Konkona Sen Sharma is one of the most critically acclaimed actresses in the Indian film industry. She’s won multiple National Awards for her performances and has received significant critical praise. Konkona has predominantly chosen roles in contemporary parallel cinema and has focused on being a method actor rather than a Bollywood diva.
Here’s a list of some of the most critically acclaimed characters that she has played in films:
1. This role won her a National Award.
2. ‘Page 3’ brought her into the limelight of mainstream cinema
3. She won both a Filmfare and a National Award for this performance.
4. Her role as ‘Shruti Ghosh’ won her the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.
5. As the village girl ‘Chutki’ Koko was nominated for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
6. She received critical acclaim for her role in the film but the film itself did not receive the commercial success that one would hope for.
7. Her role as ‘Aisha Banerjee’ made all of us wish for a friend like that in our lives!
8. Her satirical comedy film was a huge commercial success and made almost double its filming budget.
9. Her portrayal of a ruthless daayan gave me nightmares for weeks!
10. ‘Talvar’, one of her more recent films was also nominated for several awards and won the Filmfare award for best editing.
11. Konkona played a schizophrenic in this one and did complete justice to the part.
Konkona Sen Sharma is truly an incredibly talented actor. Few could have managed to perform such complex roles with as much finesse as she has.
Kudos, Konkona!
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