:Arpita Pal

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.{{Cite web |title=If Ritu is tired, who will be No 1? |last=Konar |first=Debashis |work=The Times of India |date=20 June 2002 |access-date=3 September 2016 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/calcutta-times/If-Ritu-is-tired-who-will-be-No-1/articleshow/13597699.cms}} In 2009, she returned to acting in Ekti Tarar Khonje, directed by Abhik Mukhopadhyay.{{Cite web |title=No surnames for me : Arpita |last=Dasgupta |first=Priyanka |work=The Times of India |date=3 December 2009 |access-date=3 September 2016 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/No-surnames-for-me-Arpita/articleshow/5305246.cms}}

She has acted in films of directors like Shakti Samanta and Rituporno Ghosh{{Cite web |last=Shahi |first=Pallavi |date=9 May 2014 |title=Delhi's a tremendous cultural shock: Arpita |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Arpita-Chatterjee-in-shab-Arpita-chatterjee-in-Onirs-next-Arpita-chatterjee-prosenjits-wife-Delhis-a-tremendous-cultural-shock-Arpita/articleshow/34924251.cms |access-date=3 September 2016 |work=The Times of India}} and has also appeared in commercials for ITC and Saffola.{{Cite web |title=My Business - About Myself |last=Chatterjee |first=Arpita |work=arpitachatterjee.com |access-date=3 September 2016 |url=http://arpitachatterjee.com/about_myself |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920085421/http://arpitachatterjee.com/about_myself |archive-date=20 September 2016 |url-status=dead}} In 2014, she signed for her first Bollywood film Shab, directed by Onir.{{Cite web |title=Prosenjit's wife Arpita Pal to make Bollywood debut in Onir's film |author=Bollywood Hungama |work=The Indian Express |date=29 April 2014 |access-date=3 September 2016 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/prosenjits-wife-arpita-pal-to-make-bollywood-debut-in-onirs-film/}}

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.{{Cite news |date=17 March 2022 |title=Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2021: Complete Winners List |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/joy-filmfare-awards-bangla-2021-complete-winners-list/articleshow/90296780.cms?from=mdr |access-date=23 January 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} Her recent solo musical stage – ‘My Name Is Jaan’ won rich accolades from critics and the media.{{Cite web |title=First look: Arpita as Gauhar Jaan in My Name is Jaan |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/arts/first-look-arpita-as-gauhar-jaan-in-my-name-is-jaan/cid/1813477 |access-date=23 January 2024 |website=The Telegraph (India) |language=en}}

File:ACGB2.jpg 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.{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=The News |date=27 June 2023 |title=TV9 Bangla hosts inaugural edition of Ghorer Bioscope Awards 2023 |url=https://mediabrief.com/tv9-bangla-ghorer-bioscope-awards-2023/ |access-date=11 August 2023 |website=MediaBrief |language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Ex-CEO Zee News Barun Das is Chairman Mydia 100 Communications - Exchange4media |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/people-movement-news/ex-ceo-zee-news-barun-das-is-chairman-mydia-100-communications-54077.html |access-date=23 January 2024 |website=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media |language=en}} 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.

She is married to actor Prosenjit Chatterjee and has a son named Trishanjit Chatterjee, who the couple fondly call 'Mishuk'.{{Cite news |title=Trishanjit Chatterjee |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/bengali-film-industrys-future-star-kids-to-watch-out-for/trishanjit-chatterjee/photostory/63534396.cms |access-date=8 March 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite web |title=Trishanjit- Prosenjit: অভিনয়ে ডেবিউ হচ্ছে প্রসেনজিৎ পুত্র তৃষাণজিৎ-এর! সুখবর দিলেন টলিউড সুপারস্টার |url=https://bangla.aajtak.in/cinema-and-tv-serial-news/tollywood-bengali-cinema/story/trishanjit-chatterjee-mishuk-son-of-prosenjit-chatterjee-arpita-chatterjee-to-debut-in-acting-tollywood-star-kid-to-perform-in-first-stage-play-lord-of-the-flies-soc-535350-2023-03-31 |access-date=8 March 2024 |website=Aaj Tak বাংলা |language=bn}}

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• {{Official website|http://arpitachatterjee.com/home}}
• {{IMDb name|1137593|Arpita Chatterjee}}

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