Best Actresses of Tollywood in 2016

Year 2016 is over now and it is the time to look back and see how our beloved actresses of Bengali cinema performed throughout the year. 

Best actresses of 2016

1 . Swastika Mukherjee

Swastika Muherjee is a brave actress who has never hesitated to do a bold character. In 2016

we saw her in the movie #SahebBibiGolaam where she played a strong woman character who likes to live her life on her own terms. She played an obedient housewife and mother who is courageous enough to go outside to her social boundaries to satisfy her physical desires. It is one bold character which many actresses would have hesitated to do but Swastika did it with ease. She was equally good in both the sides of her character, as the housewife as well as the escort. The movie was a big hit and her bold avatar was appreciated by each and everyone. Towards the end of the year we saw her playing yet another difficult character with perfection in the movie #KiritiRoy. Here she played an alcoholic, aged old woman. It is not an easy task to play a character older than your real age but the way Swastika gave life to the old woman on screen, it was outstanding.

2. Rituparna Sengupta

Rituparna  Sengupta is an actress who keep doing a lot of work and this year too she

appeared in many movies but the one which was most memorable that was #Praktan. The moment the movie was announced it was the talk of the town because after long 14 years Rituparna Sengupta acted opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee and one must say her chemistry was so good with her co-actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, even after such a long gap. In this movie, she played two different phases of the same character; one as a young working woman dealing with problems in her newly married life and another one as a more mature woman who accidentally meets her ex-husband and her family on a train journey. In both the parts she was impressive and convincing.

 3. Paoli Dam

Paoli Dam appeared in few movies this year but her two best performances were in #Khwato and #Zulfiqar. In #Khwato she played a complex character of woman who is torn between her responsibilities as a housewife and her love for outside marriage. She was outstanding in this character. She did a lot of bold scenes too without making it looking vulgar. We appreciate her for choosing such a brave character. In #Zulfiqar she was in an extended cameo but in those few minutes of screen time she was absolutely brilliant. Her portrayal of a schizophrenic patient was amazing. Apart from movies this year she made her TV fiction debut with the TV serial #Mahanayak where she played a character loosely based on Mahanayika "Suchitra Sen" and she got much accolades for that.

4. Nusrat

Nusrat is yet to qualify as a talented actress but in 2016 she was in the best phase of her career so far. She was very much there in news for her professional career. She had five releases this year. In movies like #Power, #LoveExpress and #HaripadaBandwala she had nothing much to do apart from looking glamorous and shaking leg in foreign location with her hero. But with the other two movies she left impression. In #KelorKirti she played a seductress and she looked ravishing in that role. Also her comic timing was bang on. We loved her grooving in item song #ItemBomb. In #Zulfiqar she again played a temptress. She looked gorgeous and acted well enough to make her presence felt in the crowd of talented actors around her.

5. Mimi Chakraborty

Mimi had three releases in 2016, #KiKoreTokeBolbo , #KelorKirti and #Gangster. None of the movies was that big hit but she had significant roles in all these three movies and she did a good job as a performer in those movies. She also had good chemistry with all her co-actors. Among the three we love her most in her comic act in #KelorKirti.

Apart from these Tollywood actresses, there are few other actresses who were very much impressive in the following movies.

Aparajita Adhya (Praktan)

She hardly gets any bigger role in movies and most of the time she is busy doing TV, but in 2016 she gave a memorable performance in a supporting role in #Praktan. Though it was a Prosenjit – Rituparna film but the movie is incomplete without Aparajita Adhya’s comic performance.

Kusum Sikder (Shankhachil)

This Bangladeshi actress impressed us very much in the movies #Shankhachil. She gave a wonderful performance as a mother struggling with her daughter’s health issues.

Joya Ahsaan (Eagler Chokh)

This talented lady from Bangladesh was superb in the thriller #EaglerChokh. She was just outstanding with her body language and dialogue delivery as a bed ridden patient in Hospital

Raima Sen (Bastushaap)

Raima Sen gave one of her best performance of her acting career in the movie #Bastushaap. She gave a mature performance as a housewife who is holding a secret from her past.

Churni Ganguly (Bastushaap)

In #Bastushaap , Churni Ganguly once again proved her calibre as an actress. She played a dominant woman who is going through mental disturbance after a tragic incident happened in her personal life.

Gargee Roychowdury  (Hemanta)

#Hemanta was an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” and Gargee got to play one of the toughest characters. It was a challenging role of a woman who is undecided between her duties as a wife and as a mother and Gargee portrayed that emotional journey of her character wonderfully.

Payel Sarkar (Hemanta)

Though she was more in news for her only successful film in a long time that was #EaglerChokh but in #Hemanta she got a significant supporting role and she was very natural with her acting. She was very much effective with her expression, in the emotional scenes.

Riya Banik (Eagler Chokh)

This young lady made a confident debut with the thriller #EaglerChokh. She had a wonderful role of a young girl who is hiding many secrets and she did a commendable job in this role. Though she is quite young to be a leading lady but we hope she will get good roles in her career in future.