Tathagata Mukherjee (born 15 May 1985) is a

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

-based Indian actor and independent filmmaker. He is best known for his acting in several Bengali

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Early life

Tathagata Mukherjee was born on May 15th, 1985, in Kolkata, India. During his childhood, he did a three years long ''

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'' with a Bengali

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Chapal Bhaduri Chapal Bhaduri is the last living female impersonator in Bengali theatre and perhaps even in Indian theatre. He did female impersonation in Jatra, a form of Bengali folk theatre. In 2010, he starred in a Bengali Film ''Arekti Premer Golpo'' ...

. He went to high school at the

Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School (H.S.) (BRKMAHS; , ) is a senior secondary boys' school in the district North 24 Parganas of West Bengal, India. The school was founded in 1912, and is located at the northern outskirt of K ...

. Later, he studied drama at

Rabindra Bharati University Rabindra Bharati University is a public research university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on May 8, 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore. ...

. He has done professional theatre since 2005.

Career

His career as a film actor began when he was cast in the 2007 movie ''Laal Ronger Duniya''. In 2008, he started his television career as a hero in a daily soap called ''Sada Patay Kalo Daag''. After that, he did many

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and soaps. ''Bou Kotha Kao'' (2009) which became a turning point in his career. He then played lead characters in ''Payer Tolar Mati'', ''Harano Sur'', ''Kon Kanoner Phool'', ''Sokhi'', ''Choukath'' and ''Care Kori Na''. He did cameos in '' Agnipariksha'' and ''Tumi Asbe Bole''.

Television (daily soaps)

* ''Sada Patay Kalo Daag'' as Ayan * ''Rajpoth'' * ''

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'' as Rudro * ''Payer Tolar Mati'' * ''Kon Kanoner Phool'' as Manav * ''Labonyer Sangsar'' * ''Choukath'' * '' Agnipariksha'' (

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) * ''

Care Kori Na ''Care Kori Na'' was an Indian Bengali romantic TV series that was premiered on 16 June 2012 on the channel Star Jalsha. The last episode was aired on 9 March 2013. Farhan Imroze and Madhumita SarKar was an Indian Bengali romantic TV series ...

'' as Ronit * ''

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'' as Akash Majumder * ''Harano Sur'' as Sudipto * ''Raashi'' as Debobrato Bose, alias, Dev. * ''

Mon Niye Kachakachi ''Mon Niye Kachakachi'' was a Bengali language soap opera which premiered on Star Jalsha on 12 January 2015. The show was produced by Mahendra Soni and Shrikant Mohta under their production company Shree Venkatesh Films. It is the remake of the ...

'' as Ranbir Kapoor * '' Tumi Asbe Bole'' (guest appearance) * ''Sadhok bamakhyapa'' as Tarapodo * ''Swapno Uran'' as Arnob * '' Bhakter Bhogobaan Shri Krishna'' as Duryodhon * ''Raadha (TV Series)'' as Rana * ''

Kusum Dola ''Kusum Dola'' was an Indian Bengali television soap opera which aired on Bengali Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and is available on the digital platform Hotstar. It premiered on 22 August 2016, and was telecast daily. It was produced by Mag ...

'' as Kanaiha aka Krishnomoy * ''

Andarmahal ''Andarmahal'' was a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 5 June 2017 and initially aired Monday to Friday at 10:30 PM IST on Zee Bangla. It had been later shifted to the 9:30 pm time slot. The show is produced by Magic Moments Motio ...

'' as Tirthonkar * ''Mayurpankhi'' as Shyam Sundar Ghosh aka Shyam * ''Mohor'' as Ahir Dasgupta * ''Kora Pakhi'' as Deepjoy * ''

Desher Maati ''Desher Maati'' is an Indian Bengali television drama series that premiered on 4 January 2021 on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha, and is also available on the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar. It aired its last episode on 31 O ...

'' as Dodo * '' Guddi'' * ''

Dhulokona ''Dhulokona'' is an Indian Bengali language television series which premiered on Star Jalsha from 19 July 2021 and it is also available on digital platform Disney+ Hotstar. The show is produced under the banner of Magic Moments Motion Picture ...

'' as Ankur Chatterjee

Filmography

Actor

* '' Badshahi Angti'' as Mahabir Seth * ''

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'' as Shibaji * '' Bastav'' as Rik * ''Laal ronger Duniya'' as Himan * ''The Best Seller'' * ''Paan Supari'' as Sunny aka Sandip * ''Parokiya'' as Bivas * ''Sin Sister'' (2020) as Durjoy Mitra

Director

* ''Shuyopoka'' (The Inmate) (2016) * ''Geodesy'' (2017) * ''Jingle bells qwali'' (music video) (2017) * ''Vandemataram'' and ''Kothbiro'' (Music video (2017) * ''Holi bol'' (Music video) (2017) * ''Buno'' (2018) * ''How To Become a Rapist'' (2018) * ''Unicorn (film)'' * ''Kalboishakhi'' (2018, musical) * ''Make a Noise'' (2018, music video) * ''Water Bottle'' (2019, web series) * '' Bhotboti'' (2022) * Memory X * Gopone Mod Chharan * Pariah

References

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