Moushumi Chatterjee

Moushmi Chatterji is an Indian actress. She is from West Bengal. She is daughter in law of the famed vocalist late Hemant Kumar.

She was inclosed to films in 1967, with the Bengali film "Balika Badhu". She began to act in films after her marriage, which was quite unique for females at that time at that time Moushumi Chatterjee created her movie debut in 1972 with the hit movie "Anuraag" and immediately fixed her spot in Bollywood.

She was on the top of her career in the 70's and early 80's, when she used to star opposite heroes as Amitabh Bachchan, Jitendra, Dharmendra etc. In her peak years, she starred opposite leading stars like Vinod Khanna in "Kachche Dhaage" and Amitabh in "Roti, Kapada Aur Makaan", "Benaam" and "Manzil".

She had 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.

In the late 80's and 90's, shunning glamorous portions for good scripts, Chatterjee went on to play the sister in law or, lately, maternal roles, playing mother to Akshaye Khanna in "Aa Ab Laut Chalen" (1999).

She besides manifested her endowment for comedy in "Angoor" (1982) and in the television series "Albeli", in which she played the title character.

She is still acting in films, but not at the same pace as earlier.

She is right away too acting in a film with her youngest daughter, Megha, in her debut film. A Bengali film named "Bhalo Bashar Onek Naam" directed by Tarun Majumdar the same person who directed Chatterji's very first movie, Balika Badhu.