Moushumi Chatterjee

  • Birthday: 26. April 1953
  • Birthplace: calcutta
  • Awards: Best Actress award for Balika Badhu (Bengali), Best Actress Nominee for Anurag, Best Supporting Actress Nomination for Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (1974), Won,Filmfare Award for Best Actor Supporting Role (Female) – Bengali for Goynar Baksho (2014),

Biography

Moushumi Chatterjee (26 April 1953; Bengali: মৌসুমি চ্যাটার্জী; Moushumi Chāţārjī) is a Bollywood actress, who has also acted in Bengali cinema. Her on-screen pair with actors like Rajesh Khanna, Shashi Kapoor, Jeetendra, Sanjeev Kumar and Vinod Mehra was popular. She was 3rd highest paid Hindi actress in the period 1973-1984.

Moushumi Chatterjee was born in Calcutta. Her father Prantosh Chattopadhyaya was in the Army and her grandfather was a judge. She had a sister and a brother. She is married to Jayant Mukherjee, (son of Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay). They have two daughters, Payal and Megha. She started to act in Bollywood movies after her marriage, which was quite unusual for women during that time.