Moushumi Chatterjee

Moushumi Chatterjee
Born	Moushmi Chattopadhyaya 26 April 1948 (1948-04-26) (age 63) Jabalpur
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1967 – present
Spouse	Jayant Mukherjee

Moushumi Chatterjee (26 April 1948; Bengali: মৌসুমি চ্যাটার্জী; Moushumi Chāţārjī) is a Bollywood actress, who has also acted in Bengali cinema. She worked with actors like Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Jeetendra and Vinod Mehra.

Personal life and education

Chatterjee was born in Calcutta. Her father Prantosh Chattopadhyaya was in the Army. She had a sister and a brother.^[1] Her grandfather was a judge. She is married to Jayant Mukherjee (son of Hemant Kumar). They have two daughters, Payal and Megha.^[2] She started to act in Bollywood movies after her marriage, which was quite unusual for women during that time.

Career

Moushumi Chatterjee was never considered to have conventional beauty, yet she was considered one of the most beautiful faces to hit the Hindi screen in the 1970s. She is an actress originally from Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal. She made her film debut in the Bengali hit, "Balika Badhu" (1969) directed by Tarun Majumdar. Her debut as heroine in the Hindi film "Anuraag" (1973) came courtesy of another famous Bengali director Shakti Samanta. She played a blind girl who falls in love, and her performance earned her a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. The film, itself, won the Filmfare Award as Best Picture. That led to another huge hit film, where played a rape survivor in Manoj Kumar's "Roti Kapada Aur Makaan" (1974). Her rape sequence in the film is still considered to be one of the most disturbing scenes in Hindi cinema. Her performance earned her a Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress. That led to more starring roles opposite superstar Amitabh Bachchan in the thriller "Benaam" (1974) and Basu Chatterjee's film "Manzil" (1979). She did more Hindi and Bengali hit films, and by the 1980s, she made the transition to character roles of mother and bhabhi (sister-in-law).

Moushumi's personal life has kept her in the gossip columns since the beginning of her career. She married early to producer Jayanta Mukherjee, son of legendary music composer and singer Hemant Kumar. They have two daughters, Payal and Megha. She acted in Hindi films after marriage, which was unusual at that time, as it was customary to act in films before marriage and leave films after marriage. At one point, she was said to leave her husband for film distributor Ramesh Sippy (not to be confused with the director of "Sholay" (1975)) but then changed her mind and stayed with her husband and their two daughters.

In 2005, she was thrilled when director Tarun Majumdar, who had introduced her to films in "Balika Badhu" (1969) decided to introduce her younger daughter Megha in his next Bengali film "Bhalobasar Anek Naam". (Moushumi played a supporting role as cousin sister to Megha in the film.) Her older daughter Payal has made a name for herself behind the camera as the creative head at the Prime Channel, which oversees television shows.

In middle age, Moushumi has accepted new challenges as playing a dual role in Tanuja Chandra's "Zindaggi Rocks" (2006) and crossed over to Canada to act in "Bollywood/Hollywood" (2003). She also has entered politics in 2004, even though she has had no experience, but she tried to compensate with enthusiasm and hard work.

She acted with her youngest daughter, Meghna, in her daughter's debut movie, a Bengali film titled Bhalo Bashar Onek Naam directed by Tarun Majumdar, the same person who directed Chatterjee's very first movie, Balika Badhu. Bhalo Bashar Onek Naam was also the debut movie of Uttam Kumar's grandson Gaurav Chattopadhyay.

Awards

• Best Actress award for Balika Badhu (Bengali)
• Best Actress Nominee for Anurag
• Best Supporting Actress Nomination for Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (1974)

