Swastika Mukherjee
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Swastika Mukherjee is a Bengal
i actress at Tollywood
. She is daughter of actor Santu Mukherjee. Mukherjee's first stint with acting was the tele-serial Devdasi. She made her film debut in 2003 with the film Hemanter Pakhi
directed by Urmi Chakraborty. Her first lead role came with Ravi Kinnagi-directed Mastan.
, Mary Poppins
and The Sound of Music
. She did her schooling at Carmel School, Kolkata
, St. Teresa' School, and Gokhale Memorial School. In 1998 at the age of 18, she married singer Pramit Sen, son of Rabindra Sangeet
singer exponent Sagar Sen
. The marriage was an unhappy one, lasting only two years before the couple separated. She accused him of physically abusing her and locking her out of their home when she was pregnant and filed a charge against him for cruelty
(it was later dismissed). According to Mukherje, Sen filed for divorce in 2000, but changed his mind later when she became successful in her acting career. She had one daughter from the marriage, Anwesha, born in 2000.
In 2001 Mukherjee enrolled at the Ananda Shankar Centre for Culture, learning dance from veteran Tanushree Shankar. While working on a history degree at Jadavpur University
she was spotted by the director of the TV serial Devdasi who convinced her to act in his production. She went on to appear in other serials like Akasher Niche and Protibimbo. During the filming of Mastan she began to date her co-star Jeet
. They went on to appear in several films together, including Kranti, Krishnakanter Will and Partner
. She broke up with him in 2008 after they "began to drift apart". Later, she began a relationship with Parambrata Chatterjee
on the sets of Brake Fail. As she was still technically married to Pramit Sen, he filed a charge against Chatterjee for criminal adultery and enticement of a married woman. They separated in 2010 after Chatterjee moved to London. Mukherjee has recently appeared in Bye Bye Bangkok
and made her Hindi debut in the anthology film
Mumbai Cutting
.
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...
i actress at Tollywood
Bengali cinema
Bengali cinema refers to the Bengali language filmmaking industries in the Bengal region of South Asia. There are two major film-making hubs in the region: one in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the other in Dhaka, Bangladesh .The history of cinema in Bengal dates back to the 1890s, when the first...
. She is daughter of actor Santu Mukherjee. Mukherjee's first stint with acting was the tele-serial Devdasi. She made her film debut in 2003 with the film Hemanter Pakhi
Hemanter Pakhi
Hemanter Pakhi is an award-winning Indian Bengali feature film directed by Urmi Chakraborty.-Plot:This is a story of a bengali housewife who takes up writing as a career after twenty three years of her marriage. She is introduced to a new world and new friends. Her work gets appreciated and this...
directed by Urmi Chakraborty. Her first lead role came with Ravi Kinnagi-directed Mastan.
Life and career
Mukherjee was born on 13 December 1980 in Kolkata. As a child she lived a self-described "simple life" with her father Santu Mukherjee, younger sister Ajopa and mother Gopa. Her favorite films were Chitty Chitty Bang BangChitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car is a children's book written by Ian Fleming for his son Caspar, with illustrations by John Burningham...
, Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins (film)
Mary Poppins is a 1964 musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, produced by Walt Disney, and based on the Mary Poppins books series by P. L. Travers with illustrations by Mary Shepard. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, with songs by...
and The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music (film)
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The film is based on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and with the musical...
. She did her schooling at Carmel School, Kolkata
Carmel School, Kolkata
Carmel Convent School is an all-girl Catholic institution located in Kolkata, India. The school aims at the education of the surrounding Catholic community and extends its service to members of other communities to the extent possible...
, St. Teresa' School, and Gokhale Memorial School. In 1998 at the age of 18, she married singer Pramit Sen, son of Rabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet , also known as Tagore Songs in English, is a form of music composed by Rabindranath Tagore who added a new dimension to the musical concept of India in general and Bengal in specific....
singer exponent Sagar Sen
Sagar Sen
Sagar Sen was a Bengali singer. He is primarily known as a Rabindrasangeet artiste although he had recorded a few Bengali modern songs as well.- Career :Sagar Sen made an entry into the world of Rabindrasangeet in the early 1960s...
