Mouli Ganguly Explained

Mouli Ganguly
Birth Place:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality:Indian
Known For:Kaahin Kissii Roz

Mouli Ganguly is an Indian Actress, who has worked in both Hindi and Bengali cinema.[1] She shot to fame as Shaina in Ekta Kapoor's popular hit thriller series Kaahin Kissii Roz that aired from 2001 to 2004 on Star Plus. She played the title role in Saaksshi (2004).[2] She was also seen in Season 3 of Jamai Raja on Zee TV as the glamorous Payal Walia.[3] She was nominated in the Best Actor - Female category at the 2002 Indian Telly Awards. Currently, she is playing as Ira Sharma in Janani – AI Ki Kahani .

Early life

Ganguly was born in Kolkata, West Bengal and graduated in science from the University of Calcutta.[4] [5]

Career

She started modelling and has been in a number of TV and print ads.[4] She has modelled for products like Pears, Rin, Ponds Face Wash, Horlicks, Rasna, Ariel, Close-Up, Pepsodent, Asian Paints, Britannia, Maggie, Saffola and Bombay Dyeing etc.

She has also worked as an assistant director before she started acting.

In April 2001, Ganguly was cast in the lead role as Shaina in Kaahin Kissii Roz. The highly rated show garnered her a lot of positive reviews. The show went on until September 2004. She later starred in Kutumb and Kkusum.[4] In 2004, Ganguly starred in the popular Sony TV serial called Saaksshi in the lead role opposite Samir Soni and Amit Sadh.[6]

Her television success led to an appearance in Rituporno Ghosh's critically acclaimed national award-winning movie Raincoat (2004) alongside Aishwarya Rai and Ajay Devgan.[4] Thereafter she took a hiatus and made a comeback with Aathvaan Vachan (2008).[7]

In 2009, she appeared on the reality dance show Nach Baliye with her then boyfriend and co-star Mazher Sayed.

She played the role of the antagonist in the serial Kya Huaa Tera Vaada which aired on Sony TV in 2012 starring as a shrewd businesswoman who rekindles a romance with a married man.[8] In 2016, she returned as an antagonist, this time in Season 3 of Zee TV's popular Jamai Raja.[9]

Personal life

Mouli married her longtime boyfriend, Kaahin Kissii Roz co-star Mazher Sayed, in 2010 in a private ceremony attended by close friends and family.[10] [11] [12]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Director Notes
2000Bhalobasar ChoanSubhas SenBengali film
2004Raincoat[13] ShainaRituparno Ghosh
200768 PagesMansi
2010It's a Man's WorldSiddharth sen gupta
2011Chalo PaltaiMaliniHaranath ChakrabortyBengali film
2019KissebaazLady InspectorAnnant Jaaitpaal[14]

Television

Year Show Role Notes
1996Baksho RahashyaHotel Receiptionist
2000Thriller At 10Shammi Narang Episode 56–60
2000Milan
2001KaramManasi
2001KudratGayatri Chaudhary / Gayatri Ajaynarayan Seth
2001–2004Kaahin Kissii RozShaina Sikand / Devika
2002C.I.D.Dr. AmritaEpisodes "The Case of the Invisible Bullet Part I and II"
2002 Krishna ArjunSmriti / Malini; Episodes 16-17
2003KutumbShweta Chattopadhyay
2004SaaksshiSaaksshi Singh
2004Sahib Biwi GulamJaba
2005KkusumVidhi Chopra / Vidhi Trishul Kapoor
2005–2006 Kritika
2006Resham Dankh Divya
2008–2009Aathvaan VachanManali
2008-2009Nach Baliye 4Contestant
2010Laagi Tujhse LaganSubalakshmi
2010Mano Ya Na Mano 2KaminiEpisode 10
2012Aasman Se AageRoshni
2012AdaalatMouli
2012–2013Kya Huaa Tera VaadaAnushka Sarkar / Amrita Shaurya Mitra / Anushka Balbir Bhalla
2013Ek Thhi NaaykaTanushree Dheeraj Dasgupta
2015Suryaputra KarnRadha
2016–2017Jamai RajaPayal Walia
2019Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas KiShruti Nishant Bhalla
2021–2022Baal Shiv – Mahadev Ki Andekhi GathaDevi Anusuya
2024Janani – AI Ki KahaniIra Sharma

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Mouli Ganguly returns to TV . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213011734/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Television/Mouli-Ganguly-returns-to-TV/Article1-808860.aspx . dead . 13 February 2012 . . 9 February 2012.
  2. Web site: Saaksshi's success . https://web.archive.org/web/20041001092913/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/05/31/stories/2004053102720200.htm . dead . 1 October 2004 . Sreedhar . Pillai . . 31 May 2005.
  3. News: Mouli Ganguly excited about entry in 'Jamai Raja' . 20 July 2016 . ABP News . dead . 21 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160721124722/http://www.abplive.in/television/mouli-ganguly-excited-about-glamourous-entry-in-jamai-raja-383959.
  4. News: Comedy please! . https://archive.today/20130125110505/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/08/10/stories/2006081001090200.htm . dead . 25 January 2013 . . 10 August 2006.
  5. Web site: Interview with actor Mouli Ganguly . 7 May 2003 . indiantelevision.com.
  6. News: TUBE TALK — Woman Power: Saakshi . https://archive.today/20120911205604/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040823/asp/calcutta/story_3660413.asp . dead . 11 September 2012 . . 23 August 2004.
  7. Web site: 'I can't take the stress of reality shows' . 27 August 2008 . Rediff.com Movies.
  8. News: Meanies next door . https://web.archive.org/web/20131215110322/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-06/tv/31124597_1_characters-small-screen-baddies . dead . 15 December 2013 . . 6 March 2012.
  9. Web site: Jamai Raja's season 3 to have Mouli Ganguly as the new glamorous and evil mother-in-law! . 3 August 2016 . bollywoodlife.com.
  10. News: I am a private person: Mouli Ganguly . . 29 February 2012.
  11. News: Mouli wants to marry Mazhar . https://archive.today/20120710175505/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-05/tv/28288200_1_mouli-ganguly-cameo-mystery-woman . dead . 10 July 2012 . . 5 August 2010.
  12. News: Mouli Ganguly and Mazhar Sayyed have a private wedding! . 29 February 2012 . DNA India.
  13. Web site: The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum. www.tribuneindia.com.
  14. taran_adarsh . Taran Adarsh . 29 May 2019 . 1133616325308215296 . PVR Pictures to release #Kissebaaz on 14 June 2019... Stars Pankaj Tripathi, Rahul Bagga, Anupriya Goenka, Evelyn Sharma, Zakir Hussain, Rajesh Sharma and Mouli Ganguly... Directed by debutant Annant Jaaitpaal... Here’s the first look poster: https://t.co/xiRopZJt5L.