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Moushumi Chatterjee Explains Marrying at 15 in New Interviews

Her account places the choice within film-family ties.

Overview

  • Moushumi Chatterjee, in interviews published Tuesday by NDTV and The Indian Express, explains why she married at 15 while in Class 10.
  • She links the match to her debut in the 1967 Bengali film Balika Badhu, saying music director Hemanta Mukherjee connected the two families.
  • She recalls a dying aunt asking to see her wedding, which led to the ceremony being arranged within a month.
  • She says she became a mother at 17 and later built a leading career in the 1970s and 1980s with stars like Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan.
  • The coverage presents her story as a personal history from the 1960s, not an endorsement of child marriage.