Antara Biswas is an India

India

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n actress. She was born to a Bengali

Bengali people

The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...

 Hindu family. She adopted the stage name of Mona Lisa at the behest of her uncle. She studied at Julien Day School

Julien Day School

Julien Day School is a co-educational primary, secondary and senior secondary school in Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaThe school is run by "The Julien Educational Trust", a private organisation of reputed people of the Anglo-Indian community, has successfully established and is running four branches...

 in Gariahat, south Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

 and graduated from Asutosh College of the University of Calcutta

University of Calcutta

The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...

 earning a BA degree in Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 before starting out a few years ago as a small-time TV actress and model in Oriya Albums. She acted in several b-grade films

B movie

A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....

 before making her debut in Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 with Blackmail

Blackmail (2005 film)

Blackmail is a 2005 Hindi language action drama film directed by Anil Devgan, which stars Ajay Devgan, Suniel Shetty and Priyanka Chopra in lead roles. The film is inspired from the 1996 Hollywood film Ransom.-Plot:...

starring Ajay Devgn and Suniel Shetty

Suniel Shetty

Sunil Shetty is an Indian film actor, producer, hotelier and liquor and fashion boutique owner. He is mainly active in Bollywood.-Career:Shetty made his acting debut in the 1992.His film Balwaan which was a moderate success. He gave 2 hit films in 1993 Pehchaan and Waqt Hamara Hai. His first...

. She then acted and got rated in South Indian films before coming to notice through her role in Tauba Tauba

Tauba Tauba

Tauba Tauba is a 2005 Bollywood movie starring Antara Mona Lisa Biswas, Amin Gazi and Payal Rohatgi. The film was directed by T L V Prasad, who has directed over 25 Mithun Chakraborty films for Mithun's Dream Factory...

opposite Amin Gazi. She did video albums in Oriya

Oriya language

Oriya , officially Odia from November, 2011, is an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is mainly spoken in the Indian states of Orissa and West Bengal...

 which earned her some film roles.

Filmography

• ...Jayate (TV 1997)
• Hamam fi Amsterdam (1999)
• Jai Sriram (1999)
• Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001)
• Wrong Number (2002)
• Ek Hi Bhool (2005)
• Jalwa: Fun in Love (2005)
• Blackmail (2005)
• Bobby: Love and Lust (2007)
• Kaafila (2008)
• Dayanayak: Licenced to Kill (2008)
• Money Hai Toh Honey Hai
  Money Hai Toh Honey Hai
  Money Hai Toh Honey Hai is a Bollywood comedy film directed by Ganesh Acharya and produced by Kumar Mangat. It features a cast of stars including Govinda, Aftab Shivdasani, Upen Patel, Hansika Motwani, Celina Jaitley and Manoj Bajpai in the lead roles with Ravi Kissen and Prem Chopra in supporting...
  
  (2008)
• Tauba Tauba
  Tauba Tauba
  Tauba Tauba is a 2005 Bollywood movie starring Antara Mona Lisa Biswas, Amin Gazi and Payal Rohatgi. The film was directed by T L V Prasad, who has directed over 25 Mithun Chakraborty films for Mithun's Dream Factory...
  
  (2008)
• To the London Calling (2010)
• Ek Main Ek Tum (2010)
• Hamilton Palace (2010)
• Khoobsurat - The Beauty (2010)
• Love Guru (2010)
• Meri Life Mein Uski Wife (2010)
• Chunnu Babu Singapurri (2011)

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