Devoleena Bhattacharjee
{{Short description|Indian actress and dancer (born 1985)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Devoleena Bhattacharjee
| image = File:Devoleena Bhattacharjee in 2018.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Bhattacharjee in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|08|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sivasagar, Assam, India
| alma mater = National Institute of Fashion Technology
| occupation = {{Hlist|Actress|Bharatanatyam dancer}}
| yearsactive = 2010–present
| children =1
| known_for = {{ubl|Saath Nibhaana Saathiya | Bigg Boss 13 | Bigg Boss 14 | Bigg Boss 15}}
}}
Devoleena Bhattacharjee (born 22 August 1985) is an Indian television actress and trained Bharatanatyam dancer.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/gopi-bahu-from-saathiya-is-not-just-a-character-for-me-ive-lived-the-part-devoleena-bhattacharjee/articleshow/59640796.cms |title=Gopi bahu from Saathiya is not just a character for me, I've lived the part: Devoleena Bhattacharjee |website=The Times of India |date=18 July 2017 |access-date=31 July 2017 |archive-date=23 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723030753/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/gopi-bahu-from-saathiya-is-not-just-a-character-for-me-ive-lived-the-part-devoleena-bhattacharjee/articleshow/59640796.cms |url-status=live }} She is known for playing Gopi Modi in StarPlus's long-running popular show Saath Nibhaana Saathiya. She also participated in Bigg Boss 13, Bigg Boss 14 and Bigg Boss 15.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/bigg-boss-13-contestant-devoleena-bhattacharjee-know-all-about-tvs-popular-bahu/articleshow/71371693.cms |title=Bigg Boss 13 contestant Devoleena Bhattacharjee: Know all about TV's popular bahu |website=The Times of India |date=30 September 2019 |access-date=27 August 2021 |archive-date=30 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930201713/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/bigg-boss-13-contestant-devoleena-bhattacharjee-know-all-about-tvs-popular-bahu/articleshow/71371693.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/bigg-boss-15-devoleena-bhattacharjee-reveals-her-mother-suffered-from-mental-illness-says-she-once-felt-i-would-leave-her-in-mental-asylum-on-the-pretext-of-taking-abroad/articleshow/88766968.cms |title=Bigg Boss 15: Devoleena Bhattacharjee reveals her mother suffered from mental illness; says 'she once felt I would leave her in mental asylum on the pretext of taking abroad' |website=The Times of India |date=8 January 2022 |access-date=9 January 2022 |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109011446/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/bigg-boss-15-devoleena-bhattacharjee-reveals-her-mother-suffered-from-mental-illness-says-she-once-felt-i-would-leave-her-in-mental-asylum-on-the-pretext-of-taking-abroad/articleshow/88766968.cms |url-status=live }}
Early & Personal life
Bhattacharjee was born on 22 August 1985 to an Assamese-Bengali family in Upper Assam.{{cite news |url=https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/entertainment/television/devoleena-bhattacharjee-birthday-special-know-unknown-facts-about-her |title=Devoleena Bhattacharjee Birthday |date=22 August 2020 |access-date=31 May 2021 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522120333/https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/entertainment/television/devoleena-bhattacharjee-birthday-special-know-unknown-facts-about-her |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/happy-birthday-devoleena-bhattacharjee-tv-gopi-bahu-is-excited-to-celebrate-the-day-with-ganpati-4807823/lite/ |title=Happy Birthday Devoleena Bhattacharjee: TV's Gopi Bahu is excited to celebrate the day with Ganpati |date=22 August 2017 |website=The Indian Express |quote=And today, as she turns 32... |access-date=24 August 2017 |archive-date=24 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824134950/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/happy-birthday-devoleena-bhattacharjee-tv-gopi-bahu-is-excited-to-celebrate-the-day-with-ganpati-4807823/lite/ |url-status=live }} She lives in Gurugram with her mother and her younger brother.{{cite news |script-title=bn:এ বার করোনার হানা 'গোপী বহু' দেবলীনার বাড়িতেও |trans-title=This time Corona's attack is also at the house of 'Gopi Bahu' Debelina |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/coronavirus-devoleena-bhattacharjee-s-cook-tests-covid-19-positive-dgtl-1.1146522?ref=home-pq-stry-small-image-4 |script-work=bn:আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা |trans-work=Anandabazar Patrika |date=8 May 2020 |language=bn |access-date=7 May 2020 |archive-date=5 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805125909/https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/coronavirus-devoleena-bhattacharjee-s-cook-tests-covid-19-positive-dgtl-1.1146522?ref=home-pq-stry-small-image-4 |url-status=live }}
She did her schooling from Godhula Brown Memorial English High School in Sivasagar, Assam and her higher studies from the National Institute of Fashion and Technology in New Delhi, India.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} Bhattacharjee married her gym trainer, Shanwaz Shaikh, on 14 December 2022.{{Cite web |title=Devoleena Bhattacharjee Is Expecting Her First Child With Husband Shanawaz Shaikh: Report |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/devoleena-bhattacharjee-is-expecting-her-first-child-with-husband-shanawaz-shaikh-report-6125999 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=www.ndtv.com |language=en}} The couple welcomed their first child, a boy, on 18 December 2024.
