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| image | | image = Locket Chatterjee (cropped).jpg | ||
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| caption | | caption = Chatterjee in 2019 | ||
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| name = Locket Chatterjee | |||
| name | | office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] | ||
| office1 | | constituency1 = [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly, West Bengal]] | ||
| constituency1 = [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]] | | term_start1 = 23 May 2019 | ||
| term_start1 | | term_end1 = 4 June 2024 | ||
| term_end1 | | predecessor1 = [[Ratna De]] | ||
| predecessor1 | | successor1 = [[Rachna Banerjee]] | ||
| successor1 | | office2 = General Secretary of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|BJP West Bengal]] | ||
| office2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal| | | term_start2 = 1 June 2020 | ||
| term_start2 = 2020 | | term_end2 = | ||
| term_end2 = | | predecessor2 = | ||
| predecessor2 = | | successor2 = | ||
| successor2 = | | office3 = [[President (corporate title)|President]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party – West Bengal|BJP Mahila Morcha, West Bengal]] | ||
| office3 = [[ | | term_start3 = 24 July 2017 | ||
| term_start3 = 2017 | | term_end3 = 1 June 2020 | ||
| term_end3 = 2020 | | predecessor3 = [[Roopa Ganguly]] | ||
| predecessor3 = [[Roopa Ganguly]] | | successor3 = [[Agnimitra Paul]] | ||
| successor3 = [[Agnimitra Paul]] | | office4 = [[West Bengal Commission for Women|Member of West Bengal Commission for Women]] | ||
| office4 = Member of | | term_start4 = 2014 | ||
| term_start4 = 2014 | | term_end4 = 2015 | ||
| term_end4 = 2015 | | birth_name = | ||
| birth_name | | birth_place = [[Dakshineswar]], [[West Bengal]], India | ||
| birth_place | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|4|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Member Detail |url=https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/5043?from=members |website=sansad.in |access-date=30 October 2025 }}</ref> | ||
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] {{small|(since 2015)}} | |||
| otherparty = [[Trinamool Congress]] {{small|(till 2015)}} | |||
| party | | committees = [[Standing committee (India)|Member of Standing Committee]] on [[Information Technology]] | ||
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| native_name = | | spouse = {{marriage|Prasenjit Bhattacharjee|1995}} | ||
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| children | | alma_mater = [[Jogamaya Devi College]], [[University of Calcutta]] ([[B.Sc]]) | ||
| alma_mater | | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|politician|dancer}} | ||
([[B.Sc]]) | | residence = [[Narendrapur]] | ||
| occupation | | awards = Kalakar Award | ||
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'''Locket Chatterjee''' (born 4 December 1974) is | '''Locket Chatterjee''' (born 4 December 1974) is an Indian actress, politician and former [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ghosh |first=Abantika |date=4 March 2024 |title=Among BJP’s West Bengal winners, a tribal leader, businessman, software expert |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/among-bjps-bengal-winners-a-tribal-leader-businessman-software-expert-5747490/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703105116/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/among-bjps-bengal-winners-a-tribal-leader-businessman-software-expert-5747490/ |archive-date=3 July 2025 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=3 July 2025}}</ref> She is also a [[Indian classical dance|classical dancer]], having completed her training in Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, Manipuri and Creative dance.<ref name="Locket Chatterjee biography">{{cite web |title=Locket Chatterjee biography |url=http://www.itimes.com/public/locket.chatterjee/bio |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127200909/http://www.itimes.com/public/locket.chatterjee/bio |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 January 2013 |publisher=itimes |access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref> Chatterjee is better known as an actress in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Tollywood]]. She was previously the state president of [[BJP Mahila Morcha]], the women's wing of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in West Bengal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/locket-chatterjee-replaces-roopa-ganguly-as-wb-bjp-mahila-morcha-president/articleshow/59742829.cms |title=Locket Chatterjee replaces Roopa Ganguly as WB BJP Mahila Morcha president |last=PTI |website=The Economic Times |access-date=26 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926144718/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/locket-chatterjee-replaces-roopa-ganguly-as-wb-bjp-mahila-morcha-president/articleshow/59742829.cms |archive-date=26 September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Since then she served as the [[General Secretary]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal]]. | ||
