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{{Infobox person
| name = Sabitri Chatterjee
| image = File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Ms. Sabitri Chatterjee, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 31, 2014.jpg
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| caption = Sabitri Chatterjee receiving [[Padma Shri Award]] from [[Pranab Mukherjee]], at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 31, 2014
| birthname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1937|02|22}}<ref name=":0" />
| birth_place = [[Comilla]], [[British India]], (now in [[Bangladesh]])<ref name=":0" />
| spouse =
| father = Sashadhar Chatterjee<ref name=":0" />
| awards = [[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards|BFJA Awards]] [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] [[Banga Bibhushan]] [[Padma Shri]]
| homepage =
| occupation = [[Actress]]<ref name=":0" />
| notable_works = ''Raat Bhor'' ''Upahar'' ''Abhayer Biye'' ''Nupur'' ''Gali Theke Rajpath'' ''Marutirtha Hinglaj'' ''Kuhak'' ''Badhu'' ''[[Bhranti Bilas]]'' ''Uttarayan'' ''Jaya'' ''Kal Tumi Aleya'' ''[[Nishipadma]]'' ''Dhanyi Meye'' ''Malyadan''
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'''Sabitri Chatterjee''' (born 22 February 1937<ref name=":0" />) is an [[India]]n actress who is well known for her work in [[Bengali theatre]] and [[Cinema of West Bengal|cinema]]. Her career spans more than 60 years.<ref name=calcuttaweb>{{cite web
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}} {{in lang|bn}}</ref> She is the recipient of [[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards|BFJA Awards]] for two times. In 1999,
she was conferred with [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for Acting in [[Bengali theatre]]. In 2013, she was awarded by the Government of West Bengal its highest civilian award; the [[Banga Bibhushan]].
In 2014, [[Government of India]] conferred upon her its fourth-highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]].<ref>{{cite web | title =Padma Awards Announced |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs| url =http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69364 |date=25 January 2014|access-date = 26 January 2014}}</ref>

She was born in [[Comilla]], in [[British India]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]). During the [[Partition of Bengal (1947)|partition of Bengal]], she was sent to the safety of an older, married sister's house in [[Kolkata]] located at [[Tollygunge]]. At her teenage she got noticed by [[Bhanu Banerjee]] who took her to Uttar Sarathi group theatre for a role in their play ''Natun Ihudi''. Later she emerged as a prominent thespian personality for the titular role in the play ''Shyamali'' which was staged at [[Star Theatre, Kolkata|Star Theatre]]. She made her big screen debut in [[Uttam Kumar]] starrer ''Sahajatri'' (1951) directed by Agradoot and appeared as her first female lead in [[Sudhir Mukherjee]]'s comedy film ''Pasher Bari'' (1952) which was a major success at box office. She is remembered for her roles in films such as ''Raat Bhor'' (1955), ''Upahar'' (1955), ''Abhayer Biye'' (1957), ''Nupur'' (1958), ''Gali Theke Rajpath'' (1959), ''Marutirtha Hinglaj'' (1959), ''Kuhak'' (1960), ''Badhu'' (1962), ''[[Bhranti Bilas]]'' (1963), ''Uttarayan'' (1963), ''Jaya'' (1965), ''Kal Tumi Aleya'' (1966), ''[[Nishipadma]]'' (1970), ''Dhanyi Meye'' (1971) and ''Malyadan'' (1971) to name a few. [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] described her as the finest actor he has worked with.<ref name=":0" />

==Early life and background==
Sabitri was born in 1937 in a small town of Kamalapur in [[Comilla District]] of present-day [[Bangladesh]] and is youngest among ten sisters. Her father Sashadhar Chatterjee, who belonged to a famous Kulin Rarhi Brahmin family from a Kulin Brahmin village called Kanaksar in [[Bikrampur]], worked as a station master in [[Indian Railways]]. During the [[Partition of Bengal (1947)|partition of Bengal]], young Sabitri was sent to the safety of an older, married sister's house in [[Kolkata]] located at [[Tollygunge]] – the hub of filmmaking in Kolkata. Being brought up in [[Tollygunge]] she often got opportunity to see filmstars of that time.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/sabitri-chattopadhyay-biography/1070/644786|title=Sabitri Chattopadhyay Biography by Chandi Mukherjee|website=www.gomolo.com|access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/We-had-no-food-for-days-on-end-Sabitri-Chatterjee/articleshow/49337410.cms|title=We had no food for days on end: Sabitri Chatterjee - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref>

