For the West Bengal assembly election, both Bharatiya Janata Party and Trinamool Congress had roped in Tollywood celebrities. The election result shows that Didi is the only Dada of West Bengal. The celebrity candidates of TMC have done well. The star candidates of BJP failed to fly high. Star actress Payel Sarkar, Srabanti, Koushani Mukherjee, Tanushree Chakraborty, Parno Mitra, Saayoni Ghosh, Sayantika failed to make an impact. The superstar Bengali actor Yash Dasgupta lost the Chanditala seat. Raj Chakraborty, Aditi Munshi, Kanchan Mullick, June Malliah, Lovely Maitra, Soham Chakraborty won in their constituencies.
The Star Team Of BJP Bengal
Yash Dasgupta
The heartthrob of Tollywood was the first famous star to Join BJP. He became a household name in Bengal with the famous Star Jalsha Bengali serial Bojhena Se Bojhena. His Debut movie Gangster was a blockbuster. The actor has also worked in many Hindi serials and has a huge fan base among youngsters. He was the candidate of BJP from Chanditala in Hooghly district.
Election Result – Lost
Srabanti Chatterjee
Srabanti started her career as a child artist. She went on to become the top actress of Tollywood. Srabanti has a huge fan following in rural Bengal. On a personal front, Srabanti got married at a very young age of 16. She has been through three failed marriages. The 33 years old actress is a doting mother of a teenaged son named Abhimanyu Chatterjee. Srabanti contested from the Behala West.
Election Result – Lost
Babul Supriyo
Renowned playback singer Babul Supriyo joined politics in 2014. The two-term MP from the Asansol constituency is also the Minister of State for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change. He contested from Tollygunge, the center of the Bengali film industry.
Election Result – Lost
Payel Sarkar
For 90’s kids, who have grown up watching Anurag Basu’s serial Love Story, they surely remember the character of sweet college girl Shruti, played by Payel Sarkar. The actress got fame and recognition from this show. She has worked in many Hindi serials and Bengali movies.
Payel contested from the Behala East seat in Kolkata.
Election Result – Lost
Tanushree Chakraborty
Bengali film actress Tanushree is known for her impeccable acting skills. While joining BJP, she said that she believed in the ideology of the party. The actress is the celebrity candidate of BJP from Shyampur in Howrah district
Election Result – Lost
Anjana Basu
Anjana Basu, the renowned Bengali serial and movie actress, joined BJP in 2019. The party has fielded her from Sonarpur South in South 24 Parganas district. Here she faced the TMC candidate, serial actress Lovely Moitra.
Election Result – Lost
Parno Mitra
Parno started her career on Television and came into the limelight with her performance in the national award-winning Bengali film Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona. She joined BJP in 2019. She contested from Baranagar in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.
Election Result – Lost
Ashok Dinda
Former Indian Cricketer Joined BJP just before the 2021 Assembly election. BJP has fielded him from his birthplace, Moyna, in Purba Medinipur. The fast-medium bowler has played in the IPL from Kolkata, Pune, Delhi, and Bengaluru teams. In domestic cricket, he has played for team Bengal from 2005 to 2019.
Election Result – Lost
Hiran Chatterjee
Hiran Chatterjee is part of the Bengali film industry since 2007 and has appeared in many commercial Bengali films. Before joining BJP, Hiran was the general secretary of the Trinamool Youth Congress or Yuva. BJP has fielded the actor from the Kharagpur Sadar seat for the upcoming polls.
Election Result – Won
Rudranil Ghosh
The famous Bengali actor Rudranil Ghosh used to be a CPI(M) supporter during the Left era. Later he became close to Mamata Bannerjee and used to be the star campaigner of TMC. In 2021, just before the election, he switched to BJP. He contested from the prestigious Bhowanipore seat.
Election Result – Lost
Locket Chatterjee
Locket Chatterjee joined BJP in 2015. She was one of the first Bengali celebrities to become part of the party. Locket won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from the Hoogly Lok Sabha seat. The General Secretary of BJP Bengal contested from Chinsurah in Hooghly district in 2021 assembly election.
Election Result – Lost
Star Campaigners Of BJP
Mithun Chakraborty
While the whole nation was buzzing with the idea that Dada, Sourav Ganguly will become the face of BJP in the assembly election 2021. BJP roped in the other Dada or famously Known in Bengal as Mithun Da. Seventy years old Mithun is not new to politics. Before starting his film career, he was linked with the Naxalite movement. TMC nominated him for the upper house of Parliament in 2014. Mithun attended the Parliament for only three days during his stint. He resigned in 2016 after his name appeared in the Saradha scam.
Mithun has given many blockbusters in his long film career. Mithun has a massive fan base in rural Bengal. He is the only Bengali actor who received the tag of the star in Bollywood. His two blockbuster political drama movies MLA Fatakeshto and its sequel Minister Fatakeshto remain famous among audiences for their dialogues. One of them being Marbo ekhane, lash porbe sashane (I will hit you here, and the body will be there at the cremation ground). Only time will tell, How the inclusion of this successful son of soil would help the party in Bengal.
