Aindrita Ray

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name	Aindrita Ray
image	Aindrita Ray.png
caption	Ray during the promotion of Manasaare
birth_date	19 April
birth_place	Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
yearsactive	2008–present
spouse
occupation
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| name = Aindrita Ray | image = Aindrita Ray.png | caption = Ray during the promotion of Manasaare | birth_date = 19 April | birthname = | birth_place = Udaipur, Rajasthan, India | othername = | yearsactive = 2008–present | spouse = | occupation =

Aindrita Ray (born 19 April) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Kannada films. She has also appeared in Bengali and Hindi films. Ray is a recipient of two South Indian International Movie Awards, along with nominations for five Filmfare Awards South.

Ray made her acting debut in 2007, with Meravanige. She had her breakthrough with Manasaare (2010), for which she received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada nomination. Ray received two more Filmfare Best Actress nomination for her performance in Veera Parampare (2010) and Bhajarangi (2013). For the last of these, she won the SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Kannada. Her other successful films are Paramathma (2011), Mungaru Male 2 (2016), Chowka (2017), Premam Poojyam (2021), Kshamisi Nimma Khaatheyalli Hanavilla (2022) and Thimayya & Thimayya (2022).

Early life and background

Ray was born on 19 April as the youngest daughter into a Bengali family in Udaipur, Rajasthan, where she spent her childhood, before moving to Mumbai. With her father, A. K. Ray, being a prosthodontist in the Indian Air Force, she along with her family moved from one place to another, finally settling in Bangalore.

Ray studied at Baldwin Girls' High School, Bangalore. Later, she joined MR Ambedkar Dental College, Bangalore to pursue a bachelor's degree in dental science. While studying, she did parttime modelling, appearing in television advertisements, which paved way for her entry into the film industry. She started acting in Kannada movies, and once in a while appearing in Amateur/Short films.

Career

Debut and breakthrough (2008-2010)

Ray trained under fashion choreographer M. S. Sreedhar. She appeared first on-screen in a song in the 2006 Kannada film Jackpot. Ray began her acting career in the 2008 film Meravanige, playing Nandini, opposite Prajwal Devaraj. The film received a moderate success at the box office, with Rediff.com praising her performance, dance and adding that she makes a mark "effectively".

Ray had four releases in 2009. She first played Padma in Junglee, opposite Duniya Vijay and then played Divya opposite Chiranjeevi Sarja in Vayuputra. Her final film that year, Manasaare, proved to be her breakthrough. Her portrayal of a mentally challenged girl, Devika opposite Diganth won her the Suvarna Film Award for Best Actress, along with nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada. A critic from Deccan Herald stated: "Aindrita with less dialogue, and easy on the eye, manages to emote well with her eyes and smile."

In her first film of 2010, Ray played Drushti opposite Santhosh Aryan in Nooru Janmaku. She then played Sanjana in Nannavanu, opposite Prajwal Devaraj. Veera Parampare was her only successful film that year, where she played Sapna, a village chief daughter opposite Sudeepa. The film earned her another Filmfare for the Best Actress nomination. Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana noted that Ray gets to her "bubbly self" and performs well.

Recent works

After a series of flops, Ray was cast in the supporting role in the Puneeth Rajkumar starrer Paramathma. She was widely acclaimed by the critics for her obsessive character role. She was also noticed by the critics in Dhool. The other films, Manasina Maathu and Kaanchana, failed at the box office.

In 2012, she starred in Parijatha, opposite Diganth, which found moderate success. Her other films include Tony, with Srinagara Kitty in the lead and Rajani Kantha, with Duniya Vijay.

In 2014, she made her Bengali film debut with Bachchan, opposite Jeet and directed by Raja Chanda, which incidentally was a remake of the Kannada movie Vishnuvardhana.

In 2017, Ray appeared in Raja Chanda's Bengali film Amar Aponjon, alongside Soham Chakraborty, Priyanka Sarkar and Subhashree Ganguly.

In 2021, she is appearing in Hardik Gajjar's Hindi feature film Bhavai opposite Pratik Gandhi, releasing in theatres on 1 October.

