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Locket Chatterjee
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Locket Chatterjee
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byRatna De
ConstituencyHooghly
Personal details
Born
Locket Chatterjee

4 December 1970 (1970-12-04) (age 54)
Kolkata, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpousePrasenjit Bhattacharjee
Children1 Son
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
OccupationActress, Dancer, Politician
Known forPresident, Mahila Morcha

Locket Chatterjee (born 4 December 1970) is a Bengali actress and Member of Parliament from Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. She is also a classical dancer. Locket completed her training in Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, Manipuri and Creative,[1] but, she is more popular as an actress. Presently Chatterjee is the president of woman wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of West Bengal.[2]

Early life

Chattarjee was born in Bengali Brahmin family. Her father was a priest as was her grandfather. Locket's mother encouraged her and her sister Mala to do something related to the arts. Her mother took her to dance school. Locket went abroad with the Mamata Shankar ballet troupe when she was a class VIII student.[3] She grew up by the Ganges on the northern outskirts of Calcutta’s Dakshineswar area.[4]

She later studied at Jogamaya Devi College, affiliated to the University of Calcutta.[5]

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "Locket Chatterjee biography". itimes. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  2. ^ PTI. "Locket Chatterjee replaces Roopa Ganguly as WB BJP Mahila Morcha president". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 26 September 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ "At 16, I got married: Locket". Times of India. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Birthday Girl". Telegraph Kolkata. Calcutta, India. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  5. ^ History of the College
  6. ^ "I will never attempt a ____: Subrata Sen". Times of India. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  7. ^ "'I'm totally inhibition-free'". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  8. ^ Nag, Kushali (15 October 2011). "Real to reel". Telegraph, Kolkata. Calcutta, India. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  9. ^ Nag, Kushali (20 October 2010). "She's on a roll". Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  10. ^ "Kalakar award winners" (PDF). Kalakar website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)


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