Sayantani Ghosh

Sayantani Ghosh (born 6 September 1983) is an Indian actress known for her work in Hindi television serials.^[2][3] In 2012, she also participated in Bigg Boss 6.^[4]

Sayantani Ghosh
Born	(1983-09-06) 6 September 1983 (age 41)[1] Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Occupations	Model TV actress dancer
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Anugrah Tiwari ​ (m. 2021)​

Early life and career

Sayantani Ghosh won the Miss Calcutta beauty pageant and found roles in Bengali films before obtaining her first television role in 2002, in the Indian soap opera Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan.^[5][3]

After four years in that supporting role she joined the main cast of Naaginn – Waadon Ki Agniparikshaa as Amrita for two years. The Same year, she played the lead role of Kakul Samman Chaudhary in Ghar Ek Sapnaa.^[6] Followed by the guest role of Prosecutor Pranali Gujral on Adaalat. Ghosh participated in the sixth season of Bigg Boss 6, the Indian version of UK reality show Big Brother,^[5] and was evicted from the house in the third week.

In 2013 she appeared in the main cast of epic television series Mahabharat in the role of Satyavati, a fisher-woman who later became the emperor's wife. In 2014 Ghosh portrayed an antagonist in Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar and became a contestant on Dare 2 Dance.

In 2015, Ghosh played the supporting role of Rajkumari Rajeshwari in Sasural Simar Ka. She then appeared in Rishton Ka Mela, Comedy Nights with Kapil and Comedy Classes. At the end of 2015 Ghosh was cast as lead antagonist Poulomi Maa in Santoshi Maa. In 2016 she joined the main cast of romantic drama Naamkarann, playing Neela Parikh until her character's death in February 2018.

In 2019, Ghosh made her theatre debut in a stage play called Ovee- A Haunted Hostel..^[7] She then appeared in Sanjivani as Dr. Anjali Gupta

In 2020, she made a cameo appearance in Barrister Babu as Rasiya Bai.

In December 2020, she replaced Shweta Gulati's character Jhanvi Bansal in the Sony SAB series Tera Yaar Hoon Main and entered the show as Daljeet Bagga, the new female lead. Her character was shown to marry Rajeev (Sudeep Sahir), the male lead, under a certain situation. In 2021, she won the 'Favourite Lokpriya Sadasya' award from Gold Comedy Awards for her role as Daljeet Bagga in Tera Yaar Hoon Main.^[8][9]

Personal life

Sayantani Ghosh married her long-time boyfriend Anugrah Tiwari on 6 December 2021.^[10][11]

In January 2022, Ghosh tested positive for COVID-19 along with her husband. She took a brief break from shooting and quarantined herself. Some time later, she recovered and tested negative for COVID-19, post which she resumed shooting for show.^[12][13]

Filmography

Year	Movie	Language	Notes
2005	Raju Uncle	Bengali
	Nayak – The Real Hero	Bengali
2006	Swapno	Bengali
2007	Sangharsha	Bengali	Anjali
2013	Himmatwala	Hindi	Special appearance in song "Dhokha Dhokha"
2024	Sentimentaaal	Bengali	Rudrani Chowdhury (main antagonist)

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2005	Ekdin Pratidin	Doyel (later replaced by Sohini Sarkar)
2006	Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan	Advocate Antara Dhruv Wadhwa		[14]
2007	Comedy Circus	Contestant	Comedy show
	Crime Patrol
2007–2008	Ghar Ek Sapnaa	Kakul Samman Chaudhary		[14]
2007–2009	Naaginn – Waadon Ki Agniparikshaa	Amrita Arjun Singh
2008	Ek Se Badhkar Ek	Contestant	Reality Show
	Comedy Circus 2	Contestant	Comedy show
	Banoo Main Teri Dulhann	Amrita Arjun Singh	Special appearance (Episode 581 & Episode 582)
2009	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3	Herself / Guest	With Barkha Sengupta and Jasveer Kaur
	Sabki Laadli Bebo	Herself
	Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi	Herself	Guest Appearance (Special)
	Rakt Sambandh	Sakshi
2010–2011	Adaalat	Pranali Gujral
2011–2012	Meri Maa	Pratibha
2012–2013	Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein	Naina
2012	Bigg Boss 6	Contestant	Evicted day 20
2013	Welcome - Baazi Mehmaan-Nawaazi Ki		4th Week (episode 19-24)
2013	Mahabharat	Rajmata Satyavati	Recurring role (Episode 1-32)
2014	Gustakh Dil	Aarohi Sagar Khurana
2014	Nach Baliye 6	Herself	Guest(Celebrity reality dance show)
	Dare 2 Dance	Contestant	Dance show
	Bigg Boss 8	Guest	Came for the task "Party Toh Banti Hai"
2014–2015	Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar	Nivedita Basu		[15]
	Singhasan Battisi	Mahamaya
	Betal Aur Sinhasan Battisi
2015	Mela	Naina/naggin
	Sasural Simar Ka	Rajkumari Rajeshwari		[16]
	Qubool Hai	Dancer	Special appearance
2015–2016	Comedy Classes	Various characters
	Comedy Nights with Kapil
	Santoshi Maa	Poulomi Maa (later replaced by Debina Bonnerjee)		[17]
2016	Box Cricket League 2	Contestant	Player in Kolkata Babu Moshayes
2016–2018	Naamkarann	Neela Parikh
2018	Jeet Gayi Toh Piya Morey	Werewolf	Guest appearance
	Meri Hanikarak Biwi	Mrs. Neerja Srivastava	Cameo
	Juzzbaatt – Sangeen Se Namkeen Tak	Herself / Guest	With Delnaaz Irani	[18]
	Laal Ishq	Neighbour Bhabhi	(Episode 1)
	Karn Sangini	Kunti		[19]
	Dastaan-E-Mohabbat Salim Anarkali	Nargis Jaan	Cameo
2019	Vish Ya Amrit: Sitara	Mahamata	Cameo
2019–2020	Sanjivani 2	Dr. Anjali Gupta		[20]
	Naagin 4	Manyata Keshav Goradia
2020	Barrister Babu	Rásiya	Extended cameo	[21]
2020–2022	Tera Yaar Hoon Main	Daljeet Bagga Bansal	Lead Role	[22]
2021	Maddam Sir	Guest ( as Daljeet Bagga)	The Big Shanivaar (Mahasangam Special)
2022–2023	Ali Baba	Simsim	Ghost of the Cave
2022	Jai Hanuman – Sankatmochan Naam Tiharo	Devi Parvati		[23]
2024–present	Dahej Daasi	Vindhya Gaurawat