Who Is Rachna Banerjee? Why Was The Didi No 1 Host Trolled For Selling Sarees Online?

Who Is Rachna Banerjee? The actor who enjoys tremendous popularity as the host of the women's game show Didi No 1 recently launched her own brand 'Rachnas Creation'. She has even ventured into the online space to sell her line of designer sarees. This has, however, miffed a lot of small-scale sellers as they feel threatened that if celebrities venture into this space where will they go?

One needs to remember that it is the annual festival season of Durga Puja which West Bengal along with many other states is gearing up. At this point, there is a huge tradition of buying new clothes and gifting clothes to friends and family. The festivities have been largely marred by the pandemic and it has been hard on the small-scale traders who have the bulk of their trade during the festive season. However, there is no denying that the online trolling faced by women is brutal. Banerjee however, took it in her stride and said, "people will always say something or the other".

Here is a look at what makes the actor Rachna Banerjee so popular and what is this trolling about?

• Rachana Banerjee's real name is Jhumjhum Banerjee and she has acted not just in Bengali but Odia, Tamil, Telegu and Kannada films.
• Didi No.1 catapulted her to popularity and the show is now in its eighth season. The game show for women In Bengali was launched in 2010. It airs six days a week.
• The actor recently turned entrepreneur and held an online session where she also explained how to order her creations.
• During the online session she started getting negative comments, some people pointed out the "lack of projects" she might be facing. A few asked what would happen to small sellers if celebrities invade this space.
• She is the winner of several beauty contests, including, Miss Beautiful Smile at the Miss India contest. She was 1994 Miss Kolkata.
• Banerjee was married to actor-politician Sidhant Mohapatra. They ended their marriage at a family court in Cuttack in 2004. Since they both have moved on. She married Probal Basu in 2007.
• Rachana Banerjee debuted in the Odia movie Sagar Ganga directed by Raju Mishra.
• Banerjee has also acted opposite Amitabh Bachchan in the movie Sooryavansham.
• She has appeared in 35 Bengali films opposite well-known Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee.

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