Locket Chatterjee
Locket Chatterjee | |
|---|---|
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, West Bengal |
| General Secretary of BJP West Bengal | |
| Assumed office 1 June 2020 | |
| President of the BJP Mahila Morcha, West Bengal | |
| In office 24 July 2017 – 1 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Roopa Ganguly |
| Succeeded by | Agnimitra Paul |
| Member of West Bengal Commission for Women | |
| In office 2014–2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 December 1974[1] Dakshineswar, West Bengal, India |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2015) |
| Other political affiliations | Trinamool Congress (till 2015) |
| Spouse |
Prasenjit Bhattacharjee
(m. 1995) |
| Alma mater | Jogamaya Devi College, University of Calcutta (B.Sc) |
| Occupation |
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| Committees | Member of Standing Committee on 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
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
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[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
- 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
- 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
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.[16] On 1 June 2020, she was appointed as the General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal and was succeeded by Agnimitra Paul as the President of the BJP Mahila Morcha.[17]
Member of Parliament
She contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Hooghly Lok Sabha seat against Ratna De and won getting 6,71,448 (46.06%) votes.[18][19] 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.[20]
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.[21][22][23]
See also
References
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- ^ Ghosh, Abantika (4 March 2024). "Among BJP's West Bengal winners, a tribal leader, businessman, software expert". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Locket Chatterjee biography". itimes. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ 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 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.
- ^ "LOCKET CHATTERJEE". Myneta. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "Locket Chatterjee replaces Roopa Ganguly as the president of BJP's women's wing in West Bengal". Scroll.in. 25 July 2017.
- ^ "BJP reshuffles Bengal unit with eye on 2021 poll battle". The Times of India. 2 June 2020.
- ^ "LOCKET CHATTERJEE". Myneta. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "West Bengal: BJP's Locket Chatterjee leads from Hooghly, Mamata's anti-land acquisition launch pad". The Times of India. 23 May 2019.
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- ^ "LOCKET CHATTERJEE". Myneta. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 28 - Hooghly (West Bengal)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Rachana Banerjee wins the Hooghly seat in Lok Sabha elections 2024; Defeats Locket Chatterjee". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 June 2024.