Mumtaz Sorcar

Mumtaz Sorcar (born 15 September) is an Indian actress who works primarily in the Bengali cinema. She is the daughter of the magician PC Sorcar Junior and Joysri Sorcar. Her first major role was in the 2010 film 033. In addition to Bengali cinema industry, she has also starred in various roles in Bollywood and Tamil cinema.

Personal life Her schooling was from Modern High School for Girls, Kolkata. She completed her LLB from South Calcutta Law College under Calcutta University. Her hobby is playing sports and as an athlete, she was trained in boxing at a South Kolkata Club under the auspices of the Bengal Amateur Boxing Federation. She also underwent training in judo and is a YMCA gold medalist in shot put. Mumtaz is also a classical jazz dancer.

Career Her debut film was 033, which was directed by Birsha Dasgupta. She appeared in Shoumik Sen's No Problem in the initial days of her film career. She appeared in multiple Bengali films thereafter.

She played a pivotal role in the Bengali film Musalmanir Galpo. She played a Hindu girl "Kamala", who was abducted by a notorious dacoit "Madhumallar" and she later transformed into a courageous "Meherjaan" after being rescued and trained by philanthropist Habir Khan. The film is based on the last story written by Rabindranath Tagore wrote. Sorcar's next film was 033. It is about a group of youngsters who form a music band and name it after the city's STD code (033).

In 2011, she acted in the telefilms Kolkatar Jongole and Rajbarir Rahasya, which are based on the Kakababu series, written by Sunil Gangopadhyay. Bhooter Bhabishyat (2012) was a box office success. Her next film Kanchenjunga Express is about a character "Nandini", who works for a NGO and is married 3 times and dies under mysterious circumstances. She also appeared in the film Atmogopan directed by Somnath Sen.

Sorcar played the role of Payal Mukherjee in the film Dark Chocolate. She made her Tamil debut with Irudhi Suttru, where she played the role of Lakshmi (Luz), a young female boxer. She made her Bollywood debut in the same role for the Hindi dub of Irudhi Suttru titled Saala Khadoos.

In the Tamil movie C/O Kaadhal, Sorcar played the role of a Muslim girl Salima, where the film shows that love has no age and one can fall in love anytime if they meet the right person. She also appeared on the TV series Charitraheen and web series Shobdo Jobdo streaming on Hoichoi.

Filmography

Films + Year Film Role Language Notes Ref. 2009 Ek Bar Bolo Uttam Kumar Bobby Bengali 2010 033 Ria Bengali Musalmanir Galpo Kamala/Meherjaan Bengali 2011 Kolkatar Jongole Debolina Bengali Rajbarir Rahasya Bengali Shindukh Rahasya Bengali 2012 Bhooter Bhabishyat Koel Dhar Bengali Kanchenjunga Express Nandini Bengali Koyekti Meyer Golpo Shaoni Bengali Sudhu Tomake Chai Bengali credited as Mumtaz Kolkata 2012 Bengali Unreleased 2013 Atmogopan Anu Bengali Meghe Dhaka Tara Supriya Devi Bengali Half Serious Tania Bengali Nayika Sangbad Anuradha Bengali The Play Ishika Bengali Ashchorjyo Prodeep Mala Maal Bengali 2015 Not A Dirty Film Bengali Chitrahar @ Cinema Noy Ganema Bengali 2016Irudhi Suttru Lakshmi "Lux" Tamil 2021 C/O Kaadhal Salima Tamil 2022 Shabaash Mithu Jhulan Goswami Hindi 2023 Samaresh Basu-r Projapoti Shikha Bengali credited as Mumtaz 2024 The Red Files Priti Rao IPS Bengali Putul Bheli Bengali 2026 Jinsa Hindi Post-production

Web series + Year Film Role Language Notes Ref. 2019 Charitraheen 2 Nirupama Bengali Hoichoi 2020 Charitraheen 3 Nirupama Bengali Hoichoi Shobdo Jobdo Sulagna Bengali Hoichoi 2022 Tasveer Annie Bengali Mukti Prime