Locket Chatterjee

Locket Chatterjee (born 4 December 1974) is an Indian actress, politician and former Member of Parliament for Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency), from West Bengal, India. She is also a classical dancer. She completed her training in Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, Manipuri and Creative,^[2] but is better known as an actress, in Tollywood. Previously, she was the state president of BJP Mahila Morcha, the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal.^[3] Now she is a General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal.

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
General Secretary, BJP West Bengal
Incumbent
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 (1974-12-04) 4 December 1974 (age 49)[1] Dakshineswar, West Bengal, India
Political 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	Actress dancer politician
Committees	Member of Standing Committee, Information Technology
Awards	Kalakar Award
Signature
Website	bjpbengal.org

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.^[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]
• Bhalobasha Theke Jaye (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 All India Trinamool Congress.^[12] She severed ties with the Trinamool Congress and joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2015.^[13] She contested 2016 assembly elections from Mayureshwar in West Bengal but lost to Abhijit Roy of AITC. In 2017 she replaced Roopa Ganguly as the president of BJP Mahila Morcha in West Bengal.

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.^[14] 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. 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.

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.^[15][16]

See also

• India portal
• Politics portal
• Film portal

• Sonali Chowdhury
• Bidipta Chakraborty

References

1. "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
2. "Locket Chatterjee biography". itimes. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
3. 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.
4. "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.
5. "Birthday Girl". Telegraph Kolkata. Calcutta, India. 25 November 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
6. "History of the College - Jogamaya Devi College, Kolkata, INDIA". jogamayadevicollege.org. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
7. "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.
8. "'I'm totally inhibition-free'". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 10 March 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
9. "Real to reel". 1 March 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
10. 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.
11. "Kalakar award winners" (PDF). Kalakar website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
12. "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
13. "'Suffocated' Locket Chatterjee quits Trinamool, joins BJP". The Indian Express. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
14. "West Bengal: BJP's Locket Chatterjee leads from Hooghly, Mamata's anti-land acquisition launch pad". The Times of India. 23 May 2019.
15. "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 28 - Hooghly (West Bengal)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
16. "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.

External links

• Locket Chatterjee at IMDb