Bengal Election: Actor Couple Neel And Trina Bhattacharya Join TMC; Get To Know Them

Actor couple Neel and Trina Bhattacharya joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday, ahead of the West Bengal state assembly election 2021. They were inducted into the party in the presence of TMC general secretary Partha Chatterjee. The husband-wife join a league of other Tollywood actors, including June Malia, Lovely Moitra and Sayani Ghosh, who are backing Mamata Banerjee's party this poll season.

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is also partaking in the election 'star wars' with Bengali film industry names dazzling on their own candidate lists. Prominent actors like Anjana Basu, Parno Mittra and Tanusree Chakraborty are contesting key constituencies. See the list of female actors in BJP here.

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Who Are Neel and Trina Bhattacharya?

Neel and Trina Bhattacharya (nee Saha), who joined the TMC, are newlyweds. They tied the knot only this year in February at a ceremony that saw many notable faces in attendance, including Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

The couple has known each other for 11 years, they say. They met during college, where they started talking and ultimately romance brewed.

On how the two confessed their feelings for each other, Trina says, "In June 2017, on his birthday night, I told him directly, ‘Listen I really like you and everything and if you do then we can go ahead with this otherwise we should stop talking. Then he went into an awkward silence for six months. Finally, in January, on my birthday, he told me."

They both have careers in television, having appeared together in shows like Khoka Babu, Thik Jeno Love Story, Koler Bou,  and Krishnakoli.