==Early life== | ==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.<ref name="At 16, I got married: Locket">{{cite news |title=At 16, I got married: Locket |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/At-16-I-got-married-Locket/articleshow/7538149.cms |access-date=20 May 2012 |date=21 February 2011<!--, 10.54am IST--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005010311/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-21/news-interviews/28618738_1_film-industry-dance-tour-dance-school |archive-date=5 October 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live}}</ref> She grew up by the Maa Ganga (popular as Hooghly) on the northern outskirts of Calcutta's [[Dakshineswar]] area.<ref name="Birthday Girl TG">{{cite news |title=Birthday Girl |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111009/jsp/graphiti/story_14600416.jsp |accessdate=20 May 2012 |newspaper=Telegraph Kolkata |date=25 November 2008 |location=Calcutta, India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234244/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111009/jsp/graphiti/story_14600416.jsp |archive-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
She later studied at [[Jogamaya Devi College]], affiliated | She later studied at [[Jogamaya Devi College]], affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name=JDC_History>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jogamayadevicollege.org/history.htm |title=History of the College - Jogamaya Devi College, Kolkata, INDIA |website=jogamayadevicollege.org |access-date=7 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403005423/http://jogamayadevicollege.org/history.htm |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
==Filmography== | ==Filmography== | ||
===Films=== | ===Films=== | ||
* '' | * ''Sannyasi Deshonayok'' (2020) | ||
* ''[[Kiriti Roy (2016 film)|Kiriti Roy]]'' (2016) | * ''[[Kiriti Roy (2016 film)|Kiriti Roy]]'' (2016) | ||
* ''[[Gogoler Kirti]]'' (2014) | * ''[[Gogoler Kirti]]'' (2014) | ||
* ''Angurlata'' (upcoming) | * ''Angurlata'' (upcoming) | ||
* ''[[Obhishopto Nighty]]'' | * ''[[Obhishopto Nighty]]'' (2014) | ||
* ''Kapurush Mohapurush'' (2013) | * ''Kapurush Mohapurush'' (2013) | ||
* ''Oh Henry!'' (2013) | * ''Oh Henry!'' (2013) | ||
* ''Chora Bali'' (2012) | * ''Chora Bali'' (2012) | ||
* ''Jibaner Rang'' (2012) | * ''Jibaner Rang'' (2012) | ||
* ''Kayekta Meyer Galpo'' (2012), directed by [[Subrata Sen]]<ref>{{cite news|title=I will never attempt a ____: Subrata Sen|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-18/news-interviews/31764859_1_indie-films-independent-films-theatrical-release|accessdate=24 May 2012|date=18 May 2012<!--, 12.00AM IST-->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232736/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-18/news-interviews/31764859_1_indie-films-independent-films-theatrical-release|archive-date=4 October 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> | * ''Kayekta Meyer Galpo'' (2012), directed by [[Subrata Sen]]<ref>{{cite news |title=I will never attempt a ____: Subrata Sen |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-18/news-interviews/31764859_1_indie-films-independent-films-theatrical-release |accessdate=24 May 2012 |date=18 May 2012<!--, 12.00AM IST--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232736/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-18/news-interviews/31764859_1_indie-films-independent-films-theatrical-release |archive-date=4 October 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
* ''[[Le Halua Le]]'' (2012) | * ''[[Le Halua Le]]'' (2012) | ||
* ''Goraay Gondogol'' (2012) | * ''Goraay Gondogol'' (2012) | ||
* ''[[Khokababu]]'' (2012) | * ''[[Khokababu]]'' (2012) | ||
* ''Streetlight'' (2011) | * ''Streetlight'' (2011)<ref name="‘I’m totally inhibition-free’">{{cite news |title='I'm totally inhibition-free' |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110310/jsp/entertainment/story_13690135.jsp |accessdate=24 May 2012 |date=10 March 2011 |location=Calcutta, India |work=The Telegraph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831114358/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110310/jsp/entertainment/story_13690135.jsp |archive-date=31 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
