Ishaa Saha is an Indian actress who mainly works in Bengali cinema.^[1] She started her career with Bengali television. She made her film debut in Bengali cinema in 2017 as a lead with Projapoti Biskut directed by Anindya Chatterjee.^[2][3] She acted in all the films directed by filmmaker Dhrubo Banerjee.

Early life and education

Saha was born in Kolkata. Saha passed Bachelor of Laws in 2015 from University of Calcutta and started her career as a television artist in 2016 with Star Jalsha's Jhanjh Lobongo Phool as Lobongo.^{[citation needed]}

Career

She made her film debut in 2017, with the family drama Projapoti Biskut directed by Anindya Chatterjee, which was critically and commercially successful.^[4] She received praise for her performance and received a 3rd Filmfare Awards East for Critics' Award for Best Actor (Female).^[5] In 2018, Saha played the role of Jhinuk,^[6] a girl next door, alongside Abir Chatterjee and Arjun Chakrabarty as female protagonist in the 'Guptodhon' franchise (Guptodhoner Sondhane (2018) and Durgeshgorer Guptodhon (2019)).^[7] Saha gained wider recognition for her performance in Sweater,^[8] the film also turned out to be a box office success.^[9] Both Sweater and Durgeshgorer Guptodhon are in the 'Top Rated Bengali Movies Of 2019' list.^[10] Next she starred in Dhrubo Banerjee's^[11] Golondaaj, opposite to Dev.^[12] In 2021 she acted in a number of films including Karnasubarner Guptodhon and Kacher Manush. Karnasubarner Guptodhon was a blockbuster at the box office and it went on to become one of the highest-grossing Bengali films of all time, grossing 9.2 crores. In 2022 she starred in the romantic dramas Mitthye Premer Gaan and Ghore Pherar Gaan.

Filmography

Television

Web series