Ananya Chatterjee

Ananya Chatterjee is an Indian actress who works in Bengali films. Known for her role in Abahoman which won her a National Award. She started her career as a TV actress. She acted in several TV serials and films, including three directed by Anjan Dutt. Her role as the muse of a married director in Abahoman, directed by Rituparno Ghosh, won her the National Film Award for Best Actress.

Early life and education

Brought up in Kolkata, Chatterjee underwent education at G. D. Birla Centre and passed Class 10 board exams in 1994. Chatterjee studied microbiology at Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated undergraduate women's college of the University of Calcutta.

Career

Chatterjee was a student in Mamata Shankar's dance institution, when she started her acting career on television, with the TV series Din Pratidin where she acted opposite Rudranil Ghosh, and went to on appear on soap operas like Tithir Atithi, Aleya, and Ananya. Despite having no formal training in acting, her work was appreciated and she became a household name; soon appearing in three telefilms directed by Anjan Dutt, John Johnny Janardan, Ek Din Darjeeling and Amar Baba. Subsequently, she made her feature film debut with Sharan Dutta's thriller Raat Barota Paanch (2005). After appearing in the comedy Aamra (2006) by Mainak Bhaumik, her next important film was debutant director Agnidev Chatterjee's, Probhu Nashto Hoye Jai (Lord, Let the Devil Steal My Soul), which premiered at the 13th Kolkata Film Festival.

In 2009, appearing opposite veteran Soumitra Chatterjee in Suman Ghosh's Dwando she managed to stand her ground and then in Anup Sengupta's Mama Bhagne (2009) where again her performance was reviewed as "stellar". However, it was in Rituparno Ghosh's Abohoman, released in 2010, that established her as an actress of repute, winning her first National Film Award for Best Actress. In the 2012 Bengali film Meghe Dhaka Tara directed by Kamaleswar Mukherjee, Chatterjee played the role of Durga, wife of Nilkantha Bagchi.

She performed the lead role in the popular Bengali serial Subarnolata airing on Zee Bangla.

Filmography

Web series

• Mohomaya (Hoichoi - 2021)
• Murder By The Sea(Hoichoi - 2022)
• Kaantaye Kaantaye (Zee5 - 2024)

Other works

Soap operas

• Chena Mukher Sari
• Din Pratidin
• Tithir Atithi
• Aleya
• Manik
• Ananya
• Banhisikha
• Dhyatterika (Zee Bangla)
• Gaaner Oparey (Star Jalsha)
• Kon Se Alor Sopno Niye
• Nana Ronger Dinguli
• Purbopurush
• Kokhono Megh Kokhono Brishti (ETV Bangla)
• Ashombhob (Zee Bangla)
• Subarnalata (Zee Bangla)
• Jay Kali Kalkattawali (Star Jalsha)

Telefilms

• John Johnny Janardan
• Ek Din Darjeeling
• Amar Baba
• Nir Bhangeni
• Akasher Khoje
• Spandan
• Duoranir Sadh
• Anahuto Atithi
• Bhalobaso
• Sopner naam Bhalobasa
• Amar Praner pore
• Hoyto Tomari jonno
• Gopono Kathati
• Ichamoti
• Sondhebelar Alo
• July
• Sukh
• Aparichito
• Sudhu Eka
• Onno Bhalobasa
• Proshthan Porbo
• Balyobondhu
• Prempotro
• Sonkromon
• Ektuku Icche
• Jongoler Chitronattyo
• Devdas-Paro

Short films

• Dheu (2000)
• Debi (2015)
• Dui Shalik (2020)

Audio drama

No Solution (2019)

Reality shows

Accolades

External links

• at IMDb
• at The Times of India