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Arati Bhattacharya | |
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 Satyajit Ray at Bhattacharya's wedding with Kunal Singh | |
| Born | Hoogly (Chunchura) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Kunal Singh [1] [2] |
| Children | Akash Singh (son) [3] |
Arati Bhattacharya [4] is an Indian Bengali actress, writer and director [5] who is recognized for her work in Bengali cinema.
She is known for films like Preyasi, Stree and Suryatrishna. [6] She also sang in the movie Anandamela in 1976. She had worked with Satyajit Roy in Jana Aranya [7] and Mrinal Sen in Ek Adhuri Kahani. She acted in more than 50 Bengali movies. She is also a Kathak dancer. [8]
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Madhabi Chakraborty is an Indian actress. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the Bengali film Dibratrir Kabya. She has acted in some of the most critically acclaimed films in Bengali cinema and is considered one of the great actresses of Bengali cinema.
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Jamuna Barua was a leading Indian actress.
Anandamela, Anondamela, or Anondomela is a children's periodical in the Bengali language published by the ABP Group from Kolkata, India.
Jana Aranya is a 1976 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on the novel of the same name by Mani Shankar Mukherjee. It is the last among Ray's Calcutta trilogy series, the previous two being, Pratidwandi and Seemabaddha.
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Stree is a 1972 Bengali film directed by Salil Dutta starring actors Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee and Arati Bhattacharya in lead roles. Nachiketa Ghosh composed the music. The film was remade in Hindi as Ayaash. Film was based on the novel of Bimal Mitra as same title and the era of the plot showing during the Second World War. The film showed Uttam's another one of the best performance and clash with Soumitra. The film become blockbuster hit at the box office. The films was dominated at the BFJA Award 1973 and goes to win seven awards.
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