Anju_Ghosh

Anju Ghosh

Anju Ghosh

Indian-Bangladeshi Film actress


Anju Ghosh is an actress in Bangladeshi and Indian (Tollywood) films. She is notable for her role in the film Beder Meye Josna (Josna, The Gypsey Daughter) in 1989.[1][2]

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Career

Ghosh debuted in film acting through her role in Soudagor (1982), directed by F. Kabir Chowdhury.[3]

Ghosh acted in around 50 films.[3] Her co-actors included Abdur Razzak, Zafar Iqbal, Wasim and Ilias Kanchan from Bangladesh and Ranjit Mallick, Chiranjeet Chakraborty and Prosenjit Chatterjee from India.[3]

Ghosh left Bangladesh in 1996 and moved to Kolkata, India.[1] In 2018, she started acting for a Bangladeshi film, Madhur Canteen, directed by Saidur Rahman Said.[4]

Ghosh released a music album, Malik Chhara Chithi, in 1990 which included 12 songs.[5]

Citizenship controversy

After joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in June 2019, speculation rose about Ghosh's nationality. Later, the BJP claimed that she is a citizen of India and has an Indian passport.[6] West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh released her birth certificate, issued by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 2003.[7][8] According to the certificate, she was born as Anju Ghosh to Sudhanya Ghosh and Binapani Ghosh on 17 September 1966 in East End Nursing Home, Kolkata.[9] On the other hand, in an interview with Ekushey Television in September 2018, she mentioned about her birth in 1956 in Faridpur District in the-then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and her moving to Chittagong before the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971.[3] She had added about her studies in Krishnakumari High School in Chittagong.[3]

Filmography

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References

  1. ২২ বছরের অভিমান ভুলে ঢাকায় অঞ্জু ঘোষ. The Daily Star Bangla (in Bengali). 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. অঞ্জু ঘোষের অজানা কথা. Ekushey TV (in Bengali). 9 September 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. "2018 Highlight Reel". The Daily Star. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. অঞ্জু ঘোষের এই পরিচয় কি জানতেন?. The Daily Star Bangla (in Bengali). 12 September 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. "BJP produces 'birth certificate' of Bangladeshi actress who joined party". Tribune India. 6 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  6. অঞ্জু ঘোষ কোন দেশের নাগরিক?. The Daily Star Bangla (in Bengali). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. "The red and green silver screen". 15th Anniversary Special. The Daily Star. 4 February 2006.
  8. "Rajar Meye Parul VCD". Induna.com. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

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