==Career==

===Film career===
When Sabitri Chatterjee was in class ten, she was noticed by veteran actor [[Bhanu Banerjee]] who picked her up for a role in ''Natun Ihudi'', a play of Uttar Sarathi group theatre on the refugees from [[East Pakistan]]. The play was being directed by [[Kanu Banerjee]] – the actor who would later perform as ''Harihar Roy'', in [[Satyajit Ray]]'s ''[[Pather Panchali]]'' and ''[[Aparajito]]''. Sabitri also acted the film version of the play which was released in 1953.<ref name=":0" /> She made her big screen debut in [[Uttam Kumar]] starrer ''Sahajatri'' (1951) directed by [[Agradoot]] and appeared as her first female lead in Sudhir Mukherjee's comedy film ''Pasher Bari'' (1952) which was a major success at box office.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Sabitri Chatterjee's next film assignment was ''[[Subhada]]'' (1952) – a film based on a novel by [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]] and directed by Niren Lahiri along with [[Chhabi Biswas]] and [[Pahari Sanyal]]. In this film, she played the role of an unfortunate girl named Lalana. In the same year, she appeared in the [[Uttam Kumar]] starrer family drama ''[[Basu Poribar (1952 film)|Basu Poribar]]'' (1952), directed by [[Nirmal Dey]], which had [[Supriya Devi]] in the role of [[Uttam Kumar]]'s sister. Sabitri and [[Uttam Kumar]] had been friends since 1951, [[Uttam Kumar]] offered her to act in a theatrical production to be produced by his group Krishti O Srishti. The Uttam-Sabitri combination became a favourite of the Bengali cine-goers and their friendship withstood strong but false rumours of marriage.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://upperstall.com/profile/sabitri-chatterjee/|title=Sabitri Chatterjee - Upperstall.com|date=2016-10-22|work=Upperstall.com|access-date=2018-01-19|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="calcuttaweb" />

They would be responsible for a series of memorable films, including ''Lakh Taka'' (1953), ''Kalyani'' (1954), ''Anupama'' (1954), ''Raikamal'' (1955), ''Nabojanma'' (1956), ''Punar Milan'' (1957), ''Marutirtha Hinglaj'' (1959), ''Raja-Saja'' (1960), ''Dui Bhai'' (1961), ''Bhranti Bilas'' (1963), ''Momer Alo'' (1964) and ''[[Nishipadma]]'' (1970). They also had major roles in [[Mrinal Sen]]'s first feature film ''Raat Bhore'' (1955) and [[Tapan Sinha]]'s second effort ''Upahaar'' (1955). ''Bhranti Bilas'', ''Mouchak'' and ''Dhanyi Meye'' rank high among the popular Bengali comedy films.<ref name=":0" />

In the early eighties, Sabitri did not appear on screen as before. However, in the late 1980s, she came back with films such as ''Mamoni'', ''Anandalok'' and ''Haar-Jeet''.

===TV career===
Sabitri Chatterjee continues to act in commercial Bengali cinemas and television till date. She is one of the stars of the mega soap opera ''[[Sonar Harin]]'', that has run more than 1000 episodes, which was aired on [[ETV Bangla]]. She has acted as Muktokeshi in the serial ''Subarnalata''. (The title role was played by the National Film Award-winning [[Ananya Chatterjee]]), an adaptation of [[Ashapurna Devi]]'s novel, which was aired on [[Zee Bangla]] and as Sona thamma in ''[[Jal Nupur]]'' which was aired on [[Star Jalsha]].

She is currently acting as a senior matriarch of a family in the TV serial [[Jol Nupur|Kusum dola]], which is aired in [[STAR Jalsha]]. She has played the master chef in ''Joto Hashi Toto Ranna'', which is a fiction cum reality cookery show, where kitchen skills are weaved around a fictional plot revolving around a certain Gupta family. She played a minor role in 2012 Star Jalsja serial ''[[Tapur Tupur]]'', and is currently playing the role of a yesteryear actress in ''[[Chokher Tara Tui]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/news-interviews/Sabitri-Chatterjee-turns-masterchef-for-Joto-Hashi-Toto-Ranna/articleshow/19597366.cms?referral=PM|title=Sabitri Chatterjee turns masterchef for Joto Hashi Toto Ranna - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-01-20}}</ref> This TV serial is also aired in [[STAR Jalsha]].She acted in an Indian Bengali show named ''[[Andarmahal]]'', which aired on very popular Bengali Entertainment channel [[Zee Bangla]].

