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Sreelekha Mitra

Sreelekha Mitra (Bengali: শ্রীলেখা মিত্র) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema.[4] Winner of a BFJA Award and an Anandalok Award, Mitra is best known for her roles in films such as Hothat Brishti (1998), Kantatar (2006), Aschorjo Prodip (2013), Swade Ahlade (2015), Choukath (2015) and Rainbow Jelly (2018).[5][6]

Sreelekha Mitra
Born (1972-08-30) 30 August 1972 (age 50)[1]
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
WorksFull list
Spouse
Siladitya Sanyal
(m. 2003; div. 2013)
[2]
Children1[3]
Awards
Websitesreelekhamitra.com

Her first acting assignment was Balikar Prem, a Bengali TV series directed by Dulal Lahiri.[7] She rose to prominence for her role as Nabanita in the 1996 Bengali TV series Trishna directed by Anindya Sarkar.[8] After she appeared in a host of films, her breakthrough role came with Basu Chatterjee's Hothat Brishti (1998) which was a major success at the box office.[9] Despite the success of the film, Mitra never attained any significant elevation in her career which she claimed to be an undesirable consequence of Nepotism in Bengali cinema.[10] She was conferred with BFJA Award and Anandalok Award for her role in Bappaditya Bandopadhyay's Kantatar (2006) where she essayed Sudha, an illegal immigrant who moves from one man to another and from one religion to another in quest of love. In 2011, she was awarded the Big Bangla Movie Award in The Best Actress in a Supporting Role category for her role in Mahanagar@Kolkata (2010), by Suman Mukhopadhyay.[11] In 2012, she received the Zee Bangla Gourav Samman in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her role in Uro Chithi (2011). She was nominated for Filmfare Award and Zee Bangla Gourav Samman for her role in Ashchorjyo Prodeep (2013).[12] She was further acclaimed for her role in Raja Dasgupta's Bengali film Choukaath (2016). She made her Bollywood debut in Reema Mukherjee's directorial debut Ardhangini Ek Ardhsatya (2016). Mitra has also an extensive career on television. Her notable telefilms include Dwicharini, Raja Opera, Teen Satyi, Dui Purush, Teen Purush and Ami Shey O Anu, to name a few. Her notable television series include Trishna, Ei To Jiban, Pratibimba, Bhanga Gorar Khela, Probahini Ei Samay and Bandhan, to name few. She was also a judge on the Bengali standup comedy show Mirakkel.

Early life

Mitra was born in Kolkata. Her father Santosh Mitra was a thespian actor.[7] She passed ICSE from Auxilium Convent School.[13] She completed her graduation at Jaypuriya College, with English literature as her honours subject. She went to pursue masters in English literature at Calcutta University but quit it when she got a job at Taj Hotel, Kolkata.[14]

Career

Mitra grew her urge to be an actress during her school days. While working at Taj Hotel, Kolkata, she was advised by one of her acquaintances to appear for an audition conducted by Teleframe, the production house of Samaresh Majumdar who had been looking for a fresh face for the female lead of his new Bengali TV series Balikar Prem.[15] She appeared wearing a saree. At first, Dulal Lahiri, the director of the TV series and Majumdar, the producer and screenplay writer were reluctant to cast her since they had been looking for a girl who had to portray a teenager in the TV series. She was finalized after she reappeared wearing a skirt. The TV series was not completed ultimately.[16] Ranjit Mallick portrayed the role of her father in it. She then, started working as an anchor in several programmes aired in Channel 8. During her working schedule in Channel 8, she met Rabiranjan Maitra who helped her bag female leads in two consecutive Odia feature films.[17]

