Rupanjana Mitra

Rupanjana Mitra
Born	Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Occupations	Actress Politician
Years active	2000–present
Notable work	Anurager Chhowa Behula (TV series) Tumi Ashbe Bole
Political party	Trinamool Congress (2025–present)
Other political affiliations	Bharatiya Janata Party (2019–2025)
Spouse(s)	Rezaul Hauqe ​ ​ (m. 2007;div. 2018)​ [1] Ratool Mukherjee ​ (m. 2024)​ [2]

Rupanjana Mitra is an Indian actress and politician who works primarily in the Bengali film and television. ^[3]

Biography

Mitra has been working in Bengali film and television since 2000. She made her debut in the television serial Chokher Bali . ^[4]

She married Rezaul Hauqe in 2007 and for divorced in 2018. ^[4] Later she married Ratool Mukherjee in 2024. ^[3]

Political career

Mitra was a member of the All India Trinamool Congress before joining the Bharatiya Janata Party in July 2019. ^[5] She was a member of BJP from 2019 to 2025. ^[6] On 21 July 2025, she joined the Trinamool Congress at their annual 21 July Martyr's Day Rally. ^{[7] [8]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director	Language	Notes	Ref.
2005	Dadar Adesh	Jhumaa Roy	Anup Sengupta	Bengali
2009	Premer Phande Kakatua	—	Sanghamitra Chowdhury
	Magno Mainak	Uncredited appearance	Swapan Ghosal
2011	Teen Tanaya	Binu	Sukla Mitra		Character adapted from the poem "Phaki"	[9]
	Katakuti	Shubro's wife	Premangshu Roy			[10]
2019	Panther: Hindustan Meri Jaan	Sumitra Sanyal, the Defence Minister	Anshuman Pratyush			[11]
2022	Ikir Mikir	Surasha Chatterjee	Ratool Mukherjee			[12]
2024	Kaliachak Chapter 1	Sudha Malakar	Ratool Mukherjee			[13]
2025	'Bhuto' Purbo	Uncredited appearance	Kakoli Ghosh and Avinab Mukherjee			[14]

Television

• Khela (character Manjari)(Zee Bangla)
• Ek Akasher Niche (character Mohini) (Zee Bangla)
• Tumi Asbe Bole
• Checkmate
• Sindoorkhela (Star Jalsha, character Debi) (later Replaced by Chandrayee Ghosh)
• Aanchol (Star Jalsha, character Gita Sen)
• Soti (Zee Bangla, character Mohini)
• Janmabhumi (character Tamalika)
• Tithi Athiti (character Niki Bose)
• Behula (character Shanoka)
• Durga (character Neela)
• Premer Kahini (character Bijaylakshmi)
• Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki (Hindi) as Sandhya Nath Chaudhary
• Anurager Chhowa (Star Jalsha, character Lavanya Sengupta)
• Putul TTP (Sun Bangla, Character Kamalika)

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Language	Notes	Ref.
2018	Dhanbad Blues	Shakira Bibi	Sourav Chakraborty	Hoichoi	Bengali	Marked her debut in web series	[15]
2019	Bou Keno Psycho	—	Debaloy Bhattacharya				[16]
2021	Shei Je Holud Pakhi	Inspector Anuradha	Anirban Mallick			Joined the series in its second season	[17]
2024	Kaalratri	Indrani Roy Barman	Ayan Chakraborti				[18]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Character	Film/TV show
2015	Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards 2015	Sera Khalnayika	Rupanjana	Tumi Asbe Bole
2022	Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards 2022	Priyo Maa	Labonyo	Anurager Chhowa
2023	West Bengal Telly Academy Awards 2023	Sera Sashuri
2024	Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards 2024
	BFTA Awards	Best Supporting Actor (Female)

See also

• Bidipta Chakraborty
• Churni Ganguly

References

1. "Rupanjana is happy divorced". The Times of India. 14 January 2018. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 28 June 2024.
2. "Rupanjana Mitra ties the knot with long-term boyfriend Ratool Mukherjee". The Times of India. 20 April 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 8 June 2024.
3. "Rupanjana turns choosy". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
4. "Bengali actress Rupanjana Mitra talks about her films and TV shows : Interview". WBRi. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
5. "Intolerance much? Bengali actor Rupanjana Mitra gets 'constant threats from TMC workers' after joining BJP". DNA India. 26 July 2019.
6. "BJP celebs slam Dilip for 'rogre debo' comment | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India.
7. "'অনেক দিন পর খোলা হাওয়ায় শ্বাস নিচ্ছি, সব সমস্যা মিটে গিয়েছে', বিজেপি থেকে তৃণমূলে ফিরলেন রূপাঞ্জনা". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). 21 July 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
8. Rana, Sayani (21 July 2025). "ফের তৃণমূলে যোগ দিলেন রূপাঞ্জনা! 'মনে হচ্ছে স্বর্গ…' , ঘর ওয়াপসি পর বললেন নায়িকা". Hindustan Times (in Bengali). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
9. Chaudhuri, Dibyajoti (16 January 2011). "Teen Tanaya's music launch". Times of India . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
10. A. Chatterji, Shoma (16 December 2011). "Katakuti" . Indian Express . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
11. "'Panther': Jeet is back to his action hero avatar". Times of India . 16 July 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
12. Ghosh, Sankha (14 December 2022). "Rupanjana Mitra: 'Ikir Mikir' at KIFF Bengali Panorama feels like a Christmas gift". Times of India . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
13. বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়, দেবর্ষি (5 August 2024). "কালিয়াচক-চ্যাপ্টার ১: স্বাধীন পরিচালক হিসাবে সত্যের কতটা কাছাকাছি পৌঁছলেন রাতুল?". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 October 2025.
14. "'BhutoPurbo' teaser revisits horror tales by Tagore, Bibhutibhushan, Manoj Sen". The Telegraph . 23 May 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
15. "ভিন্ন ভাবনার রসদ দিচ্ছে 'ধানবাদ ব্লুজ'-এর ট্রেলার". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). 9 December 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
16. Paul, Shreya (21 September 2018). "Bengali content finds pan-India audience with growth of Hoichoi, a regional language OTT player". Firstpost . Retrieved 5 October 2025.
17. Majumder, Suparna (6 April 2021). "রহস্যের জাল আরও জটিল! প্রকাশ্যে ওয়েব সিরিজ 'সেই যে হলুদ পাখি ২'র ট্রেলার". Sangbad Pratidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 5 October 2025.
18. Chakraborty, Shamayita (8 December 2024). "Kaalratri review: Soumitrisha's OTT debut has Hoichoi written all over it". OTTplay . Retrieved 5 October 2025.

External links

• Rupanjana Mitra at IMDb