1. Jaya Ahsan won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress six times for her performances in the films Guerrilla, Chorabali, Zero Degree, Debi, Alatchakra, and Beauty Circus.
33 Facts About Jaya Ahsan
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Jaya Ahsan earned four Filmfare Awards East, Zee Cine Awards, and Meril-Prothom Alo Awards.
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Jaya Ahsan first appeared on television when she performed in the teledrama Panchami.
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Jaya Ahsan modeled for a calendar which caught the eye of Afzal Hossain, who later offered her work on a promotional advertisement for the soft drink Coca-Cola.
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Jaya Ahsan joined the newspaper Bhorer Kagoj, a national daily.
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Jaya Ahsan practices crafting and painting, which she demonstrated in art house productions like Enechhi Shurjer Hashi.
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Jaya Ahsan debuted her acting career on television through the drama Panchomi, written by Shahidul Haque Khan.
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Jaya Ahsan established her reputation as an actress with roles as Monika in Labonyo Probha, Pushpo in Toukir Ahmed and Bipasha Hayat's teleplay Shonkhobash, and in Hatkura.
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Jaya Ahsan found Hatkura, set on the edge of a village in Rangpur District, a challenge.
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Jaya Ahsan debuted her film career as a guest artiste in the film Bachelor, directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.
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Jaya Ahsan's second film, Chorabali, was an action thriller directed by Redoan Rony.
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Jaya Ahsan portrayed Noboni Afroz, a journalist, and won her second National Film Award for Best Actress Award.
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In 2013, Jaya Ahsan acted in an Indian Bangla film titled Aborto, directed by Arindam Sil.
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Jaya Ahsan was nominated for the Filmfare Awards East for Best Debut Performance Female for her role in the film.
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Jaya Ahsan received an official invitation to attend the 66th Cannes Film Festival.
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Jaya Ahsan won a National Film Award for best actress for her performance in the film.
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Jaya Ahsan's much anticipated Rajkahini starring alongside Rituparna Sengupta, Abir Chatterjee, Parno Mittra, Sohini Sarkar, Rajatava Dutta and many others was released on 16 October 2015.
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In 2017, Jaya Ahsan acted in Bishorjan alongside Abir Chatterjee and Kaushik Ganguly directed by Kaushik Ganguly himself, for which she received awards including Filmfare Awards, Zee Cine Awards and BFJA Awards for her performance portraying the character of Padma.
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In 2018, Jaya Ahsan performed in a courtroom drama Ek Je Chhilo Raja based on the historic Bhawal case directed by Srijit Mukjerji in a star cast including Jisshu Sengupta, Aparna Sen, Anjan Dutt, Rudranil Ghosh and others.
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Jaya Ahsan was seen in Crisscross alongside Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan, directed by Birsa Dasgupta.
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Jaya Ahsan received her fourth National Film Award for Best Actress and her seventh Meril Prothom Alo Award for Best Film Actress for her performance in this film.
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Jaya Ahsan received the 'Dashobhuja Bangali 2019' award from the St Xavier's College Calcutta Alumni Association.
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Jaya Ahsan again worked with Atanu Ghosh next film titled Robibar starring with Prosenjit Chatterjee for the first time.
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Jaya Ahsan has finished Soukarya Ghosal's fantasy horror Bhootpori and is shooting for Kaushik Ganguly's next titled Ardhangini starring alongside Churni Ganguly.
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Jaya Ahsan wrapped up filming Alatchakra, the first 3D Bengali movie directed by Habibur Rahman based on the novel by Ahmed Sofa.
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Jaya Ahsan recently worked with Piplu Khan on his first feature film Jaya Aar Sharmin based on the current pandemic.
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In December 2023, Jaya Ahsan made her Bollywood debut in Kadak Singh, a thriller film by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury released on Zee5.
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Jaya Ahsan is a singer and took diploma courses in Indian classical music and Rabindra Sangeet.
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Jaya Ahsan did playback in few films, such as "Tomer Khola Hawa" in Dubshatar and "Jongoler Daak" in Mesidona.
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Jaya Ahsan is a craftswoman and a visual-artist, which she demonstrated in art-house movie productions like Enechhi Shurjer Hashi.
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Jaya Ahsan was chosen as a brand ambassador for USAID to help women and children.
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In 2019, Jaya Ahsan was chosen as the brand ambassador of Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup.
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Jaya Ahsan married Faisal, a television model, on 14 May 1998.