Arjun Chakrabarty

Arjun Chakrabarty[1] is an Indian Bengali film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Gora in the Bengali musical television series Gaaner Oparey that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011.[2] Chakrabarty is also known for acting in the Bengali drama-romance-comedy television series Jamai Raja (2017-2018), where he played the lead role Ishan Chatterjee.[3] He hails from a family which has had a legacy of association with the Bengali cultural arena, starting from Jochhon Dastidar and Chandra Dastidar (his paternal great uncle and aunt), Bijon Bhattacharya (his paternal great uncle), Jagdish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monika Chakrabarty (his paternal grandparents) and his parents Sabyasachi Chakrabarty & Mithu Chakrabarty. He debuted on the big screen Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha's Bapi Bari Jaa in 2012.

Arjun Chakrabarty
Arjun Chakrabarty
Born (1990-03-05) 5 March 1990
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Other namesRishi
Alma materAssembly of God Church School, Park Street
St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
OccupationActor
Years active2010-present
Known forRole Gora in Gaaner Oparey
Role Ishan Chatterjee in Jamai Raja
Notable workChirodini Tumi Je Amar 2
Pink
One
Maacher Jhol
Guptodhoner Sandhane
Byomkesh Gotro
Durgeshgorer Guptodhon
Avijatrik
X=Prem
Karnasubarner Guptodhon
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
SpouseSreeja Sen (m.10 March 2016-present)
ChildrenAvantika
Parent(s)Sabyasachi Chakrabarty (father)
Mithu Chakrabarty (mother)
RelativesJagdish Chandra Chakrabarty (grandfather)
Monika Chakrabarty (grandmother)
Gaurav Chakrabarty (brother)
Ridhima Ghosh (sister-in-law)

Calcutta Times voted him as one of the 10 Most Desirable Men in 2015.[4]

Education

Chakrabarty had his schooling at the Assembly of God Church School in Kolkata. He subsequently earned a degree in Mass Communication and Videography from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.

Personal life

Arjun was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India on 5 March 1990.[5] His upbringing was in Kolkata. His brother is actor Gaurav Chakrabarty. He has had a relationship with his school friend Sreeja Sen. He got married to Sreeja on 10 March 2016.[6] However Sreeja is engaged to Arjun on 6 June 2017. He has a female child named Avantika. Avantika was born on 15 February 2018.[7]

Career

Arjun debuted on television, along with his elder brother Gaurav Chakrabarty, in the Star Jalsha megaserial Gaaner Oparey.[8][9] Chakrabarty's character Gora was the official male lead. His acting as Gora was well-received by audience and appreciated by critics. He gained popularity through this character. However Chakrabarty began his journey in the entertainment world at a young age, working as a child actor Satyajiter Priyo Golpo on DD Bangla in 2000.

Arjun made his silver screen debut with the film Bapi Bari Jaa, a romantic-comedy directed by Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha that released in December 2012.

