Chapal Bhaduri

Chapal Bhaduri is the last living female impersonator in Bengali theatre and perhaps even in Indian theatre. He did female impersonation in Jatra, a form of Bengali folk theatre In the 1960s he was the highest paid 'actress' of Bengali Theatre.

Film He was seen in tele-film Ushnotar Jonne and the film Arekti Premer Golpo. Both of these were directed by Kaushik Ganguly.

Depictions in popular culture Chapal Bhaduri revived into fame after Naveen Kishore of the Seagull Foundation for the Arts had made a 44-minute documentary on the actor in 1999. Performing the Goddess — The Chapal Bhaduri Story focuses light on the man, who challenged financial penury to create a new performance — a monologue of Goddess Shitala. A tele-film Ushnotar Jonne, directed by Kaushik Ganguly also depicts part of his life. In this telefilm he made a cameo appearance. The third one is Arekti Premer Golpo, a feature film directed by Kaushik Ganguly in which he narrates his life on camera. Presently Bhaduri lives in an old age home in North Kolkata.