In 1996, she was proposed to play the female lead in the Bengali TV series Trishna.[8] It was directed by Anindya Sarkar. Her role as Nabanita in the TV series earned her popularity. At a fast pace she carried on with prominent roles in Bengali films. Her first film alongside Prosenjit Chatterjee was Samadhan (1997) directed by Swapan Saha.[18] The film also stars Rituparna Sengupta as the ladylove of the character played by Chatterjee. Mitra played the role of the sister of the character played by Chatterjee. She often reminisced that, back in 1990s, she was always told to play the sister to Chatterjee even though she had potential to play the female lead. She bagged the female lead opposite Chatterjee in Sagarbanya (1998). While shooting for the film, she had an accident, for which she had to lose significant roles in several films.[17] She featured in Basu Chatterjee's Hothat Brishti (1998) where she portrayed Priti. The film came out as a major success at the box office.[9] In her 2020 vlog Let's Expose Face It, she claimed that she never had any significant elevation in her career even after the huge success of Hothat Brishti (1998). She exposed that she had to lose a number of central female roles since she never showed any interest to be the ladylove of Prosenjit Chatterjee who, then had a monopolistic foothold in Bengali film industry.[17][19] Till 2001, she had to play the second fiddle in the films she was offered. She featured as the female lead opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee in Rabi Kinagi's Annadata (2002).[20]

It wasn’t something I did on an impulse; it was latent inside me. Sushant’s death acted as a catalyst. I revisited that trauma. I’ve suffered the sense of neglect, of identity crisis, gone through depression, even contemplated suicide. Why would I knock on doors asking for work?

— Mitra on why she raised her voice against the ongoing nepotism in Bengali cinema (in an interview conducted by Indian Express)[21]

She garnered wider applause for her role in Pratibimba, a Bengali TV series broadcast on Alpha Bangla between 2002 and 2004. The series was a major commercial success running 700 episodes.[22]

Mitra appeared in a Coca-Cola advertisement with Aamir Khan.[23][24] She featured in Arghyakamal Mitra's Jonmodin (2005). In 2006, she came to wider attention for her role in Bappaditya Bandopadhyay's much acclaimed film Kantatar, where she essayed the character of Sudha, an illegal immigrant who moves from one man to another and from one religion to another in quest of love. The film earned her the Anandalok Award for Best Actress in 2006[25] and BFJA Award for Best Actress in 2007.[26][27] She featured in Manoj Michigan's Bengali drama film Hello Kolkata (2008).[28] She featured as Raka opposite Indraneil Sengupta in Kamaleswar Mukherjee's drama film Uro Chithi (2011).[29] It won critical favour for her performance in Uro Chithi (2011).[30] She was awarded the Zee Bangla Gourav Samman for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film. She featured as Madhumita Sanyal in Anik Dutta's Bhooter Bhabishyat (2012).[31] In 2014, she was nominated for the Filmfare Award East for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ashchorjyo Prodeep.[32][33]

Suman Ghosh approached her to portray the role of Binodini Dasi in his Kadambari (2015).[34] She featured in Arindam Sil's Swade Ahlade (2015).[35] In 2015, she collaborated with Raja Dasgupta in his big screen directorial debut Choukaath, where she essayed the role of Debi who meets an accident, loses her consciousness and is taken to the hospital by an unknown passer-by. When she regains her consciousness, she cannot recall what happened to her after the accident. Later, she discovers that her husband suspects that she was raped after the accident and bears the rapist's child.[36] The film was a critical success. Mitra was well acclaimed for her performance in the film. Anandabajar claimed that her performance in the film was the best one until date.[37] Times of India described her performance as "understated and dignified in her pain".[38]

She accepted the role of Bimala in Reema Mukherjee's directorial debut Ardhangini Ek Ardhsatya (2016) based on Tagore's much celebrated novel Ghare Baire. The film met neither critical nor commercial success.[39] Mitra eschewed the lead in Dupur Thakurpo: Season 2.[40][41]

Mitra featured as 'Pori pishi' in Rainbow Jelly (2018), a film by Soukarya Ghosal.[42] Her performance in the film won her critical favour.[43][44] She featured in Anshumaan Banerjee's Baro Second (2020) where she played Srijita alongside Silajit portraying Debanjan, Srijita's husband and the male protagonist.[45] Her directorial venture is Bitter Half.[46] She will be seen in The Inside Job, a film directed by Shieladitya Moulik.[47] She featured in Nirbhaya.[48]