Chakrabarty was back on television through Jamai Raja on Zee Bangla in 2017.[10] His character Ishan Chatterjee was hugely popular among audience due to his portrayal.[11]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleDirectorNotesCo-star
2012 Bapi Bari Jaa Bapi Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha Debut film Mimi Chakraborty
2014 Jodi Love Dile Na Prane Mainak Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha Abir Chatterjee & Tridha Choudhury
2014 Chirodini Tumi Je Amar 2 Bhanu Sardar Soumik Chatterjee Remake of 2012 Tamil film Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Urmila Mahanta
2014 Bonku Babu Agni Anindya Bikash Datta Arunima Ghosh
2014 Janla Diye Bou Palalo Upagupta Aniket Chatterjee Amrita Chattopadhyay
2014 Kokhon Tomar Asbe Telephone Jeet Arindam Dey Sneha
2015 Asche Bochor Abar Hobe Arya Susanta Das Rittika Sen
2015 Auto No. 9696 Kallol Das aka Kelo Aritra Mukherjee Amrita Chattopadhyay
2015 Bawal Jishu Biswarup Biswas Ritabhari Chakraborty
2016 Pink Ritwik Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury Guest appearance; debut in Hindi film Amitabh Bacchan
2017 One IPS Officer Abhijeet Birsa Dasgupta Remake of 2015 Tamil film Thani Oruvan Yash Dasgupta
2017 Maacher Jhol Palash Pratim D. Gupta Ritwick Chakraborty
2017 Kichu Na Bola Kotha Anuvab Sayan Basu Chowdhury Mishmi Das
2018 Rongberonger Korhi Mithun Ranjan Ghosh Arunima Ghosh
2018 Guptodhoner Sandhane Abir Dhrubo Banerjee First film of Guptodhon series Abir Chatterjee & Ishaa Saha
2018 Crisscross Archi Birsa Dasgupta Based on Smaranjit Chakraborty's best seller Crisscross Mimi Chakraborty, Ridhima Ghosh & Gaurav Chakrabarty
2018 Byomkesh Gotro Satyakam Das[12][13] Arindam Sil Based on the Byomkesh Bakshi story Rakter Daag written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay Abir Chatterjee
2019 Finally Bhalobasha Vivek Anjan Dutt Arindam Sil & Raima Sen
2019 Durgeshgorer Guptodhon Abir Dhrubo Banerjee A sequel to Guptodhoner Sandhane and the second film of the series Abir Chatterjee & Ishaa Saha
2019 Sakkhi N/A Sayoni Ghosh
2019 Tushagni IPS Officer Sudip Chakraborty Rana Banerjee Amrita Chattopadhyay
2020 Awaasan Satyawan Shukla Rajat Kumar Chaturvedi Kuljinder Singh Sidhu
2020 Love Aaj Kal Porshu Avik Pratim D. Gupta Madhumita Sarcar
2020 Saheber Cutlet Ronojoy Ray Choudhury Anjan Dutt Anjan Dutt
2021 Avijatrik Apu Subhrajit Mitra Based on the novel Aparajito written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Sabyasachi Chakrabarty & Ditipriya Roy
2022 X=Prem Arnab Srijit Mukherjee Madhurima Basak
2022 Karnasubarner Guptodhon Abir Dhrubo Banerjee A sequel to Durgeshgorer Guptodhon and the third film of the series Abir Chatterjee & Ishaa Saha
2022 Khela Jawkhon Sagnik Chowdhury Arindam Sil Mimi Chakraborty
2023 Mitthye Premer Gaan Aditya Paroma Neotia Anirban Bhattacharya & Ishaa Saha
Upcoming Kabaddi Kabaddi TBA Kaushik Ganguly Ritwick Chakraborty & Sohini Sarkar
Upcoming Devi Chowdhurani Rangaraj Subhrajit Mitra Based on the novel Devi Chaudhurani written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Srabanti Chatterjee & Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
Upcoming Prantik Prantik Aritra Sen Parambrata Chatterjee & Ridhima Ghosh
Upcoming Kath Badamer Gandho Neel Chowdhury Arindam Sil Sauraseni Maitra
Upcoming Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei Koushik Srijit Mukherjee

Television
YearTitleRoleChannelNotesCo-star
2000Satyajiter Priyo Golpo (Tollywood-e Tarininkhuro)Sunanda (Child actor)DD BanglaTelefilm; first appearance on TelevisionSubhendu Chatterjee
2010-11Gaaner Oparey[14]Gora (Lead role)Star JalshaTV seriesMimi Chakraborty[15] & Gaurav Chakrabarty
2015ProfessionalRaghunath Kamat (Lead role)Zee Bangla CinemaTelefilmMalobika Banerjee
2015Byomkesh (Shojarur Kanta)Debashish Bhatta (Episodic appearance)Colors BanglaTV series; based on the Bengali sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu BandyopadhyayGaurav Chakrabarty & Amrita Chattopadhyay
2016Akash ChoanKaushik (Lead role)Zee Bangla CinemaTelefilm; based on Pracheta Gupta's short story NadiRidhima Ghosh
2016Sei MeyetaChirojit Sengupta (Lead role-Male)Zee Bangla CinemaTelefilmGeetashree Roy
2017-18Jamai Raja[16]Ishan Chatterjee (Lead role)Zee BanglaTV series; remake of 2014-17 Hindi TV series Jamai RajaShreema Bhattacharjee
2023-2024Anurager Chhowa[17]Dr. Arjun Chakrabarty (Supporting role)Star JalshaTV series; remake of 2014-19 Malayam TV series KaruthamuthuSwastika Ghosh

