Anjana Bhowmik is an actress of Bengali cinema from the 1960s until the 1980s. She was born in

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. Her real name is Arati Bhowmik and nickname Babli. Her father was Bibhuti Bhusan Bhowmik. She spent her school days in Cooch Behar. She passed the Higher Secondary Exam of West Bengal Board from Suniti Academy of Cooch Behar in 1961. After that she also studied in Sarojini Naidu College, an undergraduate college, then affiliated with the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, ...

. She made her film debut at the age of 20 in the 1964 film " Anustup Chanda" directed by Pijush Bose. Before releasing the film she changed her name to Anjana from Arati. She became popular with the release of her first film. Her acting talent was praised by both audiences and critics. She became one of the major heroines of

Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar ( bn, উত্তম কুমার; born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), popularly known as the Mahanayak, was an Indian actor, producer, director, script writer, composer, and singer who predom ...

. She and

gave major hits like

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, " Kokhono Megh", "

Nayika Sangbad ''Nayika Sangbad'' () is a 1967 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Agradoot and written by Prasanta Deb. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Anjana Bhowmick. It was remade in Tamil as ''Sumathi En Sundari'' (1971). Plot Urm ...

", " Roudra Chhaya", " Raj Drohi". At a certain time of her career when critics predicted she wouldn't be successful without

as hero, she paired with

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in the highly acclaimed "Mahashweta". Anjana married Navy Officer Anil Sharma and is now settled in

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. Her daughters are

Nilanjana Sharma Nilanjana Sengupta (née Sharma) is an actress. She played the role of Mona in the show '' Hip Hip Hooray''. Her debut movie was director Subrata Sen's '' Swapner Feriwala''. She is a graduate of English literature. She directed the television ...

and

Chandana Sharma Chandana Sharma (born 7 August 1982) is an Indian television actress. She is the daughter of Anjana Bhowmik. Her sister Nilanjana Sharma is also an actress. She made her debut in director Rabi Kinagi's '' Premi''. Television career She starte ...

are also actresses. The older one,

is married to Bengali Actor Jishu Sen Gupta.

Filmography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhowmick, Anjana Living people Actresses in Bengali cinema University of Calcutta alumni Indian film actresses 20th-century Indian actresses Year of birth missing (living people)