Sreelekha starred in Aditya Vikram Sengupta's third feature film, Once Upon a Time in Calcutta, as Ela, the protagonist of the film. She plays a bereaved mother who wants a separation from her husband and struggles to have a separate house for herself.[49] To fit in the shoe of the character, Sengupta never approved her to wear any makeup.[50] The film had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.[51] Mid-Day considered the film one of the 20 best Indian films of 2021.[52] Of her performance in the film, Anupama Chopra writes, "Sreelekha plays Ela without a trace of vanity. Her circumstances might be pathetic but she certainly isn't. Instead, Aditya and Gokhan imbue her life with poetry."[53] For her performance, she got overwhelmingly positive reviews. The role earned her an award in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category at the New York Indian Film Festival, 2022.[54][55]

Her directorial venture Ebong Chaad won the Best Short Film award at the Colaj Bengaluru Bengali Film Festival, 2022 and She was awarded in the Best Director — Short Film category.[56] Mitra, then, featured in Raaj Mukherjee's Bengali dramafilm Tritiyo Purush (2022).[57]

In media

Let's Expose Face It (2020 vlog)

On 17 June 2020, Mitra uploaded a vlog Let's Expose Face It on her YouTube channel Aami Sreelekha claiming that she never had a significant elevation in her career even after the remarkable success of Hothat Brishti (1998) since she never reciprocated to the love proposal of Prosenjit Chatterjee who then had a monopolistic foothold in Bengali cinema.[17][58] She said that Rituparna Sengupta rode the crest of her career so easily as she had a love affair with Chatterjee in the late 1990s.[59] The vlog stirred Media. Chatterjee never responded to her statement. Sengupta opened up that she had not worked with Chatterjee since 2001 until 2015 but had managed to last in the Bengali film industry. In the vlog, she also implicated that Swastika Mukherjee had a smooth career since she always had affairs with various actors and directors.[60]

Binodini controversy

After Rukmini Maitra's look as Nati Binodini was published, Mitra made a Facebook post interrogating whether the concerned thespian actress was slim.[61] She further added that she would have criticised the casting of the film if Ananya Chatterjee had been cast.[62]

Personal life

While working in Teen Satyi, a Bengali telefilm for ETV Bangla, she met Siladitya Sanyal who was the assistant director of the telefilm.[63] Sanyal works as a professor in SRFTI. They married on 20 November 2003.[64] They separated in 2013.[65][66] They have a daughter named Oishi Sanyal born on 7 December 2005.[67]

Her equation with Soukarya Ghosal deteriorated when she was informed by director Aditya Vikram Sengupta that her name was not there in the credit-list of Rainbow Jelly on Netflix.[68]

Awards

Award Year Category Film TV series Result Ref.
BFJA Award 2007 Best Actress in a Leading Role Kantatar Won
Filmfare Awards East 2014 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Ashchorjyo Prodeep Nominated
Anandalok Award 2006 Best Actress in a Leading Role Kantatar Won [69]
2008 Best Actress in a Leading Role Tolly Lights Nominated
Zee Bangla Gourav Samman 2012 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Uro Chithi Won [12]
2014 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Ashchorjyo Prodeep Nominated [12]
Big Bangla Movie Award 2010 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Mahanagar@Kolkata Won [11]
Kalakar Award 2003 Best Actress in a Leading Role Pratibimba Won [70]
2009 Best Actress in a Leading Role Tolly Lights Won [70]
New York Indian Film Festival Award 2022 Best Actress in a Leading Role Once Upon a Time in Calcutta Won [54]
Melbourne Indian Film Festival 2022 Best Actress in a Leading Role Once Upon a Time in Calcutta Nominated [71]

