Moushumi Chatterjee (April 26, 1948) (Bengali: মৌসুমি চ্যাটার্জী (Mausumi Cyāţārjī)) is a Bollywood actress, who has also acted in Bengali cinema.
Chatterjee was born in Calcutta. Her father Prantosh Chattopadhyaya was in the Army. She had a sister and a brother. Her grandfather was a judge. She is married to Jayant Mukherjee. They have two daughters, Payal and Meghna. She started to act in Bollywood movies after her marriage, which was quite unu...
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Moushumi Chatterjee (April 26, 1948) (Bengali: মৌসুমি চ্যাটার্জী (Mausumi Cyāţārjī)) is a Bollywood actress, who has also acted in Bengali cinema.
Chatterjee was born in Calcutta. Her father Prantosh Chattopadhyaya was in the Army. She had a sister and a brother. Her grandfather was a judge. She is married to Jayant Mukherjee. They have two daughters, Payal and Meghna. She started to act in Bollywood movies after her marriage, which was quite unusual for women at that time.
She was introduced to movie audiences in 1967 in a Bengali movie Balika Badhu directed by Tarun Majumdar. She was on the top of her career in the 70s and early 80s, when she starred opposite heroes such as Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra and Jitendra. She received Filmfare nominations as Best Actress for Anuraag (1972) where she played a blind girl, and as Best Supporting Actress for Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (1974) where she played a rape survivor. She still acts in movies, but not at the same pace as earlier in her...
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