Anirban Chakrabarti

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Anirban Chakrabarti
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Known forEken Babu, Jatayu
Notable work

Anirban Chakrabarti is an Indian Bengali film actor best known for portrayal of the character of Ekenbabu in a film franchise and separate web series under the same name. [1] He has acted in several other thriller films including Kakababur Protyaborton (2022), Khadaan and Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale (2024). [2]

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He has played the character of Jatayu in a web series directed by Srijit Mukherji and also acted in the internationally multiple award winner film Once Upon a Time in Calcutta directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta. [3] [4] He is popular for his portrayal of the role of "Ekenbabu" in the films The Eken (2022) and The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan (2023).

Career

In 2021 Chakrabarti acted in the internationally multiple award winner film Once Upon a Time in Calcutta . Between 2018–2021 Chakrabarti played the lead character Ekenbabu in the Eken Babu web series . His portrayal of the character received positive reception. He also acted in another web series Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni (2021). After the success of Ekenbabu web-series, a film titled The Eken was released in 2022, in which he played the role of Ekenbabu. [5] [6] [7] [8] Following its success, he reprised his role of Ekenbabu in The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan (2023), which also became a box-office success. [9] [10] In 2023, he also played the lead negative role in Pradhan . [11] In 2024, he acted in a number of films including Shastri and Khadaan , among which the latter went on to become on the highest grossing Bengali films of all time.

Filmography

Films

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleDirectorRef.
2021 Mukhosh Adrish Burman Birsa Dasgupta [12]
FIR Inspector Paritosh Bairagi Joydip Mukherjee [13]
Once Upon a Time in Calcutta Pradipta Aditya Vikram Sengupta [14]
2022 Kakababur Protyaborton Amal De Srijit Mukherji [15]
The Eken Ekenbabu Joydip Mukherjee [16]
Bhotbhoti Tathagata Mukherjee [17]
Kolkata Chalantika Shibaji Pavel [18]
2023Jai Kali Kalkattawali Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha [19]
The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan Ekenbabu Joydip Mukherjee [20]
Cheeni 2 Mainak Bhaumik [21]
Pradhan Jatileshwar MukherjeeAvijit Sen [11]
2024 Shastri DipuPathikrit Basu [22]
Khadaan Balai MandiSoojit Dutta [23]
Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale Naseer Pratim D. Gupta [24]
2025Oporichito Inspector Avik Dutta Joydip Mukherjee [25]
Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei † Srijit Mukherjee [26]
Chandrabindoo† Raja Chanda [27]
Santa†Anshuman Pratyush [27]
The Eken Part 3† Ekenbabu Joydip Mukherjee

Web series

YearFilmRoleDirectorRef.
2018–2025 Eken Babu web series (Season 1–8) Ekenbabu Anirban Mallik, Anupam Hari, Abhijit Chowdhury, Joydip Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee
2019Water Bottle Joydip Mukherjee
2020Lalbazaar Sayantan Ghosal
Feluda Pherot (Season 1) Jatayu Srijit Mukherji
2021Maradonar Juto Mainak Bhaumik
Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni OC Tapan Sikder Srijit Mukherji
2022 Byadh BishuAbhirup Ghosh
Shob Choritro Abinash MitraDebasish Sen Sharma
Feludar Goyendagiri (Season 1) Jatayu Srijit Mukherji
2023DugdugiJoydeep Mukherjee
2024Feludar Goyendagiri (Season 2) Jatayu Srijit Mukherji
FascoSujit Bose Anjana Basu

Awards

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