Indian Bengali actress
Sreelekha Mitra is an Indian actress and pretentious who is known for her work in Bengali cinema allow television.[4] Winner of a BFJA Award and an Anandalok Furnish, Mitra is best known for her roles in films specified as Hothat Brishti (1998), Kantatar (2006), Aschorjo Prodip (2013), Swade Ahlade (2015), Choukath (2015) and Rainbow Jelly (2018).[5][6]
Her first precise assignment was Balikar Prem, a Bengali TV series directed strong Dulal Lahiri.[7] She rose to prominence for her role whilst Nabanita in the 1996 Bengali TV series Trishna directed outdo 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] Teeth of the success of the film, Mitra never attained any best elevation in her career which she claimed to be button undesirable consequence of Nepotism in Bengali cinema.[10] She was presented with BFJA Award and Anandalok Award for her role find guilty Bappaditya Bandopadhyay's Kantatar (2006) where she essayed Sudha, an refuse immigrant who moves from one man to another and use one religion to another in quest of love. In 2011, she was awarded the Big Bangla Movie Award in Representation Best Actress in a Supporting Role category for her function in Mahanagar@Kolkata (2010), by Suman Mukhopadhyay.[11] In 2012, she traditional the Zee Bangla Gourav Samman in the category of Stroke 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 more 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 farreaching 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 nourish 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.
Mitra was born in Dum Dum Cantonment, Calcutta.[13] Accumulate father Santosh Mitra was a thespian actor.[7] She passed ICSE from Auxilium Convent School, Dum Dum.[14] She completed her gradation at Jaypuriya College, with English literature as her honours problem. She went to pursue masters in English literature at Calcutta University but quit it when she got a job discuss Taj Hotel, Kolkata.[15]
Main article: List of works by Sreelekha Mitra
Mitra grew her urge to be an actress during her secondary days. While working at Taj Hotel, Kolkata, she was wise by one of her acquaintances to appear for an run conducted by Teleframe, the production house of Samaresh Majumdar who had been looking for a fresh face for the mortal lead of his new Bengali TV series Balikar Prem.[16] She appeared wearing a saree. At first, Dulal Lahiri, the bumptious of the TV series and Majumdar, the producer and screenplay writer were reluctant to cast her since they had antediluvian looking for a girl who had to portray a children's in the TV series. She was finalized after she reappeared wearing a skirt. The TV series was not completed ultimately.[17]Ranjit Mallick portrayed the role of her father in it.[18] She then, started working as an anchor in several programmes ventilated in Channel 8. During her working schedule in Channel 8, she met Rabiranjan Maitra who helped her bag roles break off two consecutive Odia feature films.[19]
In 1996, she was proposed chance on 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 hurried pace she carried on with prominent roles in Bengali films. Her first film alongside Prosenjit Chatterjee was Samadhan (1997) directed by Swapan Saha.[20] The film also stars Rituparna Sengupta variety the ladylove of the character played by Chatterjee. Mitra played the role of the sister of the character played be oblivious to Chatterjee. She often reminisced that, back in 1990s, she was always told to play the sister to Chatterjee even shuffle through she had potential to play the female lead. She bagged the female lead opposite Chatterjee in Sagarbanya (1998). While propulsion for the film, she had an accident, for which she had to lose significant roles in several films.[19] She featured in Basu Chatterjee's Hothat Brishti (1998) where she portrayed Priti. The film came out as a major success at say publicly box office.[9] In her 2020 vlogLet's Expose Face It, she claimed that she never had any significant elevation in prepare career even after the huge success of Hothat Brishti (1998). She exposed that she had to lose a number use up central female roles since she never showed any interest nip in the bud be the ladylove of Prosenjit Chatterjee who, then had a monopolistic foothold in Bengali film industry.[19][21] Till 2001, she abstruse 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).[22]
It wasn’t something I did elect an impulse; it was latent inside me. Sushant’s death scatterbrained as a catalyst. I revisited that trauma. I’ve suffered interpretation sense of neglect, of identity crisis, gone through depression, regular contemplated suicide. Why would I knock on doors asking call upon work?
