Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors of modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Bengali cinema. He is the son of

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actor Biswajit Chatterjee. He entered the film industry as a child artist in '' Chotto Jigyasa'' (1968). He made his debut as a lead hero in ''Duti Pata'' (1983). His breakthrough role came in '' Amar Sangi'' (1987). He went on to work on several hit films — ''Amar Prem'' (1989), '' Shraddhanjali'' (1993), '' Unishe April'' (1994), '' Bhai Amar Bhai'' (1996), '' Sasurbari Zindabad'' (2000), ''Deva'' (2002), ''Chokher Bali'' (2003), '' Dosar'' (2006), '' Shob Charitro Kalponik'' (2009), ''Autograph'' (2010), '' Jaatishwar'' (2014), ''

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'' (2016), '' Praktan'' (2016), ''Traffic'' (2016), '' Shankhachil (''2016'')'', ''

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'' (2016), '' Mayurakshi'' (2017)'',

Jyeshthoputro ''Jyeshthoputro'' (Elder son) is a 2019 Indian Bengali language film directed by Kaushik Ganguly and features Prosenjit Chatterjee, Ritwick Chakraborty, Sudipta Chakraborty and Gargi Roychowdhury. The original story of the film was conceived by R ...

'' (2019), '' Gumnaami'' (2019), '' Nirontor'' (2019), '' Kacher Manush'' (2022), '' Kaberi Antardhan'' (2023) and others.

Personal life

Prosenjit lives in

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with his wife, actress Arpita Pal and their son Trishanjit. He was previously married to Debashree Roy and Aparna Guha Thakurta. Prosenjit and Aparna have a daughter together, Prerona Chatterjee. In 2015, Prosenjit bought a Cricket Team in Bengal Celebrity League named ''Purulia Panthers''.

Film career

He began his acting career as a child actor in

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's '' Chotto Jigyasa'', for which he won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Most Outstanding Work of the Year Award. Following this he appeared in other films as a

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. But unable to concentrate on his studies, Prosenjit took a break from acting and returned after completing his graduation from Xavier's University and his first leading role came through Bimal Roy's ''Duti Pata''. Prosenjit's

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came opposite Vijeta Pandit in '' Amar Sangi'' (1987), a highly successful romantic drama directed by Sujit Guha. He made his debut in Hindi cinema with

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directed '' Aandhiyan'' (1990). Apart from appearing in a series of masala films, he started doing middle-of-the-road cinema with '' Chokher Bali'' which starred Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in her debut Bengali

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and which met with critical and commercial success upon release. He again came back in doing

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films and in 2006, he again collaborated with

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for '' Dosar'' and received the Best Actor Award and National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for his performance in the film. In 2009, Prosenjit did once again collaborate with Ghosh for '' Shob Charitro Kalponik'', which starred

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in her Bengali debut, won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. In 2010, Prosenjit got another breakthrough by portraying the lead character of ''Arun Chatterjee'' in debutant Srijit Mukherji's ''

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'', for which he was nominated at MIAAC (Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council) film festival, under the Best Actor category. He portrayed the role of

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, a noted spiritual leader, poet and folk singer of Bengal in the 19th century in

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directorial and Anthony Firingee in the

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winning film, '' Jaatishwar''. He went to earn further recognition and wider appeal for his roles in the romantic thriller

, the drama '' Praktan'', the thriller ''

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'', the drama '' Shankhachil'', the crime film ''

'', the

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winning dramas '' Mayurakshi'' and ''

'', the historical courtroom film '' Gumnaami'', the drama '' Nirontor'', the dark-comedy '' Kacher Manush'', the thriller '' Kaberi Antardhan'' and have committed to star in the

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films '' 3 Dev'', alongside Kay Kay Menon,

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, Karan Singh Grover and ''Tabeer'' alongside Neeraj Kabi. Chatterjee produced the Ghosh scripted the television series '' Gaaner Oparey'', which launched the careers of brothers Arjun Chakraborty and Gaurav Chakraborty and Mimi Chakraborty as well. In 2016, he debuted on the

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category of

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with a 97-episode mini-series, titled '' Mahanayak''. Produced by

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and directed by Birsa Dasgupta, the show starred

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, Tanushree Chakraborty and

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in other pivotal roles and was based on the life of a superstar of the 60s era — a life fraught with career highs and personal turbulences. He made his debut as a protagonist with Bimal Roy's ''Duti Pata'' (1983), a teenage romance along the lines of ''Bobby''. '' Amar Sangi'' (1987) opposite Vijayeta Pandit, ''Apon Amaar Apon'' (1990) directed by Tarun Majumdar and Buddhadeb Dasgupta's '' Ami, Yasin Ar Amar Madhubala'' (2007) are three important films of his career. The song "Chirodini Tumi Je Amar" from ''Amar Sangi'' became a cult hit. Satabdi Roy has acted with him in more than 50 films. He has done 35 films with

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, 50 with Rituparna Sengupta, around 16 with Indrani Haldar and four with his wife Arpita Pal. Prosenjit debuted in

in 1990 with the

directed '' Aandhiyan'' where he played the role of Mumtaz's son. After working in commercial films, Chatterjee started debuted in

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with

's ''

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'' and since then have appeared in numerous art films, including '' Dosar'', '' Jaatishwar'', '' Shankhachil'', '' Shob Charitro Kalponik''. Chatterjee returned to

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by playing the role of lead protagonist in

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, Feroz Khan and

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. His other Bollywood films are ''Sone Ki Zanjeer'', '' Veerta'', ''

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'' and more recently ''

'' which received critical acclaim upon release. One of the most important works of Prosenjit is as Arun Chatterjee in Srijit Mukherji's ''

''. His first ever produced film Bapi Bari Jaa was released on 7 December 2012.

Awards and honours

Filmography

Television

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatterjee, Prosenjit Indian male film actors Living people Male actors from Kolkata Bengali male actors Male actors in Bengali cinema Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award winners 1962 births Kalakar Awards winners 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Film producers from Kolkata Bengali film producers Special Mention (feature film) National Film Award winners University of Calcutta alumni Filmfare Awards East winners Filmfare Awards Bangla winners