Career
A trained Bharatnatyam dancer, Bhattacharjee initially worked as a jewellery designer in Gili India Ltd. in Mumbai and was first noticed when she auditioned for dance reality series Dance India Dance 2.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Watch-When-Saath-Nibhana-Saathiyas-Gopi-Bahu-auditioned-for-Dance-India-Dance/articleshow/54459192.cms |title=Watch: When Saath Nibhana Saathiya's Gopi Bahu auditioned for Dance India Dance |website=The Times of India |date=22 September 2016 |access-date=31 July 2017 |archive-date=10 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810213744/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Watch-When-Saath-Nibhana-Saathiyas-Gopi-Bahu-auditioned-for-Dance-India-Dance/articleshow/54459192.cms |url-status=live }} Her acting debut through NDTV Imagine's Sawaare Sabke Sapne Preeto occurred in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hot-or-not-gopi-bahus-hair-makeover-gets-mixed-reviews/1/554352.html |title=Hot or not? Gopi Bahu's hair makeover gets mixed reviews |date=23 December 2015 |access-date=31 July 2017 |archive-date=26 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126213010/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hot-or-not-gopi-bahus-hair-makeover-gets-mixed-reviews/1/554352.html |url-status=live }}
File : Devoleena Bhattacharjee during the promotion event of Dilwale (cropped).jpg
In June 2012, Bhattacharjee replaced Giaa Manek as the female lead Gopi Ahem Modi in Star Plus's Saath Nibhaana Saathiya which turned out to be her breakthrough.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Gopi-bahu-replaced-overnight/articleshow/13920306.cms |title=Gopi bahu replaced overnight! |website=The Times of India |date=8 June 2012 |language=en |access-date=3 February 2020 |archive-date=31 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531101017/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/gopi-bahu-replaced-overnight/articleshow/13920306.cms |url-status=live }} In 2014 and in 2016, she contemplated quitting the show due to the frequent time leaps,{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news-interviews/Will-Rucha-Devoleena-continue-Saathiya-post-leap/articleshow/28783970.cms |title=Will Rucha & Devoleena continue Saathiya post leap? |website=The Times of India |date=13 January 2014 |access-date=15 January 2014 |archive-date=14 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114175102/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news-interviews/Will-Rucha-Devoleena-continue-Saathiya-post-leap/articleshow/28783970.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Saathiya-to-lose-Gopi-bahu-again/articleshow/51511489.cms |title='Saathiya..' to lose Gopi bahu again? |website=The Times of India |date=23 May 2016 |access-date=31 July 2017 |archive-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916212925/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Saathiya-to-lose-Gopi-bahu-again/articleshow/51511489.cms |url-status=live }} but continued the character before completing 5 years in June 2017.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/saath-nibhana-saathiya-completes-5-years-on-tv/articleshow/59018580.cms |title=Devoleena Bhattacharjee completes 5 years with Saath Nibhana Saathiya |website=The Times of India |date=6 June 2017 |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-date=3 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703234051/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/saath-nibhana-saathiya-completes-5-years-on-tv/articleshow/59018580.cms |url-status=live }} The same month, she underwent spinal surgery for an injury that took place on the show's set in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.abplive.in/television/saath-nibhaana-saathiya-actress-undergoes-surgery-545163 |title='Saath Nibhaana Saathiya' actress undergoes SURGERY! |date=4 April 2017 |access-date=31 July 2017 |archive-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916212923/https://www.abplive.in/television/saath-nibhaana-saathiya-actress-undergoes-surgery-545163 |url-status=dead }} Saath Nibhaana Saathiya ended on 23 July 2017.{{cite news |title=CONFIRMED! 'Saath Nibhana Saathiya' is going OFF AIR, to wrap up on July 23 |publisher=News Nation |url=http://www.newsnation.in/entertainment/television-news/saath-nibhana-saathiya-off-air-last-episode-date-article-176569.html |date=10 July 2017 |access-date=18 July 2017 |archive-date=13 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713055017/http://www.newsnation.in/entertainment/television-news/saath-nibhana-saathiya-off-air-last-episode-date-article-176569.html |url-status=live }}