* ''[[Gosaibaganer Bhoot]]'' (2011) | * ''[[Gosaibaganer Bhoot]]'' (2011) | ||
* ''[[Bye Bye Bangkok]]'' ( | * ''[[Bye Bye Bangkok]]'' (2011) | ||
* ''Hello Memsaheb'' (2011) | * ''Hello Memsaheb'' (2011) | ||
* ''Uro Chithi'' (2011) | * ''Uro Chithi'' (2011) | ||
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* ''[[Greptar]]'' (2007) | * ''[[Greptar]]'' (2007) | ||
* ''[[Chander Bari]]'' (2007) | * ''[[Chander Bari]]'' (2007) | ||
* ''[[Minister Fatakeshto]]'' (2005) | |||
* [[Abhimanyu (2006 film)|''Abhimanyu'']] (2006) | |||
* ''[[Kranti (2006 film)|Kranti]]'' (2006) | * ''[[Kranti (2006 film)|Kranti]]'' (2006) | ||
* '' | * ''[[Debi (2005 film)|Debi]]'' (2005) | ||
* ''[[Shubhodrishti]]'' (2005) | * ''[[Shubhodrishti]]'' (2005) | ||
* ''[[Tyag]]'' (2004) | * ''[[Tyag]]'' (2004) | ||
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===Television=== | ===Television=== | ||
* ''Maa Manasha'' (ETV Bangla)<ref name="Birthday Girl TG"/> | * ''[[Maa Manasha]]'' ([[Colors Bangla|ETV Bangla]])<ref name="Birthday Girl TG"/> | ||
* ''Bhalobasha Theke Jaye'' (ETV Bangla)<ref | * ''[[Bhalobasha Theke Jaye]]'' ([[ETV Bangla]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2020 |title=Real to reel |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/real-to-reel/cid/334972 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301160915/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/real-to-reel/cid/334972 |archive-date=1 March 2020 |access-date=21 April 2022 }}</ref> | ||
* ''Durgeshnandini'', a TV adaptation of [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]]'s novel, directed by [[Tarun Majumdar]]. Locket played the role of Munnibai.<ref name="She’s on a roll">{{cite news|title=She's on a roll|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101020/jsp/entertainment/story_13076751.jsp|accessdate=20 May 2012|newspaper=Telegraph|date=20 October 2010|location=Calcutta, India|first=Kushali|last=Nag|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000340/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101020/jsp/entertainment/story_13076751.jsp|archive-date=5 October 2013|url-status= | * [[Behula (TV series)|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.<ref name="She’s on a roll">{{cite news |title=She's on a roll |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101020/jsp/entertainment/story_13076751.jsp |accessdate=20 May 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=20 October 2010 |location=Calcutta, India |first=Kushali |last=Nag |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000340/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101020/jsp/entertainment/story_13076751.jsp |archive-date=5 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
== Awards == | == Awards == | ||
* Kalakar Awards<ref name="Kalakar award winners">{{cite web|title=Kalakar award winners |url=http://kalakarawards.co/images/listofawardees.pdf |publisher=Kalakar website |accessdate=16 October 2012 |url-status= | * Kalakar Awards<ref name="Kalakar award winners">{{cite web |title=Kalakar award winners |url=http://kalakarawards.co/images/listofawardees.pdf |publisher=Kalakar website |accessdate=16 October 2012 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425155216/http://kalakarawards.co/images/listofawardees.pdf |archivedate=25 April 2012}}</ref> | ||
* Nominated,Filmfare Award for Best Actor Supporting Role (Female) – Bengali for ''Nayika Sangbad'' (directed by [[Bappaditya Bandopadhyay]] and edited by Dipak Mandal 2014) | * 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== | ==Political career== | ||
Chatterjee forayed into politics as a member of [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bengali actor Locket Chatterjee joins BJP |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bengali-actor-locket-chatterjee-joins-bjp/articleshow/46132041.cms |work=The Economic Times |agency=PTI |date=5 February 2015 |access-date=14 March 2024 |quote="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}}</ref> She severed ties with the Trinamool Congress and joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title='Suffocated' Locket Chatterjee quits Trinamool, joins BJP |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/suffocated-locket-chatterjee-quits-trinamool-joins-bjp/ |work=The Indian Express |date=6 February 2015 |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref> She contested [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016 assembly elections]] from [[Mayureswar Assembly constituency|Mayureshwar]] in West Bengal but lost to Abhijit Roy of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]].