Basabdatta Chatterjee
Born (1989-05-06) 6 May 1989
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
EducationLee Memorial Girls High School, Brahmo Girls' School, Gokhale Memorial Girls' College (graduation), Rabindra Bharati University (Masters)
Occupation(s)Acting, Modeling
Known forActing in the popular Bengali comedy soap Boyei Gelo and the Bengali film Asha Jaoar Majhe
Spouse
Anirban Biswas
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(m. 2018)​

Basabdatta Chatterjee (born May 6, 1989) is a Bengali actress who mainly works in Bengali television serials. She made her debut in the popular soap Gaaner Oparey directed by Rituparno Ghosh. She rose to fame by acting in the lead female role in the comedy soap Boyei Gelo, which aired on Zee Bangla. But later, due to other engagements, she stopped acting in the serial.[1] Boyei Gelo was Basabdatta's seventh work.[2] Subsequently, she worked in a daily soap Mon Niye Kachakachi[3] on Star Jalsha, where she acted the role of Dr. Labanya Sanyal Kapoor. Currently, she acts as Netaji Subash Chandra Bose's mother Prabhabati Devi on Zee Bangla's daily soap Netaji.

Basabdatta's first movie was 'Labour of Love' (Asha Jaoar Majhe) which was released on 2 September 2014. She starred in a lead role alongside her co-actor was Ritwick Chakraborty 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 Festival[4] 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 Kolkata in West Bengal. She passed Madhyamik from Lee Memorial Girls High School, Higher Secondary from Brahmo Balika Shikshalaya and graduated from Gokhale Memorial Girls' College. In 2013, she completed her master's degree in Bengali from Rabindra Bharati University. 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 Rituparno Ghosh. She is also a model for several jewellery and clothing brands. Basabdatta is equally popular in both West Bengal and Bangladesh.[5]

Television

Basabdatta has appeared in several television serials, including Gaaner Oparey, Boyei Gelo and Mon Niye Kachakachi. She has also appeared in the television game show Dadagiri Unlimited 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

YearNameCharacterDirectorCo-actorBroadcasting channel
2010 - 2011Ganer OpaareyDaminiRituparno GhoshStar Jalsha
2011Ek Mutho AshaSanchitaMahuaa Bangla
2011Ami Sei MeyeSananda TV
2011 - 2012Amar Naam JoyitaJoyitaSananda TV
2013Ashar AloChandanaETV Bangla
2013–2014Boyei Gelo[1] (later replaced by Madhubani Ghosh Gowswami)Krishna SenguptaSwarnendu SamaddarRohit Samanta, Paran Banerjee, Monu Mukhopadhyay, Ratna Ghoshal, Chitra SenZee Bangla
2015Mon Niye Kachakachi[6]Dr. Labanya SanyalAbira MajumdarTathagata Mukherjee, Dolon Roy, Sudip Mukherjee, Rimjhim Mitra, Chitra SenStar Jalsha
2016Goyenda GinniTridha BanerjeeAnupam, Rajat PaulIndrani Halder, Saheb Chatterjee, Aditi Chatterjee, Ratna Ghoshal, Indrajit BoseZee Bangla
2016 Taranath Tantrik Jahnobi Bijoy Jana Tota Roy Chowdhury, Sougata,

Sayan Banerjee, Bikas Bhowmik, Prriyam, Toshana Mukherjee

 Colors Bangla
2019–2020NetajiPrabhabati Bose (Dutt)Amit Das, Sibhangshu DasguptaAnkit Mazumder, Dhrubajyoti Sarkar, Sripanrna Roy, Abhishek Bose, Kaushik ChakrabortyZee Bangla
2020 Prothoma KadambiniJnanadanandini DeviSwarnendu Samaddar, Shamik BoseSolanki Roy, Honey BafnaStar Jalsha
2023–PresentKar Kachhe Koi Moner KothaSucharita BasuLeena GangopadhyayManali Dey, Sneha Chatterjee, Kuyasha Biswas, Srijani MitraZee Bangla

Mahalaya

YearNameCharacterCo-actorBroadcasting channel
2013Jago DosoprohoronodhariniDevi GouriJeetu Kamal, Oindrilla Sen, Mimi Dutta, Geetashree Roy, Rupsha Chatterjee,[Diya Mukherjee, Tumpa GhoshZee Bangla
2014Durga DurgotinashiniDevi SatiSreenanda Shankar, Sritama Bhattacharjee, Arindam RoyStar Jalsha
201912 Mashe 12 Rupe DebibaranDevi BasantiSubhashree Ganguly, Sreeporna Roy, Debadrita Basu, Ushasi Ray, Roshni Tonhi Bhattacharya, Manali Dey, Ditipriya Roy, Sushmili Acharjya, Shruti Das, Tiyasha Roy, Abhishek Bose, Dhrubo Sarkar, Sneha Chatterjee, Suman DeyZee Bangla

Films

YearNameCharacter
2014Asha Jaoar Majhe[7]The woman
2019 Weekend E Surjoday Basudha
2020 Michhil Sreemoyi
2020Sraboner DharaPritha Roy
2020 Rawkto Rawhoshyo Kheya
2021 Sohorer Upokotha Moumita
2021 Torulatar Bhoot Monorama
2021 Tokhon Kuasa Chilo Mou
2022 Abhijaan Deepa Chatterjee

References

  1. 1 2 "জম্পেশ টিভি ধারাবাহিক". Ebela. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "সিরিয়াল বয়েই গেল". Janakantha. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "মা- মেয়ে এবার আধুনিক মোড়কে". Eisamay. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Official website of Venice Days Festival-http://www.venice-days.com/2014/index.asp?lang=eng
  5. ↑ "বাসব দত্তার সঙ্গে কিছু সময়". Janakantha. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "মা মেয়ে এবার আধুনিক মোড়কে". Ei Samay (in Bengali).
  7. ↑ Das, Mohua (25 July 2014). "Bengali returns to the Venice Film Festival". The Telegraph. Kolkata, India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015.
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