Indrani Chakraborty, familiarly known by her professional name ‘Mishti’ is an Indian actress who got recognition for her performance in Kaanchi: The Unbreakable (2014), Chinnadana Nee Kosam (2014), Adam Joan (2017), Brihaspathi (2018). She was also the face behind the renowned Vicco Turmeric Ayurvedic skin cream commercial.
Wiki/Biography
Mishti Chakraborty during a photoshoot
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 5″
Weight (approx.): 52kg
Hair Colour: Natural brown
Eye Colour: Light gray
Body Measurements (approx.): 32-26-28
Mishti Chakraborty posing
Family
Parents & Siblings
Mishti Chakraborty belongs to a simple Bengali family where her mother, Beena Chakraborty, is a housewife and her father is a construction businessman. Mishti’s parents have parted ways and she lives with her mother.
Mishti Chakraborty with her father
Mishti Chakraborty with her mother, Beena Chakraborty
Relationships/Affairs
Mishti Chakraborty is not dating anyone but claims to have a liking towards a close friend. She admits to have not confessed her feelings yet.
Career
Film
Mishti Chakraborty commenced her film career with her debut movie, ‘Kaanchi: The Unbreakable’ (2014) directed by famous Bollywood director Subhash Ghai, starring renowned actors like Kartik Aaryan , Rishi Kapoor , and Mithun Chakraborty . Subhash Ghai, the director of this movie, often renames his heroines, a name starting with the letter ‘M’ as it represents a mother. Lo and behold, Subhash Ghai gave the then ‘Indrani Chakraborty’ a new name, ‘Mishti’ and she used no other name in any of her movies.
Mishti Chakraborty with Kartik Aaryan in Kaanchi
Mishti Chakraborty with Subhash Ghai on the sets of Kaanchi
Mishti Chakraborty was also in the limelight for her superhit Telegu debut movie, ‘Chinnadana Nee Kosam’ (2014), directed by A. Karunakaran featuring Nithin Kumar Reddy. Even though with moderate success and mixed reviews, Mishti was unstoppable.
Mishti Chakraborty in her first Telegu film
Mishti also made her Malayalam movie debut with ‘Adam Joan’ (2017) directed by Jinu V. Abraham, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran. This movie was a major success in the Malayalam film industry and gave a lot of recognition to Mishti Chakraborty.
Mishti Chakraborty in Adam Joan
Mishti was also an integral part of the Bollywood film, ‘Great Grand Masti’ (2016), the third release of the ‘Masti’ movie series, directed by Indra Kumar. The film was a major box office hit and made very high figures in the worldwide collection.
Mishti Chakraborty in her film ‘Great Grand Masti’
Mishti Chakraborty was also featured in the famous Bollywood release, ‘Begum Jaan’ (2017), alongside Vidya Balan , Naseeruddin Shah and so many more, directed by the award-winning director, Srijit Mukherji. The film didn’t do great at the theaters and was declared ‘average’.
Mishti Chakraborty in her movie ‘Begum Jaan’
Mishti Chakraborty was featured in the highest-earning women-centric movie, ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’ (2019) directed by Krish Jagarlamudi and Kangana Ranaut . The entirely female-led movie was much appreciated by the public and did fairly well at the box office.
Mishti Chakraborty (middle) in ‘Manikarnika’
TV Commercial
She once appeared in a TV commercial for Vicco Turmeric Ayurvedic skin cream.
Controversies
After the release of ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’ in 2019, Kangana Ranaut and Mishti Chakraborty got into a heated war of words over Mishti’s role in the movie. Mishti claimed that her role in the movie was shortened by Kangana, who was also the director and the lead actor in the movie. After these numerous allegations, Kangana Ranaut was quoted saying,
“If someone hasn’t acted well, is it my fault?”
Mishti Chakraborty in a heated argument with Kangana Ranaut
Facts/Trivia
- Mishti’s name is also spelt as ‘Mishhti Chakravarty’.
- Mishti loves spending time with animals.
- Mishti’s first designer wear was Neeta Lulla.
- Before her debut movie, she acted in a documentary made on Rabindranath Tagore, but it was never released.
- Mishti gave tuition to children when she was in school.
- While shooting for her debut movie, Mishti had to cycle in the mountains for a scene where she fell. She still has scars on her knees.
- Mishti was jobless for 2 years when the pandemic happened.
- Mishti studied Hindi and all four southern languages when she was young.
- Mishti was also called the ‘Vicco girl’ as she was once the brand ambassador for Vicco Turmeric.
