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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1980-10-04

Place of Birth

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Paoli Dam

Biography

Paoli Dam (born 4 October 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial Jibon Niye Khela (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as Tithir Atithi and Sonar Harin; the former ran for six years on ETV Bangla. Dam spent her childhood in Kolkata, earning a postgraduate degree in chemistry from Rajabazar Science College. Initially, she wanted to become a chemical researcher or a pilot. Her debut Bengali film—Teen Yaari Katha, directed by Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha—began in 2004, but was not released until 2012. Dam's first film release was Agnipariksha, directed by Ravi Kinagi. Between 2006 and 2009, she appeared in five Bengali films, coming into prominence with the 2009 Kaalbela, directed by Goutam Ghose. In 2011, she received international recognition for her role in the Bengali film Chatrak. The film was screened at the Cannes film festival and also at film festivals in Toronto and the U.K. In 2012, Dam made her Bollywood debut in Hate Story and also appeared in Vikram Bhatt's Ankur Arora Murder Case, directed by Sohail Tatari. She won the Viewers' Choice Award for Best Actress for her performance in Natoker Moto at the Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival in 2016.

Known for

The Revolutionaries

The Revolutionaries

The Revolutionaries narrates the inspiring tale of brave young Indian freedom fighters who fought for ending British Raj with their unwavering spirit and ideology.

Aroni Tokhon

Aroni Tokhon

Aroni Takhon is a love story set against the time period between the two horrific events, the demolition of the Babri Masjid on 6th December, 1992 and the Godhra train burn on 28th February, 2002. The film showcases the effects of such macro events and how everyone knowingly or unknowingly are affected by it.

Charlie Chopra & the Mystery of Solang Valley

Charlie Chopra & the Mystery of Solang Valley

Amateur detective Charlie Chopra investigates a murder at her fiancé's family home in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh, uncovering secrets and facing danger.

The Great Indian Murder

The Great Indian Murder

Vikrant aka Vicky Rai, industrialist with a Casanova lifestyle, is killed at his own party to celebrate his acquittal in the rape and murder of two young girls. His father, Jagannath Rai, who is also the Home Minister of Chhattisgarh, demands a CBI inquiry. Officers Suraj Yadav and Sudha Bharadwaj lead the investigation following six suspects.

Karm Yuddh

Karm Yuddh

A deadly fire accident at the Roy Group of Industries brings Bhisham Roy under the scanner, inciting a power grab within the family.

Kauriburir Mandir

Kauriburir Mandir

Kauriburir Mandir is based on an ancient manuscript, lost tribal folklore of the Deori community's forgotten Patargoyya clan, and a hunt for a mythical flower.

Kaali

Kaali

A story which takes you on a cliffhanger ride where a mother has one night to save her son.

Kaalbela

Kaalbela

The violence and upheaval of Calcutta in the 1970s is focalized through a young man coming to the city to study.

Parapaar

Parapaar

Communication gaps surface when a man returns home after a 14 year prison term and is finally forced to take his tormentor head on

Julie

Julie

Julie follows the story of a young girl with a passion for singing, who after being sold to a brothel under tragic circumstances, paves her path as a prostitute with a golden voice whose future in politics brings turmoil into a corrupt political system.

Mushrooms

Mushrooms

In a forest, near a border, a young Bengali and a European soldier attempt to get the better of one another. In Calcutta, Rahul, an architect who had gone off to build a career in Dubai, begins a huge construction site. He is reunited with his girlfriend, Paoli, who has long awaited his homecoming, living alone far from her family. Both set out to find Rahul's brother, who is said to have gone mad and who lives in the forest and sleeps in the trees.

Zulfiqar

Zulfiqar

A modern day adaptation of two of William Shakespeare's tragedies - Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.

Shuru Theke Shuru

Shuru Theke Shuru

An upcoming Bengali feature film produced by Anupam Kher Studio and Friends Communication.

Lokkhikantopur Local

Lokkhikantopur Local

Lokkhikantopur Local movie deals with the life ordeals of house helps Kalyani, Maloti and Saraswati, visiting three different families in Kolkata.

Teen Murti

Teen Murti

Nawren, Nawgen and Nobin, three friends enjoying their retirement, decide to end the monotony in their lives and earn some extra money by setting up a tea stall.