Srabanti Chatterjee is an Indian actress, former journalist at

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and anchor who appears in

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films. Srabanti primarily works in

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, based in

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Political career

Chatterjee joined

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on 1 March 2021. She was given the ticket and contested the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from

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against state minister of School Education and

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heavyweight

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but lost the election by 50,884 votes. On 11 November 2021, Srabanti quit the

, eight months after joining the party.

Filmography

Film

Television

Mahalaya

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chatterjee, Srabanti Living people Indian film actresses Actresses from Kolkata Actresses in Bengali cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal Indian actor-politicians