Veteran actor Moushumi Chatterjee joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday in the presence of party senior leaders including BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.
The 70-year-old actor was last seen in Amitabh Bachchan starrer Piku.
Born in Kolkata, she had contested the 2004 polls on Congress ticket from Kolkata north-east seat but lost.
Chatterjee has shared screen with actors like Shammi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna and Jeetendra.
Besides Bollywood, she has also acted in Bengali cinema.