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sreelekha, mitra, bengali, indian, actress, known, work, bengali, cinema, winner, bfja, award, anandalok, award, mitra, best, known, roles, films, such, hothat, brishti, 1998, kantatar, 2006, aschorjo, prodip, 2013, swade, ahlade, 2015, choukath, 2015, rainbow. Sreelekha Mitra Bengali শ র ল খ ম ত র is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema 4 Winner of a BFJA Award and an Anandalok Award Mitra is best known for her roles in films such as Hothat Brishti 1998 Kantatar 2006 Aschorjo Prodip 2013 Swade Ahlade 2015 Choukath 2015 and Rainbow Jelly 2018 5 6 Sreelekha MitraBorn 1972 08 30 30 August 1972 age 50 1 NationalityIndianOccupationActressYears active1995 presentWorksFull listSpouseSiladitya Sanyal m 2003 div 2013 wbr 2 Children1 3 AwardsBFJA AwardAnandalok AwardZee Bangla Gourav SammanWebsitesreelekhamitra comHer first acting assignment was Balikar Prem a Bengali TV series directed by Dulal Lahiri 7 She rose to prominence for her role as Nabanita in the 1996 Bengali TV series Trishna directed by Anindya Sarkar 8 After she appeared in a host of films her breakthrough role came with Basu Chatterjee s Hothat Brishti 1998 which was a major success at the box office 9 Despite the success of the film Mitra never attained any significant elevation in her career which she claimed to be an undesirable consequence of Nepotism in Bengali cinema 10 She was conferred with BFJA Award and Anandalok Award for her role in Bappaditya Bandopadhyay s Kantatar 2006 where she essayed Sudha an illegal immigrant who moves from one man to another and from one religion to another in quest of love In 2011 she was awarded the Big Bangla Movie Award in The Best Actress in a Supporting Role category for her role in Mahanagar Kolkata 2010 by Suman Mukhopadhyay 11 In 2012 she received the Zee Bangla Gourav Samman in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her role in Uro Chithi 2011 She was nominated for Filmfare Award and Zee Bangla Gourav Samman for her role in Ashchorjyo Prodeep 2013 12 She was further acclaimed for her role in Raja Dasgupta s Bengali film Choukaath 2016 She made her Bollywood debut in Reema Mukherjee s directorial debut Ardhangini Ek Ardhsatya 2016 Mitra has also an extensive career on television Her notable telefilms include Dwicharini Raja Opera Teen Satyi Dui Purush Teen Purush and Ami Shey O Anu to name a few Her notable television series include Trishna Ei To Jiban Pratibimba Bhanga Gorar Khela Probahini Ei Samay and Bandhan to name few She was also a judge on the Bengali standup comedy show Mirakkel Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 In media 3 1 Let s Expose Face It 2020 vlog 3 2 Binodini controversy 4 Personal life 5 Awards 6 References 7 External linksEarly life EditMitra was born in Kolkata Her father Santosh Mitra was a thespian actor 7 She passed ICSE from Auxilium Convent School 13 She completed her graduation at Jaypuriya College with English literature as her honours subject She went to pursue masters in English literature at Calcutta University but quit it when she got a job at Taj Hotel Kolkata 14 Career EditMain article List of works by Sreelekha Mitra Mitra grew her urge to be an actress during her school days While working at Taj Hotel Kolkata she was advised by one of her acquaintances to appear for an audition conducted by Teleframe the production house of Samaresh Majumdar who had been looking for a fresh face for the female lead of his new Bengali TV series Balikar Prem 15 She appeared wearing a saree At first Dulal Lahiri the director of the TV series and Majumdar the producer and screenplay writer were reluctant to cast her since they had been looking for a girl who had to portray a teenager in the TV series She was finalized after she reappeared wearing a skirt The TV series was not completed ultimately 16 Ranjit Mallick portrayed the role of her father in it She then started working as an anchor in several programmes aired in Channel 8 During her working schedule in Channel 8 she met Rabiranjan Maitra who helped her bag female leads in two consecutive Odia feature films 17 In 1996 she was proposed to play the female lead in the Bengali TV series Trishna 8 It was directed by Anindya Sarkar Her role as Nabanita in the TV series earned her popularity At a fast pace she carried on with prominent roles in Bengali films Her first film alongside Prosenjit Chatterjee was Samadhan 1997 directed by Swapan Saha 18 