Moushumi Chatterjee is an Indian film actress and politician, who predominantly appears in Hindi and Bengali films. In the 1970s, she was one of the top highest paid actresses.
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Moushumi Chatterjee was born as Indira Mukherjee alias Indira Chattopadhyay on Monday, 26 April 1948 (age 75 years; as in 2023) in Bikrampur, West Bengal. Their zodiac sign is Taurus. She did her schooling from Sir Nripendra Nath Girls High School, Calcutta. When she was in 10th class, she got married after which she left studies.
Moushumi Chatterjee’s childhood photo
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 3″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: dark brown
Family
He belongs to a Brahmin Hindu family.
parents and siblings
His father Prantosh Chattopadhyay served in the Indian Army and later worked in the Indian Railways. His mother’s name is Shouvi Chattopadhyay. She has an elder sister and a brother.
Moushumi Chatterjee with her father
Moushumi Chatterjee with her mother
husband and children
When she was in 10th class, she got married to Jayant Mukherjee, exponent of Rabindra Sangeet and son of composer and singer Hemant Kumar. At that time, one of his aunts, who was battling the last stages of cancer, had a strong desire to see him married. Later, the couple had two daughters named Payal (who worked for Disney) and Megha (an actress and social activist). His daughter Payal died on 13 December 2019 after being in a coma since 2018.
Moushumi Chatterjee’s wedding photo
Moushumi Chatterjee with her husband and daughter Megha
Moushumi Chatterjee with her daughters
relationships/affairs
In her younger days, Moushumi’s name was associated with many popular Indian actors like Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Vinod Mehra and Farooq Sheikh. In an interview, while talking about his link-up rumours, he said that the material written about him had no impact on him as his family was well aware of his connections, associates, whereabouts and activities. There was information. His father-in-law had advised him not to respond; Providing feedback will attract more such stories.
Address
Nibbana Annexe, 1st Floor, Pali Hill, Bandra (West), Mumbai 400050
livelihood
film
actor
Bengali
In 1967, he made his acting debut in the Bengali film ‘Balika Badhu’, in which he played the role of Rajini.
girl bride
She has appeared in many Bengali films like ‘Parineeta’ (1969), ‘Ogu Bodhu Sundari’ (1981), ‘Goynar Baksho’ (2013) and ‘Shesh Sangbad’ (2016).
goynar baksho
Hindi
In 1972, she debuted in Bollywood as Shivani in ‘Anurag’.
Affection
He has acted in many popular Hindi films like ‘Roti Kapda Aur Makaan’ (1974), ‘Swarg Narak’ (1978), ‘Pyaasa Sawan’ (1981), ‘Ghayal’ (1990) and ‘Piku’ (2015).
thirsty sawan
She was paired with Vinod Mehra in ten films including ‘Anurag’ (1972), ‘Us Paar’ (1974), ‘Raftaar’ (1975), ‘Omar Quaid’ (1975), and ‘Do Jhooth’ (1975) .
TV
actor
She has acted in various Hindi TV serials like ‘Katha Sagar’ (1986; DD National), ‘Talaash’ (1992; Doordarshan), ‘Albeli’ (1993; Zee TV), and ‘Jaana Na Dil Se Door’ (2016; Have done. Star Plus).
A scene from the TV serial Talaash
Politics
In 2004, Chatterjee contested the Lok Sabha elections for the Congress from the Kolkata North East constituency, but lost to the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) candidate Mohammed Saleem. He later said that entering politics in 2004 was a mistake.
Moushumi Chatterjee joins Congress
In an interview, he said that once he was asked to contest elections against Indian politician Mamata Banerjee. However, he rejected it. In 2019, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Moushumi Chatterjee joins BJP
award
- 1968: Bengal Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actress for the Hindi film Balika Badhu
- 1968: Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the Hindi film Balika Badhu
- 1974: Bengal Film Journalists Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for the Hindi film Roti Kapda Aur Makaan
- 2014: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress in Bengali for the film Goynar Baksho
- 2015: Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
Moushumi Chatterjee with her Filmfare Award
- 2016: Bengal Film Journalists Association Award for Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2018: Power Brands Journalist Award
controversies
defamation case
In 2019, during an interview, her daughter Payal’s husband Dicky Sinha shared that he would be filing a defamation case against Moushumi. Dickey’s response arose from Chatterjee’s allegations that her daughter Payal did not receive proper care from her husband Dickey and his family. In a video shared online, Dicky can be heard saying that he and his family truly loved and cared for Payal to the best of their abilities. He cited prescriptions and medical documents from various hospitals as evidence that he was undergoing treatment. Furthermore, despite Chatterjee’s claims to the contrary, he stressed his deep love for his wife. Due to dryness in his eyes, doctors ranging from pulmonologist to nephrologist, gastroenterologist, neurosurgeon, neurologist and ophthalmologist would come to him and treat him. The video ended with Dicky saying that two trained nurses had looked after Payal from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, with all the details recorded. In 2018, Moushumi had to go through a legal battle for Payal’s custody. She had accused Dicky and Payal’s in-laws of neglecting their daughter’s well-being. She also alleged that he had refused to cover Payal’s medical expenses.