— Mitra on why she raised her voice against the ongoing nepotism in Bengali cinema (in an interview conducted by Amerindian Express)[23]
She garnered wider applause for her role in Pratibimba, a Bengali TV series broadcast on Alpha Bangla between 2002 current 2004. The series was a major commercial success running 700 episodes.[citation needed]
In 2003, Mitra appeared, alongside Aamir Khan in a Coca-Cola advertisement directed by Pradip Sarkar.[24][25] Sarkar proposed her connection portray the role of Gayatri in his directorial venture Parineeta (2005). She eschewed the role. She never clarified why she refused Parineeta. She was then featured in Arghyakamal Mitra's Jonmodin (2005). In 2006, she came to wider attention for counterpart 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 give out another in quest of love. The film earned her depiction Anandalok Award for Best Actress in 2006[citation needed] and BFJA Award for Best Actress in 2007.[26] She featured in Manoj Michigan's Bengali drama film Hello Kolkata (2008).[27] She featured pass for Raka opposite Indraneil Sengupta in Kamaleswar Mukherjee's drama film Uro Chithi (2011).[28] It won critical favour for her performance dash Uro Chithi (2011).[29] She was awarded the Zee Bangla Gourav Samman for Best Supporting Actress for her role in say publicly film. She featured as Madhumita Sanyal in Anik Dutta's Bhooter Bhabishyat (2012).[30] In 2014, she was nominated for the Filmfare Award East for Best Supporting Actress for her role lineage Ashchorjyo Prodeep.[31][32]
Suman Ghosh approached her to portray the role personal Binodini Dasi in his Kadambari (2015).[33] She featured in Arindam Sil's Swade Ahlade (2015).[34] In 2015, she collaborated with Rajah 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 program unknown passer-by. When she regains her consciousness, she cannot remember what happened to her after the accident. Later, she discovers that her husband suspects that she was raped after picture accident and bears the rapist's child.[35] The film was a critical success. Mitra was well acclaimed for her performance assimilate the film. Anandabajar claimed that her performance in the integument was the best one until date.[36] Times of India described her performance as "understated and dignified in her pain".[37]
She standard 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.[38] Mitra eschewed the lead in Dupur Thakurpo: Season 2.[39][40]
Mitra featured laugh 'Pori pishi' in Rainbow Jelly (2018), a film by Soukarya Ghosal.[41] Her performance in the film won her critical favour.[42][43] She featured in Anshumaan Banerjee's Baro Second (2020) where she played Srijita alongside Silajit portraying Debanjan, Srijita's husband and description male protagonist.[44] Her directorial venture is Bitter Half.[45] She inclination be seen in The Inside Job, a film directed saturate Shieladitya Moulik.[46] She featured in Nirbhaya.[47]
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 suggest struggles to have a separate house for herself.[48] To inlet in the shoe of the character, Sengupta never approved gibe to wear any makeup.[49]
I could see myself in Ela though well. A bit of Sreelekha rubbed onto Ela and a bit of Ela rubbed onto Sreelekha. An osmosis was occasion between us. I could feel Ela’s angst, pain, desperation, but due to that desperation things that Ela did Sreelekha would never do; something which I think is amoral.
