Puja Banerjee

Indian television actress (born 1987)

Arunoy Chakraborty

(m. 2004; div. 2013)

Kunal Verma

(m. 2020)

Children1

Puja Banerjee,^[1]^[2]^[3] (born 6 February 1987^[4]) also sometimes credited as Pooja Bose or simply Pooja, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Bengali films and Hindi television. She is well known for playing Vrinda in the show Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna, which aired on Star Plus. She participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (2014), Comedy Nights Bachao (2015) .^[5]

Career

After starting her television career with Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki (2008), Banerjee was seen in the romantic show Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna, in which she played the role of a simple Punjabi girl, Vrinda.^[6]

She made her debut in the Telugu film titled Veedu Theda.^[7] She has also acted in the film Macho Mustanaa, with Hiran Chatterjee (formerly called Macho Mustafaa), but the title was changed due to objections from Muslim clerics regarding the use of the word "Mustafaa".^[8] She won a role in Raja Chanda's film Challenge 2, starring Deepak Adhikari and Sujit Mondal's film Rocky, starring Mahaakshay Chakraborty. Another unconfirmed movie is Diwana Holo Mon, opposite Hiran Chatterjee.

Banerjee participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7, where she was credited as Puja Bose. Her choreographer was Rajit Dev, who is also the chief choreographer to Vaibhavi Merchant.

From 2015 to 2017, she appeared in Comedy Nights Bachao. Banerjee later joined the cast of Zee TV's Qubool Hai playing the role of Afreen.^[9] She also played Yasmine in Razia Sultan which aired on &TV. In 2016, she participated in Bigg Boss Bangla and Comedy Nights Live.^[10]

In 2017, she played Mehak in Dev which also starred Ashish Chaudhary and Sumona Chakravarti.^[11] She returned to the show in 2018 with season 2. In 2019, she participated in Kitchen Champion 5 and Khatra Khatra Khatra followed by playing Makdina in Vish.^[12] In 2020, she played Vaishno Devi in Jag Janani Maa Vaishno Devi - Kahani Mata Rani Ki.^[13]

In 2022 after a hiatus of two years Banerjee returned to acting with StarPlus's Anupamaa's prequel web series Anupama: Namaste America as Ritika.^[14]

Personal life

In 2020, she married her Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna co star Kunal Verma.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[15] Banerjee and Verma have one son.^[16]^[17]

Filmography

Films

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of Puja Banerjee film credits
Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2011	Veedu Theda	Meghna	Telugu
2012	Macho Mastanaa	Diya	Bengali
2012	Challenge 2	Pooja	Bengali
2013	Rajdhani Express	Sunita	Hindi
2013	Loveria	Sweety	Bengali
2013	Rocky	Nandini	Bengali
2013	Oh! Henry	Brishti	Bengali
2013	Proloy	Unnamed	Bengali	Special appearance
2013	Ramaiya Vastavaiya	Unnamed	Hindi	Cameo
2014	Teen Patti	Mohor	Bengali
2016	Great Grand Masti	Sapna Amar Saxena	Hindi
2018	Hoichoi Unlimited	Lola	Bengali

Television

List of Puja Banerjee television credits
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki	Radha
	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii	Vrinda Shehrawat	Guest
	Karam Apnaa Apnaa
	Sapna Babul Ka... Bidaai
2008–2010	Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna
2009	Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil		Guest
	Kasturi
	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
	Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat
	Kayamath
	Mitwa Phool Kamal Ke
2010	Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai
	Saath Nibhaana Saathiya	Herself
	Sarvggun Sampanna	Swara
2011	Balika Vadhu	Herself	Guest
2012	Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai	Herself	Guest
2013–2014	Devon Ke Dev - Mahadev	Goddess Parvati
2013	Comedy Nights with Kapil	Herself	Guest
2014	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7	Contestant	11th place
2015	Razia Sultan	Yasmine
2015–2017	Comedy Nights Bachao	Contestant
2015–2016	Qubool Hai	Afreen
2015	Darr Sabko Lagta Hai	Dr. Radhika
	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8	Herself	Guest
	Comedy Classes
2016	Bigg Boss 9
	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7
	Comedy Nights Live
	Bigg Boss Bangla 2
2017	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9
	Dev	Mehak Burman/Vaani Sahay
	Comedy Dangal	Contestant
2018	Prithvi Vallabh	Vikramjeet's wife
2019	Kitchen Champion 5	Herself	Guest
	Khatra Khatra Khatra	Herself	Guest
	Vish	Makdina
2020	Jag Janani Maa Vaishno Devi	Goddess Vaishno Devi
2022	The Kapil Sharma Show	Customer
2023	Dance Bangla Dance	Judge

Web series

List of Puja Banerjee web series credits
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019–2021	Paap	Parboni 'Paru'/ Rubina	Bengali Web Series on Hoichoi, Bengali OTT Platform
2022	Anupama: Namaste America	Ritika		^[14]
2024	Cabaret	Elina	Bengali Web Series on Addatimes, First Bengali OTT Platform

Music videos

List of Puja Banerjee music video credits
Year	Album	Song	Singer	Label
2016	Aap Se Mausiiquii	"Aap Se Mausiiquii"	Himesh Reshammiya	T-Series, HR Musik Limited

References

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^ ^a ^b "Kunal Verma: After our break-up I realised that Puja Banerje was the one for me". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Actress Puja Banerjee gets engaged to beau Kunal Verma; see pics". India Today. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ "Pooja Bose News". The Times of India. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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^ Pooja Banerjee has blind faith over Ekta Kapoor Archived 8 July 2012 at archive.today. One India. 6 November 2008
^ "Actor Nikhil tastes commercial success". The Times of India. 19 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013.
^ "Macho Mustafa' is now 'Macho Mastana'". The Times of India. 24 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013.
^ Maheshwri, Neha (6 October 2015). "Mahadev's Parvati turns daayan in 'Qubool Hai'". The Times Of India. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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^ "Puja Banerjee and Kunal Verma blessed with a baby boy". India Today. 10 October 2020. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ "Puja Banerjee's heartwarming note on embracing motherhood; recalls when she could not see her baby for three days post delivery". The Times of India. 14 October 2020. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.