Mimi Chakraborty (born 11 February 1989) is an Indian actress, singer and politician. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema and television. Her debut film was Bapi Bari Jaa in which she played the female lead, Dola. She was listed as the most desirable woman in the '' Calcutta Times'' list of Most Desirable Women 2016 and 2020. In 2019, she joined politics and contested from Jadavpur Loksabha Constituency in

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as a

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candidate. She is a

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in the

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from

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constituency.

Early life

Chakraborty was born on 11 February 1989. She hails from

Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal. The city is locat ...

, a city in the Indian state of

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. She spent her childhood in

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, a town in Tirap district, but later moved back to her ancestral home in

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with her family. She was educated in

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and later at St. James' School, Binnaguri. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2011 from

Asutosh College Asutosh College ( Bengali: আশুতোষ কলেজ) is a college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, situated in Southern Kolkata, close to the Jatin Das Park Metro Station, gate No. 2. It was established in 1916 as the South Subu ...

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. Her parents live in

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Career

Mimi Chakraborty was a model before starting her acting career. She participated in

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. Her acting debut was with ''Champion''. Her second project was a TV serial ''

Gaaner Oparey ''Gaaner Oparey'' () is an Indian Bengali television serial which aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. This TV musical marked the beginning of a yearlong celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of the great Indian poet Rabi ...

'', produced by Ideas Creations. It aired on

Star Jalsha Star Jalsha is an Indian Bengali language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It broadcasts Bengali-language programming, such as family dr ...

from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. Ideas Creations, the production house of

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together with Star Jalsha launched the mega-serial ''Gaaner Oparey'' to pay tribute to

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

on the 150th anniversary of his birth. The likes of

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(who was initial scriptwriter of Gaaner Oparey), Debojyoti Mishra (music director), and other noted personalities from the film industry were involved with the project. Her debut film '' Bapi Bari Jaa'' was released on 7 December 2012.

''Gaaner Oparey''

'', was the musical journey between two artists, Bohemian Gora and traditional Pupe and their love and in the whole process reinventing Tagore's "music". The story revolved around a girl called Pupe from an orthodox Tagore-worshipping family and Gora, an extremely talented but care-free lad, who keeps on experimenting with

Rabindra Sangeet ''Rabindra Sangeet'' ( bn, রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in ...

. This TV show marks the beginning of a year-long celebration of 150th birth anniversary of Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore. Chakraborty portrayed the role of Pupe, a very talented singer, belonging to an orthodox Tagore worshipping family, who used to sing Rabindra Sangeet in traditional form in concurrence with her family values. She was brilliant in all the emotions and made Pupe iconic.

''Bapi Bari Jaa''

Chakraborty's film debut was in '' Bapi Bari Jaa'' in which she played the female lead, Dola. The film was produced by

production house, Ideas Creations. The film was also the silver-screen debut of

Arjun Chakrabarty Arjun Chakrabarty is an Indian television actor mainly working in the Bengali-language television industry based in Kolkata. He came to prominence playing the male protagonist "Gora" in the television serial ''Gaaner Oparey''. and is now known ...

(better known as Gora, the male protagonist from ''Gaaner Opaarey'') who played the role of Bapi, the male lead.

Fashion

Chakraborty has been a part of Fame Fashion and Creative Excellence (FFACE) in different ways. In 2014, she unveiled the Edition 1 of the FFACE Calendar at Tantra, Park Hotel Kolkata. The same year she was a part of the conceptual greeting card produced by FFACE as the FFACE of DURGA promoting women empowerment.

Filmography

Television

Discography

Awards

References

External links

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Mimi Chakraborty – Lok Sabha profile
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