Basabdatta Chatterjee

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Basabdatta Chatterjee
Born (1989-05-06) 6 May 1989 (age 34)
Nationality Indian
EducationLee Memorial Girls High School, Brahmo Girls' School, Gokhale Memorial Girls' College (graduation), Rabindra Bharati University (Masters)
Occupation(s) Acting, Modeling
Known forActing in the popular Bengali comedy soap Boyei Gelo and the Bengali film Asha Jaoar Majhe
Spouse
Anirban Biswas
(m. 2018)

Basabdatta Chatterjee (born 6 May 1989) is a Bengali actress who mainly works in Bengali television serials. She made her debut in the popular soap Gaaner Oparey directed by Rituparno Ghosh. She rose to fame by acting in the lead female role in the comedy soap Boyei Gelo , which aired on Zee Bangla. But later, due to other engagements, she stopped acting in the serial. [1] Boyei Gelo was Basabdatta's seventh work. [2] Subsequently, she worked in a daily soap Mon Niye Kachakachi [3] on Star Jalsha, where she acted the role of Dr. Labanya Sanyal Kapoor. Currently, she acts as Netaji Subash Chandra Bose's mother Prabhabati Devi on Zee Bangla's daily soap Netaji .

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Basabdatta's first movie was 'Labour of Love' ( Asha Jaoar Majhe ) which was released on 2 September 2014. She starred in a lead role alongside her co-actor was Ritwick Chakraborty in the movie which was directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta. She was selected by the director after he found her impressive performance in her first serial Ganer Opaarey . The film won 62nd National Award in 2015 in the category of Best First Film of a Director and Best Audiography. It was screened at the 11th Venice Days Film Festival [4] and many other festivals. In May 2015 New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), it was awarded in 3 categories – Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Film.

Early life and education

Basabdatta was born in Kolkata in West Bengal. She passed Madhyamik from Lee Memorial Girls High School, Higher Secondary from Brahmo Balika Shikshalaya and graduated from Gokhale Memorial Girls' College. In 2013, she completed her master's degree in Bengali from Rabindra Bharati University.

Career

Basabdatta's father, Sumantra Chatterjee, was a film reviewer. So initially, she wanted to become a reporter. She had basically no plans for entering the glamour world. But she came to limelight when she made her debut in the soap Ganer Opaarey, directed by Rituparno Ghosh. She is also a model for several jewellery and clothing brands. Basabdatta is equally popular in both West Bengal and Bangladesh. [5]

Television

Basabdatta has appeared in several television serials, including Gaaner Oparey, Boyei Gelo and Mon Niye Kachakachi. She has also appeared in the television game show Dadagiri Unlimited on Zee Bangla and Ebar Jalsha Rannaghore on Star Jalsha. She also took the role as Sati in the television event Durga Durgotinashini.

Personal life

On 6 March 2018 she was married to journalist Anirban Biswas. In June 2022, she gave birth to a daughter. [6]

Filmography and television

Television

YearNameCharacterDirectorCo-actorBroadcasting channel
2010 - 2011 Ganer Opaarey Damini Rituparno Ghosh Star Jalsha
2011Ek Mutho AshaSanchita Mahuaa Bangla
2011Ami Sei Meye Sananda TV
2011 - 2012Amar Naam JoyitaJoyita Sananda TV
2013Ashar AloChandana ETV Bangla
2013–2014 Boyei Gelo [1] (later replaced by Madhubani Ghosh Gowswami)Krishna SenguptaSwarnendu Samaddar Rohit Samanta, Paran Banerjee, Monu Mukhopadhyay, Ratna Ghoshal, Chitra Sen Zee Bangla
2015 Mon Niye Kachakachi [7] Dr. Labanya SanyalAbira Majumdar Tathagata Mukherjee, Dolon Roy, Sudip Mukherjee, Rimjhim Mitra, Chitra Sen Star Jalsha
2016 Goyenda Ginni Tridha BanerjeeAnupam, Rajat Paul Indrani Halder, Saheb Chatterjee, Aditi Chatterjee, Ratna Ghoshal, Indrajit Bose Zee Bangla
2016 Taranath Tantrik JahnobiBijoy Jana Tota Roy Chowdhury, Sougata,

Sayan Banerjee, Bikas Bhowmik, Prriyam, Toshana Mukherjee

Colors Bangla
2019–2020 Netaji Prabhabati Bose (Dutt) Amit Das, Sibhangshu DasguptaAnkit Mazumder, Dhrubajyoti Sarkar, Sripanrna Roy, Abhishek Bose, Kaushik Chakraborty Zee Bangla
2020 Prothoma Kadambini Jnanadanandini Devi Swarnendu Samaddar, Shamik Bose Solanki Roy, Honey Bafna Star Jalsha
2023–Present Kar Kachhe Koi Moner Kotha Sucharita Basu Leena Gangopadhyay Manali Dey, Sneha Chatterjee, Kuyasha Biswas, Srijani Mitra Zee Bangla

Mahalaya

YearNameCharacterCo-actorBroadcasting channel
2013Jago DosoprohoronodhariniDevi Gouri Jeetu Kamal, Oindrilla Sen, Mimi Dutta, Geetashree Roy, Rupsha Chatterjee,[Diya Mukherjee, Tumpa Ghosh Zee Bangla
2014Durga DurgotinashiniDevi SatiSreenanda Shankar, Sritama Bhattacharjee, Arindam Roy Star Jalsha
201912 Mashe 12 Rupe DebibaranDevi Basanti Subhashree Ganguly, Sreeporna Roy, Debadrita Basu, Ushasi Ray, Roshni Tonhi Bhattacharya, Manali Dey, Ditipriya Roy, Sushmili Acharjya, Shruti Das, Tiyasha Roy, Abhishek Bose, Dhrubo Sarkar, Sneha Chatterjee, Suman Dey Zee Bangla

Films

YearNameCharacter
2014 Asha Jaoar Majhe [8] The woman
2019Weekend E SurjodayBasudha
2020 Michhil Sreemoyi
2020 Sraboner Dhara Pritha Roy
2020 Rawkto Rawhoshyo Kheya
2021Sohorer UpokothaMoumita
2021 Torulatar Bhoot Monorama
2021 Tokhon Kuasa Chilo Mou
2022AbhijaanDeepa Chatterjee

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