Kushal Chakraborty (born 21 July 1968) is an Indian actor and film director associated with Bengali cinema. At the age of six, he played the role of Mukul in

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligraphy, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influ ...

's film ''

Sonar Kella ''Sonar Kella'', also ''Shonar Kella'', is a 1971 mystery novel written by Bengali writer and filmmaker Satyajit Ray. In 1974, Ray directed a film adaption of the book, also named ''Sonar Kella'', starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, ...

'' for which he won National Film Award for best child artist in 1974. He introduced

Rituparna Sengupta Rituparna Sengupta is Indian actress and producer and model who is known for her work in Bengali and Hindi cinema. One of the most successful actresses of Bengali cinema, she rode the crest of her box office success in the late 1990s. She has w ...

to showbiz with his directorial venture ''Shwet Kapot'' (1989). He directorial venture ''Dhyatterika'' (2005) was a major success on television. Kushal is a civil engineering graduate from

Jadavpur University Jadavpur University ( abbr. JU) is a public state funded research university with its main campus located at Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established on 25 July in 1906 as ''Bengal Technical Institute'' and was converted into ...

. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for his role in Sonar Kella Directed by Satyajit Ray (1974).

List of work

Films

TV series

Personal life

On 11 December 2009, Kushal married Sangita Chakraborty. After divorce he remarried actress Sancharee Mukherjee in January 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chakraborty, Kushal Bengali male actors Male actors in Bengali cinema Indian male television actors Bengali film directors Living people 1968 births Jadavpur University alumni Film directors from Kolkata 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors from Kolkata Best Child Artist National Film Award winners