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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anjana Bhowmick
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| birth_name = Arati Bhowmik
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|12|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cooch Behar]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1960–1980
| spouse = Anil Sharma
}}
'''Anjana Bhowmik''' was an actress of [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]] from the 1960s until the 1980s. She was born on 30 December 1944 in [[Cooch Behar]]. Her real name is Arati Bhowmik and nickname Babli. Her father was Bibhuti Bhusan Bhowmik. She spent her school days in Cooch Behar. She passed the Higher Secondary Exam of West Bengal Board from [[Suniti Academy]] of Cooch Behar in 1961. After that she also studied in [[Sarojini Naidu College]], an undergraduate college, then affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]].

She made her film debut at the age of 20 in the 1964 film "[[Anustup Chanda]]" directed by [[Pijush Bose]]. Before releasing the film she changed her name to Anjana from Arati. She became popular with the release of her first film. Her acting talent was praised by both audiences and critics. She became one of the major heroines of [[Uttam Kumar]]. She and [[Uttam Kumar]] gave major hits like [[Chowringhee]], "[[Kokhono Megh]]", "[[Nayika Sangbad]]", "[[Roudra Chhaya]]", "[[Raj Drohi]]". At a certain time of her career when critics predicted she wouldn’t be successful without [[Uttam Kumar]] as hero, she paired with [[Soumitra Chattopadhyay]] in the highly acclaimed "Mahashweta".

Anjana married Navy Officer Anil Sharma and is now settled in [[Mumbai]]. Her daughters are [[Nilanjana Sharma]] and [[Chandana Sharma]]
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}}</ref> are also actresses. The older one, [[Nilanjana Sharma]] is married to Bengali Actor [[Jishu Sen Gupta]].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title !! Year !! Character
|-
| [[Nishibasar]] || 1987 ||
|-
| [[Shukhe Thako]] || 1981 ||
|-
| [[Bandini Kamala]] ||
|-
| [[Bhagyalipi]] || 1979 ||
|-
| [[Roudra Chhaya]] || 1973 ||
|-
| [[Pratham Basanta]] || 1971 ||
|-
| [[Dibratrir Kabya]] || 1970 ||
|-
| [[Shuk Sari]] || 1969 ||
|-
| [[Chowringhee]] || 1968 || Sujata Mitra
|-
| [[Kakhano Megh]] || 1968 || Seema Roy (Art Teacher)
|-
| Mahashweta || 1967 ||
|-
| [[Nayika Sangbad]] || 1967 || Urmila/Gita
|-
| [[Griha Sandhane]] || 1966 ||
|-
| [[Rajdrohi]] || 1966 || Chinta
|-
| [[Thana Theke Aschhi]] || 1965 || Sheela (Chandra Madhab's Daughter)
|-
| [[Anustup Chhanda]] || 1964 ||
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1349790}}
*[http://www.gomolo.com/about-anjana-bhowmik/2181 Anjana Bhowmik on gomolo]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses in Bengali cinema]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:1944 births]]

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