Rachana Banerjee was born on October 2, 1974 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India as Jhumjhum Banerjee. She is an actress, known for Sooryavansham (1999), Sakal Sandhya (2006) and Putuler Protisodh (1998). She has been married to Probal Basu since 2006. They have one child. She was previously married to Siddhant Mahapatra.