The film also stars Rituparna Sengupta as the ladylove of the character played by Chatterjee Mitra played the role of the sister of the character played by Chatterjee She often reminisced that back in 1990s she was always told to play the sister to Chatterjee even though she had potential to play the female lead She bagged the female lead opposite Chatterjee in Sagarbanya 1998 While shooting for the film she had an accident for which she had to lose significant roles in several films 17 She featured in Basu Chatterjee s Hothat Brishti 1998 where she portrayed Priti The film came out as a major success at the box office 9 In her 2020 vlog Let s Expose Face It she claimed that she never had any significant elevation in her career even after the huge success of Hothat Brishti 1998 She exposed that she had to lose a number of central female roles since she never showed any interest to be the ladylove of Prosenjit Chatterjee who then had a monopolistic foothold in Bengali film industry 17 19 Till 2001 she had to play the second fiddle in the films she was offered She featured as the female lead opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee in Rabi Kinagi s Annadata 2002 20 It wasn t something I did on an impulse it was latent inside me Sushant s death acted as a catalyst I revisited that trauma I ve suffered the sense of neglect of identity crisis gone through depression even contemplated suicide Why would I knock on doors asking for work Mitra on why she raised her voice against the ongoing nepotism in Bengali cinema in an interview conducted by Indian Express 21 She garnered wider applause for her role in Pratibimba a Bengali TV series broadcast on Alpha Bangla between 2002 and 2004 The series was a major commercial success running 700 episodes 22 Mitra appeared in a Coca Cola advertisement with Aamir Khan 23 24 She featured in Arghyakamal Mitra s Jonmodin 2005 In 2006 she came to wider attention for her role in Bappaditya Bandopadhyay s much acclaimed film Kantatar where she essayed the character of Sudha an illegal immigrant who moves from one man to another and from one religion to another in quest of love The film earned her the Anandalok Award for Best Actress in 2006 25 and BFJA Award for Best Actress in 2007 26 27 She featured in Manoj Michigan s Bengali drama film Hello Kolkata 2008 28 She featured as Raka opposite Indraneil Sengupta in Kamaleswar Mukherjee s drama film Uro Chithi 2011 29 It won critical favour for her performance in Uro Chithi 2011 30 She was awarded the Zee Bangla Gourav Samman for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film She featured as Madhumita Sanyal in Anik Dutta s Bhooter Bhabishyat 2012 31 In 2014 she was nominated for the Filmfare Award East for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ashchorjyo Prodeep 32 33 Suman Ghosh approached her to portray the role of Binodini Dasi in his Kadambari 2015 34 She featured in Arindam Sil s Swade Ahlade 2015 35 In 2015 she collaborated with Raja Dasgupta in his big screen directorial debut Choukaath where she essayed the role of Debi who meets an accident loses her consciousness and is taken to the hospital by an unknown passer by When she regains her consciousness she cannot recall what happened to her after the accident Later she discovers that her husband suspects that she was raped after the accident and bears the rapist s child 36 The film was a critical success Mitra was well acclaimed for her performance in the film Anandabajar claimed that her performance in the film was the best one until date 37 Times of India described her performance as understated and dignified in her pain 38 She accepted the role of Bimala in Reema Mukherjee s directorial debut Ardhangini Ek Ardhsatya 2016 based on Tagore s much celebrated novel Ghare Baire The film met neither critical nor commercial success 39 Mitra eschewed the lead in Dupur Thakurpo Season 2 40 41 Mitra featured as Pori pishi in Rainbow Jelly 2018 a film by Soukarya Ghosal 42 Her performance in the film won her critical favour 43 44 She featured in Anshumaan Banerjee s Baro Second 2020 where she played Srijita alongside Silajit portraying Debanjan Srijita s husband and the male protagonist 45 Her directorial venture is Bitter Half 46 She will be seen in The Inside Job a film directed by Shieladitya Moulik 47 She featured in Nirbhaya 48 Sreelekha starred in Aditya Vikram Sengupta s third feature film Once Upon a Time in Calcutta as Ela the protagonist of the