Basabdatta Chatterjee

Basabdatta Chatterjee (born 6 May 1989) is a Bengali actress who mainly works in Bengali television serials. She made her debut in the popular soap Gaaner Oparey directed by Rituparno Ghosh. She rose to fame by acting in the lead female role in the comedy soap Boyei Gelo, which aired on Zee Bangla. But later, due to other engagements, she stopped acting in the serial.^[1] Boyei Gelo was Basabdatta's seventh work.^[2] Subsequently, she worked in a daily soap Mon Niye Kachakachi^[3] on Star Jalsha, where she acted the role of Dr. Labanya Sanyal Kapoor. Currently, she acts as Netaji Subash Chandra Bose's mother Prabhabati Devi on Zee Bangla's daily soap Netaji.

Basabdatta's first movie was 'Labour of Love' (Asha Jaoar Majhe) which was released on 2 September 2014. She starred in a lead role alongside her co-actor was Ritwick Chakraborty in the movie which was directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta. She was selected by the director after he found her impressive performance in her first serial Ganer Opaarey. The film won 62nd National Award in 2015 in the category of Best First Film of a Director and Best Audiography. It was screened at the 11th Venice Days Film Festival^[4] and many other festivals. In May 2015 New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), it was awarded in 3 categories – Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Film.