Miriam Sushila

Miriam

Mandira Pillai

Lajwanti

Monali

Chitra Parathasarthy

Nahid

Sunita Rao

Manorama

Sanghmitra Hitaishi is an Indian born Film and Stage actress based in Mumbai, India. She works in both India and Europe. She was selected in the year 2015 as the first female Actress from India to be part of the Berlinale Talents Lab since its inception. Her first feature film Lajwanti (The Honor Keeper) world premiered at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. In her upcoming Spanish feature film El Desentierro she plays a Pakistani girl Nahid, alongside stars like Leonardo Sbaraglia, Jan Cornet and Michel Noher. Her other feature films include Feast in Varanasi, BA Pass 2, etc. She has also acted in several short films, her short film Chidiya Udh (Bird Fly), was India's official entry to Clermont Ferrand Film Festival and also won 2 national awards that year, another Short film that she acted in was in the Official Selection in Raindance Film Festival in 2017. She has also done several Television commercials for brands such as Amazon, Pantene, KFC etc. She has also been part of the famous narrative digital campaign for Don't drink and drive called 'My husband made me a prostitute', that went viral in 2014 and garnered 1.5 million hits in less than 5 days and received great media attention. She is also co-writing a Spanish feature film which goes into production December 2019.

Sanghmitra was born in the rural heartland of India, Uttar Pradesh in a conservative political family. As a young child she was sent by her mother to the world renowned fine art institution Kalakshetra Foundation, a part of the Krishnamurti Theosophical society to study the Indian classical dance. Having been on stage from a young age, and molded by the Krishnamurti ideology, her artistic journey began quite early in life and leading her way to Mumbai to pursue acting and now to International arenas.

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Before They Were Famous: Actors' Early Roles

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Votes
1	Dahaad	5.00	2023	•	7.6	15411
2	Out of Love	3.25	2019	•	6.9	1552
3	Lajwanti	3.25	2014	•	6.6	39
4	Khalbali Records	2.50	2024	•	7.0	7080
5	Bombay Begums	2.38	2021	•	5.1	5162
6	The Uncovering	2.38	2018	•	5.3	302
7	Feast of Varanasi	2.38	2016	•	5.8	43
8	B.A. Pass 2	1.63	2017	•	2.2	629

Sanghmitra Hitaishi

Actress

Credit Score: Sanghmitra Hitaishi