Just months before the General elections, actor Moushumi Chatterjee, on Wednesday, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Chatterjee is likely to contest Lok Sabha elections from the party. In 2004, contested the general elections on Congress ticket.
She apparently retreated from active politics after she lost Kolkata north-east constituency in 2004.
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Moushumi Chatterjee has done some notable work in Hindi and Bengali film industries. She made her debut in the film industry with the Bengali film Balika Vadhu in 1967 and became a part of the Hindi industry with a debut in 1972 with Anuraag by Shakti Samanta for which she also won a Filmfare.
She later did many iconic Hindi films like Roti Kapda aur Makaan, Maang Bharo Sajana, Do Premee and Manzil. She was also seen in Piku.