Debjani Modak

Debjani Modak (pronounced [d-ai-b j-aa-n-ee mo-dak]) (born 20 March 1996) is an Indian film & television actress who predominately works in Tollywood as well as Tamil, Telugu & appeared in Kannada television show(Dubbed version). She is known for playing Rasaathi in Rasaathi[3] and Dr. Pandithaaradhyula Vedashwini in Ennenno Janmala Bandham.

Debjani Modak
Born (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996
Kolkata, West Bengal, India[1]
Other namesKinni Modak
OccupationActress Films & Television
Years active2013–present
Notable work
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]

Early life

Debjani Modak was born into a Bengali family. Her father is a Businessman while her mother is a homemaker. Until class V, She did her schooling at St.Johns Diocesan Girls Higher Secondary School, Kolkata and then she studied in a boarding school St Anthony's School (Girls)), Kurseong near Darjeeling and later completed her XII'th standard(commerce stream) at B.D.M International in Kolkata West Bengal. She couldn't continue her studies further as she stepped into acting career at a very young age, hence, she had done her BA English Hon’s correspondence.[4][5]

Early career

With her Parents approval, Debjani Initially started shooting for a Bengali TV serial, but unfortunately the project got shelved and later on one of the assistant directors who worked for this serial referred her to the film Director Rajib Chatterjee, who was looking out for someone with the girl-next-door charm and after auditioning several aspirants, They liked Kinni to be perfect for the role and thats how her actual debut began with a film KnockOut (2013),[6]

She worked in Two other Bengali films before stepping in to Bengali TV serials.[7]

Television career

In the year 2015, She made her Television debut with Bengali Serial Aponjon[8] on Colors Bangla, she played the role of Antara. This show was produced by Surinder Films and directed by Manish Ghosh.

she also acted in few other Television serials like Phoolmoni(Zee Bangla) as Madhabi Debroy, Bhakter Bhogobaan Shri Krishna (Star Jalsa) as Draupadi,Om Namah Shivay (Star Jalsa) as Devi Saraswati, Kunjochaya (Star Jalsa) as Sejhoti, Mahalaya(Zee Bangla) as Devi Annapurna and Mahalaya (Star Jalsha) as Devi Dakshayani Sati.


In Year 2020, Sun TV has invited her to be part of a Tamil project and thats how She made her Tamil Television debut with Serial Rasaathi. She replaced in the role of Rasaathi which was earlier played by Pavani Reddy and one after the other the work followed.

In the same year, she acted in the serial Vanathai Pola playing a crucial role as Sandhiya in the drama. She was paired opposite Thaman Kumar and Later Shreekumar Ganesh when the former announced his exit for the reasons unknown.

In 2021, Debjani announced her Telugu debut with serial Ennenno Janmala Bandham which airs on Star Maa.

In April 2023, Debjani Modak Quits Vanathai Pola.[9]

In the media

She has been featured on the front page of Calcutta Times and several Print Media ads.[10]

In July 2023, She has been listed in Top 10 Best Star Maa TV Telugu Serial Actress by a web page Filmy Focus.[11][12]

She has been credited for the highest rating for one of the Star Maa game show since its launch "Aadivaram with Star Maa Parivaram" which she attended and aired in the month of July 2023 making It the 2nd Best Non Fiction Of Telugu Entertainment according to Week 27 BARC Data.[13][14]

Modak's mother tongue is Bengali and she is fluent in Hindi and English.[4][5]

Films
Year Title Role Language Co-Star Director Produced by Notes Ref.
2013 Knockout Ruhi Sen Bengali Shoaib Khan(Dr turned model turned Actor), Rajesh Sharma, Aanjjan SrivastavRajib ChatterjeeJ&R Motion Pictures Private Limited Heroine
2014 Gangstar King Duniya Shoaib Khan(Dr turned model turned Actor), Kharaj Mukherjee, Bodhisattwa MajumdarDebabrata BarmanArham Productions
2016 Clapstick(ক্লাপস্টিক) Alo Pratik Sen(3-time state Boxing Champion), Soumitra Chatterjee(Deceased), Kharaj Mukherjee, Bodhisattwa Majumdar, Dipankar De, Raja ChatterjeeBiswanath ChakrabortySubhas Samaddar(Samaddar Films)

