Locket Chatterjee (born 4 December 1974) is an Indian actress, politician and
Member of Parliament
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for
Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)
Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Hugli-Chuchura in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 28 Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency are in Hooghly district. ...
,
West Bengal, India
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. She is also a classical dancer. She completed her training in Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, Manipuri and Creative, but is better known as an actress. Previously, she was the state president of
BJP Mahila Morcha
BJP Mahila Morcha, or simply Mahila Morcha (IPA: Mahilā Mōrcā, ), is the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India. Vanathi Srinivasan, former Tamil Nadu BJP Unit Vice president and current Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislat ...
, the women's wing of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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in
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
. Now she is a
General Secretary
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purohit
Purohita ( sa, पुरोहित), in the Hindu context, means ''chaplain'' or ''family priest'' within the Vedic priesthood. In Thailand and Cambodia, it refers to the royal chaplains.
Etymology
The word ''purohita'' derives from the S ...
of
Dakshineswar Kali Temple
Dakshineswar Kali Temple is a Hindu navaratna temple in Dakshineswar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Situated on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, the presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini, a form of Parashakti Adya Kali, otherw ...
as was her grandfather. Her mother took her to dance school. Chatterjee went abroad with the
Mamata Shankar
Mamata Shankar (born 7 January 1955) is an Indian actress and dancer. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has acted in films by directors including Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Rituparno Ghosh, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Gautam Ghosh. I ...
ballet troupe when she was a class VIII student. She grew up by the Maa Ganga (popular as Hooghly) on the northern outskirts of Calcutta's Dakshineswar area.
She later studied at
Jogamaya Devi College
Jogamaya Devi College is one of the oldest and leading women's colleges in Kolkata, India. It shares the same building with Asutosh College (day college) and Syamaprasad College (evening college) and is named after the wife of Sir Asutosh Mu ...
, affiliated to the
University of Calcutta
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.
Filmography
Films
* ''Sannyasi Deshonayok'' (2020)
* ''
Kiriti Roy
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'' (2016)
* ''
Gogoler Kirti
''Gogoler Kirti'' (or ''Gogol-er Kirti''; Bengali: ''গোগোল-এর কীর্তি'') is a 2014 Indian Bengali film, directed by Pompy Ghosh Mukherjee and produced by Supratik Ghosh under the banner of Ishani Films. Based on the sto ...
'' (2014)
* ''Angurlata'' (upcoming)
* ''
Obhishopto Nighty
''Obhishopto Nighty'' is a 2014 Indian Bengali Adult comedy-thriller film directed by Birsa Dasgupta and produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films.
Plot
The story of this film revolves around a cursed nightie which ...
Le Halua Le
''Le Halua Le'' is a 2012 Indian Bengali-language comedy film directed by Raja Chanda, starring Mithun Chakraborty. The film is the remake of successful film Hungama and
Poochakkoru Mookkuthi directed by Priyadarshan.
Cast
* Mithun Chak ...
'' (2012)
* ''Goraay Gondogol'' (2012)
* ''
Khokababu
''Khokababu'' is an Indian Bengali action comedy film directed by Shankar Aiyya. The film stars Dev, Subhashree Ganguly, Ferdous, and Laboni Sarkar in the lead roles. This film is an unofficial remake of a Telugu film, ''Dhee''.
Synopsis
T ...
'' (2012)
* ''Streetlight'' (2011), directed by Animesh Roy; Chatterjee played struggling actress Mitali, a wife and mother
* ''
Gosaibaganer Bhoot
''Gosaibaganer Bhoot'' ( en, The Phantom Of Gosaibagan Grove, bn, গোঁসাইবাগানের ভূত) is a Bengali comedy- fantasy film directed by art director, production designer, and costume designer Nitish Roy, based on a n ...
Greptar
''Greptar'' (Bengali: গ্রেপ্তার) (English: Arrest) is a 2007 Bengali film directed by Swapan Saha and produced by Rashika Chatterjee under the banner of Maa Karunamoyee Films. The film features actors Prosenjit Chatterjee, Sw ...
