Decoding the real story of Rani Mukherjee’s latest movie ‘Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway’
Actor Rani Mukherjee’s new film Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway is actually inspired by real-life events and a story of a mother and her struggle to get her children back. The story of movie is based on the life and battle of an Indian mother named Sagarika Chatterjee in Norway. Titled ‘Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway’ is based on Sagarika’s book The Journey Of A Mother.
Sagarika Chatterjee is a woman who stood up against the government of Norway to fight for the right to be reunited with her children after they were taken away from her and placed in foster care and were told that they will not be returned until the age of 18.
The performance of Rani Mukerji in ‘Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway’ has been inspired by the real-life happenings of a woman named Sagarika Chatterjee, who went through similar struggles when her children were taken away from her.
How the struggle of Sagarika began?
Sagarika Chatterjee married geophysicist Anurup Bhattacharya and the couple moved to Norway in 2007 and gave birth to her first child who turned out to be autistic. Her son Abhigyaan was soon placed into a family kindergarten while Sagarika gave birth to her second child Aishwarya in 2010.
The Birati girl had never ventured out of the country before her marriage to geophysicist Anurup Bhattacharya that took her to Norway. But when her children were taken away by the Child Welfare Services (CWS) in Stavanger – on ground of neglect and ’emotional disconnect’. Sagarika then was a very young mother who was struggling with two children in a foreign country. She took on the Norwegian government in a legal battle till she got her children back.
Shagarika and her husband, Anurup Bhattacharya was seen on Indian television in the year 2012 when the incident happened pleading the Indian government for help. Their children were taken away by the child welfare service in Stavenger, Norway, and the court found reason not to re-unite them with their parents because kindergarten staff and child welfare professionals who were in their home to assist them, labelled Sagarika as clinically depressed and needed help with the children. Sagarika had then mentioned says she has not been tested medically before being termed clinically depressed.
(With added inputs from agencies)
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