Locket Chatterjee
Locket Chatterjee | |
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Hooghly | |
| General Secretary, BJP West Bengal | |
| Assumed office 2020 | |
| President of BJP Mahila Morcha, West Bengal | |
| In office 2017–2020 | |
| Preceded by | Roopa Ganguly |
| Succeeded by | Agnimitra Paul |
| Member of Women's Commission, West Bengal | |
| In office 2014–2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Locket Chatterjee 4 December 1974 Information Technology |
| Awards | Kalakar Award |
| Signature |  |
| Website | bjpbengal |
Locket Chatterjee (born 4 December 1974) is an Indian
General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal
.
Early life
Chatterjee's father Anil Chatterjee was a
dance school. Chatterjee went abroad with the Mamata Shankar ballet troupe when she was a class VIII student.[4] She grew up by the Maa Ganga (popular as Hooghly) on the northern outskirts of Calcutta's Dakshineswar area.[5]
She later studied at Jogamaya Devi College, affiliated to the University of Calcutta.[6]
Filmography
Films
- Sannyasi Deshonayok (2020)
- Kiriti Roy (2016)
- Gogoler Kirti (2014)
- Angurlata (upcoming)
- Obhishopto Nighty (2014)
- Kapurush Mohapurush (2013)
- Oh Henry! (2013)
- Chora Bali (2012)
- Jibaner Rang (2012)
- Kayekta Meyer Galpo (2012), directed by Subrata Sen[7]
- Le Halua Le (2012)
- Goraay Gondogol (2012)
- Khokababu (2012)
- Streetlight (2011)[8]
- Gosaibaganer Bhoot(2011)
- Bye Bye Bangkok (2011)
- Hello Memsaheb (2011)
- Uro Chithi (2011)
- Fighter (2011)
- Poran Jaye Jolia Re (2009), as Raj's aunt
- Greptar (2007)
- Chander Bari (2007)
- Minister Fatakeshto (2005)
- Abhimanyu (2006)
- Kranti (2006)
- Debi (2005)
- Shubhodrishti (2005)
- Tyag(2004)
- Badsha the King (2004)
- Agni (2004)
- Paribar (2004)
- Mayer Anchal (2003)
- Ektu Chhoa (2002)
Television
- Maa Manasha (ETV Bangla)[5]
- ETV Bangla)[9]
- Behula as Sumitra Behula's mother (later replaced by Subhadra Chakraborty Mukherjee) (Star Jalsha)
- Durgeshnandini, a TV adaptation of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel, directed by Tarun Majumdar. Locket played the role of Munnibai.[10]
Awards
- Kalakar Awards[11]
- Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor Supporting Role (Female) – Bengali for Nayika Sangbad (directed by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay and edited by Dipak Mandal 2014)
Political career
Chatterjee forayed into politics as a member of
.Member of Parliament
She contested the
On 13 September 2019, she was selected as a Member of Standing Committee on Information Technology and on 9 October 2019 onwards, she's serving as Member of Committee on Empowerment of Women.
In
Chuchura Vidhan Sabha seat and lost by a whopping 18,879 votes to AITC candidate Asit Mazumdar
.
See also
References
- ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Locket Chatterjee biography". itimes. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ PTI. "Locket Chatterjee replaces Roopa Ganguly as WB BJP Mahila Morcha president". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "At 16, I got married: Locket". The Times of India. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Birthday Girl". Telegraph Kolkata. Calcutta, India. 25 November 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ "History of the College - Jogamaya Devi College, Kolkata, INDIA". jogamayadevicollege.org. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "I will never attempt a ____: Subrata Sen". The Times of India. 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "'I'm totally inhibition-free'". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 10 March 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Real to reel". 1 March 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ Nag, Kushali (20 October 2010). "She's on a roll". The Daily Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ "Kalakar award winners" (PDF). Kalakar website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ^ "Bengali actor Locket Chatterjee joins BJP". The Economic Times. PTI. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
"When I joined TMC I had said I want to work. Now I am quitting it as I feel suffocated there and can't work," Chatterjee said after joining the party in the presence of BJP state president Rahul Sinha
- ^ "'Suffocated' Locket Chatterjee quits Trinamool, joins BJP". The Indian Express. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "West Bengal: BJP's Locket Chatterjee leads from Hooghly, Mamata's anti-land acquisition launch pad". The Times of India. 23 May 2019.
External links
- Locket Chatterjee at IMDb
Members of the 17th Lok Sabha from West Bengal | |
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