Indrani Haldar
Indrani Haldar (born 6 January 1971) is an Indian actress who is mostly known for her work in Bengali cinema. She was conferred with a National Award, three BFJA Awards and two Anandalok Awards.

Halder made her debut in 1986 with the Bengali TV series Tero Parbon directed by Jochon Dastidar. She made her big screen debut opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee in Mandira (1990). She has appeared in numerous films, telefilms and TV series and hit the pinnacle of her career with the Bengali TV series Goyenda Ginni. She appeared in critically acclaimed films such as Charachar, Dahan, Anu, Sajhbatir Rupkathara, Faltu, Tokhon Teish, Mayurakshi to name a few. She has also worked at Maa Shakti by BR Chopra

Early life
Indrani was born in the city of Kolkata. Her father is Sanjoy Haldar. She finished her schooling from the Multipurpose Girls' School and graduated from  Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated women's college of University of Calcutta. She was trained in classical dance by Guru Thankamani Kutty.

Career
Indrani made her acting debut in the television serial Tero Parban (1986). She lived in Mumbai during 2008 to 2013 to act in Hindi TV serials.

Her most notable work includes Biyer Phool, cast along with Rani Mukherjee. Currently, she is acting in the Star Jalsha serial Shrimoyee as the lead actress.She is known for her work in 'Jara brishtite bhijechilo' directed by Anjan das, "Angshumaner Chobi", directed by Atanu ghosh, "Dahan", directed by Rituparno ghosh, "Sanjhbatir Rupkathara", directed by Anjan das, "Anu", directed by Satarupa Sannyal, "Takhan Teish" directed by Atanu Ghosh, "Faltu", directed by Anjan das, "Dekha" directed by Gautam Ghosh, "Debdas" directed by Shakti samanta, Lal darja directed by Budhyadeb dasgupta, nilimay nil directed by Biresh chaterjee, Swet pathorer Thala directed by Prabhat Roy.Her commercial success included Bier fool, Prem sanghat, Antortomo, Barkone, Chowdhuri Paribar, Jay bijay, Apon holo por, Gharer laxmi, Noyoner alo, Satyam sibam sundaram, Mandira, Biswas obiswas, Saikat sangeet, sagar banya, Jamaibabu, Sesh Asroy etc. She shared screen mostly with Prasenjit chatterjee, Tapash paul, Chiranjit chakraborty, Abhishek chaterjee, Bhaskar banerjee, Sanjib dasgupta. Her one of the Hindi film is 'Bhairav' with Bollywood star Mithun Chakrabarty .She is often compared with Rituparna sengupta and Debosree Roy for her work in Bengali film.She is the only leading actress of Bengal industry who is working in film as well as 
in television very smoothly. She is often called "Queen of Bengali television industry'.Her television serials included Sujata in Sony TV, somoy in Ruposhi bangla, Goyenda ginni & Sima Rekha in Zbangla, Srimoyee in Star jalsa, Tero Parbon in DD bangla etc.

In January 2022, she sang the Dwijendralal Ray song "Dhono Dhanne Pushpe Bhora" in a show at the request of one. However, she thought it is Rabindranath Tagore's song. And so she was trolled on social medias.

Filmography

 Biswas Abiswas (with Prosenjit Chatterjee)
 Saptami (with Prosenjit Chatterjee)
 Gouri (with Tapas Pal)
 Nilimay Nil (with Tapas Pal)
 Antortomo (with Tapas Pal)
 Jaybijay (with Chiranjit Chakraborty)
 Prem Sanghat (with Chiranjit Chakraborty)
 Debor (with Tapash Paul)
 Bhalobasha (with Prasenjit Chatterjee, Savitri Chatterjee, Manaj Mitra, Bharat Kaul)
 Antarbash (with Debosree Roy, Chiranjeet Chakrabarty, Firdaus Ahmed)
 Tin Bhuboner Paare
 Sesh Ashray (with Arjun Chakraborty)
 Saikat Sangeet
 Sagar Banya (with Prasenjit Chatterjee, Abhisek Chatterjee)
 Chakravyuha
 Atltaayi (with Chiranjeet Chakrabarty)
 Jeebon Pakhi
 Ebong Tumi Aar Aami (with Sanjib Dasgupta, Soumitra Chatterjee)
 Daydayikta (with Prasenjit Chatterjee, Ranjit Mallick, Rituparna Sengupta)
 Apon Holo Par (with Prasenjit Chatterjee)
 Sampradaan (Directed by Bappaditya Banerjee, with Anusuya Majumdar, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty)
 Shwet Patharer Thala (Directed by Prabhat Roy, with Aparna Sen, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Dipankar Dey)
 Kaancher Prithibi (with Ayan Banerjee, Labani Sarkar)
 Daan Protidan (with Tapash Paul, Sukhen Das, Koushik Banerjee, Rachana Banerjee)
 Charachar (1993) (Directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta)
 Biyer Phool (1996) (with Prasenjit Chatterjee, Rani Mukherjee)
 Jamaibabu (with Tapash Paul, Abhisek Chatterjee)
 Lal Darja (1997) (Directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta)
 Dahan (1997) (with Rituparna Sengupta)
 Anu (Directed by Satarupa Sanyal)
 Paromitar Ek Din (2000)
 Dekha (2001) (with Soumitra Chatterjee)
 Bhairav (2001)
 Bor Kone (with Prasenjit Chatterjee)
 Saanjhbatir Roopkathara 
 Debdas (2002)
 Anandalok
 Assassin
 Faltu (2006)
 Asamapto
 Aankush
 Jara Brishtitey Bhijechhilo (2007) 
 Raatporir Rupkatha (with Jackie Shroff)
 Chowdhary Paribar 
 Angshumaner Chhobi (2009)
 Noyoner Alo 
 Antim Swash Sundar
 Takhan Teish (2010) 
 Mistake (2013)
 Strings of Passion (2014)
 Aro Akbar (2015) (with rituparna,rupa ganguli)
 Drishyantar (with srabanti chatterjee)
 Mayurakshi
Banshiwala(Directed by Anjan das, co artist Paoli dam,sayan munshi )
buk bhora bhalobasa (with arun govil)
sagor banya(with prasenjit,abhishek)
dabidar(with tapash paul)
dadabhai(with chiranjit)
Thikana rajpath(with debosree,Ferdouse)
Antorbas(with chiranjit)

