Sreelekha Mitra is an Indian actress and director who is known for her work in Bengali cinema and television.
47 Facts About Sreelekha Mitra
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Sreelekha Mitra's first acting assignment was Balikar Prem, a Bengali TV series directed by Dulal Lahiri.
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Sreelekha Mitra rose to prominence for her role as Nabanita in the 1996 Bengali TV series Trishna directed by Anindya Sarkar.
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Sreelekha Mitra was conferred with BFJA Award and Anandalok Award for her role in Bappaditya Bandopadhyay's Kantatar where she essayed Sudha, an illegal immigrant who moves from one man to another and from one religion to another in quest of love.
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Sreelekha Mitra was nominated for Filmfare Award and Zee Bangla Gourav Samman for her role in Ashchorjyo Prodeep.
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Sreelekha Mitra was further acclaimed for her role in Raja Dasgupta's Bengali film Choukaath.
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Sreelekha Mitra made her Bollywood debut in Reema Mukherjee's directorial debut Ardhangini Ek Ardhsatya.
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Sreelekha Mitra was a judge on the Bengali standup comedy show Mirakkel.
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Sreelekha Mitra passed ICSE from Auxilium Convent School, Dum Dum.
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Sreelekha Mitra completed her graduation at Jaypuriya College, with English literature as her honours subject.
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Sreelekha Mitra went to pursue masters in English literature at Calcutta University but quit it when she got a job at Taj Hotel, Kolkata.
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Sreelekha Mitra grew her urge to be an actress during her school days.
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Sreelekha Mitra was finalized after she reappeared wearing a skirt.
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Sreelekha Mitra then, started working as an anchor in several programmes aired in Channel 8.
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Sreelekha Mitra played the role of the sister of the character played by Chatterjee.
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Sreelekha Mitra 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.
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Sreelekha Mitra bagged the female lead opposite Chatterjee in Sagarbanya.
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Sreelekha Mitra featured in Basu Chatterjee's Hothat Brishti where she portrayed Priti.
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Sreelekha Mitra 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.
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Sreelekha Mitra featured as the female lead opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee in Rabi Kinagi's Annadata.
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Sreelekha Mitra garnered wider applause for her role in Pratibimba, a Bengali TV series broadcast on Alpha Bangla between 2002 and 2004.
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In 2003, Sreelekha Mitra appeared, alongside Aamir Khan in a Coca-Cola advertisement directed by Pradip Sarkar.
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Sreelekha Mitra was then featured in Arghyakamal Mitra's Jonmodin.
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Sreelekha Mitra featured in Manoj Michigan's Bengali drama film Hello Kolkata.
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Sreelekha Mitra featured as Raka opposite Indraneil Sengupta in Kamaleswar Mukherjee's drama film Uro Chithi.
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Sreelekha Mitra was awarded the Zee Bangla Gourav Samman for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film.
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Sreelekha Mitra featured as Madhumita Sanyal in Anik Dutta's Bhooter Bhabishyat.
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Sreelekha Mitra was well acclaimed for her performance in the film.
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Sreelekha Mitra accepted the role of Bimala in Reema Mukherjee's directorial debut Ardhangini Ek Ardhsatya based on Tagore's much celebrated novel Ghare Baire.
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Sreelekha Mitra featured as 'Pori pishi' in Rainbow Jelly, a film by Soukarya Ghosal.
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Sreelekha Mitra featured in Anshumaan Banerjee's Baro Second where she played Srijita alongside Silajit portraying Debanjan, Srijita's husband and the male protagonist.
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Sreelekha Mitra will be seen in The Inside Job, a film directed by Shieladitya Moulik.
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Sreelekha Mitra starred in Aditya Vikram Sengupta's third feature film, Once Upon a Time in Calcutta, as Ela, the protagonist of the film.
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Sreelekha Mitra plays a bereaved mother who wants a separation from her husband and struggles to have a separate house for herself.
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Sreelekha Mitra, then, featured in Raaj Mukherjee's Bengali dramafilm Tritiyo Purush.
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Sreelekha Mitra would be seen in Fair and Ugly directed by Prosenjit Biswas.
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Sreelekha Mitra approached by Rashed Raha, to portray the role of Anamika Saha, a successful entrepreneur his Bangladeshi venture Kolkata Diaries.
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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 since she never reciprocated to the love proposal of Prosenjit Chatterjee who then had a monopolistic foothold in Bengali cinema.
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Sreelekha Mitra said that Rituparna Sengupta rode the crest of her career so easily as she had a love affair with Chatterjee in the late 1990s.
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Binodini issue After Rukmini Maitra's look as Nati Binodini was published, Sreelekha Mitra made a Facebook post interrogating whether the concerned thespian actress was slim.
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Sreelekha Mitra further added that she would not have criticised the casting of the film if Ananya Chatterjee had been cast.
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Sreelekha Mitra was playing with my bangles and touching my skin.
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On 23 August 2024, in the wake of Hema Committee report, Sreelekha Mitra levelled accusations against Indian filmmaker Ranjith.
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Sreelekha Mitra further added that she did not have confidence to pursue the matter any further to prosecute Ranjith for the offence attracting sections 354, and 354 B of the IPC at the time of the commission of crime as she hailed from West Bengal.
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Sreelekha Mitra said that she was summoned for the audition and was rejected as she was found unsuitable for the role of the movie.
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Veena George said in this regard that Kerala Government would provide all the facilities and safety in case Sreelekha Mitra intended to go ahead with the allegation.
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Sreelekha Mitra wrote that the incident took place in DD Flats in Kadavanthra, Kochi where she was invited to discuss her role.