Actor-cum politician Mimi Chakraborty recently engaged with her fans through an interactive LIVE session on Helo, on the platform’s second anniversary. When asked about the turning point of her career, she said that she struggled in her modeling career and then did Champion for 3 months when surprisingly she got a chance to work with Rituporno Ghosh.

This all started with an audition for ‘Ganer Opare’ where she got the chance. She had really short hair at that time. When she went inside, Rituporno Ghosh helped her apply ‘kajal’ in her eyes, helped her wear a saree and gave her the part. The selection of ‘Ganer Opare’ changed her life, added the actress. She was later asked by the director if she can dance and speak Bengali Rabindrik Language. Her response to both the questions was that she would try.

She remembered the time when she was given the script in Ghosh’s handwriting at Prosenjit Chatterjee’s house. Prosenjit was astounded after knowing that Mimi could not speak Bengali and went speechless for a couple of minutes before asking her to leave. She thought this was the end of the project. But since the contract was already signed, she went to Ghosh’s house after that. He gave her a walkman that had the recorded version of the script. She listened to it the entire night and the next morning in the first shot, she did great. Rituporno Ghosh was elated and hugged her right after the performance.

Chakraborty, who entered politics in 2019 was seen doing tremendous work on the ground after Kolkata was badly hit by cyclone Amphan.

When asked about her quarantine routine, she revealed the first two months went completely on following all sanitation rules. She further confessed of being panicked due to the situation but still ensured to maintain proper hygiene. Over the time, she became anxious and demotivated about the future but later realized that it is not only about her but about the people around who are equally affected by the circumstances.

The actor also went on to say that the lock down has helped her give full attention to her dogs.

Along with Mimi, Bollywood divas including Ananya Panday, Shruti Hassan, Tara Sutaria, Bhumi Pednekar, Tamannaah, and regional superstars including Sonalee Kulkarni, Sonia Mann, Anu Sithara, Shriya Saran amongst others went LIVE to join in the celebrations and wished Helo on its successful journey turning two.