{{Short description|Indian-Bangladeshi film actress}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Anju Ghosh | image = | birth_date = 1956<ref name=ojana/> | birth_place = Bhanga, Faridpur, East Pakistan | birth_name = Anjali Ghosh | years_active = 1982–2018 | occupation = Actress | notable_works = ''Beder Meye Josna'' }}
'''Anjali "Anju" Ghosh''' is an actress who has worked in Bangladeshi and Indian (Tollywood) films. She is notable for her role in the film ''Beder Meye Josna'' (''Josna, the Gypsy Daughter'') in 1989.<ref name=22yrs/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/entertainment/2019/06/05/bangladeshi-movie-star-anju-ghosh-joins-modis-bjp-in-west-bengal |title=Bangladeshi movie star Anju Ghosh joins Modi's BJP in West Bengal |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref>
==Career== Ghosh debuted in film acting through her role in Soudagor (1982), directed by F. Kabir Chowdhury.<ref name=ojana>{{cite news |script-title=bn:অঞ্জু ঘোষের অজানা কথা |url=https://www.ekushey-tv.com/অঞ্জু-ঘোষের-অজানা-কথা/49046 |work=Ekushey TV |language=bn |date=9 September 2018 |access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref>
Ghosh acted in around 50 films.<ref name=ojana/> Her co-actors included Abdur Razzak, Zafar Iqbal, Wasim and Ilias Kanchan from Bangladesh and Ranjit Mallick, Chiranjeet Chakraborty and Prosenjit Chatterjee from India.<ref name=ojana/>
Ghosh released a music album, ''Malik Chhara Chithi'', in 1990 which included 12 songs.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/anandadhara/সিকোয়েন্স/অঞ্জু-ঘোষের-এই-পরিচয়-জানতেন-কি-97963 |script-title=bn:অঞ্জু ঘোষের এই পরিচয় কি জানতেন? |date=12 September 2018 |work=The Daily Star Bangla |language=bn |access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref>
Ghosh left Bangladesh in 1996 and moved to Kolkata, India.<ref name=22yrs>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/anandadhara/সিকোয়েন্স/২২-বছরের-অভিমান-ভুলে-ঢাকায়-অঞ্জু-ঘোষ-97732 |script-title=bn:২২ বছরের অভিমান ভুলে ঢাকায় অঞ্জু ঘোষ |date=7 September 2018 |work=The Daily Star Bangla |language=bn |access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> She is based at Salt Lake after taking up permanent residence.<ref name=ojana/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/world/asia/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E2%80%99%C2%AF |script-title=bn:বিজেপিতে যোগ দিলেন 'বেদের মেয়ে জোস্না' |date=6 June 2019 |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn }}</ref> In 2018, she started acting for a Bangladeshi film, ''Madhur Canteen'', directed by Saidur Rahman Said.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/film/top-dhallywood-movies-in-2018-1680070 |title=2018 Highlight Reel |date=29 December 2018 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref>
==Citizenship controversy== After joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in June 2019,<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladeshi actress Anju Ghosh joins BJP |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bangladeshi-actress-anju-ghosh-joins-bjp-1543323-2019-06-05 |work=India Today |access-date=5 June 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Anju Ghosh, popular Bangladeshi actor, joins BJP in Kolkata |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bangladesh-actress-anju-ghosh-joins-bjp-5767247/ |work=Indian Express |access-date=5 June 2019 }}</ref> speculation rose about Ghosh's nationality. Later, the BJP claimed that she is a citizen of India and has an Indian passport.<ref name="citizen-claims" >{{cite news |title='বেদের মেয়ে...' অঞ্জু ঘোষের নাগরিকত্ব নিয়ে বিতর্কের মাঝে নয়া এই দাবি করল বিজেপি |url=https://www.ndtv.com/bengali/beder-meye-jochna-actress-anju-ghosh-who-joined-bjp-is-an-indian-citizen-claims-party-2048753 |work=NDTV |accessdate=6 June 2019 |language=bn}}</ref> West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh released her birth certificate, issued by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/entertainment/2019/06/07/anju-ghosh-is-an-indian-citizen-west-bengal-bjp-says-amid-clamour |title=Anju Ghosh is an Indian citizen, West Bengal BJP says amid clamour |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><ref name=tribune>{{cite news |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/bjp-produces-birth-certificate-of-bangladeshi-actress-who-joined-party/784119.html |title=BJP produces 'birth certificate' of Bangladeshi actress who joined party |date=6 June 2019 |accessdate=6 June 2019 |work=Tribune India |archive-date=7 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607071121/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/bjp-produces-birth-certificate-of-bangladeshi-actress-who-joined-party/784119.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to the certificate, she was born as Anju Ghosh to Sudhanya Ghosh and Binapani Ghosh on 17 September 1966 in East End Nursing Home, Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web |title=অঞ্জু ঘোষের নাগরিকত্ব প্রমাণে বার্থ সার্টিফিকেট প্রকাশ করল বিজেপি |website=Zee News |date=6 June 2019 |url=https://zeenews.india.com/bengali/state/bjp-releases-birth-certificate-of-anju-ghosh_266142.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607205946/https://zeenews.india.com/bengali/state/bjp-releases-birth-certificate-of-anju-ghosh_266142.html |archive-date=7 June 2019 |url-status=live |language=bn |access-date=21 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bangla.thedailystar.net/node/112693 |title=অঞ্জু ঘোষ কোন দেশের নাগরিক? |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250921045132/https://bangla.thedailystar.net/node/112693 |archive-date=21 September 2025 |url-status=live |date=6 June 2019 |work=The Daily Star Bangla |access-date=21 September 2025 |language=bn}}</ref>
On the other hand, in an interview with Ekushey Television in September 2018, she mentioned about her birth in 1956 in Faridpur District in the-then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and her moving to Chittagong before the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971.<ref name=ojana/> She had added about her studies in Krishnakumari High School in Chittagong.<ref name=ojana/>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director |- |1982 |''Soudagor'' |F. Kabir Chowdhury |- |1982 |''Boro Bhalo Lok Chhilo''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/15thanniv/celebrating_bd/celeb_bd21.htm |title=The red ''and'' green silver screen |date=4 February 2006 |work=15th Anniversary Special |publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref> |Mohammad Mohiuddin |- |1984 |''Chondon Diper Raj Konna'' |Ibne Mizan |- |1989 |''Beder Meye Josna'' |Tojammel Haque Bokul |- |1991 |''Beder Meye Josna''<ref name=tribune/> |Tojammel Haque Bokul |- |1992 |''Bedenir Prem'' |Swapan Saha |- |1992 |''Garial Bhai'' |Tojammel Hoque Bokul |- |1993 |''Kumari Maa'' |Dulal Bhowmick |- |1993 |''Rajar Meye Parul''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.induna.com/1000004956-productdetails/ |title=Rajar Meye Parul VCD |publisher=Induna.com |accessdate=17 November 2012}}</ref> |Milan Chowdhury |- |2000 |''Gariber Samman'' |Swapan Saha |- |2018 |''Madhur Canteen'' |Saidur Rahman Said |}
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