Mumtaz Sorcar is an Indian actress and model. She is the daughter of the magician PC Sorcar Junior and Joysri Sorcar. Mumtaz started her career with a music video for singer Mehreen from Bangladesh. She played in the 2010 Bengali film 033, directed by Birsa Dasgupta.[1]
Education and activities
Her schooling was from Modern High School for Girls, Kolkata.[2] She completed her BA.LLB from South Calcutta Law College under Calcutta University.[3]
Her hobby is playing sports and as an athlete, she was trained in boxing at a South Kolkata Club under the auspices of the Bengal Amateur Boxing Federation.[4] She also underwent training in judo[5] and is a YMCA gold medalist in shot put. Mumtaz is also a classical jazz dancer.
Career
Her debut film was 033, which was directed by Birsha Dasgupta.[6] She appeared in Shoumik Sen's No Poblem in the initial days of her film career.She signed many Tollywood films thereafter and [1][7][8][9] The film is currently in post-production and is set to be released in 2012.
2010
She got a role in the Bengali film Musalmanir Galpo (The Story of the Muslim Girl). She played a Hindu girl "Kamala", who was abducted by the notorious dacoit "Madhumallar" in the film and transforms into a courageous "Meherjaan" after being rescued and trained by the philanthropist Habir Khan.[10][11] The film is based on the last story Rabindranath Tagore wrote. Biplab Chatterjee was one of her co-stars.[12]
2011 saw her in the TelefilmsKolkatar Jongole and Rajbarir Rahasya, based on the famous adventure series Kakababu, by Sunil Gangopadhyay. Future releases are in slot in the corresponding series.[14] These Telefilms are produced by Mahua Films.
Her next film Kanchenjunga Express is of the suspense Thriller (genre). The story revolves around the character "Nandini", who works for a NGO and is married 3 times and dies under mysterious circumstances. The film is directed by Arnab Ghosh and was scheduled to be released mid June '12.[16]
2013
She has also appeared in the film Atmogopan, by Somnath Sen. Mumtaz plays the character "Anu", Subhash Chatterjee essays her father.[17]
2016
Mumtaz played the role of Payal Mukherjee appeared in the film Dark Chocolate.
Mumtaz had her Tamil debut in the movie, Irudhi Suttru where she played the role of Lakshmi(Luz), a young female boxer. Her co-star were R. Madhavan and Ritika Singh. She made her Bollywood debut in the same role for same movie in the Hindi version named Saala Khadoos.
2020
In the upcoming Tamil movie C/O Kaadhal, Mumtaz is playing the role of a Muslim girl Salima, where the film shows that love has no age and one can fall in love anytime if they meet the right person.[18] She also appeared on the TV series Charitraheen and web series thriller Shobdo Jobdo streaming on Hoichoi.
^Feluda, After; Bakshi, Bomkesh (12 August 2010). "sleuth cum adventurer". The Daily Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
^Nag, Kushali (17 April 2012). "Mumtaz gets sporty". The Daily Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