rift with Rajesh Khanna
In an interview, Moushumi mentioned receiving an unpleasant comment from Indian actor Rajesh Khanna. She had raised the question whether Vinod Mehra was the father of her child. Although Rajesh Khanna’s hurtful comment affected him, he responded in kind, making similar comments about his own children, which surprised him. He said,
Rajesh Khanna misbehaved on many occasions. He asked me are you pregnant with Vinod Mehra? I gave him a befitting reply and asked him whether this is Rishi Kapoor’s child or yours?
Even though such comments were made on her, Moushumi shared how she moved on from those experiences and visited Rajesh Khanna in his last moments in the hospital. During the interview he remembered that Rajesh Khanna had praised him in front of his younger daughter. He said,
Your mother might have seemed fierce, but we were all a little afraid of her. She didn’t tolerate any nonsense.”
fight with line
Moushumi Chatterjee and Indian actress Rekha shared parallel lead roles in the 1978 Hindi film ‘Bhola Bhala’. According to reports, after the release of the film’s poster, there was a dispute between the two actresses during the shooting. Reportedly, the makers of the film had placed Rekha’s name before Moushumi Chatterjee’s name on the poster. This decision upset Moushumi Chatterjee, which led to a heated argument between her and Rekha. It is said that he also put pressure on the film producers to improve this system, but his stance remained unchanged. After this Chatterjee expressed his disappointment in front of the media. Moushumi said,
Why can’t my name come before Rekha? I have been with him for some time.”
car collection
- At the age of 18, he bought a Mercedes car.
property and properties
movable property
- Bank Deposit: Rs 5,00,502
- Bonds, debentures and shares: Rs 1,67,825
- NSS, Postal Savings: Rs 1,70,000
- Motor vehicles: Rs 4,578.19
Immovable property
- Residential building: Rs 2,65,557
Note: The given estimate of movable and immovable property is as per the year 2004.
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Facts/General Knowledge
- Her family and friends call her Indu.
- One day when she was returning home from school, a film director noticed her. He expressed interest in casting her for the Bengali film ‘Balika Badhu’ and visited her father’s house to seek his consent. Initially, her father refused, but the director’s wife, herself a leading actress, intervened and persuaded him to allow her. At that time, Moushumi was in class 5. In an interview, she shared that she did not enjoy shooting for the film as she had to do a lot of makeup and did not get enough time to play. She said that to make her look like a teenager, she was made to wear tight blouses and sarees. She was not comfortable and wore them very reluctantly. She even ran away from the makeup room twice.
- Being a minor, her exact date of birth remained unclear, with variations in her passport, marriage certificate and school records. Despite evidence that she was older than both her elder sister and her husband, confusion persisted regarding her date of birth. As a result, her father-in-law Hemant Kumar recommended adjusting her age to ensure the validity of the marriage.
- After her marriage, she took her doll, her pet dog and her friend to her in-laws’ house.
- Due to her pregnancy, she could not shoot the Hindi song “Hay Hai Yeh Majboori” from the film ‘Roti, Kapda Aur Makaan’ (1974), which was later filmed by Indian actress Zeenat Aman.
- In an interview, she said that she would never work with popular writer and director Aparna Sen. He said that Aparna never gave credit to anyone and Sen manipulated things. Efforts were made by Sen to promote his daughter Konkana, despite her being an actress in the film ‘Goynar Baksho’.
- He is an avid animal lover since childhood. In her childhood, she used to bring stray dogs into her home. He has another pet dog named Dodo.
Moushumi Chatterjee with her pet dog
- She is also a social worker and started her work with Mother Teresa at an early age. Mother Teresa had a deep relationship with him and even wrote a poem for him.
- She shares a close relationship with Vinod Khanna’s family and used to look after her children when her husband and Vinod Khanna went to parties.
- In an interview, she shared that she never used glycerin to control tears while shooting emotional scenes for films.
- She once told that she used to be bubbly during her younger days. He said that Indian actress Shabana Azmi once told him that Moushumi could flirt with everyone from a six-year-old boy to a 60-year-old man.
- Moushumi once emphasized how due to her outspoken and straightforward nature she often got rejected and replaced in many films. The main reason for this was his not having a good relationship with the main hero of the film. He mentioned how his uncompromising attitude sometimes prevented him from getting work opportunities.
- She has been featured on the covers of various magazines like Filmfare and Star & Style.
Moushumi Chatterjee seen in Filmfare
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