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Career
Her Screen debut was Haranath Chakraborty’s Nater Guru opposite Jeet. Her debut film Nater Guru was a successful film at the box-office. The film, which was released 2003, marks Koel’s entry into Tollywood. Nater Guru, which has Jeet in the male lead, sees Koel playing the role of a 23-year-old girl called Monica. She is an ardent admirer of Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Aparna Sen, Laboni Sarkar, Indrani Halder and Rituparna Sengupta, Koel felt it was “destiny” that brought her to the industry.[3]
She became a part of the Tollywood frat pack in 2003 with the hit film, Nater Guru, the actress has been steadily climbing the local celeb charts.She did create a sensation of sorts with her first film Nater Guru.Nater Guru, which also starred Ranjit Mullick was a major hit and the lead pair of Koel and Jeet has since then become a romantic regular. The two have done a good six to seven films together.[4]
In 2004, she starred in Devipaksha, Shudhu Tumi, Badshah and Bandhan. While the first two swan-dived on the big screen, Badshah and Bandhan more than made up, with the latter going on to become a major money-earner.
In 2005, Koel made her mark in Shubha Drishti, Manik, Juddha and Chorey Chorey Mastuto Bhai. But it was Juddha, in which she held her own against veterans Mithun Chakraborty and Debasree Roy, and Jeet, that had Tollywood junkies lining up for a look. The film recorded an unprecedented initial collection of Rs 1.2 crore in the first week itself.
In a short span of three years, She has become one of the most visible pretty faces in the Bengali film industry today.
Her films thus far have seen her playing the teen queen or the ardent lover, her soon-to-be-released movie, MLA Phatakeshto sees her cast in a different mould altogether. In the film, which also stars Mithun Chakraborty and Debasree Roy, Koel takes on the character of a hard-nosed reporter and for a change, she will not be doing the two-step to any Tollywood tune.
This year though, Jeet apart, she is striking up a new romantic on-screen alliance with Anubhav, an actor who has been doing pretty well in Orissa film thus far.
As Mithun Chakraborty puts it,Today Koel is at a good place in her career and I’m extremely proud that she started off her career with me. She is articulate, has a strong acting ability and star appeal.[5]
Personal life
In the media
An interview published in an English daily and she rash comment on the state of morals among female stars and starlets in Tollywood is threatening to snowball into a major issue in Tollygunge.[6]Without mentioning names, she had given an arbitrary but damaging statement saying that actresses in Tollygunge slept around with producers and heroes to establish and sustain themselves in the industry.Swastika Mukherjee lashed out against her comment in a rejoinder published next week.People from the industry have responded to Swastika's attack with mixed feelings. But on the whole, they are backing her. Rachana Banerjee, another rising female star, has joined Swastika Mukherjee by sending off an official complaint to matinee idol Prosenjeet, secretary of the Artists' Forum.Declining any official comment, Prosenjeet lets out that the Forum has no part in what appears to be a personal squabble between two stars. But NK Salil, well-known screenplay and dialogues writer of Bengali films, commented that It ceases to remain personal once an official complaint has been lodged in writing to the Forum. The Artistes' Forum ought to have taken action as soon as the letter reached it. It is an important issue that involves the entire industry.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Co-Star | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Bangal Ghoti Phataphati | Prabir Nandy | Jisshu Sengupta | (Unreleased) |
| Jackpot | Koushik Ganguly | Hiran Chatterjee | ||
| 2008 | Mon Mane Na | Sujit Guha | Dev | |
| Chirosathi | Haranath Chakraborty | Hiran Chatterjee | ||
| Bor Asbe Ekhuni | Rangan Chakraborty | Jisshu Sengupta, Kanchan Mullik | ||
| Love | Riingo Banerjee | Jisshu Sengupta | ||
| Premer Kahini | Ravi Kinagi | Dev,Jisshu Sengupta | ||
| 2007 | Chakra | Sanghamitra Chaudhuri | Jisshu Sengupta | |
| Chander Bari | Tarun Majumdar | Soham Chakraborty,Rituparna Sengupta | ||
| Minister Fatakesto | Swapan Saha | Mithun Chakraborty | ||
| Nabab Nandini | Haranath Chakraborty | Hiran Chatterjee | ||
| 2006 | Eri Naam Prem | Sujit Guha | Anuvab Mohanty | |
| Ghatak | Swapan Saha | Jeet | ||
| Hero | Swapan Saha | Jeet | ||
| M.L.A. Fatakesto | Swapan Saha | |||
| Shikar | Amitava Bhattacharjee | |||
| 2005 | Chore Chore Mastuto Bhai | |||
| Manik | Haranath Chakraborty | Jeet | ||
| Shubhodristi | Probhat Roy | Jeet | ||
| Yuddho | Swapan Saha | Jeet | ||
| 2004 | Badsha The King | Swapan Saha | Prosenjit | |
| Bandhan | Jeet | |||
| Debipaksha | Raja Sen | Rituparna Sengupta,Satabdi Roy, | ||
| Shudhu Tumi | Prosenjit, Gargi Roychowdhury | |||
| 2003 | Nater Guru | Haranath Chakraborty | Jeet |
Awards
- 2004: BFJA-Most Promising Actress Award : for Nater Guru
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