Rachna Banerjee

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Rachna Banerjee
Born
Jhumjhum Banerjee

(1972-10-02) 2 October 1972 (age 51)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
(present-day Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Occupation(s)Actress, television presenter
Years active1990 –present
Notable work
TitleMiss Calcutta 1991
Political party All India Trinamool Congress (2024-present)
Spouses
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(m. 1994;div. 2004)​
Probal Basu
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(m. 2007;sep. 2016)​
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Children1
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major
competition(s)

Rachna Banerjee (born Jhumjhum Banerjee; 2 October 1972) also known as Rachana, is an Indian actress, entrepreneur and television presenter. She is known primarily for her works in Bengali and Odia films, besides a few Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. [3] Being crowned the 1991 Miss Kolkata, she has also won five beauty contests in India including Miss Beautiful Smile at the Miss India contest. [4]

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Early life

Banerjee was born on 2 October 1972 [5] [6] in Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, and was her parents' only child. Her father was Rabindranath Banerjee. [7] Her original name was Jhumjhum Banerjee, [8] [9] and was changed to Rachana by Sukhen Das, the director of her debut film Daan Pratidaan (1993). She completed her higher secondary education from National Girls' High School. [6]

Career

Modelling career (1991-1992)

Banerjee won the Miss Kolkata contest in 1991 when she was still in her second year of graduation course from South City College. She entered several beauty pageants before starting her acting career and was often declared 'Miss Beautiful Smile'. In 1992 she missed out of the Miss India contest grand finale where Madhu Sapre was crowned the title.

Acting career (1993-2017)

Sukhen Das chose Banerjee for the female lead in his directorial venture Dan Pratidan (1993). He changed her name to Rachana (which Das found in 'Rabindra Rachanabali'). Rachana has done around 45 oriya movies to date.She appeared alongside Amitabh Bachchan in the film Sooryavansham , one of the cult movies of its era. [10] She has appeared in 35 Bengali films with megastar Prosenjit Chatterjee whom she admires the most.[ citation needed ]

Hosting Didi No. 1

Apart from acting, Banerjee is also hosting the popular Bengali non-fiction TV show, Didi No. 1 , which is aired on Zee Bangla on weekdays. On 5 April 2013 a fire broke out in the studio of Didi No. 1 at Tollygunge, and she fainted following a panic attack and was rushed to a city hospital (Aurobindo Seva Sadan) immediately. [11]

Personal life

Rachna Banerjee married her co-star Sidhant Mohapatra and divorced him in 2004. [12] [13] She married Probal Basu in 2007 and separated from him in 2016. They have a son. [14]

Filmography

List of reality shows

YearShowSeasonRoleRef
2010 Dance Bangla Dance - Junior 7Judge
2011 Didi No. 1 2Anchor
20134
20156
20167
20188
20229
202310
2016No 1 Didi Na Dada1
2012Tumi Je Amar1
2018 Dance Bangla Dance - Junior, Season 10 Judge

Awards

Political career

Banerjee will be contesting as All India Trinamool Congress candidate from the Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency seat against Bharatiya Janata Party's sitting MP Locket Chatterjee in the upcoming 2024 Indian general election. [16] [17]

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