Plabita Borthakur

Plabita Borthakur is an Indian actor, singer and artist from Assam.[2][1]

Plabita Borthakur
Plabita Borthakur
Born1992/1993 (age 28–29)[1]
Duliajan, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation
  • Actress
  • Singer
Years active2014–present
Parent(s)
  • Probin Borthakur
  • Rina Borthakur
RelativesParineeta Borthakur (Sister) Priyangi Borthakur (Sister)
Websitehttps://plabitaborthakur.com

Early life

Her father Probin Borthakur was an engineer by profession with Oil India Limited along with being 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 as a Muslim girl, Rehana Abidi in Lipstick Under My Burkha.[6][7][8]

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 24 June 2019.

In June 2019, the trailer of Doosra shows her in a pivotal role.[9][10]

In 2020, she was in the critically acclaimed web-series Breathe: Into the Shadows on Amazon Prime Video. Plabita also starred in two feature films as Reena in Waah Zindagi[11][12] and as Fauziya in Chhote Nawab.

In 2021, she starred as Ayesha in the web series Bombay Begums, directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, starring Pooja Bhatt, Amruta Subhash, Shahana Goswami and Aadhya Anand.[13]

Filmography
YearFilmDirectorRole
2014 PKRajkumar HiraniJaggu's sister
2015 "Big F"MTV IndiaAnjali
2017 Lipstick Under My BurkhaAlankrita ShrivastavaRehana Abidi
2019 Fuh Se Fantasy Shraddha Pasi Jyotsna (Jo)
2019 Parchhayee (Zee5 Web Series) Suman Lal Neelam
2021 Chhote Nawab [14] Kumud Chaudhary Fauziya
2021 Ahaan (Netlfix)Nikhil PherwaniOnella
2021 Waah ZindagiDinesh YadavReena
2021 Doosra Abhinay Deo Tara
2022 Homecoming (Feature) Soumyajit Majumdar TBA
2021 Escaype Live (Hotstar) Abhishek Sengupta, Siddharth Kumar Tewari TBA

Web Series
YearSeriesRoleLanguageDirectorNotes
2018What's Your Status (Web Series)[15]Aisha SharmaHindiPrateek PrajoshYouTube Cheers
2020Breathe : Into the ShadowsMeghna VermaHindiMayank SharmaAmazon Prime Video
2021Bombay BegumsAyeshaHindiAlankrita Shrivastava, Bornila ChatterjeeNetflix
2022 Sutliyan[16] Ramni Hindi Shree Narayan Singh ZEE5
2022 Escaype Live Hindi Siddharth Kumar Tewary Disney+ Hotstar

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
  1. "Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon". The Indian Express. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. "The Rockstar 'Burkha' Girl - Plabita Borthakur". The Moviean. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. "A Woman is the Best Judge for Herself - Parineeta Borthakur". The Moviean. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. "Plabita in Pk". Magicalassam.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. "Plabita Borthakur: Indian audience is ready for realistic content - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. "Plabita Borthakur: Waiting for 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' to release was tough". National Herald. 5 May 2019.
  7. "Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon". National Express. 21 July 2017.
  8. "After watching 'Lipstick', you have to wonder what Pahlaj Nihalani thinks women want". Livemint. 27 July 2017.
  9. "'Doosra' trailer: Abhinay Deo's cricket drama relives the shirtless Sourav Ganguly moment from 2002". Scroll.in. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  10. "Doosra poster: Abhinay Deo's film relives Sourav Ganguly's celebration of epic 2002 NatWest Series win". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  11. Barasara, Dilip (26 April 2017). "Wah Zindagi Will Canvas Make In India Concept". Mijaaj. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  12. Ranjan, Dhriti Gandhi (9 May 2017). "Hindi film on 'Make in India' theme". The Week. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  13. Keshri, Shweta (16 July 2020). "Netflix's Bombay Begums starring Pooja Bhatt deals with desire, ethics and vulnerabilities". India Today. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  14. "Akshay Oberoi, Plabita Borthakur to star in 'Chhote Nawab'". The Times of India. 8 July 2018.
  15. "What's Your Status|Web Series-Episode1 -Sunday|Cheers!". Cheers! on YouTube. 16 July 2018.
  16. Team, Tellychakkar. "Exclusive! This show speaks about the reunion between mother, son, and daughter; it will unravel a lot of things: Plabita Borthakur on her upcoming web series Sutliyan". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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