Kranti
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'' (2006)
* ''Guru'' (2005)
* ''
Shubhodrishti
''Shubhodrishti'' (Bengali: শুভদৃষ্টি) is a 2005 Bengali romance film directed by Prabhat Roy and produced under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. The film features popular Bengali actors Jeet and Koel Mallick in the lead ...
Agni
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'' (2004)
* ''
Paribar
''Paribar'' () is a 2004 Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali family drama film directed by Anup Sengupta and produced by Anup Sengupta and Apurba Saha. The film feature actors Prosenjit Chatterjee, Ranjit Mallick and Rachana Banerjee in the lead r ...
'' (2004)
* ''
Mayer Anchal
''Mayer Anchal'' ( bn, মায়ের আঁচল ') is a 2003 Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Anup Sengupta and produced by Apurba Saha. It is a remake of the 2000 Hindi-language film ''Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain''.
...
ETV Bangla
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ETV Bangla
Colors Bangla, previously known as ETV Bangla, is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel broadcasting in Bengali language. It was launched in 2000 as ETV Bangla, owned by the Hyderabad-based ETV Network. It was later sold to TV18 ...
)
*
Behula
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as Sumitra Behula's mother (later replaced by Subhadra Chakraborty Mukherjee) (
Star Jalsha
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)
* ''Durgeshnandini'', a TV adaptation of
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (also Chattopadhayay) CIE (26 or 27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was an Indian novelist, poet, Essayist and journalist.Staff writer"Bankim Chandra: The First Prominent Bengali Novelist" ''The Daily Star'', 30 June 2011 ...
's novel, directed by
Tarun Majumdar
Tarun Majumdar (or Mazumdar, 22 September 1931 – 4 July 2022) was an Indian film director and Screenwriter who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He received four National Awards, seven BFJA Awards, five Filmfare Awards and an Anandal ...
. Locket played the role of Munnibai.
Awards
* Kalakar Awards
* Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor Supporting Role (Female) – Bengali for ''Nayika Sangbad'' (directed by
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay or Bappaditya Banerjee ( bn, বাপ্পাদিত্য ব্যানার্জী; 28 August 1970 – 7 November 2015) was an Indian film director and poet.
Career
Bandopadhyay was the recipient of the Mo ...
and edited by Dipak Mandal 2014)
Political career
Locket Chatterjee forayed into politics as a member of AITC. She severed ties with AITC and joined BJP in 2015. She contested 2016 assembly elections from Mayureshwar in West Bengal but lost to Abhijit Roy of AITC. In 2017 she replaced
Roopa Ganguly
Roopa Ganguly is an Indian actress, playback singer and politician. She is best known for her portrayal of Draupadi in B R Chopra's hit television series '' Mahabharat''. Often promoted as the Tollywood's answer to Bollywood's Shabana Azmi, s ...
as the president of
BJP Mahila Morcha
BJP Mahila Morcha, or simply Mahila Morcha (IPA: Mahilā Mōrcā, ), is the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India. Vanathi Srinivasan, former Tamil Nadu BJP Unit Vice president and current Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislat ...
in
West Bengal
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Ratna De
Ratna De is an Indian politician who has been serving as Cabinet Minister of State for Environment
Science, Technology and Bio-Technology in the Government of West Bengal. She was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha
Members of the 15th Lok S ...
Sonali Chowdhury
Sonali Chowdhury Ghosh Dastidar is an Indian film and television actress. She has worked in Bengali cinema and television shows, including ''Saat Bhai Champa'', ''Jol Nupur'' and '' Agniparikkha''.
Life
Choudhuri was born in Kolkata in 1980. Sh ...
*
Bidipta Chakraborty
Bidipta Chakraborty is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Bengali films. She had appeared in Debesh Chattopadhyay's play ''Brain''.
Personal life
Bidipta was born to eminent theatre actor Biplab Ketan Chakraborty and dancer Dipali C ...