Arati Bhattacharya (Born 8 November 1951) is an Indian Bengali actress, writer and director, who is recognized for her work in Bengali cinema.

Career

She is known for films like ''Preyasi'', '' Stree'' and ''Suryatrishna''. She also sang in the movie ''Anandamela'' in 1976. She had worked with Satyajit Roy in ''Jana Aranya'' and

Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen ( ; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was a Bengali film director and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, and a few Hindi cinema, Hindi and Telugu cinema, Telugu language films. Regarded as on ...

in ''Ek Adhuri Kahani''. She acted in more than 50 Bengali movies. She is also a

Kathak ''Kathak'' is one of the eight major forms of Classical Indian dance, Indian classical dance. Its origin is attributed to the traveling bards in ancient northern India known as ''Kathakar'' ("storyteller"), who communicated stories from the ...

dancer.

Awards

* Won, Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Supporting Actress Award for ''Ami Se O Sakha'' (1976)

Filmography

As an actor

As a director

As a script writer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhattacharya, Arati Indian film actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Bengali cinema 20th-century Indian actresses Living people 20th-century Bengalis Bengali Hindus Bengali theatre personalities Indian stage actresses Indian women screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people)