Tannishtha Chatterjee

Acting

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Born November 23, 1980 · Pune, Maharashtra, India (age 45)

Tannishtha Chatterjee  is an Indian actor. She is best known in the west for her performance in the British film Brick Lane (2007), the film adaptation of Monica Ali's best selling novel of the same name. She has been the only Indian to be nominated for the British Independent Film Awards (BAFTA) as the best actress for Brick Lane. Her other notables roles have been in Academy Award-winning Germa…

Known For

LionLion · 2016
Lion
8.02016
MovieDrama
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Anna KareninaAnna Karenina · 2012
Anna Karenina
6.72012
MovieDramaRomance
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
ParchedParched · 2015
Parched
7.32015
MovieDrama
In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.
Angry Indian GoddessesAngry Indian Goddesses · 2015
Angry Indian Goddesses
6.82015
MovieComedyDrama
A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage.
unINDIANunINDIAN · 2015
unINDIAN
5.72015
MovieComedyDrama
Single mum Meera is an Australian of Indian origin. Smart and independent, she has carved out a successful life for herself and her daughter...despite family pressure to find a 'nice Indian match'. Then Meera meets Will, a blonde, blue-eyed Aussie charmer. But falling in love with an Australian is not only scandalous - it's unIndian! Does she do what her family wishes, or follow her heart?
Brick LaneBrick Lane · 2007
Brick Lane
5.52007
MovieDrama
The grind of daily life as a Brick Lane Bangladessi as seen through the eyes of Nazneen (Chatterjee), who at 17 enters an arranged marriage with Chanu (Kaushik). Years later, living in east London with her family, she meets a young man Karim (Simpson).
Gulaab GangGulaab Gang · 2014
Gulaab Gang
6.02014
MovieDrama
A fearless woman fights social injustice; creating a sanctuary for abused women and battling a crooked politician.
Shadows of TimeShadows of Time · 2005
Shadows of Time
6.12005
MovieDramaHorror
Ravi and Masha are just children when they were sold into labour by their parents. When they meet, friendship blossoms between them but when the factory manager threatens to sell Masha, possibly into sex slavery, Ravi gives up his hard earned savings to buy her freedom. They agree on a way to find each other once Ravi has earned enough money to buy his freedom but a series of misunderstandings and fear tear them apart. Though they now have their freedom in life, they have to find their way in love.

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