Filmography

1. The Japanese Wife (2010) ... Maashi
2. Golapi Ekhon Bilatey (2006)
3. Hum Kaun Hai? (2004) .... Mrs. Martha Pinto
4. Bollywood/Hollywood (2002) .... Mrs. Seth
5. Na Tum Jaano Na Hum (2002) .... Mrs. Malhotra
6. Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999) .... Rohan's Mother
7. Keemat – They Are Back (1998) .... Sulakshana Tripathi
8. Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (1998) .... Mrs. Chandrika Bansal
9. Kareeb (1998) .... Neha's Mother
10. Jallaad (1995)
11. Kartavya (1995) .... Sharda Varma
12. Ikke Pe Ikka (1994) .... Kaushalya Devi
13. Udhaar Ki Zindagi (1994).... Janki
14. Santaan (1993) .... Laxmi
15. Prateeksha (1993) .... Laxmi
16. Nishchaiy (1992) .... Renuka Singh
17. Khule-Aam (1992) (as Moushmi Chatterjee) .... Roopa
18. Zulm Ki Hukumat (1992) .... Pitamber's wife
19. Ghayal (1990) .... Indu Mehra
20. Shehzaade (1989) .... Padmini Singh
21. Sikka (1989) .... Laxmi
22. Jung Baaz (1989).... Mrs. Krishna Prasad Saxena
23. Aakhri Baazi (1989) .... Parvati P. Kumar
24. Aakhri Gulam (1989)
25. Agnee (1988) .... Shobha
26. Vijay (1988) .... Rita
27. Param Dharam (1987) .... Savitri
28. Aag Hi Aag (1987) .... Mrs. Ganga Singh
29. Mera Karam Mera Dharam (1987) .... Mala
30. Ghar Ek Mandir (1984 film) (1984)
31. Jawaani (1984) .... Prema Mohan
32. Pet Pyaar Aur Paap (1984)
33. Justice Chaudhury (1983) .... Janki Chaudhary
34. Angoor (1982) .... Sudha A. Tilak
35. Daasi (1981)
36. Itni Si Baat (1981) .... Asha
37. Krodhi (1981) .... Aarti
38. Ogu Bodhu Sundari (1981)
39. Pyaasa Sawan (1981) .... Shanti
40. Do Premee (1980) .... Payal/Parvati Singh Dogra
41. Chambal Ki Kasam (1980)
42. Jyoti Bane Jwala (1980) .... Anu
43. Maang Bharo Sajana (1980) .... Sita Ram Kumar
44. Swayamvar (1980) .... Roopa Bhargav
45. Manzil (1979) .... Aruna Khosla
46. Gautam Govinda (1979) .... Sandhya
47. Prem Bandhan (1979) - Meena Mehra
48. Do Ladke Dono Kadke (1979) .... Rani
49. Bhola Bhala (1978) .... Renu
50. Dil Aur Deewar (1978) .... Saroj
51. Phandebaaz (1978)
52. Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan (1978) .... Shanti
53. Swarg Narak (1978) .... Shobha Mohan Kapoor
54. Tumhari Kasam (1978) .... Vidya
55. Ab Kya Hoga (1977) (.... Lady who asked for a cup of Tea
56. Anand Ashram (1977/I) .... Kiran
57. Zindagi (1976) .... Seema (as Moushumi)
58. Jai Bajrang Bali (1976) -- Devi Maa Sita
59. Sabse Bada Rupaiya (1976) .... Sunita
60. Anari (1975)
61. Do Jhoot (1975)
62. Mazaaq (1975) .... Moushumi
63. Natak (1975)
64. Raftaar (1975) .... Rani/Rita
65. Umar Qaid (1975)
66. Benaam (1974) .... Sheela Srivastav
67. Badla (1974) .... Kalpana
68. Humshakal (1974) .... Radha/Sita
69. Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974) .... Tulsi
70. Us-Paar (1974) .... Kamla (Kamli)
71. Zehreela Insaan (1974)
72. Ghulam Begam Badshah (1973)
73. Kuchhe Dhaage (1973) .... Sona
74. Naina (1973)
75. Anindita (1972)
76. Anuraag (1972) .... Shivani
77. Parineeta (1969) .... Lalita
78. Balika Badhu (1967)

References

1. ^ http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2006/10/14/1706/index.html
2. ^ http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/features/moushumi-chatterjee-030806.html

External links

• Moushmi Chatterji at the Internet Movie Database
• mid-day
• http://www.indiafm.com/features/2006/10/14/1706

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Name	Chatterji, Moushmi
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Date of birth	26 April 1948
Place of birth	Jabalpur
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