Auroshikha Dey
Auroshikha Dey is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi cinema. She is best known for playing Jhalkari Bai in the British period drama The Warrior Queen of Jhansi (2019). Early life Auroshikha Dey was born to a Bengali family in Tezpur, Assam, and settled in Bangalore. She moved to Bangalore during her high school years, as her father was in the army and therefore moved to many cities in India. She studied at Mount College, Bangalore, Karnataka. She learned Kathak at an early age and when in college, also took part in theatric plays. She then joined the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Career During her time at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Chandraprakash Dwivedi selected her for the TV series Upanishad Ganga. She played different characters in the 25-episode series. She then auditioned for Nagesh Kukunoor's Yeh Hausla. The film, which dealt with a water shortage in a village in Rajasthan and found no production houses for its release, has been lying in cans for years. She appeared in the critically acclaimed drama Haat – The Weekly Bazaar (2011) directed by Seema Kapoor, along with Divya Dutta and Meenal Kapoor, which has