Basabdatta Chatterjee

{{Infobox person | name = Basabdatta Chatterjee | image = Basabdatta.jpg | caption =Basabdatta Chatterjee during an interview with The Telegraph India following the release of [[Asha Jaoar Majhe|Asha Jaoar Majhe | birth_name = | birth_date = 6 May, 1989 | birth_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India | nationality = India | known_for = Acting in the popular Bengali comedy soap Boyei Gelo and the Bengali film Asha Jaoar Majhe | occupation = Acting, Modeling |education = Lee Memorial Girls High School, Brahmo Girls' School, Gokhale Memorial Girls' College (graduation), Rabindra Bharati University (Masters)}}

Basabdatta Chatterjee is a Bengali actress who mainly works in Bengali television serials. She made her debut in the popular soap directed by Rituparno Ghosh Gaaner Oparey. 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. Boyei Gelo was Basabdatta's seventh work. Subsequently, she worked in a daily soap Mon Niye Kachakachi on Star Jalsha, where she acted the role of Dr. Labanya Kapoor.

Basabdatta's first movie was 'Labour of Love' (Asha Jaoar Majhe) which was released on September 2, 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 sent to the Venice International Film Festival and also shown in 50 International Film Festivals altogether. In May 2015 New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), it was awarded in 3 categories - Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Film. 'Labour of Love' won 10 International Awards altogether.

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.

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 jewelry and clothing brands. Basabdatta is equally popular in both West Bengal and Bangladesh.

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	Krishna Sengupta	Swarnendu Samaddar	Rohit Samanta, Paran Banerjee, Monu Mukhopadhyay, Ratna Ghoshal, Chitra Sen	Zee Bangla
2014	Durga Durgotinashini	Sati			Star Jalsha
12th Jan 2015 - 19th Sep 2015	Mon Niye Kachakachi	Dr. Labanya Sanyal	Abira Majumdar	Tathagata Mukherjee, Dolon Roy, Sudip Mukherjee, Rimjhim Mitra, Chitra Sen	Star Jalsha

Films

Year	Name	Character	Director	Co-actor	Producing Company
2014	Asha Jaoar Majhe		Aditya Vikram Sengupta	Ritwick Chakraborty

External links

• Basabdatta Chatterjee at IMDb
• Basabdatta Chatterjee on Facebook