Soham Chakraborty (born 4 March 1984), is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and politician. He has appeared in more than 100

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films, as child artist (Master Bittu) and as male lead. He earned numerous accolades, including Uttam Kumar Awards,

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and

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Entertainment Awards. Chakraborty has a significant following in West Bengal, Assam and other adjacent states in India and Bangladesh. He is a member of

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. He contested

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from Borjora Constituency.

Acting career

Soham Chakraborty made his Tollywood debut in 1988 with the popular Bengali film ''

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''. Early in his career, Chakraborty was recognised as

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featured in several films as a child artist including ''

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'' in 1989, ''

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'' in 1989, '' Jowar Bhata'' in 1990,

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directed ''

Shakha Proshakha ''Shakha Proshakha'' ( en, Branches of the Tree, italic=yes) is a 1990 film directed by Satyajit Ray. It deals with four generations of a well-to-do Bengali family, with a focus on the third generation. This film displays an extraordinary use o ...

'' in 1990, ''

Bhagya Debata ''Bhagya Debata'' ( God of destiny) is a 1995 Indian Bengali-language film directed by Raghuram, a dance choreographer in South Indian cinema, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Soham Chakraborty, Soumitra Chatterjee, Mamta Kulkarni, Rituparna Seng ...

'' in 1997, starring

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and several other noted films. He was awarded Uttam Kumar Awards twice as Child Artist of the year for his performance in ''Jowar Bhata'' (1991) and ''

'' (1990). He has appeared in several television series and has played supporting roles in films in the late 1990s and early 2000s. After completing his higher education in the field of B.Com. (Hons.), he appeared in '' Chander Bari '', directed by

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(2007). Chakraborty, has described the difficult phase and struggling days in his acting career to appear in the big budget films. He was then launched with the film

Bajimaat ''Bajimaat'' ( bn, বাজিমাত) is a 2008 Bengali film directed by Haranath Chakraborty.This is the debut film as lead hero of Soham in Bengali cinema. Plot Suvra (Soham Chakraborty) is a lower middle class young boy, who dreams of be ...

(2008), as male lead. He then rose to prominence after starring in 2009 film '' Prem Aamar '' directed by

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and produced by

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, which turned out a blockbuster and recorded highest grosser in

film's history. After '' Prem Aamar'' his previously shot films ''

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'', '' Jeena'', and ''

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'' were released and were commercially average. His other blockbuster film '' Amanush'' was released in 2010. The film was directed by Rajib Biswas. Chakraborty played the role of Vinod, an orphan who has suffered a lot of physical and mental torture in his childhood. He went on to films such as '' Faande Poriya Boga Kaande Re '' (2011), '' Jibon Rong Berong '' (2011), '' Ley Halua Ley '' (2012), '' Jaaneman'' (2012), '' Bojhe Na Shey Bojhe Na '' (2012), '' Loveria '' (2013), ''

Bangali Babu English Mem ''Bangali Babu English Mem'' (2014) is an Indian romance comedy film directed by Ravi Kinnagi and released by Shree Venkatesh Films. It is a remake of Punjabi movie '' Jatt & Juliet''. Cast *Soham Chakraborty as Madhusudan Dutta *Mimi Chakrabo ...

'' (2014), ''

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'' (2015) and ''

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''. The series of comedies and family dramas that followed, earned Chakraborty widespread adulation from audiences, particularly among teenagers. Such films are ''

Jamai 420 ''Jamai 420'' ( bn, জামাই ৪২০; en, Son-in-law 420) is a Bengali language comedy-drama film directed by Rabi Kinnagi, was assisted by Pathikrit Basu. The film stars an ensemble cast, consisting of Soham Chakraborty, Hiran Chatt ...

'' ( 2015), '' Katmundu '' (2015), '' Jio Pagla '' (2017) and ''

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'' (2018), '' JamaiBadal '' (2019) and '' Thai Curry '' (2019). His other blockbuster film '' Shudhu Tomari Jonya '' ( 2015), along with Dev, remains a highest-grosser and has been screened in

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and

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. In 2015, Chakraborty was appointed the Vice President of

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Television

Soham also anchored a reality show ''Twinkle Twinkle Dancing Star'' launched by makers of Chirodini...Tumi Je Amar, Prem Amar, Challenge and Amanush. He was also the host of Parar Sera Bouthan, replacing

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, which aired on

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. The show was then hosted by

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. Soham has also appeared as a guest on television serial '' Bojhena Se Bojhena''. Chakraborty, in 2019-20 along with

and

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judged the dance reality show Dance Dance Junior by StarJalsha.

Politics

Chakraborty joined

in 2014. Chakraborty was appointed the

state vice president. Chakraborty contested

from

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. Chakraborty was defeated by Sujit Chakraborty of CPI-M by a margin of 616 votes.

Filmography

Web Series

Accolades

In 2022 Chakraborty was awarded ''Mahanayak'' by the chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chakraborty, Soham Living people Bengali male actors Indian male child actors Bengali male television actors Male actors from Kolkata 1984 births