Koushani Mukherjee


Koushani Mukherjee is an Indian actress and politician. She predominantly works in the Bengali film industry. Mukherjee made her debut in 2015 with the romantic comedy film Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey directed by Raj Chakraborty. She acted in a number of romantic comedy films in the consequent years including Kelor Kirti, Jio Pagla, Hoichoi Unlimited and Baccha Shoshur.
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 and Killbill Society. 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.

Career

In 2015, Mukherjee won Miss Beauty of Kolkata.
Mukherjee began her film career in 2015 with Raj Chakraborty's movie Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey. In 2016, she appeared in Kelor Kirti, a romantic comedy directed by Raja Chanda. In Kelor Kirti, she plays a wealthy young woman, Anuskha, who falls in love with a journalist. In 2017, she was cast in Jio Pagla directed by Ravi Kinnagi. 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 directed by Aniket Chattopadhyay, Jamai Badal directed by Ravi Kinagi and Baccha Shoshur. 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 and Killbill Society. 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.

Political career

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

Filmography

YearFilmsRoleDirectorNotes
2015Parbona Ami Chartey TokeyAparna Roy / ApuRaj ChakrabortyDebut film
2016Kelor KirtiAnushkaRaja Chanda
2017Tomake ChaiDiyaRajiv Kumar Biswas
2017Jio PaglaMonalisaRavi Kinagi
2018Hoichoi UnlimitedAninditaAniket Chattopadhyay
2018GirlfriendSuchitraRaja Chanda
2019Jamai BadalBarshaRavi Kinagi
2019Baccha ShoshurJonakiBiswarup Biswas
2019JaanbaazPriya Sarkar / Lady Police OfficerAnup Sengupta
2020Biye.ComShreyaAbhijit Guha, Sudeshna RoyReleased on ZEE5
2021Tumi Ashbe BoleAankhiSujit Mondal
2021Phire DekhaReleased on ZEE5
2022AntarjaalPrarjun Majumder
2022Hirokgorer HireSayantan GhoshalReleased on ZEE5
2022Shubho BijoyaRohan Sen
2022ProjapotiJayashri SenAvijit Sen
2023Daal Baati Churma ChochhoriBarshaHaranath ChakrabortyAlso Producer
2023Abar ProloyMohini Maa / MoniRaj ChakrabortyWeb Series on ZEE5
2023Angshuman MBALavanyaAbhijit Guha, Sudeshna Roy
2023Sob Koro Prem KoronaDebraj Sinha
2024Dark WorldShopno / Inspector IshaMostafizur Rahman ManikBangladeshi Film
2024BohurupiJhimliShiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita RoyNominated—Filmfare Award Bangla for Best Actress
2025Hungama.comArchanaDr.Krishnendu Chatterjee
2025Killbill SocietyPoorna AichSrijit Mukherji
2025Raktabeej 2AyeshaShiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy
2026TrishaAtiul Islam

Television

Awards