Mimi Chakraborty
{{Short description|Indian actor, producer, politician (born 1989)}}
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| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| constituency = Jadavpur
| term_start = 23 May 2019
| term_end = 4 June 2024
| predecessor = Sugata Bose
| successor = Saayoni Ghosh
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|11 February 1989}}
| birth_place = Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
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| education = Asutosh College (BA)
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|politician|singer}}
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| party = Trinamool Congress (2019–2024)
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Mimi Chakraborty (born 11 February 1989) is an Indian actress, singer and politician.{{cite news |title=Meet the glamorous new parliamentarians Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan |url=https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/celeb-themes/mimi-chakraborty-and-nusrat-jahan-pictures/articleshow/69555946.cms |access-date=15 April 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=29 May 2019 |archive-date=7 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707050655/https://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/celeb-themes/mimi-chakraborty-and-nusrat-jahan-pictures/articleshow/69555946.cms |url-status=live }} She is known for her work in Bengali cinema and television.{{cite news |title=Mimi ki tollywoode agami diner shera baji? |url=http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=1311&boxid=155712500 |access-date=7 December 2012 |newspaper=Eisamay (Bengali News Paper) |date=7 December 2012 |archive-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325160726/http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=1311&boxid=155712500 |url-status=live }} Her debut film was Bapi Bari Jaa in which she played the female lead, Dola.
She was listed as the most desirable woman in the Calcutta Times list of Most Desirable Women 2016 and 2020.{{Cite web |url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31812&articlexml=MOST-DESIRABLE-WOMAN-OF-2016-MIMI-24012017101009 |title=The Times Group |website=epaperbeta.timesofindia.com}}{{dead link|date=April 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Chakraborty was a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Jadavpur constituency from 2019 to 2024.
She is among the highest paid and most popular actresses of Bengali cinema.
Early life
Chakraborty was born on 11 February 1989.{{cite web |last1=Sarkar |first1=Tithi |title=Bright young thing |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bright-young-thing/1/139908.html |work=India Today |access-date=9 July 2016 |date=1 June 2011 |quote=its leading lady Mimi Chakraborty, 22, became a household name almost overnight |archive-date=18 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818090546/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bright-young-thing/1/139908.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Mimi Chakraborty(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- JADAVPUR(WEST BENGAL) – Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=http://myneta.info/LokSabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=13981 |website=myneta.info |access-date=4 April 2020 |archive-date=28 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528124753/https://myneta.info/LokSabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=13981 |url-status=live }} She hails from Jalpaiguri, a city in the Indian state of West Bengal.{{cite news |last=Nag |first=Kushali |title=I miss the lights and camera |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110707/jsp/entertainment/story_14205151.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710030537/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110707/jsp/entertainment/story_14205151.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 July 2011 |access-date=6 December 2012 |newspaper=The Telegraph India |date=7 July 2011}}{{cite web |last1=Banerjee |first1=Malini |title=International Women's Day: These 7 women do Kolkata proud for varied reasons |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/a-few-good-women-swapna-barman-kaushiky-chakraborty-amrita-kajaria-mimi-chakraborty/1/602226.html |work=India Today |access-date=9 July 2016 |date=22 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626184005/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20160307-a-few-good-women-swapna-barman-kaushiky-chakraborty-amrita-kajaria-mimi-chakraborty-733501-2016-02-22 |archive-date=26 June 2019}} She spent her childhood in Arunachal Pradesh in Deomali, a town in Tirap district, but later moved back to her ancestral home in Jalpaiguri City with her family. She was educated in Holy Child School, Jalpaiguri and later at St. James' School, Binnaguri. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2011 from Asutosh College in Kolkata. Her parents live in Siliguri.{{cite web |title=hi Chakraborty celebrates ĺlbirthday in orphanage |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Mimi-Chakraborty-celebrates-birthday-in-orphanage/articleshow/30227232.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=9 July 2016 |date=11 February 2014 |archive-date=30 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430093024/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Mimi-Chakraborty-celebrates-birthday-in-orphanage/articleshow/30227232.cms |url-status=live }}
Career
Mimi Chakraborty was a model before starting her acting career. She participated in Femina Miss India. Her acting debut was with Champion.
