Tannishtha Chatterjee is an Indian actress and director best known in the west for her performance in the British film Brick Lane, the film adaptation of Monica Ali's best selling novel of the same name for which she was nominated best actress at the British Independent Film Awards.
19 Facts About Tannishtha Chatterjee
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Tannishtha Chatterjee's father was a business executive and her mother was a political science professor.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee's family traveled and lived out of the country for some time, then moved to Delhi.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee majored in Chemistry at Delhi University before entering the National School of Drama.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee was nominated for the British independent film awards along with actresses Judi Dench and Anne Hathaway.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee played a major role in Bhopal: Prayer for Rain in which she starred with Martin Sheen.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee was the lead in Road, Movie with Abhay Deol and as earned the moniker Princess of Parallel Cinema in the Indian press.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee was referred by the Indian media as the chief flag bearer at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee won the best actress award at the Miaac New York Film Festival for her film Bombay Summer.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee sang at the Royal Opera House in London with British composer Jocelyn Pook.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee was a member of the jury at the 2010 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee appeared in a T series film I Love New Year opposite Sunny Deol directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee is the only Indian actress whose films have been selected in three of the major international film festivals in the same year.
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In March 2016 Tannishtha Chatterjee was given a special award in a ceremony held at the BAFTA for her contribution to Asian Cinema.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee won the best actress for the film Parched along with three other actresses in Festival 2 Valenciennes and the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2016.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee won the best actress at the Pune International Film Festival 2017 for her role in Dr Rakhmabai.
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In 2019 Tannishtha Chatterjee made her directorial Debut Roam Rome Mein which had its World premier at Busan International Film Festival where she won the Asia Star Award.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee has walked out during a roast when her skin color was the subject of jokes.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee explored racism in Indian film and TV industry on Mithaq Kazimi's talk show series.