Locket Chatterjee
Locket Chatterjee | |
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.jpg) Chatterjee in 2019 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ratna De |
| Succeeded by | Rachna Banerjee |
| Constituency | 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 | 4 December 1974[1] Dakshineswar, West Bengal, India |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Trinamool Congress (till 2015) |
| Spouse | Prasenjit Bhattacharjee |
| Residence(s) | Narendrapur, West Bengal, India |
| Alma mater | Jogamaya Devi College, University of Calcutta (B.Sc) |
| Occupation |
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| Committees | Member of Standing Committee, Information Technology |
| Awards | Kalakar Award |
| Signature |  |
Locket Chatterjee (born 4 December 1974) is an Indian actress, politician and former Member of Parliament from Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency of West Bengal.[2] She is also a classical dancer, having completed her training in Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, Manipuri and Creative dance.[3] Chatterjee is better known as an actress in Tollywood. She was previously the state president of BJP Mahila Morcha, the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal.[4] Since then she served as the General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Chatterjee's father Anil Chatterjee was a purohit of Dakshineswar Kali Temple as was her grandfather. Her mother took her to dance school. Chatterjee went abroad with the Mamata Shankar ballet troupe when she was a class VIII student.[5] She grew up by the Maa Ganga (popular as Hooghly) on the northern outskirts of Calcutta's Dakshineswar area.[6]
She later studied at Jogamaya Devi College, affiliated with the University of Calcutta.[7]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Films
[edit | edit source]- 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[8]
- Le Halua Le (2012)
- Goraay Gondogol (2012)
- Khokababu (2012)
- Streetlight (2011)[9]
- 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
[edit | edit source]- Maa Manasha (ETV Bangla)[6]
- Bhalobasha Theke Jaye (ETV Bangla)[10]
- 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.[11]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- Kalakar Awards[12]
- 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
[edit | edit source]Chatterjee forayed into politics as a member of All India Trinamool Congress.[13] She severed ties with the Trinamool Congress and joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2015.[14] She contested 2016 assembly elections from Mayureshwar in West Bengal but lost to Abhijit Roy of AITC.[15] In 2017 she replaced Roopa Ganguly as the president of BJP Mahila Morcha in West Bengal.
Member of Parliament
[edit | edit source]She contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Hooghly Lok Sabha seat against Ratna De and won getting 6,71,448 (46.06%) votes.[16][17] On 13 September 2019, she was selected as a Member of Standing Committee on Information Technology and since 9 October 2019 onwards, she served as Member of Committee on Empowerment of Women till her tenure ended. In spite of being a sitting MP, in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, she contested from Chuchura Vidhan Sabha seat and lost by a whopping 18,879 votes to AITC candidate Asit Mazumdar.[18]
Subsequently, she failed to regain her constituency and lost to fellow actress, a newcomer to electoral politics, Rachna Banerjee of AITC in the 2024 Indian general election by a margin of 76,853.[19][20][21]
See also
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External links
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- Living people
- 1974 births
- Indian film actresses
- Indian television actresses
- Actresses in Bengali cinema
- Actresses in Bengali television
- Actresses from Kolkata
- Bengali actresses
- Bengali television actresses
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal
- Indian actor-politicians
- Politicians from Kolkata
- Women in West Bengal politics
- Women members of the Lok Sabha
- India MPs 2019–2024
- Lok Sabha members from West Bengal
- Indian female dancers
- Dancers from West Bengal
- Jogamaya Devi College alumni
- University of Calcutta alumni
- Kalakar Awards winners
- Performers of Indian classical dance
- 21st-century Indian actresses
- 21st-century Indian women politicians