==Awards==
* [[BFJA Awards|The Bengal Film Journalists' Association (BFJA)]] Award for Best Actress in Supporting Role in 1967 for "[[Kal Tumi Aleya]]"
* [[BFJA Award]]-Best Actress in Supporting Role in 1972 for "Malyadan"
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for Acting in [[Bengali theatre]] in 1999.
* Kalakar Awards- Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.
*D.Lit degree from Kalyani University in 2012
* [[Banga Bibhushan]] Award in 2013 for her contribution to Indian Cinema.
* [[Padma Shri]] Award in 2014 for contributions in Film arts.<ref name=pib>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Announced|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69364|date=25 January 2014|access-date=26 January 2014|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6NEu2cjx3?url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735|archive-date=8 February 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Filmography==
#[[Maati (film)|Maati]] (2018)
#''[[Thammar Boyfriend]]'' (2016) ... Nandini Mitra<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Actor Sabitri Chatterjee to star in rom-com opposite Abir Chatterjee |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/actor-sabitri-chatterjee-to-star-in-rom-com-opposite-abir-chatterjee/story-ZCl1tQplSAfgXShXDOmiTO.html |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=30 November 2016 |access-date=23 March 2018 }}</ref>
# ''[[Praktan]]'' (2016)
# ''[[Highway (2014 Bengali film)|Highway]]'' (2014)
# ''[[Hemlock Society (film)|Hemlock Society]]'' (2012)
# ''[[Podokkhep]]'' (2006)... Shobita
# ''Tapasya'' (2006)
# ''[[Har Jeet (2005 film)|Har Jeet]]'' (2000)
# ''[[Bahadur (1992 film)|Bahadur]]'' (1992)
# ''[[Anandalok]]'' (1988)
# ''[[Mamoni]]'' (1986)
# ''[[Rajnandini]]'' (1980)
# ''[[Brojobuli]]'' (1979)
# ''[[Phool Sajya]]'' (1975)
# ''[[Mouchak]]'' (1974)
# ''[[Heerey Manik]]'' (1979)
# ''[[Sei Chokh]]'' (1976)
# ''[[Sesh Parba]]'' (1972)
# ''[[Dhanyee Meye]]'' (1971)
# ''[[Malyadaan]]'' (1971)... Patal
# ''[[Pratham Pratishruti]]'' (1971)
# ''[[Nishi Padma]]'' (1970)... Padma
# ''[[Kalankita Nayak]]'' (1970)
# ''[[Manjari Opera]]'' (1970)... Manjari Devi
# ''[[Pathey Holo Dekha]]'' (1968)
# ''[[Grihadaha]]'' (1967)... Mrinal
# ''[[Kal Tumi Aleya]]'' (1966)... Sonaboudi
# ''[[Antaral]]'' (1965)
# ''[[Jaya (1965 film)|Jaya]]'' (1965)... Jaya
# ''[[Momer Alo]]'' (1964)... Deepa
# ''[[Shes Anko]]'' (1963)... Lata Bose
# ''[[Uttarayan]]'' (1963)
# ''[[Bhranti Bilaas]]'' (1963)
# ''[[Nav Diganta]]'' (1962)
# ''[[Dui Bhai]]'' (1961)
# ''[[Haat Baralei Bandhu]]'' (1960)
# ''[[Kuhak (film)|Kuhak]]'' (1960)
# ''[[Raja-Saja]]'' (1960)
# ''[[Gali Theke Rajpath]]'' (1959)
# ''[[Marutirtha Hinglaj]]'' (1959)
# ''[[Daak Harkara]]'' (1958)
# ''[[Daktar Babu]]'' (1958)
# ''[[Punar Milan]]'' (1957)
# ''[[Abhoyer Biye]]'' (1957)
# ''[[Daner Maryada]]'' (1956)... Usha
# ''[[Nabajanma]]'' (1956)
# ''[[Paradhin]]'' (1956)
# ''[[Raat Bhore]]'' (1956)
# ''[[Raikamal]]'' (1955)
# ''[[Godhuli]]'' (1955)
# ''[[Paresh (film)|Paresh]]'' (1955)
# ''[[Upahar]]'' (1955)... Krishna
# ''[[Annapurnar Mandir]]'' (1954)
# ''[[Anupama (1955 film)|Anupama]]'' (1954)
# ''[[Bidhilipi]]'' (1954)... Sandhya
# ''[[Bratacharini]]'' (1954)
# ''[[Champadangar Bou]]'' (1954)
# ''[[Kalyani (1954 film)|Kalyani]]'' (1954)
# ''[[Moyla Kagaj]]'' (1954)
# ''[[Kajari]]'' (1953)
# ''[[Lakh Taka]]'' (1953)
# ''[[Natun Yahudi]]'' (1953)
# ''[[Subhadra]]'' (1952)... Lalana
# ''[[Basu Paribar]]'' (1952)
# ''[[Pasher Bari]]'' (1952)
#Ladies Seat
#Protinidhi
#Protishodh
#Obaak Prithibi
#Notun Diner Alo
#Dinanter Alo
#Baluchori
#Montromugdho
#Muktisnan

==Notes==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name | id=0154152| name = Sabitri Chatterjee }}

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