Plabita Borthakur (born 17 June 1992) is an Indian actress, singer and artist from Assam, India. She made her acting debut in the Bollywood movie PK. She is best known for her portrayal of Rehana Abidi in the movie Lipstick Under My Burkha.
Early life Her father Probin Borthakur was an engineer by profession with Oil India Limited, as well as being an Indian classical singer and teacher. Her mother Rina is a writer and poet. Her older sisters, Parineeta Borthakur and Priyangi Borthakur, are in the film industry as well. She grew up in the Oil India township of Duliajan in Assam, before moving to Mumbai's Jai Hind College for higher studies. Professionally, she got her start with numerous ad assignments and concerts with her band, Manu and Chow.
Career Borthakur made her debut in PK in a blink-and-miss role as Anushka Sharma's sister. She returned with another Bollywood film, where she plays one of the main protagonists in the much spoken about, Lipstick Under My Burkha.
On 15 July 2017, she made a special appearance on The Kapil Sharma Show, alongside Prakash Jha and Ekta Kapoor.
Borthakur has received rave reviews for her performance as a Muslim girl, Rehana Abidi in Lipstick Under My Burkha.
Her webseries, What's Your Status released in July 2018. She was part of an episodic web series on Zee5 called Parchhayee, that released on 24 June 2019.
In June 2019, the trailer of Doosra shows her in a pivotal role.
In 2020, she was in the critically acclaimed web-series Breathe: Into the Shadows on Amazon Prime Video. Borthakur also starred in two feature films as Reena in Waah Zindagi and as Fauziya in Chhote Nawab.
In 2021, she starred as Ayesha in the web series Bombay Begums, directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, starring Pooja Bhatt, Amruta Subhash, Shahana Goswami and Aadhya Anand.
Music She is also an independent musician and part of a band called Manu and Chow. They have so far, released a couple of original songs and a Music video called "P".
Filmography
Films Year Film Role Note2014 PK Jaggu's sister 2017 Lipstick Under My Burkha Rehana Abidi 2021Ahaan Onella Netflix film Waah Zindagi Reena 2022Homecoming Nargis2024Chote Nawab Fauziya Protishruti Simran Assamese filmTBADoosra Tara Filming
Web series Year Series Role Platform 2015 Big F Anjali MTV India 2018 What's Your Status Aisha Sharma YouTube2019Fuh Se FantasyJyotsna (Jo) Voot2019Parchhayee Neelam Zee52020 Breathe : Into the Shadows Meghna Verma Amazon Prime Video2021 Bombay Begums Ayesha Agarwal Netflix2022Sutliyan Ramni ZEE5 2022Escaype LiveHinaDisney+ Hotstar2024Pyaar TestingAmrita
Awards and nominations YearFilmAwardCategoryResultRef.2018Lipstick Under My BurkhaStar Screen AwardsMost Promising Newcomer - Female
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