Swastika Mukherjee (born 13 December 1980) is an Indian actress and the daughter of the late

Santu Mukhopadhyay Santu Mukhopadhyay (14 January 1951 – 11 March 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Bengali cinema. He was the father of actress Swastika Mukherjee. His younger brother, Sumanta Mukherjee, is also an actor. Early life and biography S ...

. Mukherjee made her screen debut with ''Devdasi'', a Bengali TV series. She made her big screen debut with '' Hemanter Pakhi'' (2001). Her first leading role came with ''

Mastan ''Mastan'' ( bn, মস্তান) is a Bengali thriller movie released in 2004, directed by Rabi Kinagi. The movie featured Jeet, Swastika Mukherjee, Hara Patnaik and Mihir Das. It was an unofficial remake of 1999 Bollywood movie ' Jaanwar ...

'' (2004). She made her

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debut with ''

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'' (2008). She acted in the Bollywood remake of '' Fault in Our Stars '' titled ''

Dil Bechara ''Dil Bechara'' () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romance film directed by Mukesh Chhabra in his directorial debut, and produced by Fox Star Studios, with a script written by Shashank Khaitan and Suprotim Sengputa. Based on Joh ...

''.

Early life

Mukherjee spent her childhood in a self-described "simple life" with her father

, younger sister Ajopa, and mother Gopa. Her favorite films were ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She was educated at

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, St. Teresa's Secondary School, and Gokhale Memorial School.

Personal life

Marriage/False accusations of dowry and harassment

In 1998 at the age of 18, she married Promit Sen, son of ''

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'' singer

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. The marriage was unhappy, and lasted just two years, Swastika accused Promit of physically abusing her and locking her out of their home when she was pregnant. She filed a charge against him for cruelty and solicitation of dowry. These charges were subsequently dismissed and Promit was acquitted. Swastika later filed an affidavit in court stating that her accusations were 'unfounded, false, baseless and speculative,' before confessing in a media conference that they were false. Consequently, Promit's brother sued her for damages in

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and she was held liable for ₹7.7 crore ($1.7 million). According to Mukherjee, Sen filed for divorce in 2000, but changed his mind when she became successful in her acting career. She had one daughter from the marriage, Anwesha, born in 2000.

Career

In 2001, Mukherjee enrolled at the Ananda Shankar Centre for Culture, learning dance from veteran

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. During the filming of ''

'', she began dating her co-star Jeet. They went on to appear in several films together, including ''

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'', ''Sathihara'', ''Priyotoma'', ''Krishnakanter Will'', ''Pitribhumi'' and ''

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''. She later began a relationship with

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on the set of '' Brake Fail''. As she was still lawfully married to Pramit Sen, he filed a charge against Chatterjee for criminal adultery and enticement of a married woman. They separated in 2010 when Chatterjee moved to

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Filmography

Web series

Television

Ek Akasher Niche ''Ek Akasher Niche'' is a Family Drama Bengali television serial, which aired on Alpha Bangla. It was produced under the banner of Ravi Ojha Productions. Cast * Sumitra Mukherjee / Soma Dey as Amma. *Gita Dey as Amma's Thammi *Partha Sarathi ...

(

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) *Pratibimbo (

)

Controversies

In May 2014, Mukherjee was hospitalized after an alleged suicide attempt. Under strong local protest, Kolkata police detained Mukherjee's boyfriend Sumon Mukhopadhyay. On 4 November 2014, allegations were made that she had shoplifted a gold earring from a jewelry store in Singapore. The shop owner filed a complaint against Mukherjee to the organizer of the film festival, but no police complaint was lodged against her. Mukherjee denied the charge and claimed that it might have happened "accidentally."

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mukherjee, Swastiki Actresses from Kolkata Indian film actresses Living people Actresses in Bengali cinema 1980 births Kalakar Awards winners 21st-century Indian actresses Bengali Hindus