Sumona Chakravarti is an Indian actress and television personality, best known for her work in Hindi television comedy and supporting roles in Bollywood films. She rose to wide popular recognition through her appearances on the long-running Sony Entertainment Television comedy programmes hosted by Kapil Sharma, including Comedy Nights with Kapil and The Kapil Sharma Show.
| Full name | Sumona Chakravarti |
|---|---|
| Profession | Actress, television performer |
| Primary medium | Hindi television, Hindi cinema |
| Notable show | Comedy Nights with Kapil, The Kapil Sharma Show |
| Film debut | Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), as a child artist |
| Language | Hindi (primary), Bengali, English |
Sumona Chakravarti hails from a Bengali family and was raised largely in Mumbai. She entered the entertainment industry as a child artist before transitioning to lead and supporting roles on Indian television in adulthood. She has often spoken in media interviews about balancing acting work with formal education, and has been associated with theatre and stage performance alongside screen work.
Chakravarti's first prominent screen appearance was as a child artist in the action-comedy film Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), directed by David Dhawan and starring Amitabh Bachchan and Govinda. She continued with limited screen appearances during her school and college years.
Her adult television career began with the Sony Entertainment Television family drama Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, in which she played the role of Natasha Kapoor, the daughter of the male lead played by Ram Kapoor. The show was widely watched and helped establish her as a familiar television face.
She subsequently joined the cast of Comedy Nights with Kapil, a Sony Entertainment Television sketch comedy programme produced by Kapil Sharma's K9 Films, where she played the recurring character of Kapil's on-screen wife. When the format was relaunched as The Kapil Sharma Show on the same channel, she continued in a similar comedic ensemble role, becoming one of the show's most recognisable performers.
Chakravarti has participated in dance-based reality programming on Indian television and has made guest appearances on various talk and game shows. She has also been associated with select stage productions and brand endorsements.
Sumona Chakravarti is regarded as one of the recognisable faces of Hindi prime-time comedy television of the 2010s. Her sustained presence across multiple seasons of the Kapil Sharma franchise contributed to the popularisation of sketch-based situational comedy on Indian general entertainment channels, a format that has since influenced several similar shows.