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Locket Chatterjee
File:Locket Chatterjee BJP.jpg
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byRatna De
ConstituencyHooghly
Personal details
Born
Locket Chatterjee

(1974-12-04) 4 December 1974 (age 49)[1]
Kolkata, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpousePrasenjit Bhattacharjee
Children1 son
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
OccupationActress, dancer, politician
Known forState President, BJP Mahila Morcha

Locket Chatterjee (born 4 December 1974) is a Bengali actress, Indian politician and Member of Parliament for Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal, India. She is also a classical dancer. She completed her training in Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, Manipuri and Creative,[2] but is better known as an actress. Chatterjee is the president of the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal.[3]

Early life

Chattarjee's father was a purohit, as was her grandfather. Her mother took her to dance school. Chatterjee went abroad with the Mamata Shankar ballet troupe when she was a class VIII student.[4] She grew up by the Ganges on the northern outskirts of Calcutta’s Dakshineswar area.[5]

She later studied at Jogamaya Devi College, affiliated to the University of Calcutta.[6]

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Locket Chatterjee biography". itimes. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. ^ PTI. "Locket Chatterjee replaces Roopa Ganguly as WB BJP Mahila Morcha president". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  4. ^ "At 16, I got married: Locket". Times of India. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Birthday Girl". Telegraph Kolkata. Calcutta, India. 25 November 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  6. ^ "History of the College - Jogamaya Devi College, Kolkata, INDIA". www.jogamayadevicollege.org. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  7. ^ "I will never attempt a ____: Subrata Sen". Times of India. 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  8. ^ "'I'm totally inhibition-free'". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 10 March 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  9. ^ Nag, Kushali (15 October 2011). "Real to reel". Telegraph, Kolkata. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  10. ^ Nag, Kushali (20 October 2010). "She's on a roll". Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Kalakar award winners" (PDF). Kalakar website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.


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