Parambrata Chattopadhyay (born 27 June 1980) is an Indian actor and director. Parambrata started his career with

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television and films. He has acted as the fictional character Topshe from Feluda under

Sandip Ray Sandip Ray (born 8 September 1953) is an Indian film director and music director who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the only child of the famous Bengali director Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray. Life and education Sandip Ray was born in C ...

's direction. He made his Hindi debut in ''

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 ...

'' (2012), starring with

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and

Nawazuddin Siddiqui Nawazuddin Siddiqui (; born 19 May 1974) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Siddiqui's feature film debut was alongside director Prashant Bhargava in ''Patang'' (2012). He ga ...

. His notable works include ''

Bhalo Theko ''Bhalo Theko'' ( bn, ভাল থেকো; ''Take Care'') is a 2003 Indian Bengali movie based on Leena Gangopadhaya's story ''Janmadin'' released in 2003. Directed by Goutam Halder, it featured Soumitra Chatterjee, Joy Sengupta, Debsha ...

'' (2003), ''

Baishe Srabon ''Baishey Srabon'' (''22 Shey Srabon'') is a 2011 Indian Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Srijit Mukherji. it was his second film. The cast consists of Prosenjit Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterje ...

'' (2011), '' Sold'' (2014) directed by Jeffrey D. Brown, '' Kadambari '' (2017), ''

Anukul ''Anukul'' is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language science fiction drama short film directed by Sujoy Ghosh with Parambrata Chatterjee and Saurabh Shukla in the lead roles. It is based on the eponymous short story written by Satyajit Ray. Plot Nikunj Ch ...

'' (2017), '' Pari'' (2018), ''

Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi ''Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi '' is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language family drama film directed by Seema Pahwa and produced by Jio Studios and Drishyam Films. It features an ensemble cast of Naseeruddin Shah, Vikrant Massey, Konkona Sen Sharma, Parambrata C ...

'' (2019), ''

Dwitiyo Purush ''Dwitiyo Purush'' (দ্বিতীয় পুরুষ) is the second solo album by Indian singer-songwriter Anupam Roy. Phanka Frame & Ami Ajkal Bhalo Achhi were later featured in Srijit Mukherji's film Jaatishwar & Zulfiqar Z ...

''(2020), ''

Bulbbul ''Bulbbul'' is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language supernatural thriller, written and directed by Anvita Dutt. It was produced by Anushka Sharma and Karnesh Ssharma under Clean Slate Filmz and starred Tripti Dimri in the lead role alongside Avina ...

'' (2020) .

Personal life

Parambrata was born in

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, in the state of

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, India, to parents who worked as film critics. He is the son of Satinath Chatterjee and Sunetra Ghatak, maternal grandson of Ashish Chandra Ghatak and

Gita Ghatak Gita Ghatak (Geeta Ghatak née Ganguly) (23 January 1931 – 17 November 2009) was an Indian actress and singer. She mainly acted in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Gita Ghatak was also an exponent of ''Rabindra Sangeet''. She had her pri ...

, and grandnephew of filmmaker

Ritwik Ghatak Ritwik Kumar Ghatak (; 4 November 19256 February 1976) was a noted Indian film director, screenwriter, and playwright. Along with prominent contemporary Bengali filmmakers Satyajit Ray, Tapan Sinha and Mrinal Sen, his cinema is primarily remembe ...

. Bengali author and activist

Mahasweta Devi Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)
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is Parambrata's aunt. He has often been targeted by fundamentalists for his secularist views. He was previously in a relationship with actress Swastika Mukherjee. He has been in a relationship with Ike Schouten, a doctor from The

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, for nearly a decade. Parambrata studied at Patha Bhavan school in Kolkata.

Career

Chatterjee has acted in many television series, tele-films, short films and films. His directorial debut feature film is ''

Jiyo Kaka ''Jiyo Kaka'' ( bn, জিয়ো কাকা) is a 2011 Indian Bengali comedy film directed by debutant Parambrata Chattopadhyay, the renowned film actor. Cast * Abhiraj * Rahul * Saswata Chattopadhyay * Koushik Ganguly * Rituparna Sengu ...

'' (2011) starring

Rituparna Sengupta Rituparna Sengupta is an Indian actress and producer who is known for her work in Bengali cinema 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 won ...

and

Rudranil Ghosh Rudranil Ghosh is an Indian actor who works primarily in Bengali films. Education Rudranil Ghosh completed his early education at Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah under West Bengal State Board. He graduated from the Narasinha Dutt Col ...

. His second directorial venture was ''

Hawa Bodol ''Hawa Bodol'' is a 2013 Indian Bengali comedy film directed by Parambrata Chattopadhyay. The film revolves around two childhood friends, who met each other coincidentally after a long time, and somehow their lives swapped after a night of end ...

'' (2013). Seven months after the success of ''

'', he was signed by Jeffrey D. Brown, who won an

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

for his debut short film in 1986, for his film ''Sold''. On 30 May 2011, he became a producer along with colleague,

, by launching their own production house, Workshop Productions Pvt. Ltd, in association with Dipak Raha of Durgandh Group.

Filmography

References

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BFJA Awards Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as BFJA Awards, is given by The Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The BFJA is the oldest association of film critics in India, founded in 1937 to serve the developing film journalism ...

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