Tathoi Deb

Tathoi Deb

Child Actress
Born Sharanya Deb
13 October 1997 (1997-10-13) (age 14)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Occupation Film actress
Years active 2005–present

Tathoi Deb (born Sharanya Deb[1] on 11 October 1997) is a Bengali child actor, dancer and television presenter.

She has lost her father, Lala Biswajit Deb, at an early age, so she lives with her mother (Jamuna Deb). She has two older brothers.

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Career

Tathoi Deb's first job at TV was hosting the junior version of Bengali television dance reality show Dance Bangla Dance on Zee Bangla together with Aritra. Veteran bengali actor Mithun Chakraborty was the judge of the show,[2][3] which was broadcast for two seasons. She has won the highest television award in Bengali channels: a Telesamman Award for her presenting in this show. Tathoi, Aritra and Mithun Chakraborty have been reported to also present a new dance show titled Dhoom Dhamaka which contains both junior and senior contestants.[3]

She received the coveted Sanjukta Panigrahi Award for her dancing at the age of 8 and was also awarded the Amazing Kid Entertainer award at the Pogo Amazing Kids Awards (PAKA) 2008. She received the award from Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone.[1] She has also performed in various Bengali movies and telefilms. In Neel Rajar Deshe by Riingo she was the female lead.[4] Dona Ganguly (Odissi dancer and the wife of Former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly) is Tathoi's dance teacher.[2]

Tathoi has been part of National Award winning film Shob Choritro Kalponik by Rituporno Ghosh where she played cameo of young Radhika(Bipasha Basu). She won the Best Child Artist award from Reliance Big Bangla New Talent Awards in 2011 for her performance in Cholo Paltai.[5]

Filmography

Other shows

Awards and nominations

Sambad Pratidin Telesamman

Winner

POGO Amazing Kids Awards(PAKA)

Winner

Big Bangla New Talent Awards

Winner

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b Banerjee, Sudeshna (23 December 2008). "They dream with their feet". The Telegraph, Calcutta (Kolkata). http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081223/jsp/entertainment/story_10288461.jsp. Retrieved 2008-12-23. 
  2. ^ a b "Confident kid". The Telegraph calcutta, India. 27 November 2008. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081127/jsp/entertainment/story_10168227.jsp. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  3. ^ a b "Fun time". The Telegraph calcutta, India. 9 May 2008. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080509/jsp/entertainment/story_9243960.jsp. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  4. ^ Nag, Kushali (4 February 2008). "Entertainment | Adults in wonderland". The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata). http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080204/jsp/entertainment/story_8855832.jsp. Retrieved 2008-12-17. 
  5. ^ "BIG Bangla Rising Star Awards honours the stars of tomorrow". MediAvataar's News Desk. 30 Sep 2011. http://www.mediavataar.com/news.php?id=2265. 

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