Koushani Mukherjee

Koushani Mukherjee
Koushani Mukherjee at the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival
Born (1992-05-17) 17 May 1992
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Occupations
Years active2015–present
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
(2021–present)[1]
AwardsMiss Beauty of Kolkata

Koushani Mukherjee is an Indian actress and politician. She predominantly works in the Bengali film industry.[2] Mukherjee made her debut in 2015 with the romantic comedy film Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey directed by Raj Chakraborty.[3] She acted in a number of romantic comedy films in the consequent years including Kelor Kirti (2016), Jio Pagla (2017), Hoichoi Unlimited (2018) and Baccha Shoshur (2019).[4]

In 2022, she acted in the Avijit Sen directorial Projapoti. In 2023, she made her OTT debut with Zee5 web series Abar Proloy directed by Raj Chakraborty. She received critical acclaim and commercial success with Bohurupi (2024) and Killbill Society (2025). Her performance in Bohurupi earned her a Anandalok Puraskar for the Best Actress and a nomination for the Best Actress at the 8th Filmfare Awards Bangla.[5]

Career

In 2015, Mukherjee won Miss Beauty of Kolkata.[6]

Mukherjee began her film career in 2015 with Raj Chakraborty's movie Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey.[7][8] In 2016, she appeared in Kelor Kirti, a romantic comedy directed by Raja Chanda.[9][10][11] In Kelor Kirti, she plays a wealthy young woman, Anuskha, who falls in love with a journalist.[12] In 2017, she was cast in Jio Pagla directed by Ravi Kinnagi.[13] In 2019 she was signed as the cover for FFACE Fashion Calendar.

In the subsequent years, she acted in a number of romantic comedy films including Hoichoi Unlimited (2018) directed by Aniket Chattopadhyay, Jamai Badal (2019) directed by Ravi Kinagi and Baccha Shoshur (2019). She has collaborated with her fellow-actor Bonny Sengupta multiple times for playing the lead pair in their films. In 2022, she was cast in the drama thriller Antarjaal and adventure comedy Hirokgorer Hire. In the same year, she worked in the Avijit Sen directorial Projapoti, which emerged as the highest grossing film that year.

In 2023, she made her OTT debut with the Zee5 Originals series Abar Proloy directed by Raj Chakraborty. In 2024, Mukherjee made her Dhallywood debut with Dark World. In the following years, she received widespread critical acclaim and commercial success with Bohurupi (2024) and Killbill Society (2025). Bohurupi eventually emerged as the fourth highest grossing Indian Bengali film of all time. Her performance in Bohurupi earned her a Anandalok Puraskar for the Best Actress and a nomination for the Best Actress at the 8th Filmfare Awards Bangla.[14]

Political career

In 2021, she joined Trinamool Congress.[15] She competed in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election as a TMC candidate from Krishnanagar Uttar Assembly constituency but finished in second position.[16]

Filmography

† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Films Role Director Notes Ref.
2015 Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey Aparna Roy / Apu Raj Chakraborty Debut film [17]
2016 Kelor Kirti Anushka Raja Chanda [18]
2017 Tomake Chai Diya Rajiv Kumar Biswas
Jio Pagla Monalisa Ravi Kinagi [19]
2018 Hoichoi Unlimited Anindita Aniket Chattopadhyay [20]
Girlfriend Suchitra Raja Chanda [21]
2019 Jamai Badal Barsha Ravi Kinagi [22]
Baccha Shoshur Jonaki Biswarup Biswas [23]
Jaanbaaz Priya Sarkar / Lady Police Officer Anup Sengupta [24]
2020 Biye.Com Shreya Abhijit Guha, Sudeshna Roy Released on ZEE5 [25]
2021 Tumi Ashbe Bole Aankhi Sujit Mondal [26]
Phire Dekha Released on ZEE5
2022 Antarjaal Prarjun Majumder [27]
Hirokgorer Hire Sayantan Ghoshal Released on ZEE5 [28]
Shubho Bijoya Rohan Sen [29]
Projapoti Jayashri Sen Avijit Sen [30]
2023 Daal Baati Churma Chochhori Barsha Haranath Chakraborty Also Producer
Abar Proloy Mohini Maa / Moni Raj Chakraborty Web Series on ZEE5 [31]
Angshuman MBA Lavanya Abhijit Guha, Sudeshna Roy [32]
Sob Koro Prem Korona Debraj Sinha [33]
2024 Dark World Shopno / Inspector Isha Mostafizur Rahman Manik Bangladeshi Film [34]
Bohurupi Jhimli Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy Nominated—Filmfare Award Bangla for Best Actress [35]
2025 Hungama.com Archana Dr.Krishnendu Chatterjee [36]
Killbill Society Poorna Aich Srijit Mukherji [37]
Raktabeej 2 † Ayesha Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy Post-production [38]

Television

Year Title Role Channel Notes Ref.
2015 Akal Bodhon Dance Performance Star Jalsha Mahalaya 2015
2025 Dance Bangla Dance Judge Zee Bangla Season 13 [39]
2025 Matrirupeno Sanosthita Devi Bhadrakali Star Jalsha Mahalaya 2025 [40]

Awards

Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
2015 Star Jalsha Parivar Award Special Jury Award Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey Won
2025 Anandalok Puraskar Anandalok Best Actress Award Bohurupi Won [41]
8th Filmfare Awards Bangla Filmfare Award Bangla for Best Actress Nominated [42]

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