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

is an Indian film actor, producer and television presenter, who works predominantly in

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and

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films. He debuted as a

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in the

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-directorial '' Chotto Jigyasa'', for which he has won the

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. After a string of films where he acted as a child actor, he made his debut as a lead actor in ''Duti Pata'', which was a critically and commercially unsuccessful. In 1987, Prosenjit's breakthrough role came opposite

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in ''

Amar Sangi ''Amar Sangee'' () is a 1987 Indian Bengali-language film directed by Sujit Guha and produced by Dipti Pal. The film features actors Prosenjit Chatterjee and Vijayeta Pandit in the lead roles. The musics of the film was composed by Bappi Lahir ...

''; a highly successful romantic drama directed by Sujit Guha. He made his debut in Hindi cinema with the

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-directorial '' Aandhiyan''. Following this, he went on to act in numerous commercial films until 2003, when he acted in '' Chokher Bali''. He earned critical acclaim for playing the role of an immobile but emotionally expressive poet in ''

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'', a famous Bengali

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in ''

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'', a poet and folk singer in ''

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'', a

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-origin

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and his reincarnation in ''

Jaatishwar ''Jaatishwar'' () is a 2014 Indian Bengali musical drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji, starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta and Swastika Mukherjee. The main focus of the plot revolves around the life and notable works of Anthony F ...

'', a disgraced police officer in '' Baishe Srabon'' and a depressed father in ''

Shankhachil ''Shankhachil'' (Brahminy kite, bn, শঙ্খচিল) is a 2016 India-Bangladesh joint venture Bengali-language historical Drama film, written by Sayantani Putatunda, starring Prosenjit, Kusum Sikder, Shajbati and directed by Goutam Gh ...

''. In 2012, he made a comeback to

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through ''

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'' and more recently ''

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''. He has won numerous accolades throughout his career, including 7

Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award Uttam Kumar and Soumitra Chatterjee is the most awarded actors of all time with 8 wins, followed by Prosenjit Chatterjee (6), Sabyasachi Chakraborty (2), Mithun Chakraborty (2) and Utpal Dutt (2). Here is a list of the award winners and the films ...

s, 4 Kalakar Awards and 2

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. As a producer, he had won the

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for ''

''. Chatterjee produced the

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scripted the critically acclaimed television series ''

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'', which launched the careers of brothers Arjun Chakraborty and Gaurav Chakraborty and

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as well. In 2016, he debuted in the

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category of television with a 99-episode mini-series, titled '' Mahanayak''. Produced by

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and directed by

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, the show starred

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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 turbulence. Chatterjee has also hosted the family

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''Banglar Shera Poribaar'' with

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1983

1984 – 1990

1991 – 1995

1996 – 2000

2001 – 2005

2006 – 2010

2011 – 2019

2022 – present

References

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