Basabdatta Chatterjee

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

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.

Works

Television

Year	Name of the soap	Character	Director	Co-actor	Broadcasting channel
2010 - 2011	Ganer Opaarey	Damini	Rituparno Ghosh		Star Jalsha
2011	Ek Mutho Asha	Sanchita			Mahuaa Bangla
2011	Ami Sei Meye				Sananda TV
2011 - 2012	Amar Naam Joyita	Joyita			Sananda TV
2013	Ashar Alo	Chandana			ETV Bangla
2013–2014	Boyei Gelo[1]	Krishna Sengupta	Swarnendu Samaddar	Rohit Samanta, Paran Banerjee, Monu Mukhopadhyay, Ratna Ghoshal, Chitra Sen	Zee Bangla
2013	Jago Dosoprohoronodharini, Zee Bangla Mahalaya 2013	Devi Gouri			Zee Bangla
2014	Durga Durgatinashini, Star Jalsha Mahalaya 2014	Devi Sati			Star Jalsha
12 January 2015 - 19 September 2015	Mon Niye Kachakachi[6]	Dr. Labanya Sanyal	Abira Majumdar	Tathagata Mukherjee, Dolon Roy, Sudip Mukherjee, Rimjhim Mitra, Chitra Sen	Star Jalsha
25 July 2016 -	Goyenda Ginni	Tridha Banerjee	Anupam, Rajat Paul	Indrani Halder, Saheb Chatterjee, Aditi Chatterjee, Ratna Ghoshal, Indrajit Bose	Zee Bangla
28 September-15 October 2016	Taranath Tantrik	Jahnobi	Bijoy Jana	Tota Roy Chowdhury,Sougata, Sayan Banerjee,Bikas Bhowmik, Prriyam,Toshana Mukherjee	Colors Bangla
2019–Present	Netaji	Prabhabati Bose (Dutt)			Zee Bangla
28th September 2019	12 Mashe 12 Rupe Debibaran, Mahalaya 2019	Devi Basanti	Amit Das		Zee Bangla
27th September 2020	Prothoma Kadambini	Jnanadanandini Devi	Swarnendu Samaddar Shamik Bose		Star Jalsha

Films

Year	Name	Character	Director	Co-actor	Producing Company
2014	Asha Jaoar Majhe[7]		Aditya Vikram Sengupta	Ritwick Chakraborty
2019	Weekend E Surjoday	Basudha	Ajantrik	Paran Bandopadhyay, Debdut Ghosh, Basabdatta Chatterjee, Anasua Mukherjee, Souvik Mondal, Pamela Khaitan, Santanu Bhattacharjee	West Bengal Democratic Writers Artists Association
2020	Michhil	Sreemoyi	Surajit Nag, Ujjwal Basu	Shantilal Mukherjee, Samadarshi Dutta, Bhaswar Chatterjee	Surajit Nag Films
2020	Tokhon Kuasa Chilo	Mou	Shaibal Mitra	Saswata Chatterjee, Soumitra Chatterjee	Macneill Media Pvt Ltd
2020	Shraboner Dhara			Parambrata Chatterjee, Soumitra Chatterjee
2020	Rawkto Rawhoshyo	Kheya	Soukarya Ghosal	Koel Mallick , Shreeansh Sarkar, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Lily Chakravarty, Rwitobroto Mukherjee, Shantilal Mukherjee, Shantilal Mukherjee	Surinder Films
Upcoming	Abhijaan	Deepa Chatterjee	Parambrata Chatterjee	Jisshu Sengupta, Paoli Dam, Qaushiq Mukherjee, Rudranil Ghosh	Roadshow Films

References

1. "জম্পেশ টিভি ধারাবাহিক". Ebela. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
2. "সিরিয়াল বয়েই গেল". Janakantha. 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. 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.

External links

• Basabdatta Chatterjee at IMDb
• Basabdatta Chatterjee on Facebook