. The marriage was an unhappy one, lasting only two years before the couple separated. She accused him of physically abusing her and locking her out of their home when she was pregnant and filed a charge against him for cruelty
Dowry law in India
Payment of a dowry, gift—often financial, has a long history in many parts of the world. In India, the payment of a dowry was prohibited in 1961 under Indian civil law and subsequently by Sections 304B and 498a of the Indian Penal Code were enacted to make it easier for the wife to seek...
(it was later dismissed). According to Mukherje, Sen filed for divorce in 2000, but changed his mind later when she became successful in her acting career. She had one daughter from the marriage, Anwesha, born in 2000.
In 2001 Mukherjee enrolled at the Ananda Shankar Centre for Culture, learning dance from veteran Tanushree Shankar. While working on a history degree at Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University , is a premier educational and research institution in India.It is located in Kolkata, West Bengal and comprises two campuses - the main campus at Jadavpur and the new campus at Salt Lake...
she was spotted by the director of the TV serial Devdasi who convinced her to act in his production. She went on to appear in other serials like Akasher Niche and Protibimbo. During the filming of Mastan she began to date her co-star Jeet
Jeet (actor)
Jeet is an actor from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Although of Sindhi descent, he is a leading actor in the Bengali film industry...
. They went on to appear in several films together, including Kranti, Krishnakanter Will and Partner
Partner (2008 film)
Partner is a Bengali film Directed by Shankar Ray.This film is more or less same as more than four decades ago in 1964 a film named “Jiban Kahini based on a story by Shaktipada Rajguru was a smashing hit. The main star cast of that film were Bikash Roy, Anup Kumar and Sandhya Roy...
. She broke up with him in 2008 after they "began to drift apart". Later, she began a relationship with Parambrata Chatterjee
Parambrata Chatterjee
Parambrata Chatterjee is a Bengali Indian male actor and director of television and films.-Career:His directorial debut feature film is [Jiyo Kaka] starred by Rituparna Sengupta and Rudranil Ghosh....
on the sets of Brake Fail. As she was still technically married to Pramit Sen, he filed a charge against Chatterjee for criminal adultery and enticement of a married woman. They separated in 2010 after Chatterjee moved to London. Mukherjee has recently appeared in Bye Bye Bangkok
Bye Bye Bangkok
Bye Bye Bangkok is a 2011 Bengali comedy film, directed by Aniket Chattopadhaya. It featured Swastika Mukherjee, Rajesh Sharma, Shilajit Majumdar, Rudranil Ghosh, Kharaj Mukherjee, Anjana Basu, Locket Chatterjee, Sonali Choudhury, Kanchan Mallik, Kanchana Maitra, Neel Mukherjee, Rajatava Dutta,...
and made her Hindi debut in the anthology film
Anthology film
An anthology film is a feature film consisting of several different short films, often tied together by only a single theme, premise, or brief interlocking event . Sometimes each one is directed by a different director...
Mumbai Cutting
Mumbai Cutting
Mumbai Cutting is a 2010 anthology Indian film comprising eleven short films, telling eleven different stories based on life in Mumbai, which are directed by a host of eleven directors: Anurag Kashyap, Sudhir Mishra, Rahul Dholakia, Kundan Shah, Revathy, Jahnu Barua, Rituparno Ghosh, Shashanka...
.
