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Moushumi Chatterjee is an Indian movie actress and politician, who primarily seems in Hindi and Bengali movies. Within the Nineteen Seventies, she was amongst one of many high most-paid actresses.

Wiki/Biography

Moushumi Chatterjee was born as Indira Mukherjee aka Indira Chattopadhyay on Monday, 26 April 1948 (age 75 years; as of 2023) in Bikrampur, West Bengal. Her zodiac signal is Taurus. She did her education at Sir Nripendra Nath Ladies’ Excessive Faculty, Calcutta. Whereas she was in school 10, she obtained married after which she stop her research.

Moushumi Chatterjee’s childhood picture

Bodily Look

Peak (approx.): 5′ 3″

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Darkish Brown

Household

She belongs to a Brahmin Hindu household.

Mother and father & Siblings

Her father, Prantosh Chattopadhyaya, served within the Indian Military, and later, he labored within the Indian Railways. Her mom’s identify is Shouvi Chattopadhyay. She has an elder sister and a brother.

Moushumi Chatterjee along with her father

Moushumi Chatterjee along with her mom

Husband & Kids

Whereas she was in school 10, she obtained married to Jayanta Mukherjee, exponent of Rabindra Sangeet and son of music composer and singer Hemant Kumar. At the moment, one in all her aunts who was battling most cancers in its superior phases, held a fervent want to witness her marriage. Later, the couple was blessed with two daughters named Payal (who labored for Disney, and Megha (an actress, social employee). Her daughter, Payal, handed away on 13 December 2019 after being in a coma since 2018.

Moushumi Chatterjee’s wedding ceremony image

Moushumi Chatterjee along with her husband and daughter Megha

Moushumi Chatterjee along with her daughters

Relationships/Affairs

In her youthful days, Moushumi was linked with many well-liked Indian actors like Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Vinod Mehra, and Farooq Shaikh. In an interview, whereas speaking about her link-up rumours, she stated that the content material written about her didn’t have an effect on her since her household remained well-informed about her connections, companions, whereabouts, and actions. Her father-in-law had suggested her in opposition to responding; reacting would solely appeal to extra such tales.

Deal with

Nibbana Annexe, 1st Flooring, Pali Hill, Bandra (West), Mumbai 400050

Profession

Movie

Actor

Bengali

In 1967, she made her appearing debut with the Bengali movie ‘Balika Badhu’ by which she performed the position of Rajani.

Balika Badhu

She has appeared in lots of Bengali movies like ‘Parineeta’ (1969), ‘Ogu Bodhu Sundari’ (1981), ‘Goynar Baksho’ (2013), and ‘Sesh Sangbad’ (2016).

Goynar Baksho

Hindi

In 1972, she made her Bollywood debut with ‘Anuraag’ as Shivani.

Anuraag

She has acted in lots of well-liked Hindi movies like ‘Roti Kapada Aur Makaan’ (1974), ‘Swarg Narak’ (1978), ‘Pyaasa Sawan’ (1981), ‘Ghayal’ (1990), and ‘Piku’ (2015).

Pyaasa Sawan

She was paired reverse Vinod Mehra in ten movies together with ‘Anuraag’ (1972), ‘Us Paar’ (1974), ‘Raftaar’ (1975), ‘Umar Qaid’ (1975), and ‘Do Jhoot’ (1975).

TV

Actor

She has acted in numerous Hindi TV serials like ‘Katha Sagar’ (1986; DD Nationwide), ‘Talaash’ (1992; Doordarshan), ‘Albeli’ (1993; Zee TV), and ‘Jaana Na Dil Se Door’ (2016; Star Plus).

A nonetheless from the TV serial Talaash

Politics

In 2004, Chatterjee contested the Lok Sabha elections for the Congress from Kolkata North East constituency however misplaced to Communist Social gathering of India-Marxist (CPI-M) candidate Mohammed Salim. Later, she stated that becoming a member of politics in 2004 had been a mistake.

Moushumi Chatterjee on becoming a member of Congress

In an interview, she stated that she was as soon as requested to contest in opposition to the Indian politician Mamata Banerjee. Nonetheless, she rejected it. In 2019, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering.

Moushumi Chatterjee on becoming a member of BJP

Awards

• 1968: Bengal Movie Journalists’ Affiliation Award for Greatest Actress for the Hindi movie Balika Badhu

• 1968: Filmfare Award for Greatest Actress for the Hindi movie Balika Badhu

• 1974: Bengal Movie Journalists’ Affiliation Award for Greatest Supporting Actress for the Hindi movie Roti Kapda Aur Makaan

• 2014: Filmfare Award for Greatest Supporting Actress – Bengali for the movie Goynar Baksho

• 2015: Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
  

  Moushumi Chatterjee along with her Filmfare award

• 2016: Bengal Movie Journalists’ Affiliation Award for Lifetime Achievement Award

• 2018: Energy Manufacturers Journalist Award

Controversies

Defamation Case

In 2019, throughout an interview, Dicky Sinha, her daughter Payal’s son shared that he would file a defamation lawsuit in opposition to Moushumi. Dicky’s response was triggered by Chatterjee’s allegations that her daughter, Payal, hadn’t acquired correct care from her husband Dicky and his household. In a video shared on-line, Dicky might be heard asserting that he and his household had genuinely liked and cared for Payal to the perfect of their talents. He talked about having prescriptions and medical paperwork from numerous hospitals as proof that her remedy had been ongoing. Moreover, he emphasised his deep love for his spouse, regardless of Chatterjee’s opposite claims. From pulmonologists to nephrologists, gastroenterologists, neurosurgeons, neurologists, and ophthalmologists on account of her eye dryness, the docs used to go to and supply remedy for her. The video ended with Dicky stating that two skilled nurses had taken care of Payal from 8:00 am to eight:00 pm, with all the main points documented. In 2018, Moushumi underwent a authorized battle for custody of Payal. She had accused Dicky and Payal’s in-laws of neglecting her daughter’s well-being. She additionally alleged that that they had refused to cowl Payal’s medical bills.

