto, Manubhai Jewellers, Jade, Bombay Dyeing, Eye-tex Dazzler etc.. Bidita made her film debut with a Bengali film Mukti,^[7] followed by Icche, which was released in July 2011.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role(s)	Language	Notes
2011	Nirbaan	Haasi		Debut Film
	Icche	Jayanti Laha
2012	From Sydney with Love	Megha Banerjee
	Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xhipare	Sudakshina		Simultaneously made in Hindi as As The River Flows
2013	Kagojer Nouka	Nusrat	Bengali
2015	Bhaunri - The Sinking Reality	Janha	Odia
		Heena	Hindi	Story – "Audition"
2016	Sangabora		Bengali
	Once Again	Meera	Hindi/English	Netflix film
	T for Taj Mahal	Chuniya	Hindi
2017	Babumoshai Bandookbaaz	Phulva
2019	Bouma	Bouma	Bengali	Short film
	Moksh to Maya	Maya	Hindi
	The Sholay Girl	Reshma Pathan		ZEE5 film
2020	Mera Fauji Calling	Sakshi Singh		^[8]
2022	Plan A Plan B	RunjhunChowgle		Netflix film
2023	Lakeerein	Geeta Biswas

Web series

Year	Web Series	Role	Notes
2020	Bhaukaal	Nazneen	MX Player
	The Missing Stone	Dhwani
	Abhay	Saloni	Zee5
2021	Ray	Debashree Roy	Netflix
	Teen Do Paanch	Priyanka sahu
2022		Antara Jaiswal	Prime Video
2023	Inspector Avinash	Amrita	JioCinema

Notes and References

1. News: Newbie Bidita Bag mistaken for Naxalite . . 10 September 2012 . 19 January 2014 . 8 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190408043134/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Newbie-Bidita-Bag-mistaken-for-Naxalite/articleshow/16333572.cms . live.
2. Web site: Bidita Bag replaces Chitrangda Singh in Babumoshai Bandookbaaz . 30 June 2016 . 20 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200420071336/http://www.dnaindia.com/node/2229429.cms . live.
3. Web site: Why Bidita Bag Wants To Be Cast With Nawazuddin Siddiqui Over 'Fair And Handsome' Actors . Misra . Tishya . 31 July 2017 . 20 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200420071353/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/why-bidita-bag-wants-to-be-cast-with-nawazuddin-siddiqui-over-fair-and-handsome-actors-1731247 . live.
4. Web site: Bidita Bag Shreyas Talpade come together for a comedy film . 29 May 2018 . 23 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190223184840/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/may/29/13531/bidita-bag-shreyas-talpade-come-together-for-a-comedy-film.cms . live.
5. Web site: Bidita Bag will be seen as Hema Malinis body double in the Sholay girl . 20 February 2019.
6. Web site: Bidita Bag to be seen as indias first female stunt woman in this zee5 original . 22 February 2019.
7. Web site: 'So dignified, so graceful' - Gautam Halder's Mukti drawsRakhee out of retirement. . 2023-06-30 . www.telegraphindia.com . en.
8. Web site: 'Fauji Calling' is a film about hope: Bidita Bag . Kumar Raviraj Sinha . 30 January 2021 . National Herald . en . 23 February 2021.