Basabdatta Chatterjee

Basabdatta Chatterjee
Basabdatta Chatterjee
Born	6 May 1989 (age 35); 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(s)	Acting, Modeling
Known for	Acting in the popular Bengali comedy soap Boyei Gelo and the Bengali film Asha Jaoar Majhe
Spouse	Anirban Biswas (m. 2018)

Basabdatta Chatterjee (born 6 May 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.

Early life and education

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 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.

Personal life

On 6 March 2018 she was married to journalist Anirban Biswas. In June 2022, she gave birth to a daughter.^[6]

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Director	Co-actor	Broadcasting channel
2010 - 2011	Ganer Opaarey		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] (later replaced by Madhubani Ghosh Gowswami)	Krishna Sengupta	Swarnendu Samaddar	Rohit Samanta, Paran Banerjee, Monu Mukhopadhyay, Ratna Ghoshal, Chitra Sen	Zee Bangla
2015	Mon Niye Kachakachi^[7]	Dr. Labanya Sanyal	Abira Majumdar	Tathagata Mukherjee, Dolon Roy, Sudip Mukherjee, Rimjhim Mitra, Chitra Sen	Star Jalsha
2016	Goyenda Ginni	Tridha Banerjee	Anupam, Rajat Paul	Indrani Halder, Saheb Chatterjee, Aditi Chatterjee, Ratna Ghoshal, Indrajit Bose	Zee Bangla
2016	Taranath Tantrik	Jahnobi	Bijoy Jana	Tota Roy Chowdhury, Sougata, Sayan Banerjee, Bikas Bhowmik, Prriyam, Toshana Mukherjee	Colors Bangla
2019–2020	Netaji	Prabhabati Bose (Dutt)	Amit Das, Sibhangshu Dasgupta	Ankit Mazumder, Dhrubajyoti Sarkar, Sripanrna Roy, Abhishek Bose, Kaushik Chakraborty	Zee Bangla
2020	Prothoma Kadambini	Jnanadanandini Devi	Swarnendu Samaddar, Shamik Bose	Solanki Roy, Honey Bafna	Star Jalsha
2023–2024	Kar Kachhe Koi Moner Kotha	Sucharita Basu	Leena Gangopadhyay	Manali Dey, Sneha Chatterjee, Kuyasha Biswas, Srijani Mitra	Zee Bangla

Mahalaya

Year	Title	Role	Co-actor	Broadcasting channel
2013	Jago Dosoprohoronodharini	Devi Gouri	Jeetu Kamal, Oindrilla Sen, Mimi Dutta, Geetashree Roy, Rupsha Chatterjee,[Diya Mukherjee, Tumpa Ghosh	Zee Bangla
2014	Durga Durgotinashini	Devi Sati	Sreenanda Shankar, Sritama Bhattacharjee, Arindam Roy	Star Jalsha
2019	12 Mashe 12 Rupe Debibaran	Devi Basanti	Subhashree 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 Dey	Zee Bangla

Films

Year	Title	Role
2014	Asha Jaoar Majhe^[8]	The woman
2019	Weekend E Surjoday	Basudha
2020	Michhil	Sreemoyi
2020	Sraboner Dhara	Pritha Roy
2020	Rawkto Rawhoshyo	Kheya
2021	Sohorer Upokotha	Moumita
2021	Torulatar Bhoot	Monorama
2021	Tokhon Kuasa Chilo	Mou
2022	Abhijaan	Deepa Chatterjee