Personal life

Ray met actor Diganth Manchale on the sets of Manasaare in 2008, and they eventually started dating. After 10 years of courtship, Ray and Diganth got married on 12 December 2018, in a traditional Bengali wedding ceremony, at Nandi Hills, Karnataka.

Media image

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Ray was placed first in Rediff.com 's "Top 5 Kannada Actress" list of 2009. In Bangalore Times Most Desirable Women list, Ray was placed 5th in 2012, 19th in 2014 and 7th in 2016, 6th in 2018, 7th in 2019 and 9th in 2020. In 2024, Ray and Diganth along with PETA, donated a mechanical elephant to a temple in Mysuru.

Filmography

Films

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Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2006	Jackpot	Herself	Kannada	Special appearance in song "Laila Chingaari Laila"
2008	Meravanige	Nandini "Nandu"
Mast Maja Maadi	Herself	Special appearance in song "Shakalaka Bhoom"
2009	Junglee	Padma
Vayuputra	Divya
Love Guru	Herself	Cameo appearance
Manasaare	Devika
2010	Nooru Janmaku	Drushti
Nannavanu	Sanjana
Veera Parampare	Pooja
A Flat	Karan's wife	Hindi	Uncredited role
2011	Manasina Maathu	Sahana	Kannada
Dhool	Sapna
Paramathma	Saanvi
2012	Parijatha	Chandrika
Prem Adda	Herself	Special appearance in song "Basanthi"
2013	*Rajani Kantha *	Priya
Ziddi	Sahana
Kaddipudi	Daisy	Cameo appearance
Tony	Pammi
Bhajarangi	Geetha
2014	Athi Aparoopa	Aparna
Bachchan	Priya	Bengali
2015	Sharp Shooter	Herself	Kannada	Special appearance in song "Kuntebille"
2016	Mungaru Male 2	Shreya
John Jani Janardhan	Herself	Special appearance in song "Preetiya Paarivala"
Niruttara	Shravya
2017	Chowka	Pushpa
Melkote Manja	Parvathi
Amar Aponjon	Sayoni	Bengali	credited as Aindrita
2018	Raambo 2	Herself	Kannada	Special appearance in song "Dumm Maaro Dumm"
2019	Main Zaroor Aaunga	Lisa Malhotra	Hindi
2021	Bhavai	Rani
Premam Poojyam	Joyitha	Kannada
2022	Kshamisi Nimma Khaatheyalli Hanavilla	Padmavathi
Garuda	Anu
Judaa Hoke Bhi	Meera Khanna	Hindi
Thimayya & Thimayya	Jyothsana "Jyo"	Kannada
2024	Bachelor Party		Special appearance
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Web series

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	The Casino	Camilla Khurana
2021	Sanak - Ek Junoon	Ragini Purohit
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Music videos

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Year	Song	Singer	Ref.
2021	"3 Peg"	Chandan Shetty
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Awards and nominations

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Year	Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref.	Manasaare	Veera Parampare	Paramathma	Bhajarangi	Niruttara
2010	Suvarna Film Awards	Best Actress
South Scope Awards	Best Actress – Kannada
Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress – Kannada
2011	Filmfare Awards South
Suvarna Film Awards	Best Actress		url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/article429129.ece	title=Suvarna Film Awards Announced	work=The New Indian Express	date=4 June 2011	access-date=15 July 2020	archive-date=21 February 2014	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221085528/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/article429129.ece	url-status=dead}}
2012	Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
2014	Best Actress – Kannada
Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress – Kannada
2017	Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
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References

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17. (14 September 2021). "Pratik Gandhi's Raavan Leela now titled Bhavai to 'respect public sentiment'". Firstpost.
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19. (21 November 2018). "I'm really excited I'm marrying my best friend: Aindrita Ray".
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37. (20 October 2021). "Diganth, Anant Nag team up for Thimayya & Thimayya".
38. (13 March 2020). "Watch video: Aindrita Ray and Karanvir Bohra groove to Kannada song 'Junglee Shivalingu' - Times of India".
39. "'Sanak - Ek Junoon' Trailer Video: Rohit Bose Roy and Aindrita Ray starrer 'Sanak - Ek Junoon' Official Trailer Video".
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