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Indraneil Sengupta is an Indian film and television actor, and a model living in Kolkata since 2004.


Career

Sengupta was a finalist of the 1999
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in which
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was the winner. He modelled for designer
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and worked for choreographers
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and
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. He also appeared in commercials for the
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car, VIP Frenchie and
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. Later, he transitioned into music videos, including those for
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's "Pal pal tere yaad sataye" and
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; one for the south Indian singer
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's Hindi album; and a remix of the old film song ''"Koi diya jale kahin (rum pum bum)"'', sung by
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from the movie '' Bees Saal Baad''. He also appeared in a television show on
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, '' Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam''. In 2004, he starred in the film '' Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart'' which also starred
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,
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and Anupam Kher. He was to act in the movie ''
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'' but the project got shelved. In 2008, he played the negative role of Mohan Kanta, a British Indian army man who betrays his revolting pro-independence military regiment in the horror film ''1920'', written and directed by
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. He also starred as Tushaar in the
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serial ''
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.'' He appeared with his wife in ''
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'' as a late entrant. He starred in
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movies ''
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'' and ''
Kahaani ''Kahaani'' (; ) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language thriller film co-written, co-produced and directed by Sujoy Ghosh. It stars Vidya Balan as Vidya Bagchi, a pregnant woman looking for her missing husband in Kolkata during the festival of Durga ...
''. He has also done a few Bengali films. In 2008, he starred in ''
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'', also starring Swastika Mukherjee and directed by
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. At the beginning of 2009, he starred opposite
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in ''
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'', which was directed by first-time filmmaker,
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. The film was the only Bengali entry in the competitive section of the Indian Panorama in
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. In late 2009, he starred as a bisexual lover in
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's ''
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''. His love interest in this film is director
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, and this was Rituparno's first movie as an actor. In 2010, he did his first commercial Bengali film, ''Jodi Ekdin'', directed by Riingo. Indraneil received the Anandalok Fresh Face of the Year (male) award in 2009 for ''Anshumaner Chobi''. Indraneil starred as a young aspiring director in the Bengali movie ''
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'' with
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and
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. The movie is a tribute to both
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and to
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as it is on the lines of the film '' Nayak''. In 2012 he acted in the
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-directed Bengali movie '' Aparajita Tumi'', in which he played a young
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professor. He played the role of a criminal in the Hindi film ''
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'', directed by
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in the same year. In 2012 he also played a role in a
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i movie, '' Chorabali''. He also starred in ''
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'', which was released in 2013. He also starred in ''Teen Patti'', a Bengali film directed by Jenny Sarkar and Dipayan Mandal.


Filmography


Films


Web series


Television


Awards

*2008 -
ITA Award The Indian Television Academy Awards, also known as the ''ITA Awards'', is an annual award ceremony organised by the Indian Television Academy to honour excellence in Hindi-language television. Ceremonies Categories Popular Awards * ITA A ...
for Idea Glamour Face of the Year Male *2014 - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor (Bengali) for ''
Mishawr Rawhoshyo ''Mishawr Rawhoshyo'' is a 2013 Indian adventure thriller film directed by Srijit Mukherji, based on the fictional character Kakababu created by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It stars Prosenjit Chatterjee, Indraneil Sengupta, Swastika Mukherjee, Arya ...
''


Personal life

On 1 March 2008, Sengupta married Barkha Bisht Sengupta who was his co-star in ''
Doli Saja Ke ''Doli Saja Ke'' was a Hindi language Indian soap opera that aired on Sahara One channel worldwide. The series premiered on 7 May 2007 and ended on 13 November 2009. Cast Main * Barkha Sengupta as Anupama Kapoor / Anupama Chaitanya Shekhawat ...
'' and '' Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam''. They have a daughter named Meira, who was born in October 2011.


References


External links

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Shyaam- Shyaama saga goes on
''The Hindu'' - 1 April 2006
READY, STEADY, GO!
''Times of India'' - 24 Mar 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sengupta, Indraneil Indian male television actors Indian male models Living people Bengali people Indian male film actors Candidates in the 2014 Indian general election 1974 births