Paoli Dam

Acting

Paoli Dam

Born 1980-10-04 · Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Paoli Dam (born 4 October 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial Jibon Niye Khela (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as Tithir Atithi and Sonar Harin; the former ran for six years on ETV Bangla. Dam spent her childhood in Kolkata, earning a postgraduate degree in chemistry from Rajabazar Science College. Initially, she wanted to become a chemical researcher or a pilot. Her debut Bengali film—Teen Yaari Katha, directed by Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha—began in 2004, but was not released until 2012. Dam's first film release was Agnipariksha, directed by Ravi Kinagi. Between 2006 and 2009, she appeared in five Bengali films, coming into prominence with the 2009 Kaalbela, directed by Goutam Ghose. In 2011, she received international recognition for her role in the Bengali film Chatrak. The film was screened at the Cannes film festival and also at film festivals in Toronto and the U.K. In 2012, Dam made her Bollywood debut in Hate Story and also appeared in Vikram Bhatt's Ankur Arora Murder Case, directed by Sohail Tatari. She won the Viewers' Choice Award for Best Actress for her performance in Natoker Moto at the Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival in 2016.

Acting credits

Aroni Tokhon poster
7.0

Aroni Takhon is a love story set against the time period between the two horrific events, the demolition of the Babri Masjid on 6th December, 1992 and the Godhra train burn on 28th February, 2002. The film showcases the effects of such macro events and how everyone knowingly or unknowingly are affected by it.

Aroni Tokhon

2017

Bibi Payra poster
NR

When two overlooked women hit their breaking point, they take bold, reckless steps to change their lives. With limited power and unexpected allies, they dive into a chaotic plan that quickly turns into a comedy of errors.

Bibi Payra

2026

Hukumat Ki Aandhi poster
2.5

Local Bhojpuri politicians fight each other and unleash terror on villages in order to grab land from poor farmers after Pramod, a righteous young leader, dies.

Hukumat Ki Aandhi

2017

Bulbbul poster
6.6

A child bride grows up to be an enigmatic woman presiding over her household, harboring a painful past as supernatural murders of men plague her village.

Bulbbul

2020

Parapaar poster
6.0

Communication gaps surface when a man returns home after a 14 year prison term and is finally forced to take his tormentor head on

Parapaar

2014

Natoker Moto: Like a Play poster
NR

Kheya, a theatre artist, faces challenges in her personal and professional life spanning from 1950 to 1970s in a world dominated by misogynistic men.

Natoker Moto: Like a Play

2015

No artwork available
1.0

Deb, Joy, and Ananda are unhappy with their lives. While Joy's wife earns more than he does, Ananda‘s wife is a housewife and Deb is a kind of man who wants to sleep with any girl who catches his eye. Will their bedroom stories forever be the same or will they make an effort to get along well with each other?

Bedroom

2012

I Love You poster
5.2

A rich young man must prove his love for a simple village belle; she is humiliated by his family, so he opts to rusticate with hers.

I Love You

2007

Mandobasar Golpo poster
6.0

With the assistance of a psychiatrist, an acclaimed filmmaker struggles to come to terms with a mysterious romantic trauma.

Mandobasar Golpo

2017

Takhan Teish poster
NR

Takhan Teish is a 2010 Bengali film directed Atanu Ghosh which was premiered at the 6th Osaka International Film Festival, Japan. It is Ghosh's second feature film.

Takhan Teish

2011

Mushrooms poster
2.8

In a forest, near a border, a young Bengali and a European soldier attempt to get the better of one another. In Calcutta, Rahul, an architect who had gone off to build a career in Dubai, begins a huge construction site. He is reunited with his girlfriend, Paoli, who has long awaited his homecoming, living alone far from her family. Both set out to find Rahul's brother, who is said to have gone mad and who lives in the forest and sleeps in the trees.

Mushrooms

2011

Chaya Manush poster
NR

When your life is sinking he comes to you as your Saviour but in turn leaves you destructed. Who is this man in shadows and what exactly does he want from the protagonists forms the story of the film.

Chaya Manush

2014

Teen Murti poster
NR

Nawren, Nawgen and Nobin, three friends enjoying their retirement, decide to end the monotony in their lives and earn some extra money by setting up a tea stall.

Teen Murti

2009

Lokkhikantopur Local poster
NR

Lokkhikantopur Local movie deals with the life ordeals of house helps Kalyani, Maloti and Saraswati, visiting three different families in Kolkata.

Lokkhikantopur Local

2025

Kaalbela poster
NR

The violence and upheaval of Calcutta in the 1970s is focalized through a young man coming to the city to study.

Kaalbela

2009

Zulfiqar poster
4.4

A modern day adaptation of two of William Shakespeare's tragedies - Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.

Zulfiqar

2016

Aamar Pratigya poster
NR

Shiva leaves no stone unturned to fight for his brother in order to reunite his family and bring back their lost happiness.

Aamar Pratigya

2008

Family Album poster
2.0

This is a movie that exposes the not-so picture-perfect Family Album...a hilarious and sad and eccentric concoction of the truth.

Family Album

2015

Hate Story poster
5.2

Journalist Kavya Krishna loves tycoon Siddharth - who uses and abuses her. How far will Kavya go to get revenge?

Hate Story

2012

Tritio Adhyay poster
NR

When Kaushik on his own mission stumbles upon his ex-girlfriend Shreya in a small town in Jharkhand, the demons from the past rears its ugly head.

Tritio Adhyay

2019

Prime Time poster
NR

The film revolves around the journey of beautiful Chandana and tough Sayantan who are crime reporters. They operate together and find exclusive and breaking news for their channel.

Prime Time

2015

Byomkesh Hotyamancha poster
4.8

Set in the tumultuous Naxalite uprising in Bengal in 1971, Byomkesh Bakshi gets involved in a story of vengeance when he decides to attend a play at the theatre and becomes witness to a crime unfolding on the center stage. As Byomkesh digs deep into the case, it opens him to a tripartite story of love, betrayal, and infidelity. And how the mystery is laid bare for Byomkesh to solve.

Byomkesh Hotyamancha

2022

Ajob Prem Ebong... poster
NR

This is a black comedy about a complex relationship between a bus, its conductor and the widow of a villager who was run over by the bus in an accident. Set in an Indian village, the story ...

Ajob Prem Ebong...

2011

Gang of Ghosts poster
3.5

A group of ghosts reside in an old house and live in harmony despite cultural differences. However, when they learn that a builder plans to demolish the building, they band together to stop him.

Gang of Ghosts

2014