Tiff with Rajesh Khanna

In an interview, Moushumi recounted receiving an disagreeable remark from her the Indian actor Rajesh Khanna. He had raised the query of whether or not Vinod Mehra was the daddy of her youngster. Though Rajesh Khanna’s hurtful comment affected her, she responded in variety, delivering an identical remark about his personal kids, which left him greatly surprised. She stated,

Rajesh Khanna behaved unfairly on a number of events. He requested me are you pregnant with Vinod Khanna. I gave him abefitting replyed and requested him and requested is it Rishi Kapoor’s youngster or yours?”

Although she was subjected to such remarks, Moushumi shared how she moved past these experiences and went to see Rajesh Khanna throughout his final moments within the hospital. Throughout the interview, she remembered Rajesh Khanna praising her in entrance of her youthful daughter. He stated,

Your mum might need appeared fierce, however we had been all a bit afraid of her. She didn’t tolerate any nonsense.’”

Combat with Rekha

Within the 1978 Hindi movie, ‘Bhola Bhala’ Moushumi Chatterjee and the Indian actress Rekha shared the parallel lead roles. In keeping with stories, a dispute arose between the 2 actresses throughout the movie’s shoot following the discharge of its poster. Allegedly, the makers of the movie positioned Rekha’s identify earlier than Moushumi Chatterjee’s on the poster. This determination upset Moushumi Chatterjee, resulting in a heated argument between her and Rekha. It’s stated that she even pressured the filmmakers to rectify this association, however their stance remained unchanged. Subsequently, Chatterjee expressed her frustration in entrance of the media. Moushumi stated,

Why can’t my identify come earlier than Rekha? I’ve been via a bit with them.”

Automobile Assortment

• On the age of 18, she purchased a Mercedes automotive.

Belongings & Properties

Movable Belongings

• Financial institution Deposits: Rs 5,00,502

• Bonds, Debentures, and Shares: Rs 1,67,825

• NSS, Postal Financial savings: Rs 1,70,000

• Motor Autos: Rs 4,578.19

Immovable Belongings

• Residential Buildings: Rs 2,65,557

Observe: The given estimates of movable and immovable property are in accordance with the 12 months 2004.

Favourites

Info/Trivia

Her household and mates name her Indu.

Info/Trivia

• Her household and mates name her Indu.

• Someday, as she was returning residence from faculty, a movie director observed her. He expressed curiosity in casting her for the Bengali movie ‘Balika Badhu’ and visited her residence to acquire her father’s consent. Initially, her father declined, however the director’s spouse, a outstanding actress herself, intervened, persuading him to grant permission. On the time, Moushumi was in school 5. In an interview, she shared that she didn’t take pleasure in capturing for the movie as she needed to placed on quite a lot of make-up and didn’t get sufficient time for taking part in. She stated that to make her appear like a teen, she was made to put on a good shirt and sari. She was not snug and wore them very reluctantly. She even ran away from the make-up room twice.

• Being a minor, her appropriate start date remained elusive, differing in her passport, marriage certificates, and college information. Regardless of possessing proof that she was older than each her elder sister and husband, the confusion surrounding her start date continued. Consequently, her father-in-law Hemant Kumar really helpful adjusting her age to make sure the legality of the marriage.

• After her marriage, she took her doll, her pet canine, and her pal to her in-laws’ home.

• Attributable to her being pregnant, she couldn’t shoot the Hindi track “Hai Hai Yeh Majboori” from the movie ‘Roti, Kapda Aur Makaan’ (1974) which was later filmed by the Indian actress Zeenat Aman.

• In an interview, she stated that she would by no means work with the favored author and director Aparna Sen. She stated that Aparna by no means gave credit score to anybody and that Sen manipulated issues. Regardless of being the actress within the movie ‘Goynar Baksho,’ efforts had been made by Sen to advertise her daughter Konkona.

• She is an avid animal lover since her childhood. As a child, she used to carry stray canines to her residence. She has one other pet canine named Dodo.
  

  Moushumi Chatterjee along with her pet canine

• She is moreover a social employee and commenced her work with Mom Teresa at a younger age. Mom Teresa held a robust bond along with her and even composed a poem for her.

• She shares an in depth relationship with Vinod Khanna’s household and would babysit his kids when her husband and Vinod Khanna attended events.

• In an interview, she shared that she by no means used glycerine to shed tears whereas capturing emotional scenes for the movies.

• She as soon as shared that in her youthful days, she was flirtatious. She stated that the Indian actress Shabana Azmi as soon as informed her Moushumi may flirt with everybody from a six-year-old boy to a 60-year-old man.

• Moushumi as soon as emphasised how her outspoken and simple nature typically resulted in her being rejected and substituted in quite a few movies. This was primarily on account of her not being on good phrases with the movie’s major hero. She talked about how her uncompromising angle sometimes left her with out work alternatives.

• She has been featured on the quilt of assorted magazines like Filmfare and Star & Model.
  

  Moushumi Chatterjee featured on Filmfare