Bhattacharjee next joined as a celebrity contestant in 13th season of the reality TV show Bigg Boss that started in the last week of September 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.abplive.in/television/bigg-boss-13-manikarnika-actress-ankita-lokhande-saathiya-actress-devoleena-bhattacharjee-approached-for-salman-khan-show-1001414 |title=Bigg Boss 13: Saath Nibhaana Saathiya actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee aka Gopi to participate in show |date=28 May 2019 |access-date=20 September 2019 |archive-date=29 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629010054/https://www.abplive.in/television/bigg-boss-13-manikarnika-actress-ankita-lokhande-saathiya-actress-devoleena-bhattacharjee-approached-for-salman-khan-show-1001414 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.abplive.in/television/bigg-boss-13-leaked-promos-saathiya-actress-devoleena-bhattacharjee-balika-vadhu-fame-siddharth-shukla-in-the-house-1077261 |title=Bigg Boss 13 LEAKED Promos: 'Saathiya' Actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee & 'Balika Vadhu' Fame Siddharth Shukla Confirmed Entries! |date=20 September 2019 |access-date=20 September 2019 |archive-date=27 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927113548/https://www.abplive.in/television/bigg-boss-13-leaked-promos-saathiya-actress-devoleena-bhattacharjee-balika-vadhu-fame-siddharth-shukla-in-the-house-1077261 |url-status=dead }} However two months later in November 2019, she exited the show citing medical issues.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/bigg-boss-13s-devoleena-bhattacharjee-on-her-injury-and-comeback-it-was-destined-but-i-will-bounce-back/articleshow/72337387.cms |title=Bigg Boss 13's Devoleena Bhattacharjee on her injury and comeback: It was destined, but I will bounce back |website=The Times of India |date=2 December 2019 |access-date=22 December 2019 |archive-date=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214215100/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/bigg-boss-13s-devoleena-bhattacharjee-on-her-injury-and-comeback-it-was-destined-but-i-will-bounce-back/articleshow/72337387.cms |url-status=live }}
In August 2020, it was announced that Bhattacharjee will reprise the role of Gopi Modi in the sequel of Saath Nibhaana Saathiya, entitled Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2 that begun airing on 19 October 2020. She was seen in the first 31 episodes with the last episode was telecasted on 23 November 2020.
She entered Bigg Boss 14 as a proxy contestant for Eijaz Khan. She also later entered Bigg Boss 15 as a wild card contestant, thus making history for appearing as contestant in 3 different seasons of Bigg Boss alongside Rakhi Sawant and Rahul Mahajan.{{cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/television/report-saath-nibhana-saathiya-2-teaser-gopi-bahu-aka-devoleena-bhattacharjee-returns-with-rasode-mein-2840532 |title=Saath Nibhana Saathiya 2' teaser: Gopi Bahu aka Devoleena Bhattacharjee returns with 'rasode mein' |work=DNA India |date=1 September 2020 |access-date=1 September 2020 |archive-date=1 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901090952/https://www.dnaindia.com/television/report-saath-nibhana-saathiya-2-teaser-gopi-bahu-aka-devoleena-bhattacharjee-returns-with-rasode-mein-2840532 |url-status=live }}
In June 2022, just after her movie first second chance, she returned to Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2, to help Gehna resolve her family issues, and to celebrate her 10-year anniversary of being part of Saath Nibhaana Saathiya.{{cite web|url= https://www.bollywoodmdb.com/bollywood-news-adda/first-second-chance-teaser-renuka-shahane-devoleena-bhattacharjee-s-film-talks-about-life-chances/amp.html|title= First Second Chance Teaser: Renuka Shahane & Devoleena Bhattacharjee's film talks about life chances|website= Bollywood MDB|access-date= 11 June 2022|archive-date= 16 December 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221216080226/https://www.bollywoodmdb.com/bollywood-news-adda/first-second-chance-teaser-renuka-shahane-devoleena-bhattacharjee-s-film-talks-about-life-chances/amp.html|url-status= live}}
{{cite web |url= https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/devoleena-bhattacharjee-announces-her-return-to-saath-nibhaana-saathiya-2-1535955/amp |title= Devoleena Bhattacharjee Announces Her Return To 'Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2' |website= ABP Live |access-date= 11 June 2022 |archive-date= 11 June 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220611150136/https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/devoleena-bhattacharjee-announces-her-return-to-saath-nibhaana-saathiya-2-1535955/amp |url-status= live }} In September 2023, she join the Sony SAB's Dil Diyaan Gallaan as Disha.{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=9 September 2023|title=Devoleena Bhattacharjee joins the cast of Dil Diyaan Gallaan as the show takes a 10-year leap|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/devoleena-bhattacharjee-joins-the-cast-of-dil-diyaan-gallaan-as-the-show-takes-a-10-year-leap/articleshow/103533462.cms|access-date=9 September 2023|work=The Times of India|language=en}}