film She plays a bereaved mother who wants a separation from her husband and struggles to have a separate house for herself 49 To fit in the shoe of the character Sengupta never approved her to wear any makeup 50 The film had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival 51 Mid Day considered the film one of the 20 best Indian films of 2021 52 Of her performance in the film Anupama Chopra writes Sreelekha plays Ela without a trace of vanity Her circumstances might be pathetic but she certainly isn t Instead Aditya and Gokhan imbue her life with poetry 53 For her performance she got overwhelmingly positive reviews The role earned her an award in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category at the New York Indian Film Festival 2022 54 55 Her directorial venture Ebong Chaad won the Best Short Film award at the Colaj Bengaluru Bengali Film Festival 2022 and She was awarded in the Best Director Short Film category 56 Mitra then featured in Raaj Mukherjee s Bengali dramafilm Tritiyo Purush 2022 57 In media EditLet s Expose Face It 2020 vlog Edit On 17 June 2020 Mitra uploaded a vlog Let s Expose Face It on her YouTube channel Aami Sreelekha claiming that she never had a significant elevation in her career even after the remarkable success of Hothat Brishti 1998 since she never reciprocated to the love proposal of Prosenjit Chatterjee who then had a monopolistic foothold in Bengali cinema 17 58 She said that Rituparna Sengupta rode the crest of her career so easily as she had a love affair with Chatterjee in the late 1990s 59 The vlog stirred Media Chatterjee never responded to her statement Sengupta opened up that she had not worked with Chatterjee since 2001 until 2015 but had managed to last in the Bengali film industry In the vlog she also implicated that Swastika Mukherjee had a smooth career since she always had affairs with various actors and directors 60 Binodini controversy Edit After Rukmini Maitra s look as Nati Binodini was published Mitra made a Facebook post interrogating whether the concerned thespian actress was slim 61 She further added that she would have criticised the casting of the film if Ananya Chatterjee had been cast 62 Personal life EditWhile working in Teen Satyi a Bengali telefilm for ETV Bangla she met Siladitya Sanyal who was the assistant director of the telefilm 63 Sanyal works as a professor in SRFTI They married on 20 November 2003 64 They separated in 2013 65 66 They have a daughter named Oishi Sanyal born on 7 December 2005 67 Her equation with Soukarya Ghosal deteriorated when she was informed by director Aditya Vikram Sengupta that her name was not there in the credit list of Rainbow Jelly on Netflix 68 Awards EditAward Year Category Film TV series Result Ref BFJA Award 2007 Best Actress in a Leading Role Kantatar WonFilmfare Awards East 2014 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Ashchorjyo Prodeep NominatedAnandalok Award 2006 Best Actress in a Leading Role Kantatar Won 69 2008 Best Actress in a Leading Role Tolly Lights NominatedZee Bangla Gourav Samman 2012 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Uro Chithi Won 12 2014 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Ashchorjyo Prodeep Nominated 12 Big Bangla Movie Award 2010 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Mahanagar Kolkata Won 11 Kalakar Award 2003 Best Actress in a Leading Role Pratibimba Won 70 2009 Best Actress in a Leading Role Tolly Lights Won 70 New York Indian Film Festival Award 2022 Best Actress in a Leading Role Once Upon a Time in Calcutta Won 54 Melbourne Indian Film Festival 2022 Best Actress in a Leading Role Once Upon a Time in Calcutta Nominated 71 References Edit ম ক বড ড ম স করছ জন মদ ন ক দ ফ লল ন শ র ল খ anandabazar com in Bengali Retrieved 16 July 2020 আম র প র ক তন হ য ন ডসম বল ই আর ক উক স ভ ব মন ধরল ন শ র ল খ anandabazar com in Bengali 20 November 2020 Retrieved 21 November 2020 প র ক তন স ব ম র সঙ গ ফ র একফ র ম শ র ল খ অভ ন ত র র ম য ক দ খ চ ন দ য Hindustantimes Bangla in Bengali 10 December 2022 Retrieved 10 December 2022 Sreelekha Mitra movies filmography biography and songs Cinestaan com Cinestaan Retrieved 7 April 2018 Sreelekha Mitra s explosive video actor alleges superstars control casting in Bengali industry The Times of India 20 June 2020 Retrieved 23 June 2020 Kolkata girl Sreelekha Mitra wins Best Actress award at New York Indian Film Festival 2022 www telegraphindia 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