<ref>{{cite web |title=LOCKET CHATTERJEE |url=https://www.myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=590 |website=Myneta |access-date=2 November 2025 }}</ref> In 2017 she replaced [[Roopa Ganguly]] as the president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP Mahila Morcha]] in [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Locket Chatterjee replaces Roopa Ganguly as the president of BJP’s women’s wing in West Bengal |url=https://scroll.in/latest/844922/locket-chatterjee-replaces-roopa-ganguly-as-the-president-of-bjps-womens-wing-in-west-bengal |publisher=Scroll.in |date=25 July 2017 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=BJP reshuffles Bengal unit with eye on 2021 poll battle |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bjp-reshuffles-bengal-unit-with-eye-on-2021-poll-battle/articleshow/76145334.cms |publisher=The Times of India |date=2 June 2020 }}</ref> | |||
===Member of Parliament=== | ===Member of Parliament=== | ||
She contested the [[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|2019 Lok Sabha elections]] from [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)| | She contested the [[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|2019 Lok Sabha elections]] from [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly Lok Sabha]] seat against [[Ratna De]] and won getting 6,71,448 (46.06%) votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=LOCKET CHATTERJEE |url=https://www.myneta.info/LokSabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=11195 |website=Myneta |access-date=2 November 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=West Bengal: BJP's Locket Chatterjee leads from Hooghly, Mamata's anti-land acquisition launch pad |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bjps-locket-chatterjee-leads-from-hooghly-mamatas-anti-land-acquisition-launch-pad/articleshow/69460537.cms |date=23 May 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> On 13 September 2019, she was selected as a [[List of Indian parliamentary committees|Member of Standing Committee on Information Technology]] and since 9 October 2019 onwards, she served as [[List of Indian parliamentary committees|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 [[Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chuchura Vidhan Sabha]] seat and lost by a whopping 18,879 votes to [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]] candidate [[Asit Mazumdar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=LOCKET CHATTERJEE |url=https://www.myneta.info/WestBengal2021/candidate.php?candidate_id=771 |website=Myneta |access-date=2 November 2025 }}</ref> | ||
On 13 September 2019, | |||
Subsequently, she failed to regain her constituency and lost to fellow actress, a newcomer to electoral politics, [[Rachna Banerjee]] of [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]] in the [[2024 Indian general election]] by a margin of 76,853.<ref>{{cite web |title=LOCKET CHATTERJEE |url=https://www.myneta.info/LokSabha2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=7208 |website=Myneta |access-date=2 November 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 28 - Hooghly (West Bengal) |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2528.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Rachana Banerjee wins the Hooghly seat in Lok Sabha elections 2024; Defeats Locket Chatterjee |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/rachana-banerjee-wins-the-hooghly-seat-in-lok-sabha-elections-2024-defeats-locket-chatterjee/articleshow/110706925.cms |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |date=4 June 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:14, 27 March 2026
Locket Chatterjee | |
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.jpg) 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 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 |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2015) |
| Other political affiliations | Trinamool Congress (till 2015) |
| Spouse(s) | Prasenjit Bhattacharjee
( m. 1995) |
| Residence | Narendrapur |
| 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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Films[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Member Detail". sansad.in. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "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.
- ↑ "LOCKET CHATTERJEE". Myneta. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ↑ "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.
External links[edit | edit source]
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