Ananya Chatterjee Explained

Ananya Chatterjee
Birth Place:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:2001–present
Spouse:[1]
Alma Mater:University of Calcutta

Ananya Chatterjee is an Indian actress who works in Bengali films.[2] Known for her role in Abahoman which won her a National Award.[3] She started her career as a TV actress. She acted in several TV serials and films, including three directed by Anjan Dutt. Her role as the muse of a married director in Abahoman, directed by Rituparno Ghosh, won her the National Film Award for Best Actress.[4]

Early life and education

Brought up in Kolkata, Chatterjee underwent education at G. D. Birla Centre and passed Class 10 board exams in 1994. Chatterjee studied microbiology at Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated undergraduate women's college of the University of Calcutta.

Career

Chatterjee was a student in Mamata Shankar's dance institution, when she started her acting career on television, with the TV series Din Pratidin where she acted opposite Rudranil Ghosh, and went to on appear on soap operas like Tithir Atithi, Aleya, and Ananya.[5] Despite having no formal training in acting, her work was appreciated and she became a household name;[5] soon appearing in three telefilms directed by Anjan Dutt, John Johnny Janardan, Ek Din Darjeeling and Amar Baba.[6] Subsequently, she made her feature film debut with Sharan Dutta's thriller Raat Barota Paanch (2005).[4] After appearing in the comedy Aamra (2006) by Mainak Bhaumik, her next important film was debutant director Agnidev Chatterjee's, Probhu Nashto Hoye Jai (Lord, Let the Devil Steal My Soul), which premiered at the 13th Kolkata Film Festival.[7]

In 2009, appearing opposite veteran Soumitra Chatterjee in Suman Ghosh's Dwando she managed to stand her ground and then in Anup Sengupta's Mama Bhagne (2009) where again her performance was reviewed as "stellar".[8] [9] However, it was in Rituparno Ghosh's Abohoman, released in 2010, that established her as an actress of repute,[10] winning her first National Film Award for Best Actress. In the 2012 Bengali film Meghe Dhaka Tara directed by Kamaleswar Mukherjee, Chatterjee played the role of Durga, wife of Nilkantha Bagchi.[11]

She performed the lead role in the popular Bengali serial Subarnolata airing on Zee Bangla.[12]

Works

Films

YearFilm DirectorCharacter
2005Raat Barota PaanchSaran DuttaShyamali
2006AamraMainak BhaumikShreya
2007Probhu Nosto Hoi JaiAgnidev ChatterjeeJhilmil Chowdhury
2009Angshumaner ChhobiAtanu GhoshSouriya Ray
DwandoSudipta
Mama BhagneAnup SenguptaPayel
2010LaptopKaushik GangulyShubhaa
AbohomaanRituparno GhoshShikha Sarkar/ Srimati Sarkar
2011Iti MrinaliniAparna SenHiya Majumdar
2012Teen KanyaAgnidev ChatterjeeNancy
2013Anya Na Parthasarathi JoardarAnanya
2013Anwar Ka Ajab KissaBuddhadev DasguptaMalini
2013Meghe Dhaka TaraKamaleshwar MukherjeeDurga
2014Jodi Love Dile Na PraneParomita
2014Jaatishwar Srijit MukherjiJoggesshori
2015JogajogSekhar DasShyamasundari
2017Tope Buddhadeb DasguptaRekha (King's wife)
2019Bhalo Maye Kharap MayeTamal DasguptaRiya
202172 GhantaAtanu GhoshSumedha
2025Shotyi Boley Shotyi Kichhu NeiSrijit MukherjiAnonymous
Putul Nacher ItikathaSuman MukhopadhyaySen Didi
TBAAnnapurna AnonymousAnnapurna

Television

Serials

Reality shows

Telefilms

Short films

Audio drama

No Solution (2019)

Web series

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ananya Chatterjee ends four year marriage with husband Raj . The Times of India . 6 March 2020.
  2. Web site: 'Actors' moods are bound to shift like tectonic plates: Ananya Chatterjee . 1 November 2020 . 29 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143449/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/actors-moods-are-bound-to-shift-like-tectonic-plates-ananya-chatterjee/articleshow/71335399.cms . live .
  3. News: Bengal shines at National Awards, 4 from city . Prithvijit Mitra . . TNN . 16 September 2010 . 28 July 2018 . 2 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180902074029/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Bengal-shines-at-National-Awards-4-from-city/articleshow/6562684.cms . live .
  4. News: Who is National Award winner Ananya Chatterjee? . . 16 September 2010 . 28 July 2018 . 28 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180728191320/https://www.news18.com/news/india/who-is-national-award-winner-ananya-chatterjee-348526.html . live .
  5. News: Ananya knows the science of acting . TNN . Sharmila Maiti . 28 June 2004 . The Times of India . 28 July 2018 . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180814194934/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/calcutta-times/ananya-knows-the-science-of-acting/articleshow/756042.cms . live .
  6. Web site: National Award is the first big award of my life: Ananya . . Indo-Asian News Service . 15 September 2010 . 28 July 2018 . 28 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180728191342/https://www.yahoo.com/news/national-award-first-big-award-life-ananya.html . dead .
  7. Web site: Reviews: Probhu Nashto Hoye Jai . 21 December 2007 . Screen.
  8. News: Priyanka Dasgupta . Movie Review: Dwando . 25 July 2009 . The Times of India . TNN . 28 July 2018 . 3 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103121911/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/movie-reviews/Dwando/movie-review/4819848.cms . live .
  9. News: Moview Review: Mama Bhagne . 18 May 2016 . The Times of India . TNN . 28 July 2018 . 3 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103122050/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/movie-reviews/Mama-Bhagne/movie-review/5030895.cms . live .
  10. News: Rituparno Ghosh's 'Abohomaan' is brilliant . 28 March 2010 . . 28 July 2018 . 28 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180728191223/https://www.news18.com/news/india/first-cut-rituparnos-abohomaan-is-brilliant-335633.html . live .
  11. News: Ritwik Ghatak . https://web.archive.org/web/20120620081640/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120616/jsp/entertainment/story_15616492.jsp . dead . 20 June 2012 . 2 November 2012 . . 16 June 2012 . Calcutta, India . Kushali Nag.
  12. News: Ananya's happy to be herself . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413140735/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120411/jsp/entertainment/story_15357416.jsp . dead . 13 April 2014 . 28 July 2018 . The Telegraph . 11 April 2012 . Calcutta, India.

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