Short films & web series
YearTitleDirectorPlatformFormatRoleCo-StarNotes
2015DebiAniruddha Roy ChowdhuryYouTubeShort FilmAnikMonali Thakur & Ananya Chatterjee
2017FlamesAnirban GuhaShort FilmBapiDarshana Banik
2017The Hungry StonesSayantan MaitraShort FilmNeelMadhurima Basak
2019The NightwatchmanRaja MukherjeeHoichoiWeb SeriesNishithKaushik Sen
2019Satyameva JayateArindam SilZEE5Web Original FilmOC Anindya SarbadhikariSauraseni Maitra
2020Bonyo Premer Golpo 2Sani Ghoshe RayHoichoiWeb SeriesKanishka RakshitTanusree Chakraborty
2021Murder in the HillsAnjan DuttHoichoiWeb SeriesAmitava BanerjeeSandipta Sen, Anindita Bose, Anjan Dutt, Rajdeep Gupta & Suprobhat DasLoosely based on the storyline of famous detective novel Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
2021Byomkesh (S7)Soumik HalderHoichoiWeb SeriesHimanshu ChowdhuryAnirban Bhattacharya, Ridhima Ghosh & Ushasi RayBased on Bengali sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
2022MuktiRohan GhoseZEE5Web SeriesDibakar BandyopadhyayRitwick Chakraborty
2022Mahabharat MurdersSoumik HalderHoichoiWeb SeriesSiddharth SinghaPriyanka Sarkar, Saswata Chatterjee & Kaushik SenBased on The Mahabharata Murders written by Arnab Ray
2022Murder by the SeaAnjan DuttHoichoiWeb SeriesArjun RoyAnanya Chatterjee, Payel Sarkar & Anjan DuttSequel to Murder in the Hills
2023Homestay MurdersSayantan GhosalHoichoiWeb SeriesAnimeshSohini Sarkar, Sourav Das & Parno Mittra
2023Rajneeti[18]Sourav ChakrabortyHoichoiWeb SeriesSounak SenDitipriya Roy & Kaushik Ganguly
2024Abar RajneetiSourav ChakrabortyHoichoiWeb SeriesSounak SenDitipriya RoySequel to Rajneeti

Theatre
YearTitleRoleDirector
2013Ekhon TokhonArindam Ganguly
2014Dudh Kheyeche MaoArindam Ganguly

Music video
YearTitleDirectorPlatformCo-star
2020Majhe Majhe Tobo[19]Dhrubo BanerjeeYouTubeDarshana Banik
2021Amar ChalakiSudipto RoyYouTubeMadhumita Sarcar
2023Yarir GaanBaba YadavYouTubeAnirban Bhattacharya & Priyanka Sarkar

TVCs
YearBrandDirectorCo-star
2017Fortune FoodsKheya Chattopadhyay
2017JSW Cement
2017Big BazaarAniruddha Roy ChowdhurySauraseni Maitra & Amrita Chattopadhyay
2017AmazonShreema Bhattacharjee
2018MyntraIndranil RoychowdhurySabyasachi Chakrabarty, Mithun Chakrabarty, Gaurav Chakrabarty & Ridhima Ghosh
2020Khadim India
2021Subham's Parivaar RiceMithu Chakrabarty
2024Wild StoneGaurav Chakrabarty

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryFilm/TV ShowResult
2011Star Jalsha Parivaar AwardsAgami Diner StarGaaner OpareyWon
TelesommanBest Male DebutantGaaner OpareyWon
Big Bangla Rising Star AwardsBest Rising Star (Male)Gaaner OpareyWon
20172nd Bengal International Short Film FestivalBest ActorFlamesWon
2018Zee Banglar Sonar Songsar 2018Sera JamaiJamai RajaWon
Hyderabad Telengana Bengali Film FestivalBest Supporting RoleByomkesh GotroWon
2019West Bengal Film Journalists' Association AwardsBest Actor in a Negative RoleByomkesh GotroWon
Bharat Bangladesh Film AwardsBest Actor in a Supporting RoleByomkesh GotroWon
2020Hoichoi AwardsCouple of the YearLove Aaj Kal PorshuWon
2021Hoichoi AwardsBest Supporting Actor MaleMurder in the HillsWon
Hoichoi AwardsBest Supporting Actor MaleByomkesh (S7)Won
Films and Frames Digital Film AwardsBest Supporting Actor Male (OTT)Murder in the HillsNominated
2022West Bengal Film Journalists' Association AwardsBest Actor in a Leading Role (Male)AvijatrikNominated
Filmfare Awards EastCritics' Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)AvijatrikWon
2023West Bengal Film Journalists' Association AwardsBest Actor MaleX=PremNominated
Filmfare Awards EastBest Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)X=PremNominated
TV9 Bangla Ghorer Bioscope Awards[20]Best Supporting Actor-Web SeriesMurder by the SeaNominated
2024Star Jalsha Parivaar AwardsPriyo TrendsetterAnurager ChhowaWon
Marketing and Advertising AwardsRising Star Of The Year (Male)-Gold WinnerWon

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