Basabdatta Chatterjee is a

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actress who mainly works in Bengali television serials. She made her debut in the popular soap ''

Gaaner Oparey ''Gaaner Oparey'' () is an Indian Bengali television serial which aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. This TV musical marked the beginning of a yearlong celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of the great Indian poet Rabi ...

'' directed by

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. She rose to fame by acting in the lead female role in the comedy soap ''

Boyei Gelo ''Boyei Gelo'' is a comedy Bengali television serial, which aired on GEC Zee Bangla. The show started airing from 22 July 2013. The series ended on 15 December 2014. Plot summary ''Boyei Gelo'' was a comedy, drama serial based on the enmit ...

'', which aired on

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. But later, due to other engagements, she stopped acting in the serial. Boyei Gelo was Basabdatta's seventh work. Subsequently, she worked in a daily soap ''

Mon Niye Kachakachi ''Mon Niye Kachakachi'' was a Bengali language soap opera which premiered on Star Jalsha on 12 January 2015. The show was produced by Mahendra Soni and Shrikant Mohta under their production company Shree Venkatesh Films. It is the remake of the ...

'' on

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, where she acted the role of Dr. Labanya Sanyal Kapoor. Currently, she acts as Netaji Subash Chandra Bose's mother Prabhabati Devi on

's daily soap ''

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''. Basabdatta's first movie was 'Labour of Love' (''

Asha Jaoar Majhe ''Asha Jaoar Majhe'' () is a 2014 Indian film by Aditya Vikram Sengupta. The film stars Ritwick Chakraborty and Basabdatta Chatterjee as an unnamed married couple, which brings focus to the hard lives endured by ordinary working people in Kolkat ...

'') which was released on 2 September 2014. She starred in a lead role alongside her co-actor was

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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 FestivalOfficial website of Venice Days Festival-http://www.venice-days.com/2014/index.asp?lang=eng 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.

Personal life

Basabdatta was born in

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. She passed Madhyamik from Lee Memorial Girls High School, Higher Secondary from

Brahmo Balika Shikshalaya The Brahmo Balika Shikshalaya is a girls' school in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is guided by the principles of the Brahmo Samaj movement. It was established on 16 May 1890 by the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj on the 12th anniversary of its foundat ...

and graduated from Gokhale Memorial Girls' College. In 2013, she completed her master's degree in Bengali from

Rabindra Bharati University Rabindra Bharati University is a public research university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on May 8, 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore. ...

. On 6 March 2018 she was married to journalist Anirban Biswas.

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

. She is also a model for several jewellery and clothing brands. Basabdatta is equally popular in both

and

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Television

Basabdatta has appeared in several television serials, including

and

. She has also appeared in the television game show

Dadagiri Unlimited ''Dadagiri Unlimited'' is an Indian Bengali language quiz show. The programme has been airing on Zee Bangla since 2009. Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the India national cricket team and the current president of the Board of Control for ...

on Zee Bangla and ''Ebar Jalsha Rannaghore'' on Star Jalsha. She also took the role as Sati in the television event ''Durga Durgotinashini''.

Filmography and Television

Television

Films

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatterjee, Basabdatta Living people Gokhale Memorial Girls' College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Rabindra Bharati University alumni Bengali television actresses 1989 births