Prosenjit Chatterjee


Prosenjit Chatterjee is an Indian film actor and producer who works predominantly in Bengali and Hindi cinema. He is the son of actor Biswajit Chatterjee. He began his acting career as a child actor in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Chotto Jigyasa, for which he won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Most Outstanding Work of the Year Award. Following this he appeared in other films as a child actor. His first leading role came through Bimal Roy's Duti Pata.
Prosenjit's breakthrough role came opposite Vijeta Pandit in Amar Sangi, a highly successful romantic drama directed by Sujit Guha. He made his debut in Hindi cinema with David Dhawan directed Aandhiyan. Apart from appearing in a series of masala films, he started doing middle-of-the-road cinema with Chokher Bali which starred Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in her debut Bengali film and which met with critical and commercial success upon release. He again came back in doing commercial films and in 2006, he again collaborated with Rituparno Ghosh for Dosar and received the Best Actor Award and National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention for his performance in the film.
In 2009, Prosenjit once again collaborated with Ghosh for Shob Charitro Kalponik, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. In 2010, Prosenjit got another breakthrough by portraying the lead character of Arun Chatterjee in debutant Srijit Mukherji's Autograph, for which he was nominated at MIAAC film festival, under the Best Actor category. He portrayed the role of Lalon, a noted spiritual leader, poet and folk singer of Bengal in the 19th century in Goutam Ghose directorial Moner Manush and Anthony Firingee in the National Film Awards winning film, Jaatishwar. He went to earn further recognition and wider appeal for his roles in the romantic thriller Khawto, the drama Praktan, the thriller Traffic, the drama Shankhachil, the crime film Zulfiqar and have committed to star in the Hindi films 3 Dev, alongside Kay Kay Menon, Raima Sen, Karan Singh Grover and Tabeer alongside Neeraj Kabi.
Chatterjee produced the Ghosh scripted the television series Gaaner Oparey, which launched the careers of brothers Arjun Chakraborty and Gaurav Chakraborty and Mimi Chakraborty as well. In 2016, he debuted on the non-fiction category of television with a 97-episode mini-series, titled Mahanayak. Produced by Shree Venkatesh Films and directed by Birsa Dasgupta, the show starred Paoli Dam, Tanushree Chakraborty and Priyanka Sarkar in other pivotal roles and was based on the life of a superstar of 60's era — a life fraught with career highs and personal turbulences.

Personal life

Prosenjit lives in Kolkata with his wife, actress Arpita Pal and their son Trishanjit.
He has had two previous marriages with Debashree Roy and Aparna Guhathakurta. Prosenjit and Aparna have a daughter together, Prerona Chatterjee. In 2015, Prosenjit bought a Cricket Team in Bengal Celebrity League named Purulia Panthers.

Film career

He made his debut as a hero Bimal Roy's Duti Pata, a teenage romance along the lines of Bobby. Amar Sangi opposite Vijayeta Pandit, Apon Amaar Apon directed by Tarun Majumdar and Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Ami, Yasin Ar Amar Madhubala are three important films of his career. The song "Chirodini Tumi Je Amar" from Amar Sangi became a cult hit. Satabdi Roy has acted with him in more than 50 films. He has done 35 films with Rachana Banerjee, 50 with Rituparna Sengupta, around 16 with Indrani Haldar and four with his wife Arpita Pal. Prosenjit debuted in Bollywood in 1990 with the David Dhawan directed Aandhiyan where he played the role of Mumtaz's son. After working in commercial films, Chatterjee started debuted in Parallel Cinema with Rituparno Ghosh's Chokher Bali and since then have appeared in numerous art films, including Dosar, Jaatishwar, Shankhachil, Shob Charitro Kalponik. Chatterjee returned to Hindi cinema by playing the role of lead protagonist in Mehul Kumar directed Meet Mere Man Ke alongside Ayesha Jhulka, Feroz Khan and Salma Agha. His other Bollywood films are Sone Ki Zanjeer, Veerta, Shanghai and more recently Traffic which received critical acclaim upon release. One of the most important works of Prosenjit is as Arun Chatterjee in Srijit Mukherji's Autograph. His first ever produced film Bapi Bari Jaa was released on 7 December 2012.

Awards and honours

Award nameYearCategoryMovieResultNotes
BFJA Award1969Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Most Outstanding Work of the Year AwardChotto Jigyasa
Kalakar Awards1993Best Upcoming DirectorPurushottom
BFJA Award1999Best ActorTumi Ele Tai
Anandalok Awards1999Best ActorRanokhetro
Kalakar Awards1999Best ActorRanokhetro
BFJA Award2000Best ActorAshray
Kalakar Awards2001Best ActorSasurbari Zindabad
BFJA Award2001Best ActorUtsav
BFJA Award2003Best ActorChokher Bali
Sangeet Cine Award2003Best ActorChokher Bali
Kalakar Awards2005Best ActorSurya
BFJA Award2006Best ActorDosar
Anandalok Awards2006Best ActorDosar
National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention 2007Best ActorDosar
Kalakar Awards2008Best ActorBandhu
Star Jalsha Entertainment Award2010Best ActorHouseful
ABP Ananda2011Sera Bangali
Big Bangla Movie awards2011Best ActorAutograph
Zee Banglar Gourab Awards 20112011Best ActorAutograph
Anandalok Awards2011Best ActorMoner Manush
Swarna Samman from Senco Gold2011Contributions to the Bengali film industry
Zee Banglar Gourab Awards 20122012Best Actor Critic's ChoiceBaishe Srabon
International Bangla Film Critic Award 2012Best ActorBaishe Srabon
Stardust Awards2013Best Supporting ActorShanghai
Mirchi Music Awards Bangla2013Surochitrak Prosenjit
Mohanayak Somman by Government of West Bengal2013Mohanayak Somman
Zee Bangla Sonar Songsar2014Best AnchorTumi Je Aamar
Filmfare Awards East2014Special Award
24 Ghanta2015Ananya Samman
Zee Cine Awards2016Best Actor
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali2016Best Bengali FilmShankhachil
Zee Cine Awards2017Best ActorShankhachil
WBFJA Award2017Best Actor in a Leading RoleKhawto
Filmfare Awards East2017Best ActorShankhachil
Mohanayak Somman2017Best ActorZulfiqar
Zee Cine Awards2018Best ActorYeti Obhijaan
WBFJA Award2018Best Actor in a Leading RoleMayurakshi
Mohanayak Somman2018Best ActorMayurakshi
Filmfare Awards East2018Best ActorMayurakshi
Banga Bibhushan by Government of West Bengal2018
Tele Cine Awards2018Best ActorMayurakshi
WBFJA Award2019Most Popular ActorKishore Kumar Junior
Kalakar Awards2019King of TollywoodKishore Kumar Junior
BBFA2019Best ActorJyesthoputro
Dadasaheb Phalke Film Festival2020Best ActorThe Prologue
Films and Frames Digital Film Awards2020Best Actor Critics ChoiceGumnaami

Filmography

Television presenter