How Mamata Banerjee's 'Tollywood brigade' is falling apart

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Trinamool Congress leader and top Tollywood actor Mimi Chakraborty said in 2019 about her and fellow actor Nusrat Jahan getting tickets to contest the Lok Sabha election...

Months later, despite having no prior political experience, both Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan won convincingly from the Jadavpur and Basirhat seats, defying sexist trolling from sections of the public...

Along with Dev Adhikari, one of the highest-paid and sought-after Bengali actors, who won the Ghatal Lok Sabha seat, the trio became the face of TMC's "Tollywood brigade"...

Besides having a huge fan-following in all pockets of West Bengal, Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan and Dev Adhikari brought with them their ability to influence youngsters as well as voters in semi-urban areas...

In fact, Chakraborty had wanted to resign in 2022 as well, but her resignation was not accepted by Trinamool boss and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...

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