Television
Key
† Coming Soon
Year Title Role Director Produced By Language Channel Notes Co-Stars Ref.
2015 Aponjon Antara(a girl who got switched from her parents at birth, raised as richest but know the truth later.how she deals with the trauma is rest of the story) Manish Ghosh Surinder Films Bengali Colors Bangla Protagonist Rajdeep Gupta(DJ turned Actor), Nabanita Malakar, Bharat Kaul, Biswajit Ghosh, Sohini Sanyal, Dwaipayan Das. [15][16][17]
2016 Phoolmoni Madhabi Debroy(A wife who is desperate to become a mother, even after six years of marital bliss, later adopts a girl-child. the unconditional bonding between them is the crux of the story) Manojit Majumdar Shibaji Panja Production House(Vandana Films and Entertainment production) Zee Bangla Lead Subhranshi(Child Artiste), Siddhartha Banerjee, Bharat Kaul,Samrat Mukherji,Biswajit Chakraborty,Mirza Ismat Farhad. [18][19][20][21]
Mahalaya/Matrirupeno - Celebrating the mother in the form of 'Adishakti', the root of our very being. Devi Annapurna(Mythological) Music Curated by Dr. Upali Chattopadhyay Zee Entertainment Enterprises(Essel Group) Recurring Indrani Halder, Sweta Bhattacharya, Rupsha Mukhopadhyay, Nabanita Das, Prapti Chatterjee, Ankita. [22]
2017 Bhakter Bhogobaan Shri Krishna Queen Draupadi(Mythological) The Empress from Mahabharatha. Amit Das, 
Anup Chakraborty
 Surinder Films Star Jalsha Titular Role Gourab Mandal, Rupsha Mukhopadhyay, Abhishek Bose, Sabyasachi Chowdhury, Swarnadipto Ghosh, Sayan Karmakar, Sourav Ghosh,Ashmita Saha, Dolon Roy. [23] [24]
2018 Om Namah Shivay Devi Saraswati(Mythological) Soumik Chatterjee(Under the guidance of Mythology expert Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri) Recurring Gourab Mandal, Neha Amandeep, Sriparna Roy, Rupsha Mukhopadhyay, Ashmita Saha, Sambhabhi Mukherjee(Child Artiste),Sabyasachi Chowdhury, Swarnadipto Ghosh.
Kundo Phooler Mala Kinni in & as (a young woman who regresses to childhood as a result of retrograde amnesia after suffering a head injury) Saibal Banerjee Magic Moments Motion Pictures(Leena Gangopadhyay) Indrajeet Chakraborty, Rukma Roy, Bharat Kaul, Sohini Sanyal, Dwaipayan Das.
2019 Kunjochaya Sejhoti (Slightly Anti-Protagonist Role) Pijush Ghosh Susanta Das, Bright Advertising Pvt. Ltd.(Tent Family Dassani Team) Titular Role Pallavi Dey(Deceased), Somraj Maity, Shankar Chakraborty, Mirza Ismat Farhad, Manosi Sengupta, Arpita Modal, Aritram Adityaa Mukherjee, Sree Basu. [25][26]
Mahalaya/Agomoni Mahishashurmardini- The story of how Maa Durga defeats the asuras and the triumph of good over evil. Devi Dakshayani Sati and Yadevi(Mythological) Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, Curated by music director Debajyoti Mishra, Birendra Krishna Bhadia's Chandipath recitation Fisheye Productions Recurring Jeetu Kamal , Madhumita Chakraborty, Indrani Halder, Rooqma Ray, Shyamoupti Mudly, Sudipta, Pratyusha and Sohini [27]
Thakurmar Jhuli (Rupavati Rajkanya Ananyarupa, The Princess of Mukulgarh) (Fantasy-Fiction)

(Can prince Vijayakumar save Ananyarupa, the princess of Mukulgarh, from the hands of the terrible demon Krantika?#ThakumarJhuli This year's story is Rupavati Rajkanya, Sat & Sun, 9:30 pm)

 Simanta Banerjee, Kuntal Ghosh, Tanima Pal & Madhuja Banerjee Subrata Roy Production House(Max Entertainment) Sohini Sengupta, Biswarup Bandyopadhyay, Anindya Chatterjee, Payel Roy, Chandreyee Ghosh [28]
2020 Rasaathi Rasaathi(a girl who is in quest of her father’s death mystery, it’s all about the bond between her and consanguineous relative Pandian & his family) Vijay's Vettaikaran film director B.Babusivan(Deceased), 
A. Jawahar
 A.Anburaja (Sun Entertainment, A R Film World) Tamil Sun TV Lead Role ( From Episode 100-till end) Devayani, Sri Bala Aditya Yanamandra, Vichithra, Ramesh Pandit, Manoj Kumar, Nithya Ravindran, Keerthi Jai Dhanush, Subalakshmi Rangan, Mahesh Subramaniam, Rohit Balaiah, selvampulikutty. [29][30]

[31]

