Arpita Pal is an Indian actress, who mostly appears in the Odia and Bengali film industry in India.[1]

Arpita Pal
Arpita Pal in 2023
Born
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress
Spouse
(m. 2002)
Children1

She first captured limelight in 1997 when she won ‘Sananda Tilottama,’ the most prestigious beauty pageant in Eastern India, organised by the ABP Group (former awardees include Bipasha basu and Celina Jaitly). She has been a face on national TV for brands like Fair & Lovely, Yippi Noodles, Lacto Calamine and Shyam Steel.

Career

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She made her film debut in 1999 with the film Tumi Ele Tai, directed by Prabhat Roy. Some of the other films in which she has starred include Deva, Devdas, Inquilaab, Prem Shakti, Pratarok, Dada Thakur, Pratibad, Utsab and Anupama. After marriage, she took a break from her film career to focus on family life.[2] In 2009, she returned to acting in Ekti Tarar Khonje, directed by Abhik Mukhopadhyay.[3]

She has acted in films of directors like Shakti Samanta and Rituporno Ghosh[4] and has also appeared in commercials for ITC and Saffola.[5] In 2014, she signed for her first Bollywood film Shab, directed by Onir.[6]

She has won multiple awards in Indian and international mainstream and festival circuit. The most notable of these was the recent Joy Filmfare Award for Best Actor Female (Critics’ Choice) for her film abyakto.[7] Her recent solo musical stage – ‘My Name Is Jaan’ won rich accolades from critics and the media.[8]

 
Arpita Pal along with Abir Chatterjee and Parambrata Chatterjee hosting the TV9 Bangla Ghorer Bioscope Awards in 2023

She was the host of the inaugural edition of TV9 Bangla Ghorer Bioscope Awards in 2023 along with Parambrata Chatterjee and Abir Chatterjee.[9]

A labour of love, ‘This Is Me’, a first-of-its-kind Indian documentary on the struggles and triumphs of the LGBTQ community, will mark her directorial debut.

Television

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Year Show Co-stars Role Channel
2007–present Dance Bangla Dance Oindrilla Saha, Mithun Chakraborty, Jisshu Sengupta, Rachana Banerjee, Sonali Chowdhury, June Malia Judge Zee Bangla
2010–present Didi No. 1 Rachana Banerjee Contestant Zee Bangla

Filmography

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Year Films Role Director Notes
1999 Tumi Ele Tai Prabhat Roy
Asukh Rituparno Ghosh
2000 Utsab Shompa Rituparno Ghosh
2001 Pratibad Jaya Haranath Chakraborty
2002 Deva Neela Sujit Guha
2010 Ekti Tarar Khonje
2013 Satyanweshi Aloka Rituparno Ghosh
2017 Shab Raina Onir Hindi film
2020 Borunbabur Bondhu - Anik Dutta
Abyakto Saathi Arjunn Dutta Filmfare Award for Best Actor Female (Critics’ Choice)
Guldasta Srirupa Sengupta Arjunn Dutta
2021 Habu Chandra Raja Gobu Chandra Montri Rani Kusumkali Aniket Chattopadhyay
Avijatrik Leela Subhrajit Mitra
2022 Abar Bochhor Koori Pore Bonnie Srimanta Senguptta
Abar Kanchanjangha Shimonti Raajhorshee De
Hridpindo Arjya Shieladitya Moulik

Other Ventures

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For more than a decade, under the banner of her first production house 'Idea Creations', she produced several popular fiction, non-fiction, and feature film formats hosted by media giants such as Zee, Star, and Colors in Bengal. She then turned her focus to entrepreneurship and set up a Delhi-based health-tech startup in partnership with an eminent media personality. [10]Her startup raised funds and was acquired by TV9 Network.

Arpita now runs her newly launched Delhi-based production house – Studio9 – which is supported by TV9 Network.

Personal life

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She is married to actor Prosenjit Chatterjee[4] and has a son named Trishanjit Chatterjee, who the couple fondly call 'Mishuk'.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "Arpita Pal: Film Database - CITWF". citwf.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
  2. ^ Konar, Debashis (20 June 2002). "If Ritu is tired, who will be No 1?". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ Dasgupta, Priyanka (3 December 2009). "No surnames for me : Arpita". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b Shahi, Pallavi (9 May 2014). "Delhi's a tremendous cultural shock: Arpita". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. ^ Chatterjee, Arpita. "My Business - About Myself". arpitachatterjee.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  6. ^ Bollywood Hungama (29 April 2014). "Prosenjit's wife Arpita Pal to make Bollywood debut in Onir's film". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2021: Complete Winners List". The Times of India. 17 March 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  8. ^ "First look: Arpita as Gauhar Jaan in My Name is Jaan". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  9. ^ Desk, The News (27 June 2023). "TV9 Bangla hosts inaugural edition of Ghorer Bioscope Awards 2023". MediaBrief. Retrieved 11 August 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ "Ex-CEO Zee News Barun Das is Chairman Mydia 100 Communications - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Trishanjit Chatterjee". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Trishanjit- Prosenjit: অভিনয়ে ডেবিউ হচ্ছে প্রসেনজিৎ পুত্র তৃষাণজিৎ-এর! সুখবর দিলেন টলিউড সুপারস্টার". Aaj Tak বাংলা (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
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