Ananya Chatterjee

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.^[5]

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]

Filmography

Web series

• Mohomaya (Hoichoi - 2021)
• Murder By The Sea(Hoichoi - 2022)
• Kaantaye Kaantaye (Zee5 - 2024)
• Gorkyr Maa (Fridaay - 2026)

Other works

Soap operas

• Chena Mukher Sari
• Din Pratidin
• Tithir Atithi
• Aleya
• Manik
• Ananya
• Banhisikha
• Dhyatterika (Zee Bangla)
• Gaaner Oparey (Star Jalsha)
• Kon Se Alor Sopno Niye
• Nana Ronger Dinguli
• Purbopurush
• Kokhono Megh Kokhono Brishti (ETV Bangla)
• Ashombhob (Zee Bangla)
• Subarnalata (Zee Bangla)
• Jay Kali Kalkattawali (Star Jalsha)

Telefilms

• John Johnny Janardan
• Ek Din Darjeeling
• Amar Baba
• Nir Bhangeni
• Akasher Khoje
• Spandan
• Duoranir Sadh
• Anahuto Atithi
• Bhalobaso
• Sopner naam Bhalobasa
• Amar Praner pore
• Hoyto Tomari jonno
• Gopono Kathati
• Ichamoti
• Sondhebelar Alo
• July
• Sukh
• Aparichito
• Sudhu Eka
• Onno Bhalobasa
• Proshthan Porbo
• Balyobondhu
• Prempotro
• Sonkromon
• Ektuku Icche
• Jongoler Chitronattyo
• Devdas-Paro

Short films

• Dheu (2000)
• Debi (2015)
• Dui Shalik (2020)

Audio drama

No Solution (2019)

Reality shows

Accolades

References

1. ^ "Ananya Chatterjee ends four year marriage with husband Raj". The Times of India. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
2. ^ "'Actors' moods are bound to shift like tectonic plates: Ananya Chatterjee". The Times of India. 28 September 2019. Archived 29 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
3. ^ Prithvijit Mitra (16 September 2010). "Bengal shines at National Awards, 4 from city". The Times of India. TNN. Archived 2 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
4. ^ "Who is National Award winner Ananya Chatterjee?". News18 India. 16 September 2010. Archived 28 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
5. ^ Sharmila Maiti (28 June 2004). "Ananya knows the science of acting". The Times of India. TNN. Archived 14 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
6. ^ "National Award is the first big award of my life: Ananya". Yahoo! News. Indo-Asian News Service. 15 September 2010. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
7. ^ "Reviews: Probhu Nashto Hoye Jai". Screen. 21 December 2007.^{[dead link]}
8. ^ Priyanka Dasgupta (25 July 2009). "Movie Review: Dwando". The Times of India. TNN. Archived 3 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
9. ^ "Moview Review: Mama Bhagne". The Times of India. TNN. 18 May 2016. Archived 3 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
10. ^ "Rituparno Ghosh's 'Abohomaan' is brilliant". News18 India. 28 March 2010. Archived 28 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
11. ^ Kushali Nag (16 June 2012). "Ritwik Ghatak". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
12. ^ "Ananya's happy to be herself". The Telegraph. 11 April 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

External links

• Ananya Chatterjee at IMDb
• Change is the Constant at The Times of India