Tannishtha Chatterjee is an Indian film actress originally from Delhi, India.
She is 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. She was nominated for the British Independent Film Awards as the best
actress for Brick Lane. Her other notables roles have been in Academy
Award-winning German director Florian Gallenberger's film, Shadows of Time,
Road, Movie with Abhay Deol and Bibar for which she won Best Actress at the
2006 Osian Film Festival and the 2007 BFJA awards.
Early life Chatterjee was born in Pune, Maharashtra
23 November 1980, to a Bengali Hindu family. Her father was a business
executive and her mother was a political science professor. Her family traveled
and lived out of the country for some time and then moved to Delhi. She
majored in Chemistry at Delhi University and then went to the National School of
Drama. Thereafter she worked in India and Europe with well-known theatre
directors. Career
Chatterjee's performance in the German film, Shadows of Time earned her
critical acclaim. It took her to international film festivals like
Toronto and Berlin. Thereafter she worked on an Indo-French coproduction
Hava Aney Dey directed by Partho Sen-Gupta which premiered at the Berlin
International Film Festival and won the best film award at the Durban
International Film Festival among others. Following these, Chatterjee
acted in films like Strings, Kasturi and Bibar. The Bengali film Bibar won her
critical acclaim and best actress awards. Her work in the British film
Brick Lane directed by Sarah Gavron gave her international exposure and
recognition. Chatterjee was nominated for the British independent film awards
along with actresses like Judi Dench and Anne Hathaway.
Chatterjee played a major role in Ravi Kumar's film, Bhopal: Prayer for Rain in
which she is starred with Martin Sheen. She was the lead in Road, Movie with
Abhay Deol. Chatterjee is often referred by the Indian media as the Princess of
Parallel Cinema. Chatterjee was referred by the Indian media as the chief flag
bearer at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. She won the best actress award at the
Miaac New York Film Festival for her film Bombay Summer. Referred to as one
of the most international of Indian actors, she is the lead in Lucy Liu's
film based on the book Half the Sky. A trained Hindustani classical vocalist,
she sang for movies like Road, Page 3, and her own films. She sang at the Royal
Opera House in London with well-known British composer Jocelyn Pook.
Chatterjee was in the jury of the 2010 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. She appeared
in a T series film I Love New Year opposite Sunny Deol directed by Radhika
Rao and Vinay Sapru. Tannishtha appeared in Joe Wright's film Anna Karenina. Her
film Dekh Indian Circus won the audiences choice award in Busan
International Film Festival. She won the National Film Award for the same film
amongst other awards. She is also featured in a major role in Gulab Gang ,
a film starring Madhuri Dixit. Her film Monsoon Shootout was in official
selection at the 66th Cannes film festival. Her Canadian film Siddharth
was in official selection at the 70th Venice Film Festival and the 2013
Toronto International Film Festival. She is the only Indian actress whose films
have been selected in three of the major international film festivals in the same
year. Currently working on "Parched" directed by Leena Yadav, Australian
romantic comedy "Unindian" with Brett Lee and Garth Davies's film LION
co-starring Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel. Her film Angry Indian Goddesses received
huge acclaim in Toronto and Rome international film festivals.
Filmography Awards
References External links
Tannishtha Chatterjee at the Internet Movie Database