Rinku Ghosh

Rinku Ghosh is an Indian television and film actress. She is known for her work in the T.V. serial Durgesh Nandini and films such as Daroga Babu I Love You (2004), Bidai (2008) and Balidaan (2009). She has primarily performed in Hindi and Bhojpuri films. In 2010, The Hindu stated that Ghosh (along with Antara Biswas) was the most sought after actress in the Bhojpuri film industry.

Career

Television serials

Rinku Ghosh's first television role was on the serial Durgesh Nandinii as a lead actress which was telecast on Sony TV in 2007. She was next seen in Mohe Rang De as the main antagonist. She was also known for her performance in Ek Safar Aisa Kabhi Socha Na Tha in 2009. In 2012, she appeared in Dhaniya Ka Thana which was aired on Anjan TV. In 2013, she played the role of Mohini Faujdar in the sitcom Mrs. Pammi Pyarelal on Colors TV and in Imtihaan in 2010. Later in 2018 she appeared as a celebrity judge for the show Big Memsaab on Big Ganga Channel and in 2021, she was a celebrity judge for Memsaab No 1 which was telecast on Zee Ganga.

Television

Filmography

Rinku Ghosh made her film debut in the 2000 Bengali film Jai Maa Durga, in which she was cast opposite Deboshree Roy, Arun Govil and Abhishek Chatterjee. She made her Telugu debut in Raave Na Chaliya with Sai Kiran as a co-actor in 2001. In 2002, she was seen in a Hindi film Bharat Bhagya Vidhata (as Sapna). The year 2003 saw her multiple film releases such as Hindi film Tumse Milke Wrong Number and Koi Hai. She did her first Bhojpuri Motion Picture in the film Suhagan Bana Sajna Hamaar in 2004. In 2005, she worked in the Hindi film titled Mumbai Godfather. She then appeared in Daroga Babu I Love You, "Balidaan", "Saat Saheliyan", "Rakhwala", and "Nagina".

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Special appearance

Year Film Co-Actors Language 2009 Pyar Bina Chain Kaha Re Pawan Singh, Smrity Sinha Bhojpuri 2013 Himmatwala Ajay Devgn, Tamannaah, Paresh Rawal, Mahesh Manjrekar, Leena Jumani, Adhyayan Suman, Zarina Wahab, Anil Dhawan Hindi 2014 Villen Ek Prem Kahani Awdhesh Mishra Bhojpuri 2014 Katta Tanal Dupatta Par Ravi Kishan, Rakhi Sawant,Subhi Sharma, Anjana Singh Bhojpuri 2015 Hathiyar Biraj Bhatta Bhojpuri 2015 Chhora Ganga Kinare Wala Pradeep Pandey, Vinay Anand Bhojpuri 2022 Inspector Dhakad Singh Yash Kumar Bhojpuri

Web series

Rinku Ghosh stars in the Hindi web series Patra Petika in 2022.

Year Film Language 2022 Patra Petika Hindi

Awards and nominations

Rinku Ghosh won the Best Actress Award in 2008 for the film Bidai in the Fourth Bhojpuri Film Awards, among other awards for the same role. In the same year she was nominated for the Critics Award for Durgesh Nandini in the Indian Television Academy Awards. In the Bhojpuri Film Awards, she won Best Actress for Balidan in 2009.

Ceremony Category Year Film Result 4th Bhojpuri Film Awards Best Actress 2008 Bidai Indian Television Academy Awards Critics Award 2008 Durgeshnandini Bhojpuri Film Awards Best Actress 2009 Balidan Aap ki Awaaj Press Media Award Best Film Actress 2009 Bidaai 1st Bhojpuri City Cine Awards Best Female Actor 2011 Aap ki Awaaj Press Media Award Best Excellent Actress 2012 Dushmani 6th Vishv Bhojpuri Sammelan Awards Sharvshreshtha Classical Abhinetri Award 2012 Aap ki Awaaj Best Actress 2013 Tu Hi Mor Baalma EME Award Best Actress 2013 Outstanding Contribution to Regional Films 5th Newsmakers Achievers Awards Best Bhojpuri Actress 2014 Green Cinema Awards Best Bhojpuri Actress 2024 Devrani Jethani