Her second project was a TV serial Gaaner Oparey, produced by Ideas Creations. It aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. Ideas Creations, the production house of Prosenjit Chatterjee together with Star Jalsha launched the mega-serial Gaaner Oparey to pay tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on the 150th anniversary of his birth. The likes of Rituparno Ghosh (who was initial scriptwriter of Gaaner Oparey), Debojyoti Mishra (music director), and other noted personalities from the film industry were involved with the project.{{cite news |title=The sound of music The lead pair of STAR Jalsha's mega Gaaner Oparey. |access-date=4 December 2012 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=25 June 2012 |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100625/jsp/entertainment/story_12602609.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820034346/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100625/jsp/entertainment/story_12602609.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2010}}
Her debut film Bapi Bari Jaa was released on 7 December 2012.{{cite news |date=7 December 2012 |title=Bapi Bari Ja |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/bapi-bari-jaa/movie-review/17544499.cms |access-date=27 June 2024 |newspaper=Indiatimes.com}}
=''Gaaner Oparey''=
Gaaner Oparey, was the musical journey between two artists, Bohemian Gora and traditional Pupe and their love and in the whole process reinventing Tagore's "music". The story revolved around a girl called Pupe from an orthodox Tagore-worshipping family and Gora, an extremely talented but care-free lad, who keeps on experimenting with Rabindra Sangeet. This TV show marks the beginning of a year-long celebration of 150th birth anniversary of Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore.{{cite web |title=Ganer Opare Serial Songs, Casting |url=http://www.bhalobasa.in/articles/122114/Ganer-Opare-Serial-Songs,-Casting |publisher=bhalobasa.in |access-date=11 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205000621/http://www.bhalobasa.in/articles/122114/Ganer-Opare-Serial-Songs%2C-Casting |archive-date=5 December 2012}}
Chakraborty portrayed the role of Pupe, a very talented singer, belonging to an orthodox Tagore worshipping family, who used to sing Rabindra Sangeet in traditional form in concurrence with her family values. She was brilliant in all the emotions and made Pupe iconic.{{cite news |last=Ganguly |first=Ruman |title=Pupé injured |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JS00vMjAxMS8wMy8xNyNBcjAyODAz&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom |access-date=6 December 2012 |newspaper=The Times Of India Kolkata |date=17 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325144207/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JS00vMjAxMS8wMy8xNyNBcjAyODAz&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom |archive-date=25 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}
=''Bapi Bari Jaa''=
Chakraborty's film debut was in Bapi Bari Jaa in which she played the female lead, Dola. The film was produced by Prosenjit Chatterjee production house, Ideas Creations. The film was also the silver-screen debut of Arjun Chakrabarty (better known as Gora, the male protagonist from Gaaner Opaarey) who played the role of Bapi, the male lead.{{cite news |title=DHAMAKA JODI! Now catch Pupe and Gora — Mimi Chakraborty and Arjun Chakrabarty — in film from Prosenjit's production house |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIKM%2F2011%2F10%2F04&PageLabel=25&EntityId=Ar02501&ViewMode=HTML |access-date=4 December 2012 |newspaper=Times of India |date=4 October 2011 |archive-date=12 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112152303/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIKM%2F2011%2F10%2F04&PageLabel=25&EntityId=Ar02501&ViewMode=HTML |url-status=dead }}
Political career
In 2019, she joined politics and contested from Jadavpur Loksabha Constituency in 2019 Indian general election as a Trinamool Congress candidate.{{cite news |title=West Bengal MPs to heighten glam factor in Lok Sabha |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/may/24/west-bengal-mps-to-heighten-glam-factor-in-lok-sabha-1981297.html |access-date=15 April 2021 |work=The New Indian Express |date=24 May 2019 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415160526/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/may/24/west-bengal-mps-to-heighten-glam-factor-in-lok-sabha-1981297.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Nair |first=Sangeeta |date=24 May 2019 |url=https://m.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/tollywood-stars-contesting-in-lok-sabha-election-2019-babul-supriyo-moonmoon-sen-nusrat-jahan-1558576013-1 |title=Tollywood Stars contesting in Lok Sabha Election 2019: Babul Supriyo, Dev, Nusrat Jahan, Mimi Chakraborty, Satabdi Roy script huge victories in their constituencies |work=Jagran |access-date=15 April 2021 |archive-date=26 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626184009/https://m.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/tollywood-stars-contesting-in-lok-sabha-election-2019-babul-supriyo-moonmoon-sen-nusrat-jahan-1558576013-1 |url-status=live }} She was a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Jadavpur constituency. Chakraborty resigned from her post on 15 February 2024.{{cite news |title='Politics not my cup of tea': Mimi Chakraborty resigns as TMC MP |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/lok-sabha-polls-tmc-mimi-chakraborty-resigns-as-mp-west-bengal-mamata-banerjee-11707995085948.html |work=Mint |agency=ANI |date=15 February 2024 |access-date=15 February 2024}}{{cite news |title=Jadavpur Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Saayoni Ghosh vs Anirban Ganguly, who's winning in this TMC bastion? |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/west-bengal/jadavpur-lok-sabha-election-results-2024-saayoni-ghosh-vs-anirban-ganguly-whos-winning-in-this-tmc-bastion/articleshow/110654158.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=3 June 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024}}
Fashion
Chakraborty has been a part of Fame Fashion and Creative Excellence (FFACE) in different ways. In 2014, she unveiled the Edition 1 of the FFACE Calendar at Tantra, Park Hotel Kolkata. The same year she was a part of the conceptual greeting card produced by FFACE as the FFACE of DURGA promoting women empowerment.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
Filmography
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Television
Discography
Awards
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2011
| Tele Samman | Telekonya | {{won}}{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} |
rowspan="2" | 2013
| Big Bangla Rising Star Awards | Rising Star (Female) |
71st Annual BFJA Awards
| Best Promising Actress | {{won}}{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} |
References
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- [https://loksabha.nic.in/members/MemberBioprofileBrief.aspx?mpsno=5044 Mimi Chakraborty – Lok Sabha profile]
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Category:21st-century Indian actresses
Category:Indian film actresses
Category:Indian television actresses
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Category:Actresses in Bengali cinema
Category:Asutosh College alumni
Category:University of Calcutta alumni
Category:People from Jalpaiguri
Category:Indian actor-politicians
Category:Women in West Bengal politics