Priyanka Sarkar (born 31 December 1990) is an Indian film and television actress who mostly works in Bengali films. She started her career working in the Bengali television industry in 2003 while she was only 12 years old. Later she worked in several serials like Swapner Rong Nil, Aastha, Khela, and Nana R angar Dinguli as a teenager. Her first big screen venture was Dadar Adesh (2005) alongside Prasenjit Chatterjee. Her big career breakthrough came when she got the opportunity to star in the movie Chirodini Tumi Je Amar as the leading actress. The film released in 2008 and went on to become one of the biggest blockbusters in the Bengali film industry.
Personal life Sarkar was born on 31 December 1990 in West Bengal, India. She married actor Rahul Banerjee in 2010 and has a son named Shohoj since 2013. They separated in 2017 and reunited in 2023, living together till Banerjee's untimely death whilst filming in Talsari beach by drowning, on 29 March 2026, at the age of 42.
Career Sarkar debuted with the film Dadar Adesh (2005). Her breakthrough performance came in Chirodini Tumi Je Amar (2008), in which she was paired opposite Rahul Banerjee. The film was well received by audiences.
Filmography
Year Film Role Director Notes 2005 Dadar Adesh Titli Roy Anup Sengupta 2008 Chirodini Tumi Je Amar Pallavi Raj Chakraborty 2009 Ei Prithibi Tomar Aamar Purnima Swapan Saha Risk Mithie Riingo Banerjee Bhalobasha Zindabad Kushum Reshmi Mitra Kano Kichu Kotha Bolona Rajashree Swapan Saha 2010 Love Circus Riya Dulal Bhowmick Shono Mon Boli Tomay Pradip Saha Pratidwandi Sharmila Anup Sengupta Bor Bou Khela Jagannath Guha Game Sudipto Ghatak, Ajay Singh Hangover Herself Prabhat Roy Run Megha Swapan Saha Jodi Ekdin Nikita Choudary Riingo Banerjee2011 Get 2 Gether Riya Arindam Chakraborty Kagojer Bou Ketuki Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Moubone Aaj Payel Raja Sen 2012 Na Hannyate Riingo Banerjee Hemlock Society Hiya Srijit Mukherji 2013 Damadol Riya Manoj Michigan Hoi Choi Tupur Debarati Gupta A Political Murder Agnidev Chatterjee 2014 The Royal Bengal Tiger Aparna Rajesh Ganguly Obhishopto Nighty Jhumi Birsa Dasgupta 2015 Swade Ahlade Arindam Sil 13 No. Tarachand Lane Kamaleshwar Mukherjee Rajkahini Lata Srijit Mukherji Byomkesh Bakshi Indira Anjan Dutt Abby Sen Sreeroopa Atanu Ghosh Arshinagar Mrs. Gupta / Herself Aparna Sen 2016 Tadanto Nitish Roy Jenana Barshali Chatterjee It's Basonto Aditya Roy Banerjee 9 No. Peyara Bagan Lane Pallab MukherjeeRatri Ghatak Pichutaan Ayan Chakraborty Selfie'r Phande Srabani Manas Basu Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana Banalakshi Anjan Dutt Romantic Noy Rajib Choudhury 2017 Ghostana"Priyanka Sarkar as Roxy in Ghostana Web-Series; A Modern Hot and Sexy Ghost " Saptarshi Majumdar PingSaptarshi Majumdar Baje Chobi Arnab PariaAmar SahorDipayan JennySourav Chakraborty, Samadarshi Dutta, Priyanka Sarkar, Sampurna Lahiri, Shilajit Majumdar, Rudranil Ghosh Amar Aponjon Piya Raja Chanda Chaamp Shwati Raj Chakraborty Jawker Dhan Sayantan Ghosal Chaya O Chobi Moumita Kaushik Ganguly Cockpit Afreen Hamidi Kamaleshwar Mukherjee 2018 Kaya-The Mystery Unfold Rajib Chowdhury Hoyto Manush Noy Koustav Bhattacharya and Arunava Gangopadhyay Kabir Damayanti Aniket Chattopadhyay E Tumi Kemon Tumi Nehal Dutta Sultan: The Saviour Disha Raja Chanda Bhagshesh Maahirii Bose Aaleya Dr. Humayun Kabir Crisscross Suzy Birsa Dasgupta Byomkesh Gotro Emily Arindam Sil 2019 Bibaho Obhijaan Malati Birsa Dasgupta Bornoporichoy Malini Chatterjee Mainak Bhowmick 2020 Hridoy Jurey Nilima Rafique SikderDebut in Bangladeshi film2021 Pratighat Rajiv Kumar Biswas Zee5 Release NirbhayaAratrika Anshuman Pratyush2022 Kolkatar Harry Rajdeep Ghosh Toke Chhara Banchbo Na Sujit Mondal2023ManobjominKuhuSrijatoAbar Bibaho ObhijaanMalatiSoumik HalderKurbanHijolSaibal Mukherjee2024AahalyaAbhimanyu MukherjeeRobins KichenBappa 2025 Mrigaya: The Hunt Abhirup Ghosh 2026 PheraPalash's ex-wifePritha ChakrabortyMaya Satya BhramSamik Roy Choudhury Vinay M MudgilFilmingVicky ZahedFilming; Bangladeshi film
Television Aastha Khela (Zee Bangla) Raat Bhor Brishti (Zee Bangla) Nana Ranger Dinguli Ebar Jalsha Rannaghare Mahanayak Ebar Jalsha Rannaghare (season 2) Abhyamangal (Mahalaya special TV program for Star Jalsha) Sun Bangla Super Family (reality game show for Sun Bangla)
Web series Year Series OTT Character 2017–2021 Hello! Hoichoi Deboleena Shome / Neena 2019 Rahasya Romancha Series Hoichoi 2022 Mahabharat Murders Hoichoi Ruksana Ahmed 2024 Lojja Hoichoi Jaya Sinha 2023 Chhotolok Zee5 Mallika Das 2025 Lojja 2 Hoichoi Jaya Sinha 2026TaarkataZEE5ChhandaKuheliHoichoiDSP Agni Basu
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