Bollywood Kissa: Mausami Chatterjee, one of the veteran actresses of Bollywood, has worked in many great films in her career. She shared the screen with many big actors and was quite successful. However, very few people would know that she got married in her teens and became a mother in her teens.
Moushumi Chatterjee was born on 26 April 1948 in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. Let us tell you that at the age of just 15, Moushumi got married and settled down. However, she did this due to a special reason. While at the age of just 17, she also gave birth to a child.
The marriage was done to fulfill the last wish of the aunt
When Mausami got married, she was studying in class 10. At that time, she was only 15 years old. In an interview given to ‘Laharen’, the actress told that, ‘My father was very close to his elder sister and she was in the last stage of cancer. His last wish was to see me getting married. So, my father-in-law suggested that I should get married. I had also left my exams. I also got a film around the same time. Everything was just happening.’
She became a mother at the age of 17
Moushumi was married to Jayant Mukherjee, son of famous singer and music director Hemant Rao. The actress became a mother two years after marriage. She had said, ‘I became a mother at the age of 17. I got my own Mercedes. I did not even understand the meaning of success at that time. I was just happy to see my face on the big screen.’
Made her acting debut at the age of 10
Moushumi Chatterjee has also worked in Hindi and Bengali films. She made her acting debut with the film ‘Balika Badhu’ at the age of just 10. This was a Bengali film. After this, she made her Bollywood entry.