Kolkata: 10/3/24:Popular actress Rachana Banerjee, who had acted in several Odia, Bengali, and Hindi movies, will fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Hooghly in neighboring West Bengal as a Trinamool Congress candidate.
Notably, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recently featured in Rachna Banerjee-hosted reality show Didi No 1 Season 9. The 49-year-old had become a household name in Odisha in the 1990s with her movies opposite Sidhant Mohapatra with whom she subsequently tied the knot. They ended their marriage at a family court in Cuttack in 2004. Both have since married again.
Among her popolar movies are Sagar ganga, Santan, Lakshman Rekha, Sakala Tirtha To Charane, Bhai Hela Bhagari, Lakhe Siba Puji Paichi Pua, Subhadra, Ganga Jamuna, and Pua Mora Bhola Sankar.