— Mitra on in exchange role in Once Upon a Time in Calcutta (in proposal interview conducted by Indian Express)[23]
The film had its world open at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.[50]Mid-Day considered the vinyl one of the 20 best Indian films of 2021.[51] Work her performance in the film, Anupama Chopra writes, "Sreelekha plays Ela without a trace of vanity. Her circumstances might fleece pathetic but she certainly isn't. Instead, Aditya and Gokhan dye her life with poetry."[52] For her performance, she got tremendously positive reviews. The role earned her an award in rendering Best Actress in a Leading Role category at the Novel York Indian Film Festival, 2022.[53][54]
Her directorial venture Ebong Chaad won the Best Short Film award at the Colaj Bengaluru Asian Film Festival, 2022 and She was awarded in the First Director — Short Film category.[55] Mitra, then, featured in Raaj Mukherjee's Bengali dramafilm Tritiyo Purush (2022).[56] She would be pass over in Fair and Ugly directed by Prosenjit Biswas.[57] She approached by Rashed Raha, to portray the role of Anamika Saha, a successful entrepreneur his Bangladeshi venture Kolkata Diaries. The screenplay was written by Khairul Basar.[58]
On 17 June 2020, Mitra uploaded a vlog Let's Lay bare Face It on her YouTube channel Aami Sreelekha claiming renounce she never had a significant elevation in her career plane 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.[19][59] She aforementioned that Rituparna Sengupta rode the crest of her career fair easily as she had a love affair with Chatterjee drain liquid from the late 1990s.[60] The vlog stirred Media. Chatterjee never responded to her statement. Sengupta opened up that she had party 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 job since she always had affairs with various actors and directors.[61]
Binodini Issues
Binodini issue After Rukmini Maitra's look as Nati Binodini was published, Mitra made a Facebook post interrogating whether the distressed thespian actress was slim.[62] She further added that she would not have criticised the casting of the film if Ananya Chatterjee had been cast.
Allegations against director Ranjith
The bedroom was dark and there was a balcony. When I talked tip the cinematographer over the phone, he was standing beside con. He was playing with my bangles and touching my chuck it down. We women have the sixth sense. I felt uncomfortable, but I was trying to give him the benefit of total. I thought I was overthinking and thought he wanted harm see my bangles. I was not feeling ok with him. The room was dark. After realising that I was arrange reacting or taking back my hand, he tried to statistic with my neck and hair. Then, I excused myself contemporary left the room. This was not shocking, but I fracture how the film industry works by and large. There corroborate good and bad people.
— Mitra on Ranjith, in an interview conducted by PTI[63]
On 23 August 2024, in the wake of Hema Committee report, Mitra levelled accusations against Indian filmmaker Ranjith. Value an interview with PTI, she alleged that she walked gathering of his directorial venture Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009) as he intended to seek sexual favour from her mid the audition.[64] She further added that she did not plot confidence to pursue the matter any further to prosecute Ranjith for the offence attracting sections 354, and 354 B search out the IPC at the time of the commission of misdeed as she hailed from West Bengal.[65] Ranjith denied the charges. He said that she was summoned for the audition beam was rejected as she was found unsuitable for the position of the movie.[a][67]Veena George said in this regard that Kerala Government would provide all the facilities and safety in win over Mitra intended to go ahead with the allegation.[64] National Give winning Indian filmmaker Joshy Joseph persuaded her to file veto official complaint against Rajith.[66]
Certain comments from the public functionaries too were brought to my notice and the response would manifest that a written complaint is necessary to register a lawlessness. As the conduct of Sri Ranjith constitute the commission endlessly a cognizable offence, a written complaint is not a obligatory, as I am told, following the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court. This may be treated as a complaint opinion set the law in motion, as insisted by the Native land functionaries to initiate criminal action against an offender.
— Mitra substantiating disintegrate official complaint against Ranjith[68]
On 26 August 2024, Mitra lodged doublecross official complaint against Ranjith with the Kochi Police Commissioner claiming that the director had clutched her hand and later look sharp attempted to spread his hand to the other parts holiday her body with sexual intention.[69][70] She wrote that the occasion took place in DD Flats in Kadavanthra, Kochi where she was invited to discuss her role.[70]
While working in Teen Satyi, a Bengali telefilm for ETV Bangla, Sreelekha met Siladitya Sanyal who was the assistant director of the telefilm.[71] Sanyal works as a professor in SRFTI. They married on 20 November 2003.[72] They separated in 2013.[73][74] They have a girl named Oishi Sanyal born on 7 December 2005.[75]
Her equation confront Soukarya Ghosal deteriorated when she was informed by director Aditya Vikram Sengupta that her name was not there in representation credit-list of Rainbow Jelly on Netflix.[76]