Television and short films

 Seemarekha as Seema and Rekha-Dual role (Zee Bangla)
 Goyenda Ginni as Poroma (Zee Bangla)
 Spandan (Zee Bangla)
 Sreemoyee (Star Jalsha)
 Savitri - EK Prem Kahani as Leena Roy Choudhary (2013)
 Maryada: Lekin Kab Tak?
 Fakir 
 Tithir Atithi
 Kuasha Jakhan (with soumitra chaterjee)
 Bahanno Episode(Directed by Rituporno ghosh)
 Tamasharekha (Zee Bangla)
 Purbo Purush
 Bhool Thikana
 Jeebon Rekha (Zee Bangla)
 Hamaari Shaadi(Directed by Basu chatterjee)
 Tero Parban
 Prashchito (NTV Bengali Telefilm) 
 Pinzor (NTV Bengali Telefilm)
 Sujata produced by BR chopra
Maa Shakti by BR Chopra
 Somoy(with Abir chatterjee,Parno mitra) (Rupasi Bangla)
 Savitri
"sanai(Akash bangla,co artist Arunima ghosh)
Rajmahal(Akash Aat)
 Bahnishikha
 Khonik Bosonto (BTV Telefilm 2002)
 Sange Indrani - a weekly interview on Tara TV featuring celebrity guests, hosted by Haldar
Kapalkundala

Mahalaya

Awards
Best actress award at the Madrid International Film Festival for Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo (2008).
 Best Actress (1998), for Dahan with Rituparna Sengupta, (co-star), 42nd National Film Festival of India.
 Kalakar Awards Best Actress [Television] for Aroti in 1997
 Kalakar Awards Best Actress [Television] for Kuasha Jakhan (1998)
 Kalakar Awards Best Actress [Television] for Kuasha Jakhan (1998)
 Kalakar Awards Best Actress [Film] for Ma Shakti (2002)
Bharat Nirman Award - Best Actress Award (2004)
 Kalakar Awards Best Actress [Television] for Pinjor (2005)
 Kalakar Awards Best Actress [Television] for Bonnishikha (2006)
 BFJA - Best Actress Award for Charachar (1995)
 BFJA - Best Actress Award for Sanjhbatir Rupkathara (2003)
 BFJA - Best Supporting Actress Award for Faltu (2007)
 Anondalok Award - Best Actress Award for Dahan (1999)
 Anondalok Award - Best Actress Award for Anu (2000)
 Kalakar Awards - Best Actress Award for TV Serial Sujjata (2009)
 Zee Bangla Sonar Sansar Awards - Sara Bouma Award for Poroma (2016)
Paschimbanga Tele Academy Award - Best Actress Award for Paroma (2017)
 Zee Bangla Sonar Sansar Awards - Best Villain (female) Award for Seemantini (2018)
 Zee Bangla Sonar Sansar Awards - Versatile Actress (2018)
 Paschimbanga Tele Academy Awards - Best Actress Award for Sreemoyee (2019)
Star Jalsha Parivar Awards - Sera Maa Award for Sreemoyee (2021)
Star Jalsha Parivar Awards - Sera Bouma Award for Sreemoyee (2021)

Politics
Halder joined  All India Trinamool Congress on 21 July 2017.

References

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Actresses from Kolkata
Indian film actresses
Living people
1971 births
Jogamaya Devi College alumni
University of Calcutta alumni
Indian soap opera actresses
Best Actress National Film Award winners
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Actresses in Bengali cinema
20th-century Indian actresses
21st-century Indian actresses
People from New Alipore
All India Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal