Auroshikha Dey
Auroshikha Dey at the screening of Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein
Born
Tezpur, Assam
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Model
Years active2011–present

Auroshikha Dey is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi cinema. She is best known for playing Jhalkari Bai in the British period drama The Warrior Queen of Jhansi (2019).[1][2]

Early life

Auroshikha Dey was born to a Bengali family in Tezpur, Assam, and settled in Bangalore. She moved to Bangalore during her high school years, as her father was in the army and therefore moved to many cities in India. She studied at Mount College, Bangalore, Karnataka. She learned Kathak at an early age and when in college, also took part in theatric plays.[3] She then joined the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.[4]

Career

During her time at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Chandraprakash Dwivedi selected her for the TV series Upanishad Ganga. She played different characters in the 25-episode series. She then auditioned for Nagesh Kukunoor's Yeh Hausla. The film, which dealt with a water shortage in a village in Rajasthan and found no production houses for its release, has been lying in cans for years.[5][6]

She appeared in the critically acclaimed drama Haat – The Weekly Bazaar (2011) directed by Seema Kapoor, along with Divya Dutta and Meenal Kapoor, which has been screened at several film festivals in India and abroad.[7] Her independent film, Handover (2011), was screened at film festivals but didn't get a theatrical release. The film was streamed on the MX Player OTT, nine years later.[8][9]

Her first theatrically released film was Myoho (2012). She then appeared in Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein (2015) and NH-8: Road to Nidhivan (2015).[10]

Her most significant role came in 2019 with the release of The Warrior Queen of Jhansi, directed by Swati Bhise. She played the role of Jhalkari Bai, with Devika Bhise, who played the titular role, receiving mixed reviews. The film was screened at the British Film Festival and won the Impact Award at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival 2019. The film was also a recipient of the ReFrame stamp for gender parity. She learned Sword fighting, archery, and horse riding to portray her role.[11][12]

She then appeared in the web series Flesh with Swara Bhasker. She starred in Pragya Kapoor's Maali – the gardener (2022), which was screened at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival 2022.[13] She appeared in Lomad (2023), touted to be the world's first one shot black and white feature film, winning accolades across the globe at various film festivals.[14][15][16]

She will be next seen in Gajendra Ahire's Hindi Marathi bilingual Bidi Bakda (2023),[17][18] and Konstantin Bojanov's The Shameless (2023).

Filmography

Year Title Role Language Notes Ref
2010 De Nova – The Road Less Trodden Zainab Malayalam
2011 Haat – The Weekly Bazaar Ambalika Hindi, Rajasthani
2011 Handover Hindi, Magahi
2012-2013 Upanishad Ganga Hindi TV series
2012 Myoho Nandita Hindi
2012 Prem Mayee Megha Hindi
2014 Myth of Kleopatra Hindi, English
2014 Points of Origin Anjali English Short
2014 Salaam : An ode to friendship The girl Hindi [19]
2015 Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein Sameera Hindi
2015 NH-8: Road to Nidhivan Radha Hindi
2016 Darr Sabko Lagta Hai Hindi TV series
2018-2019 Damaged Pallavi Hindi Web series
2019 The Warrior Queen of Jhansi Jhalkari Bai English
2019 Trial Of Satyam Kaushik Sara Rizvi Hindi TV movie
2019 Surajya Sanhita Draupadi Hindi TV series
2020 Flesh Manda Hindi Web series
2022 Maali – the gardener Hindi
2023 Chatrapathi Hindi
2023 Lomad Hindi
TBA Bidi Bakda Hindi, Marathi
TBA Rongpencil – The colour of Innocence Bengali
TBA The Shameless English

References

  1. ↑ "Actor Auroshikha Dey to portray Jhalkari Bai in The Warrior Queen of Jhansi". www.indulgexpress.com. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "'I want to do commercial films'". Deccan Herald. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Team, Digital (25 November 2019). "'मुझे भुनाना नहीं आता': औरोशिखा दे". Sarita Magazine. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  4. ↑ admin (12 March 2018). "Auroshikha Dey : In Conversation With An Actor". FTII People. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Lakshmi brings luck to Nagesh".
  6. ↑ "Movie-making is a long, solo fight: Nagesh Kukunoor (Interview)". Business Standard. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Maitreyi Foundation felicitates "Women with a Difference"".
  8. ↑ Zore, Suyog. "Handover review: A poignant take on the never-ending struggle of the have-nots". www.cinestaan.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Vikas Kumar On His Recent Release Handover: 'It Was Made 10 Years Back And Was My First Film'- Exclusive". www.spotboye.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Auroshikha Dey to Act with Naseeruddin Shah in Manish Srivastav's 'Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein'". Financialexpress. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Auroshikha Dey: 1857 was executed by a woman warrior". The Indian Express. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "Interview: Actress Auroshikha Dey | The Kolkata Mail". 18 November 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "MAAALI THE GARDENER".
  14. ↑ "No cuts or edits, one-shot film achieves technological and artistic landmark". The Indian Express. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  15. ↑ Kaushal, Sweta. "Indian Filmmaker Sold His Bike To Make World's First Black And White One-Shot Film 'Lomad'". Forbes. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  16. ↑ "Gurgaon filmmaker creates first black-&-white one-shot feature film". The Times of India. 31 January 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  17. ↑ "'I always wanted to tell my stories to the audience' says Gajendra Ahire on completing 50 films". The Times of India. 7 April 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  18. ↑ "Auroshikha Dey Reveals Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas Starrer Chatrapathi Will Be 'Full On Action Dhamaka' | Exclusive". MSN. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  19. ↑ "Salaam: An ode to friendship". Hindustan Times. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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