Rishi Kaushik
Rishi Kaushik is one of the most popular actors in Bengali Television. He has worked in mega serials Ekhane Akash Neel, Ishti Kutum, Kusum Dola, and Kora Pakhi.
Rupa Ganguly
Rupa Ganguly got public recognition with her portrayal of the character Draupadi in B.R. Chopra’s Mahabaharat(1988). The national award-winning actress joined BJP in 2015. She lost the 2016 Bengal assembly election and later inducted into the upper house of Parliament.
Koushik Roy
Koushik Roy is another famous name in the Bengali Telly industry. He has worked in the serials Bojhena Se Bojhena, Kusum Dola, Fagun Bou. His current project Khorkuto is quite popular among audiences.
Bonny Sengupta
The latest to join the BJP bandwagon is Bengali actor Bonny Sengupta. Bonny has worked in hit movies Borbaad and Parbona Ami Chartey Toke. His girlfriend Koushani Mukherjee and mother Piya Sengupta have joined TMC.
Rimjhim Mitra
Rimjhim Mitra is a prominent face in Bengali television. She has worked in popular Bengali serials Krishnakoli, Joy Baba Loknath, Titli, and many more.
Apart from the above list, prominent Bengali actors Soumili Ghosh Biswas, Rahul Chakraborty, Raj Mukherjee, Ashok Bhadra, Meenakshi Ghosh, Mallika Banerjee, Papiya Adhikari, Emila Bhattacharjee, Debashree Bhattacharya, Kanchana Moitra, Rupanjana Mitra, and Biswajit Ganguly, Moumita Gupta, Rupa Bhattacharya, and Arindam Haldar have joined BJP.
The Star Team Of Trinamool Congress
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Saayoni Ghosh
The Bengali actress gained public attention after being mired in controversy for her tweet insulting the Hindu Lord Shiva. In January 2021, an FIR was lodged against her. Mamata Banerjee supported her, and she joined her party. Saayoni lost the Asansol South constituency to BJP’s star candidate Agnimitra Paul.
Election Result – Lost
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Sayantika
The popular Bengali actress is known for her dancing skills. Within 48 hours of entry into TMC, she had received the MLA ticket from Bankura.
Election Result – Lost
Koushani Mukherjee
28 years old Koushani Mukherjee won Miss Beauty of Kolkata in 2015 and debuted in Bengali cinema the same year. The actress received the TMC ticket from Krishnanagar Uttar.
She has done very few films but has a tremendous social media presence. She has 1.7 million followers on Instagram and quite popular among youngsters.
Election Result – Lost
Manoj Tiwary
Cricketer Manoj Tiwary has represented Bengal in domestic cricket and played in IPL for different teams. He joined TMC in February 2019. He won the Shibpur constitueny.
Election Result – Won
Raj Chakraborty
Raj Chakraborty is the top commercial director of Bengali cinema. He is married to a leading Bengali actress Subhashree Ganguly. He contested the Barrackpore seat in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections.
Election Result – Won
Kanchan Mullick
The Bengali actor is known for his comic timings. TMC fielded the actor from Hooghly’s Uttarpara seat.
Election Result – Won
June Malia
50 years old, beautiful Bengali actress June Malia has worked on a range of movies and serials. TMC fielded the actor from the Midnapore Sadar seat.
Election Result – Won
Soham Chakraborty
The talented Bengali actor Soham Chakraborty has appeared in more than 100 films. He joined TMC in 2014 and serving as the vice-president of the young Trinamool. He lost the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Borjora Constituency by a narrow margin. In 2021, he contested from the Chandipur.
Election Result – Won
Lovely Maitra
The Bengali serial actress is popular among the masses for working in serials Jol Nupur and Mohor. She took on rivals from Sonarpur Dakshin. Consequently, Election Commission removed her IPS husband from election duties. As per the law, family members of a candidate are not allowed in the election process.
Election Result – Won
Aditi Munshi
Kirtan singer Aditi Munshi came under the spotlight in 2015 with her sensational performances in the musical reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. The devotional vocal artist won the Rajarhat Gopalpur seat of the North 24 Pgs district.
Election Result – Won
Star Campaigners OF TMC
Nusrat Jahan
The glamorous Bengali actress Nusrat Jahan joined active politics in 2019 and contested the Basirhat constituency as a Trinamool Congress candidate. She got around 7.8 Lakhs votes and emerged as the winner by a margin of 3.5L votes.
Dev
The leading Bengali actor turned producer joined TMC in 2014. He won the Ghatal LokSabha constituency twice.
Mimi Chakraborty
The leading Bengali actress forayed into politics in 2019. She contested from the Jadavpur Constituency in the 2019 general election as a Trinamool Congress candidate and registered a landslide victory. She regularly attends the rallies beside Mamata Banerjee.
Satabdi Roy
The actress ruled the Bengali cinema during the late 1980s and 1990s. She is a three-time MP from the Birbhum constituency of West Bengal. The state vice president of TMC, Satabdi Roy, first won the election in 2009.
The other prominent actors who have joined TMC are Dipankar Dey, Piya Das, Bharat Kaul, Sritama Bhattacharjee, Ranieeta Das, Manali Dey, and Saurav Das.
