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- Taranjit Kaur is an Indian actress, best known for her role in Raju (2011), a Student Oscar Academy Award winning short film. She has played a major role in the critically acclaimed film, Ankhon Dekhi (2013), directed by Rajat Kapoor, which was adjudged to be the second best film of 2014. She also played the role of a coal miner in a BAFTA nominated film, Mouth of Hell (2014), directed by Samir Mahanovic, and was also widely recognized in the cameo in Airlift (2016), directed by Raja Menon.
She has played diverse roles in her upcoming films including Murder On the Road to Kathmandu, directed by Rupalee Verma, and acted in Adrishya, a TV series on spies of India, as Durgadevi, one of the first women revolutionaries of India, and won huge appreciation for her wide-ranging expressions and intense performance. Taranjit Kaur is a trained theatre actor who has worked as a professional actor with Sahitya Academy Awardee director Neelam Mann Singh Chowdhary, and has performed in several National as well as International theatre Festivals. She has been part of many theatre productions as well as short films.
She now turns to become a producer and writer this year with her short film Loving Myself (2019), directed by Sreemoyee Bhattacharya.
Her other upcoming films in 2019 include Do Writers Ki Maut, Khel Khel Mein and One Secret Red.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Author - Taranjit Kaur is an Indian actress, best known for her role in Raju (2011), a Student Oscar Academy Award winning short film. She has played a major role in the critically acclaimed film, Ankhon Dekhi (2013), directed by Rajat Kapoor, which was adjudged to be the second best film of 2014. She also played the role of a coal miner in a BAFTA nominated film, Mouth of Hell (2014), directed by Samir Mahanovic, and was also widely recognized in the cameo in Airlift (2016), directed by Raja Menon. She has played diverse roles in her upcoming films including Murder On the Road to Kathmandu, directed by Rupalee Verma, and acted in Adrishya, a TV series on spies of India, as Durgadevi, one of the first women revolutionaries of India, and won huge appreciation for her wide-ranging expressions and intense performance. Taranjit Kaur is a trained theatre actor who has worked as a professional actor with Padma Shree, director Neelam Mann Singh Chowdhary, and has performed in several National as well as International theatre Festivals. She has been a part of many theatre productions as well as short films. She now turns to become a producer and writer this year with her short film Love Sex Soprano(2020), directed by Sreemoyee Bhattacharya. Her other upcoming films in 2019 include Kaffara, Kabeer, Do Writers Ki Maut(2018) and One Secret Red.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Taranjit Kaur
- Taranjit Kaur is an Indian actress, best known for her role in Raju (2011), a Student Oscar Academy Award winning short film. She has played a major role in the critically acclaimed film, Ankhon Dekhi (2013), directed by Rajat Kapoor, which was adjudged to be the second best film of 2014. She also played the role of a coal miner in a BAFTA nominated film, Mouth of Hell (2014), directed by Samir Mahanovic, and was also widely recognized in the cameo in Airlift (2016), directed by Raja Menon. She has played diverse roles in her upcoming films including Murder On the Road to Kathmandu, directed by Rupalee Verma, and acted in Adrishya, a TV series on spies of India, as Durgadevi, one of the first women revolutionaries of India, and won huge appreciation for her wide-ranging expressions and intense performance. Taranjit Kaur is a trained theatre actor who has worked as a professional actor with Sahitya Academy Awardee director Neelam Mann Singh Chowdhary, and has performed in several National as well as International theatre Festivals. She has been part of many theatre productions as well as short films. She now turns to become a producer and writer this year with her short film Love Sex Soprano (2020), directed by Sreemoyee Bhattacharya. Her other upcoming films in 2019 include Do Writers Ki Maut(2018) and One Secret Red.
She is also a renowned spoken word poet known for her poems on women issues. Her first poem 'I am Not a VIrgin' has more than 4 million views on YouTube. Her other poems like "Girls don't make a noise' and 'Happily ever after', address issues of physical and emotional abuse.
She is also the Co Founder of Pad Squad, an initiative working for the menstrual hygiene of women across the country.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Taranjit Kaur - Taranjit Kaur is an Indian actress, best known for her role in Raju (2011), a Student Oscar Academy Award winning short film. She has played a major role in the critically acclaimed film, Ankhon Dekhi (2013), directed by Rajat Kapoor, which was adjudged to be the second best film of 2014. She also played the role of a coal miner in a BAFTA nominated film, Mouth of Hell (2014), directed by Samir Mehanovic, and was also widely recognised in the cameo in Airlift (2016), directed by Raja Menon. She acted opposite Asif Basra in the film Saanjh directed by Ajay Saklani. She is a renowned spoken word poet known for her poems on women issues. Her first poem 'I am Not a VIrgin' has more than 5 million views across social media and YouTube. Her other poems like "Girls don't make a noise' and 'Happily ever after', address issues of physical and emotional abuse.
She began her journey in cinema with making documentary film titled Goga- A journey of Love.
She recently wrote and produced a short film Love Sex Soprano(2020) , directed by Sreemoyee Bhattacharya which talks about domestic violence and female sexuality.
She has played diverse roles in her upcoming films including Murder On the Road to Kathmandu, directed by Rupalee Verma, and acted in Adrishya a TV series on spies of India, as Durgadevi, one of the first women revolutionaries of India, and won huge appreciation for her wide-ranging expressions and intense performance.
Taranjit Kaur is a trained theatre actor who has worked as a professional actor with Sahitya Academy Awardee director Neelam Mann Singh Chowdhary, and has performed in several National as well as International theatre Festivals. She has been part of many theatre productions as well as short films. She now turns to become a producer and writer this year with her short film Love Sex Soprano (2020), directed by Sreemoyee Bhattacharya. Her other upcoming films in 2019 include Do Writers Ki Maut (2018) and One Secret Red. She is also the Co Founder of Pad Squad, an initiative working for the menstrual hygiene of women across the country.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Taranjit Kaur
- ParentsHarchandan SinghJagjit Kaur
- Taranjit was born in Lucknow and brought up in Chandigarh. She did her Masters in Clinical Psychology.
- My father always told me that we are all here on this planet for a mission. So I must fulfil my purpose of being here.
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