Shubhashree Ganguly: Interesting facts about the actress

She is not only director Raj Chakraborty’s beautiful wife. The Bengali diva is one of the finest actresses in Tollywood currently. The charming beauty mesmerises the audiences with her superb acting and dance moves. Her style statements and attires have already made her a style icon among the young generation. Here are some interesting and lesser-known facts about Subhashree Ganguly you shouldn’t miss.

Subhashree made her film debut in the Oriya industry with 2008 film ‘Mate Ta Love Helare’. Touted to be a loose remake of Telugu film ‘Student No. 1’, it was an action comedy directed by Ashok Pati. Her flawless natural acting quickly caught the eye of many Bengali filmmakers and producers and rest is history. She is right now one of the highly sought-after actors in Tollywood.

The actress has romanced superstar Jeet in many hit Bengali films such as ‘Boss’, ‘Game’ and ‘Abhimaan’. But in her first Bengali film ‘Pitribhumi’; Subhashree played the role of his sister. The Prabhat Roy film saw Jeet and Swastika Mukherjee in the lead. A young Subhashree did her best to justify her character and received good response from the audience.

You would be surprised to see the sizzling Subhasree sans her usual makeup as it brings out a new Subhasree. She has successfully grabbed eyeballs with her 'oh-so-cute' appearances. If you are wondering how the actress found her way into the showbiz, let us tell you that she won the ‘Fairever Anandalok Nayikar Khonje’ contest in 2006 after which there was no looking back for her.

Subhashree made her debut in leading role with ‘Bajimaat’ opposite Soham Chakraborty in 2008 and her innocence as Jhilik became an instant hit. Such was the appreciation that the character earned her the ‘Best Debut in Bengali cinema’ award. The success of ‘Bajimaat gave her the chance to play Dev’s love interest in 2009 superhit ‘Challenge’. It was a remake of Telugu film ‘Bunny’.

Subhashree first worked with her newly married husband Raj Chakraborty on the sets of ‘Abhimaan’ in 2016 and became more than just friends. Since then, they have been hitting headlines for various reasons, especially when rumours were rife about Raj’s involvement with Mimi Chakraborty. In 2017, speculations of Raj and Subhashree’s wedding made rounds for the first time. The couple endured several highs and lows before they finally exchanged vows earlier this year and got married on Friday.

Her first movie with Bangladeshi hero Shakib Khan, ‘Nabab’, broke all the sales record in the history of Bangladeshi cinema. The 2017 film directed by Jaydeep Mukherjee introduced Subhashree as Shakib Khan’s love interest. Shakib played an intelligence agent from Bangladesh tasked with a secret operation in West Bengal. ‘Nabab’ released across 128 screens in Bangladesh on 26 June 2017 which is the widest release for any Bangladeshi film.

When you are from a typical Bengali family, you have to have a cute nickname and you are quite famous in that name in your family, and even friends. For Subhashree, she has several nicknames. Her official nickname being Putai, those who are close to the actress often pull her legs for such a cute name. Even in her work front, co-actors and friends tease her with this pet name.