Rukmini Maitra

Rukmini Maitra (born 27 June 1991^[1]) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Bengali Films. Maitra made her debut in films in 2017 with the Bengali film Chaamp.^[2] She acted in seven films with Dev. She had her Bollywood debut opposite Vidyut Jammwal in the 2021 film Sanak.^[3]

Rukmini Maitra
Rukmini in 2023
Born	(1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 33) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Education	Carmel High School, Kolkata
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2017–present

Career

Rukmini started her career as a model at the age of 13. She has modelled for various regional, national and international brands and magazines such as Reliance, Lakmé, Vodafone, Sunsilk, Parachute, Titan, Tata Tea, Rado, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Femina, Royal Stag, PC Chandra Jewellers, Bhima Jewellers, Azva, Senco Gold, Spencer's, ITC, Fiama Di Wills, Big Bazar Fb, Lux, Emami, and has also modelled for fashion designers like Masaba Gupta, Anita Dongre, Suneet Varma, Dev r Nil, Anju Modi etc.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Maitra debuted in the silver screen with the Bengali film titled Champ opposite Bengali actor Dev, which released in Eid, 2017. The film was directed by Raj Chakraborty. It is based on Boxing, a theme that is being explored in Bengali cinema for the first time.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Personal life

Maitra is in a relationship with fellow actor Dev.^[16]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Ref
2017	Chaamp	Jaya Sanyal	Bengali
	Cockpit	Kirti Sachdev		[17]
2018	Kabir	Yasmin Khatun		[18] [19]
2019	Kidnap	Meghna Chatterjee
	Password	Nisha		[20]
2020	Switzerland	Rumi		[21]
2021	Sanak	Anshika	Hindi	Bollywood Debut
2022	Kishmish	Rohini Sen	Bengali
2023	Byomkesh O Durgo Rahasya	Satyabati
2024	Crakk	Herself	Hindi	Special Appearance
	Boomerang	Ishaa Sen / Nisha	Bengali
	Tekka	Maya Khastogir		[22]
2025	Binodiini: Ekti Natir Upakhyan	Binodini Dasi		[23][24]
	Haati Haati Paa Paa	TBA		Completed[25]

Reality shows

Year	Title	Role	Language	Ref.
2017	Didi No. 1	Guest	Bengali
	Dadagiri Unlimited
	Apur Sangsar
2020	Mirakkel
2022	Rannaghar
	Didi No. 1	Contestant
	Dadagiri Unlimited
	Ismart Jodi	Guest
2022	Dance Dance Junior Season 3	Judge

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2017	The Times of India	Calcutta Times Most Desirable Woman of 2017		Won	[26]
		The Times 50 Most Desirable Women 2017		Won	[27]
2018	Jio Filmfare Awards East	Best Debut (Female)	Chaamp Cockpit	Won	[28][29]
	The Times of India	Times Power Women – Most Promising Actor 2018		Won
	Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards	Bengal Film Journalists' Awards – Most Promising Actress 2018		Won	[30]

See also

• Cinema of West Bengal