Filmography
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| 2011 | Mumbai Cutting Mumbai Cutting Mumbai Cutting is a 2010 anthology Indian film comprising eleven short films, telling eleven different stories based on life in Mumbai, which are directed by a host of eleven directors: Anurag Kashyap, Sudhir Mishra, Rahul Dholakia, Kundan Shah, Revathy, Jahnu Barua, Rituparno Ghosh, Shashanka... |
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| 2011 | Bye Bye Bangkok Bye Bye Bangkok Bye Bye Bangkok is a 2011 Bengali comedy film, directed by Aniket Chattopadhaya. It featured Swastika Mukherjee, Rajesh Sharma, Shilajit Majumdar, Rudranil Ghosh, Kharaj Mukherjee, Anjana Basu, Locket Chatterjee, Sonali Choudhury, Kanchan Mallik, Kanchana Maitra, Neel Mukherjee, Rajatava Dutta,... |
Aniket Chattopadhaya Aniket Chattopadhaya Aniket Chattopadhyay is a journalist and director of the Bengali films, Chha E Chhuti [released] and Bye Bye Bangkok . He is also the News Editor of Bengali News Channel Kolkata TV.Aniket Chattopadhyay's next film is GORAY GONDOGOL-References:... |
Rudranil Ghosh Rudranil Ghosh Rudranil Ghosh is an Indian Bengali actor of TV and films.-Awards:* 2007: BFJA - Best Supporting Actor Award for both Kantatar and Refugee* 2011: Zee Bangla'r Gourab - Best Actor in a Negative Role for Byomkesh Bakshi-Filmography:... |
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| 2009 | Brake Fail | Kaushik Ganguly Kaushik Ganguly Kaushik Ganguly is an Indian director, screenwriter and actor in Bengali cinema. He is known for his works that explore sexuality like Ushnatar Janye which deals with a lesbian relationship and Arekti Premer Golpo that examines transgendered identity.-Life and career:Ganguly was born in Kolkata... |
Parambrata Chatterjee Parambrata Chatterjee Parambrata Chatterjee is a Bengali Indian male actor and director of television and films.-Career:His directorial debut feature film is [Jiyo Kaka] starred by Rituparna Sengupta and Rudranil Ghosh.... , Koyel Mullick Koyel Mullick Koyel Mallick is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali and Tollywood films. She is a daughter of Bengali actor Ranjit Mullick.-Early life:Mallick was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to Bengali actor Ranjit Mullick and his wife Deepa. Mallick has a B.Sc... |
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| 2009 | Sobar Upore Tumi Sobar Upore Tumi Sobar Upore Tumi is a Bangladeshi Bengali language film. The film, directed by Bangladeshi filmmaker F I Manik, is a romantic family story. It stars Shakib Khan, Swastika Mukherjee, Victor Banerjee, Uzzol, Suchorita and others... |
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| 2008 | Partner Partner (2008 film) Partner is a Bengali film Directed by Shankar Ray.This film is more or less same as more than four decades ago in 1964 a film named “Jiban Kahini based on a story by Shaktipada Rajguru was a smashing hit. The main star cast of that film were Bikash Roy, Anup Kumar and Sandhya Roy... |
Shankar Ray | Jeet Jeet (actor) Jeet is an actor from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Although of Sindhi descent, he is a leading actor in the Bengali film industry... |
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| 2008 | Krishnakanter Will | Raja Sen Raja Sen Raja Sen is an Indian film and television director, and the winner of three National Film Awards from Kolkata, West Bengal, India.-Career:... |
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| 2005 | Tobu Bhalobasi | Biresh Chatterjee | Prasenjit Chatterjee Prasenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (also Prosenjit Chatterjee or Proshenjit Chattopadhyay , professionally known as Proshenjit, is a Bengali film actor. His fans affectionately called him Bumba Da... |
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| 2005 | Mantra Mantra A mantra is a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that is considered capable of "creating transformation"... |
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| 2004 | Criminal | Prasenjit Chatterjee Prasenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (also Prosenjit Chatterjee or Proshenjit Chattopadhyay , professionally known as Proshenjit, is a Bengali film actor. His fans affectionately called him Bumba Da... |
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| 2003 | Mastan | Rabi Kinnagi | Jeet Jeet (actor) Jeet is an actor from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Although of Sindhi descent, he is a leading actor in the Bengali film industry... |
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| 2003 | Hemanter Pakhi Hemanter Pakhi Hemanter Pakhi is an award-winning Indian Bengali feature film directed by Urmi Chakraborty.-Plot:This is a story of a bengali housewife who takes up writing as a career after twenty three years of her marriage. She is introduced to a new world and new friends. Her work gets appreciated and this... |
Urmi Chakraborty | Parambrata Chatterjee Parambrata Chatterjee Parambrata Chatterjee is a Bengali Indian male actor and director of television and films.-Career:His directorial debut feature film is [Jiyo Kaka] starred by Rituparna Sengupta and Rudranil Ghosh.... |
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