In May 2023, a misleading news was in circulation regarding Bhattacharjee claiming that the actress was part of the cast of movie The Kerala Story and according to The Searchlight's fact check the claim turned out to be false.{{Cite web |last=Agarwal |first=Neha |date=2023-05-19 |title=Fact Check: क्या एक्ट्रेस देवोलीना भट्टाचार्य 'द केरला स्टोरी' की नायिका हैं? सोशल मीडिया पर हुआ भ्रामक दावा वायरल. |url=https://thesearchlight.in/fact-check-is-actress-devoleena-bhattacharya-the-heroine-of-the-kerala-story-misleading-claim-went-viral-on-social-media/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=The Searchlight |language=en-US |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519173717/https://thesearchlight.in/fact-check-is-actress-devoleena-bhattacharya-the-heroine-of-the-kerala-story-misleading-claim-went-viral-on-social-media/ |url-status=live }}
In July 2024, she signed on to portray the role of Goddess Chhathi Maiyya in Sun Neo's Chhathi Maiyya Ki Bitiya, but in October 2024 she quit the show due to her pregnancy.{{cite news|last1=|first1=|title=Mom-To-Be Devoleena Bhattacharjee Exits From Her Ongoing Show Chhati Maiyya Ki Bitiya; Says 'Doctor Has Advised Me To Have Complete Bed Rest'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/mom-to-be-devoleena-bhattacharjee-exits-from-her-ongoing-show-chhati-maiyya-ki-bitiya-says-doctor-has-advised-me-to-have-complete-bed-rest/articleshow/114089961.cms|access-date=27 October 2024|work=Times of India|date=9 October 2024|language=en}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role !Notes |
|---|
| 2024
| | |
| 2024
| Kooki | Navnita |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role !Notes |
|---|
| 2010
| Contestant | |
| 2011–2012
| Sawaare Sabke Sapne... Preeto | Gurbaani "Baani" Kaur Dhillon | |
| 2012–2017
| Gopi Modi | |
| 2018
|Manorama | |
| 2019
| Contestant |15th place |
| 2020, 2022
| Gopi Modi | |
| rowspan="2" |2021
| Contestant |6th place |
| Ladies vs Gentlemen 2
| Panelist | |
| 2021–2022
|Contestant |8th place |
| 2023
| Disha Dungarpal | |
| 2024
| Chhathi Maiyya Ki Bitiya |
==Special appearances==
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role |
| rowspan="3" |2012
|Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai | rowspan="9" |Gopi Modi |
| Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? |
| Teri Meri Love Stories |
| 2013 |
| 2014 |
| 2015 |
| rowspan="3" |2016 |
| Yeh Hai Mohabbatein |
| Kumkum Bhagya |
| 2019
|Herself |
| rowspan="2" |2020
| rowspan="2" |Gopi Modi |
| Taare Zameen Par |
| 2021
| Herself |
= Web series =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role |
|---|
| 2019
| Sweet Lie | Sonali |
| 2021
| Lunch Stories | Herself |
| 2022
| First Second Chance | Vaidehi |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable" | |||
| style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Title!! Language !! Ref. | |||
| 2017 | Hey Gopal Krishna Karu Aarti Teri | Hindi | |
| 2019 | Ramdhenu | Assamese | {{cite web |date=28 August 2020 |title=Saath Nibhana Saathiya Season 2 to launch in October |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/saath-nibhana-saathiya-season-2-devoleena-gopi-kokilaben-6573434/ |access-date=29 August 2020 |archive-date=28 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828211852/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/saath-nibhana-saathiya-season-2-devoleena-gopi-kokilaben-6573434/ |url-status=live }} |
| 2021
|Mere shiv |Hindi | | |||
| 2022
|Thaamlena |Hindi | |
Awards and nominations
{{Infobox actor awards
|name = Devoleena Bhattacharjee
|image =Devoleena Bhattacharjee in 2018.jpg
|wins = 5
|nominations = 5
|award1 = ITA Awards
|award1W = 1
|award1N = 1
|award2 = Indian Telly Awards
|award2W = 1
|award2N = 1
|award3 = Gold Awards
|award3W = 2
|award3N = 2
|award4 = Big Star Entertainment Awards
|award4W = 1
|award4N = 1
}}
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result !Ref. |
|---|
| 2013
|Indian Television Academy Awards | rowspan="5" |Saath Nibhaana Saathiya | rowspan="5" {{Won}} |{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} |
| rowspan="3" |2015 |
| BIG Star Entertainment Awards
|Most Entertaining Television Actor - Female |{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} |
| rowspan="2" |Gold Awards
|Gold Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role |{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} |
| 2016
| Popular Bahu On Indian Television |{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} |
References
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External links
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Category:People from Sivasagar district
Category:Indian television actresses
Category:Indian soap opera actresses
Category:Indian web series actresses
Category:Actresses in Hindi television
Category:Bharatanatyam exponents
Category:National Institute of Fashion Technology alumni