Sayantika Banerjee

Sayantika Banerjee (born 12 August 1986) is an Indian actress and politician who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has been praised by the critics for her acting and dance skills. In 2012 she was in the Bengali film Awara, which was commercially successful.

Career

Entertainment Banerjee started her career with the dancing reality show Naach Doom Macha Ley. Then she worked in films such as Target, Hangover and Mone Pore Ajo Sei Din, which did not do well at the box office. In 2012, she acted in Awara with Jeet, which got commercial success at the box office.

"The film totally reeks of that age-old concept which certainly doesn't work anymore. Moreover, the lack of hero-like qualities in Joy (who played the lead protagonist Dibya aka Deba), poor dialogues and ample amount of vulgarity and unnecessary violence made it worse. Sayantika as Meghna showed some potential."

Politics Banerjee joined All India Trinamool Congress, ahead of Assembly elections 2021 in West Bengal. She contested the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Bankura constituency, which she lost.

She later contested the 2024 by-elections and was elected as the MLA of the Baranagar Constituency in West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Filmography +KeyDenotes films that have not yet been released

Year Film Role Director Co-Stars Producer Notes 2009 Ghor Sangsar Millie Swapan Saha Jisshu, Anjana Basu, Arindam Ganguly, Ramen Roychowdhury, Premjit Brand Value Communication 2010 Target: The Final Mission Priti Raja Chanda Mithun Chakraborty, Joy, Neel Mukherjee, Santu Mukherjee, Sonali Chowdhury Brand Value Communication Hangover Mili Mitra Prabhat Roy Prosenjit, Joy, Subhra Kundu Brand Value Communication 2011 Paapi (2011 film)|Paapi| IPS Jyoti Swapan Saha Prosenjit, Arya Babbar Brand Value Communication Mone Pore Aajo Shei Din| Sunaina Ajay Singh & Sudipto Ghatak Joy, Abhiraj PB Films

Awara| Poulomi Rabi Kinagi Jeet, Mukul Dev Shree Venkatesh Films Shooter| Meghna Provas & Arijit Joy Shristi Enterntenment 2014 Bindaas| Kajol Rajiv Kumar Biswas Dev, Srabanti Chatterjee Shree Venkatesh Films 2015 Herogiri| Dr. Nandini Rabi Kinagi Dev, Mithun Chakraborty, Koel Mallick Surinder Films

Power| Anjali Rajiv Kumar Biswas Jeet, Nusrat Jahan Shree Venkatesh Films & Surinder Films Kelor Kirti| Priya Raja Chanda Dev, Jisshu, Ankush, Mimi Chakraborty, Koushani Mukherjee, Nusrat Jahan Shree Venkatesh Films & Surinder Films Srijoni Raj Chakraborty Jeet, Subhashree Ganguly Reliance Entertainment, Grassroot Entertainment & Walzen Media Works Byomkesh Pawrbo| Gulab Bai Arindam Sil Abir Chatterjee, Sohini Sarkar Shree Venkatesh Films & Surinder Films 2017 Ami Je Ke Tomar| Prachi Rabi Kinagi Ankush, Nusrat Jahan, Joy SVF Entertainment

Uma| Menoka Srijit Mukherjee Jisshu Sengupta, Sara Sengupta SVF Entertainment Naqaab| Anuradha Rajiv Kumar Biswas Shakib Khan, Nusrat Jahan SVF Entertainment Bagh Bandi Khela| Deboshree Raja Chanda, Sujit Mondal, Haranath Chakraborty Jeet, Prosenjit, Soham Chakraborty, Srabanti Chatterjee, Rittika Sen Surinder Films & Jalsha Movies 2019 Shesh Theke Shuru| Madhubala Raj Chakraborty Jeet, Koel Mallick, Ritabhari Chakraborty Jeetz Filmworks Special Appearance on the song "Madhubala" 2022 Savings Account''Raja ChandaAnkush HazraShadow Films, RT Network, Soumi's

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Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryFilmResult 2012 Bengal Youth Awards Best Romantic Jodi with Joy Mone Pore Ajo Sei Din 2013 Bengal Youth Awards Popular Youth Star (Female) Awara 2018 Bengal Youth Awards Best ActressAmi Je Ke Tomar