Mumtaz Sorcar

Mumtaz Sorcar (born 15 September)^[1][2] is an Indian actress who works primarily in the Bengali cinema. She is the daughter of the magician PC Sorcar Junior and Joysri Sorcar. Her first major role was in the 2010 film 033.^[3] In addition to Bengali cinema industry, she has also starred in various roles in Bollywood and Tamil cinema.

Her schooling was from Modern High School for Girls, Kolkata.^[4] She completed her LLB from South Calcutta Law College under Calcutta University.^[5] 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.^[6] She also underwent training in judo^[7] and is a YMCA gold medalist in shot put. Mumtaz is also a classical jazz dancer.

Her debut film was 033, which was directed by Birsha Dasgupta.^[8] She appeared in Shoumik Sen's No Problem in the initial days of her film career. She appeared in multiple Bengali films thereafter.^[9][10][11]

She played a pivotal role in the Bengali film Musalmanir Galpo. She played a Hindu girl "Kamala", who was abducted by a notorious dacoit "Madhumallar" and she later transformed into a courageous "Meherjaan" after being rescued and trained by philanthropist Habir Khan.^[12][13] The film is based on the last story written by Rabindranath Tagore wrote.^[14] Sorcar's next film was 033. It is about a group of youngsters who form a music band and name it after the city's STD code (033).^[15]

In 2011, she acted in the telefilms Kolkatar Jongole and Rajbarir Rahasya, which are based on the Kakababu series, written by Sunil Gangopadhyay.^[16] Bhooter Bhabishyat (2012) was a box office success.^[17] Her next film Kanchenjunga Express is about a character "Nandini", who works for a NGO and is married 3 times and dies under mysterious circumstances.^[18] She also appeared in the film Atmogopan directed by Somnath Sen.^[19]

Sorcar played the role of Payal Mukherjee in the film Dark Chocolate. She made her Tamil debut with Irudhi Suttru, where she played the role of Lakshmi (Luz), a young female boxer. She made her Bollywood debut in the same role for the Hindi dub of Irudhi Suttru titled Saala Khadoos.

In the Tamil movie C/O Kaadhal, Sorcar played 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.^[20] She also appeared on the TV series Charitraheen and web series Shobdo Jobdo streaming on Hoichoi.

• P. C. Sorcar
• Maneka Sorcar
• Moubani Sorcar

• Mumtaz Sorcar at IMDb
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