# Reeth Mazumder

Reeth Mazumder is a Canadian television producer, and prior to that a professional actress. Reeth is also known by the moniker "Festival Girl", as a result of her films screened at various international film festivals.

## Life and career

Mazumder was born in Kolkata in a creatively inclined Bengali family. Her grandfather, Nikunja Bhattacharya is a veteran editor in Bengali cinema. After her graduation in English Honours with the additional subjects of script writing, radio writing and marketing, Reeth shifted to Mumbai so that she could pursue a career in acting. She has been training in various classical Indian dance forms, including Bharatanatyam since the age of four, and has performed on stage in front of a live audience on various occasions.

## Career

Mazumder became the face for several leading brands including Lakmé Cosmetics, Panasonic, Listerine, Fiama Di Wills and Archies (company). In the same year she bagged the lead role in an Indo-Italian film, Visible Bra Straps after auditioning. Upon completion this film was showcased in 25 international film festivals and won critical acclaim and awards including the Audience choice award, Golden Palm, and Best Experimental film. Reeth later acknowledged that this film changed her life overnight and got her some of the best roles on the international arena. Subsequently, she signed up for her next, a French film titled The Au Revoir.
Her next English film was Swen in 2013. Her next project Porobashinee was a France-Bangladesh collaboration, and was the first science fiction and also the most expensive Bengali language film. This film was shot simultaneously in French and is awaiting mainstream release. In 2016 Reeth made her screen debut in her home country with A Scandall. Indian censor board demanded various cuts to the movie before consenting to the film's release in India. This film suffered a further setback when an Indian multiplex conglomerate backed out from screening it at the last moment, however word-of-mouth publicity and its strong business in single screen theaters helped its cause and it was back in multiplexes from its second week onwards. A Scandall was a controversial film in a mostly conservative and traditional India, but Reeth later said that her preferring it over the usual Bollywood tree side romance as her debut, was a conscious decision as she being confident of her acting prowess is not scared of being stereotyped.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Visible Bra Straps | Lead | Indo-Italian Featurette |
| 2012 | The Au Revoir | Lead | Indo-French Film |
| 2012 | SWEN | Lead | Feature Film | |
| 2016 | A Scandall | Lead | Hindi Feature Film |
| 2017 | Porobashinee | Lead | Feature Film |
| 2017 | Addiction: Kopper8 | Lead | Musical |
| 2018 | Anti-Social Animals | Director | Television Series |
| 2019 | You May Kiss the Bride | Writer- Director | Short Film |
| 2019 | Silence | Director | Short Film |
| 2022 | Apple Pie | Producer | Short Film |
| 2023 - 2025 | FBI True | Producer | Television Series |
| 2023 | Holly Jolly Homicide | Associate Producer | Television Series |
| 2024 | PD True | Producer | Television Series | _ |
| 2024 | For Rent | Producer | Short Film |