Celebrated, senior actress Pallavi Chatterjee,sister of the legendary actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, has been celebrating her ancestral Lakshmi Puja for 27 years now, which has now become the talk of the town too.

Let us have a first hand account of this very famous Puja 2026,through the eyes of actor/activist/ teacher of method acting Bobby Chakraborty, who has been a regular, in the illustrious guest list for 2 decades now.

Here’s what Bobby had to say :-

“I know Pallavi Di or my dearest Maku Di for exactly 24 years, since I auditioned for the the Hindi daily soap ‘Saheb Biwi aur Ghulam’ which she and Bumba Da (Prosenjit Chatterjee) we’re co-producing under the banner of ‘Golden Moments’ for ‘Sahara Manoranjan’ Channel.

Later on I have worked with them as my co-actors too, but beyond the professional arena, I have developed a deep bond by heart, with Maku Di. I feel that among all in the industry who are the real well wishers of mine, she would definitely top the list. I have always been touched by her warmth and affection as a producer, as my co-actor and as my elder sister too.

Maku Di’s Lakshmi Puja is an event I haven’t missed for the last 22 years, except for a couple of years when I was in USA.

Maku Di has been single handedly organising this Puja, exactly the same way, her mother, Late Ratna Chatterjee would execute it. Her mother was everything for her as she says. That’s the reason you would see the photo of respected Ratna Aunty, beside the singhasan of Ma Lakshmi.

Maku Di’s Puja,over the years, became my own Puja.

It’s a regular event in my calendar, where a small reunion of sort happens  between all my colleagues from the entertainment industry too, which always leads to a heart-to-heart adda and a whole lot of fun like this year with Shankar Da, Rishi, ,Sudip Da, Premjit, Debika Di, Sayantani, Anindya Da, Ashok Da, Riju, Sharmila Di and many more. The tastiest bhog is personally served by Makudi to each and every guest.

I pray to Ma Lakshmi that She blesses Maku Di with the best of health, wealth and prosperity forever. She is special…she is someone very near to my heart “