Arati Bhattacharya

Arati Bhattacharya is a well-known name in Bengali cinema. She was born in Jamshedpur, West Bengal. She completed her schooling at D.M. Madan Girls High School. Later, she joined Jamshedpur Women's College. She was an active member of her college's theatre society. Satya Bandhyopadhyay saw her work and invited her to work with him. Bhattacharya was given a lead role (Keya) in Nahabat's play, written and directed by Satya Bandyopadhyay Satya Bandyopadhyay was born on 25 September 1933 >> Read More... . In 1972, she grabbed a lead actress role in her first movie, Ek Adhuri Kahani, directed by Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen was a renowned and highly skilled India >> Read More... . In the same year, Salil Dutt cast her in Stree alongside actors Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar was matinee idol of Bengali cinema. He >> Read More... and Soumitra Chattopadhyay. This movie led her path to popularity. 

In the 1970s, she did 50 Bengali movies. 1976, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award for Ami Shay O Sokha. In the same year, she lent her voice to Anandamela. She worked with famous novelist and director Satyajit Ray Biographies reveal bare details about the maverick >> Read More... in a critically acclaimed film, Jana Aranya. Her other movies are Preyasi, Ami, Shay-O-Shokha, Picnic (1972), Premer Phande, Golap Bou, Job Charnocker Bibi, Harmonium, Harano Prapti Niruddesh, Suryatrishna. She married a Bhojpuri actor, Kunal Kapoor Born on 18th of Oct in the year of 1977 to a Punja >> Read More... . In the 1980s, she was a film director with her first movie, Mashuka (1987). In 1988, she appeared in the Bhojpuri cinema with the movie Dangabaaz Balma, directed by her. Her son, Aksh Singh, is also in the cinema. She debuted as a scriptwriter with the Bloody Isshq Click to look into! >> Read More... (2013), starring her son.