Nusrat Jahan


Nusrat Jahan Ruhi is an Indian film actress who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. She joined active politics in 2019 and contested from Basirhat as a Trinamool Congress candidate. Jahan's screen debut was in Raj Chakraborty's Shotru. She then appeared in the film Khoka 420, under the banner Eskay Movies. Her other notable movies include Khiladi, with Ankush Hazra, Sondhe Namar Agey, with Rahul Bose and Power, with Jeet under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. She is an elected Member of Parliament for Basirhat.

Personal life

Nusrat Jahan Ruhi was born in a Bengali Muslim family in Kolkata, West Bengal, India to Shah Jahan and Sushma Khatun on 8 January 1990. She completed her schooling from Our Lady Queen of the Missions School, Kolkata and then went to college in Bhawanipur College, Kolkata graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Nusrat Jahan had been in a relationship with businessman Nikhil Jain since 2018. They got married on 19 June 2019 in Turkey.

Acting career

She started her modelling career after winning the beauty contest Fair-one Miss Kolkata in 2010. She made her Tollywood debut in film Shotru with Jeet. After a year of hiatus, she starred in her second film Khoka 420, with Dev. Her next release of that year was Khiladi, opposite Ankush Hazra. After that, she appeared in two item songs, namely "Chicken Tandoori", from Action and "Desi Chhori" from Yoddha - The Warrior, both of which were instant hits and became chartbusters. She was then seen in Sondhe Namar Agey, with co-star Rahul Bose. In 2015, she featured in the comedy film Jamai 420, opposite Ankush Hazra and an ensemble cast including Payel Sarkar, Mimi Chakraborty, Soham Chakraborty and Hiran. She was also a part of the theme song of BCL for the team "Midnapoor Mighities" with Dev and Sayantika Banerjee. Her next and last film of 2015 was Har Har Byomkesh, released in December 2015. The movie was a huge box office success. In 2016, she appeared in director Rajib Biswas' film Power, with Jeet and Sayantika Banerjee. That same year, she starred in the comedy film Kelor Kirti, with Dev Adhikari, Jishu Sengupta, Ankush Hazra, Mimi Chakraborty, Koushani Mukherjee and Sayantika Banerjee. Later that year, she was seen in Love Express, opposite Deepak Adhikari and after that in Zulfiqar, directed by Srijit Mukherjee. Zulfiqar was among the top earning films of 2016. She ended the year 2016 with the comedy film Haripada Bandwala, with Ankush Hazra under the direction of Pathikrit Basu. In 2017, she was first seen in One, with Prosenjit Chatterjee and Yash Dasgupta, which was directed by Birsa Dasgupta. In May 2017, her next film Ami Je Ke Tomar was released. On 22 September 2017, her next movie Bolo Dugga Maiki was released. 2018, she acted in Uma as a guest, then she took place in Crisscross directed by Birsa Dasgupta & after that Rajiv Kumar Biswas selected her for the film Naqaab with Shakib Khan and Sayantika Banerjee. Next she danced in the song composed & featured by Jeet Gannguli, cricketer Sourav Ganguly, actress Subhashree Ganguly, Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan & actor Bonny Sengupta were shown in the screen. This was released on the behalf of Captain TMT Bar advertise.

Political career

On 12 March 2019, West Bengal Chief Minister and president of Trinamool Congress party Mamata Banerjee announced that Jahan would contest the upcoming general election of 2019 from Basirhat Lok Sabha Constituency. She emerged as the winner by a margin of votes against BJP candidate Sayantan Basu.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleDirector
2011ShotruPoojaRaj Chakraborty
2013Khoka 420MeghaRajiv Kumar Biswas
2013KhiladiPoojaAshok Pati
2014ActionHerselfSayantan Mukherjee
2014Raj Chakraborty
2014Sondhey Namar AgeRupsaRitabrata Bhattacharya
2015Jamai 420PriyankaRabi Kinnagi
2015Har Har ByomkeshShakuntalaArindam Sil
2016PowerShrutiRajiv Kumar Biswas
2016Kelor KirtiUrvashiRaja Chanda
2016Love ExpressNeelasha / NeelRajiv Kumar Biswas
2016ZulfiqarRani Talapatra Srijit Mukherji
2016Haripada BandwalaSweetyPathikrit Basu
2017OneMeghaBirsa Dasgupta
2017Ami Je Ke TomarEshaRavi Kinagi
2017Bolo Dugga MaikiUmaRaj Chakraborty
2018UmaHerselfSrijit Mukherji
2018CrisscrossMeherBirsa Dasgupta
2018NaqaabDishaRajiv Kumar Biswas
2020AsurAditiPavel
2020DictionaryTBABratya Basu
2020''Sos KolkataTBAAnshuman Pratyush