Mumtaz Sorcar

Her schooling was from Modern High School for Girls, Kolkata.^[4] She completed her LLB from South Calcutta Law College under Calcutta University.^[5] Her hobby is playing sports and as an athlete, she was trained in boxing at a South Kolkata Club under the auspices of the Bengal Amateur Boxing Federation.^[6] She also underwent training in judo^[7] and is a YMCA gold medalist in shot put. Mumtaz is also a classical jazz dancer.

Her debut film was 033, which was directed by Birsha Dasgupta.^[8] She appeared in Shoumik Sen's No Problem in the initial days of her film career. She appeared in multiple Bengali films thereafter.^[9][10][11]

She played a pivotal role in the Bengali film Musalmanir Galpo. She played a Hindu girl "Kamala", who was abducted by a notorious dacoit "Madhumallar" and she later transformed into a courageous "Meherjaan" after being rescued and trained by philanthropist Habir Khan.^[12][13] The film is based on the last story written by Rabindranath Tagore wrote.^[14] Sorcar's next film was 033. It is about a group of youngsters who form a music band and name it after the city's STD code (033).^[15]

In 2011, she acted in the telefilms Kolkatar Jongole and Rajbarir Rahasya, which are based on the Kakababu series, written by Sunil Gangopadhyay.^[16] Bhooter Bhabishyat (2012) was a box office success.^[17] Her next film Kanchenjunga Express is about a character "Nandini", who works for a NGO and is married 3 times and dies under mysterious circumstances.^[18] She also appeared in the film Atmogopan directed by Somnath Sen.^[19]

Sorcar played the role of Payal Mukherjee in the film Dark Chocolate. She made her Tamil debut with Irudhi Suttru, where she played the role of Lakshmi (Luz), a young female boxer. She made her Bollywood debut in the same role for the Hindi dub of Irudhi Suttru titled Saala Khadoos.

In the Tamil movie C/O Kaadhal, Sorcar played the role of a Muslim girl Salima, where the film shows that love has no age and one can fall in love anytime if they meet the right person.^[20] She also appeared on the TV series Charitraheen and web series Shobdo Jobdo streaming on Hoichoi.