2020-2023 Vanathai Pola Sandhiya: Deputy Collector( Madam Tahsildar), Chinarasu Love interest. A. Ramachandran, 
R.K
Uday Shankar(Sun Entertainment Aura Creations) Titular Role Thaman Kumar, Shwetha Khelge, Shreekumar Ganesh, Maanya Anand, Ashwanth Thilak, Ashwin Karthi, Preethi Kumar, Manoj Kumar, selvampulikutty, Chandini Prakash.
2021-2023 Ennenno Janmala Bandham Dr. Pandithaaradhyula Vedashwini Suresh Palakurthi, kumar Pantham, Lakshmi Dinesh Painuru, Bala Sattaru Eventel( Kodali Swathi) Telugu Star Maa Lead Role Niranjan BS, Nainika(Child Artiste), Sumitra Pampana ,Tirupathi Dorai, Jeedigunta Sridhar, Bangalore Padma
Anuraga Aralitu (Dubbed version of Ennenno Janmala Bandham) Kannada Star Suvarna
2023 Bangaru Chellelu (Dubbed version of Vanathai Pola) Sandhiya: Deputy Collector( Madam Tahsildar), Chinarayudu Love interest. A. Ramachandran, 
R.K
Uday Shankar(Sun Entertainment Aura Creations) Telugu Gemini TV Titular Role Thaman Kumar, Shwetha Khelge, Shreekumar Ganesh, Maanya Anand, Ashwanth Thilak, Ashwin Karthi, Preethi Kumar, Manoj Kumar, selvampulikutty, Chandiniprakash.
2023 'Sathyabhama' † Satya TBA OM Entertainments(Nirupam Paritala & Krishna Kanth Jonnalagadda) Telugu Star Maa Lead Niranjan BS, Keerthi Jai Dhanush . [32][33]

Special appearances
Key
† Coming Soon
Year Title Role Channel Language Ref.
2015 Srimati Champion Game Show Saraswati Pujo Special Episode Herself as Antara; Aponjon Team (Debjani Modak as Antu(Runner up), Nabanita Malakar as Suili(Runner up) & Jayashree Mukherjee as Ratna(Takes the Winner's Trophy) Colors Bangla Bengali
2016 Abbulish Family Game Show Herself as Antara; Aponjon Team (Debjani Modak as Antu(Runner up), Kushal(Runner up) & Rajdeep Gupta as Sam(Takes the Winner's Trophy) [34]
Home Minister Bouma Game Show - Phoolmoni Vs amar Durga Tele serial Winning Team: Herself as Madhabi Debroy, Phoolmoni Team Zee Bangla [35][36]
2019 Rowdy Baby Reality Game show Herself as Sandhiya, VanathaiPola Team Sun TV Tamil
2021 Thangachikku Kalyanam Special Show
2022 Rowdy Baby Reality Game show
Star Maa Pariwar League - Ennenojanmalabandham serial vs Guppedanta Manasu serial Herself as Vedashwini, Ennenno Janmala Bandham Team, (Dance Performance). Star Maa Telugu
Holi Special Show With Star Maa Celebrities Taggedhey Ley Event
Maathi Yosi Game show - Singles vs Committed Winning Team: Herself, Super Family Round Task winner; (Team Singles) Sun TV Tamil
Ugadi special aagattununtava ee gattukosthava Herself as Vedashwini, Ennenno Janmala Bandham Team, (Dance Performance). Star Maa Telugu
Sun Kudumbam Virudhugal Awards Show Herself (Dance Performance) Sun TV Tamil
Bigg Boss Intilo MAA Parivaar Reality Show Star Maa Telugu [37]
Aadivaaram with Star Maa Parivaaram - Ennenojanmalabandham serial vs Kumkumapuvvu serial Winning Team: Herself as Vedashwini, Ennenno Janmala Bandham Team, (Dance Performance)
Couples Special Dance Performance-Star Maa Parivaar Awards Herself as Vedashwini, Ennenno Janmala Bandham Team, (Dance Performance)
2023 Aadivaaram with Star Maa Parivaaram Star Wars - Single Kings vs Single Queens Winning Team: Herself, Parivaram Bank Task Winner(Team Single Queens)
Maa Varalakshmi Vratam - Kumarilu(Singles) vs Srimathulu(Married) Herself( Team Singles/Kumarilu)
Aadivaaram with Star Maa Parivaaram - Palleturu Pandem kollu vs Patnam potugallu Herself(Team Patnam potugallu), (Dance Performance)
Aadivaaram with Star Maa Parivaaram - Kiraak Heroes Vs Khatarnak Heroines Winning Team: Herself, Parivaram Bank Task Winner(Team Khatarnak Heroines) [38]

Advertisements
Year Title Role Language Agency Duration Ref.
2022 Dairy Milk Family Pack Herself as Vedashwini EJB Telugu Star Maa 40 Seconds
2023 Jodii Telugu Matrimony App Herself Telugu Ice Media Ad Films 40 Seconds [39]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Show Result
2022 Star Maa Best Wife (Category) Enneno Janmala Bandam[40] Won

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