Saswata Chatterjee

Personal life

Saswata Chatterjee was born on 19 December 1970 to Subhendu Chatterjee, a noted Bengali actor. He lives in Kolkata and is married to Mohua Chatterjee, a teacher. They have a daughter together, Hiya Chatterjee. She is making her film debut with Rahool Mukherjee's Mon Maaney Na alongside Ritwik Bhowmik, who is also making his Bengali film debut with this film.

Career

Chatterjee started his career with a Hindi serial directed by Saibal Mitra, based on Samaresh Majumdar's Kaalpurush. and a Hindi serial Krishnakant Ka Vasiyatnama on Doordarshan based on Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay's novel Krishnakanter Will. Later, he acted in a television series directed by Sandip Ray, where he portrayed the character of Topshe, a sidekick of Feluda, the sleuth. After this television debut, his acting skills were appreciated and he gained popularity.

Chatterjee's acting in several Bengali films were critically appreciated. Some of his notable appearances include Tiyasha, C/O Sir, Proloy (2013), Jekhane Bhuter Bhoy, Meghe Dhaka Tara*, Bhooter Bhabishyat, Abar Bomkesh (Chitrachor), Rang Milanti, Byomkesh Bakshi (Adim Ripu), The Bong Connection, Abar Aranye*. He worked in the blockbuster Hindi film, Kahaani (2012) directed by Sujoy Ghosh starring Vidya Balan. In that film, he played the role of a cold-blooded killer named Bob Biswas. His role as Bob became so popular that Chatterjee describes it as:

The character went viral on Facebook and Twitter with thousands of followers. A graphic novel is in the making was also inspired from Bob's character.

Meghe Dhaka Tara was released in 2013, a film inspired by the life and works of Bengali film director Ritwik Ghatak and also depicts the socio-political environment of contemporary West Bengal during the Tebhaga and Naxalite movements. In this movie, he played the lead character as Nilkantha Bagchi.

Filmography

Web series

Television

Awards

• 2021 : West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actor for Chobiyal
• 2019 : Best Actor in a Foreign Language Film at Madrid International Film Festival for Shironam.
• 2014 : Zee Bangla Gaurav Samman - Best Comedian for Bhooter Bhabishyat
• 2012 : Anandalok Award - Best Supporting Actor for Bhooter Bhabishyat
• 2011 : Tele Cine Awards - Best Supporting Actor for Byomkesh Bakshi
• 2011 : Imphal International Short Film Festival 2012 - Best Supporting Actor for ''THE FORLORN'''

References

References

1. (19 December 2018). "Saswata Chatterjee is flooded with birthday wishes". [[The Times of India]].
2. (5 July 2007). "Bengali actor Subhendu Chatterjee dead".
3. (9 June 2011). "A Director's Actor". The Telegraph.
4. Trans World Features. (22 January 2008). "The legend of Feluda".
5. Bose, Adrija. (27 March 2012). "Bob Biswas : I even scared my wife". Firstpost.
6. "Bob Biswas gets even bigger". [[The Times of India]].
7. "Kahaani's Bob Biswas a rage on FB, Twitter".
8. "Addatimes – Watch Original Web Series & Bengali Short Film online".
9. (September 13, 2017). "Byomkesh takes aim". The Telegraph.
10. Taran Adarsh. (23 February 2019). "Soham Chakraborty, Hiraan Chatterjee, Rudranil Ghosh, Saswata Chatterjee, Trina Saha, Bidya Sinha Mim and Rachel White... First look poster of #Bengali film #ThaiCurry... Directed by Ankit Aditya... 1 March 2019 release... Distribution by SSR Cinemas P Ltd. https://t.co/RYtmWcacfe".
11. Ruman Ganguly. (2 September 2020). "Paayel and Saswata set to fly to London for Kamaleswar's film shoot". The Times of India.
12. "Award 2022 - WBFJA: Welcome to the official website of West Bengal Film Journalists' Association".
13. (28 August 2019). "International recognition for Saswata". The Times of India.
14. (29 November 2012). "'Bhooter Bhabishyat' sweeps Anandalok Purashkar". News18.
15. "Award Winners of First IISFF 2012".