Arjun Chakrabarty

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Arjun Chakrabarty
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Arjun in 2021
Born (1990-03-05) 5 March 1990 (age 35)
Other namesRishi
Alma mater Assembly 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 work See Full List
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Spouse
Sreeja Sen
(m. 2016)
ChildrenAvantika
Parent(s) Sabyasachi Chakrabarty (father)
Mithu Chakrabarty (mother)
RelativesJagdish Chandra Chakrabarty (grandfather)
Monika Chakrabarty (grandmother)
Gaurav Chakrabarty (brother)
Ridhima Ghosh (sister-in-law)

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 and Mithu Chakrabarty. He debuted on the big screen with Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha's Bapi Bari Jaa in 2012.

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Calcutta Times voted him as one of the 10 Most Desirable Men in 2015, 2019 and 2020. [4] [5]

Education

Chakrabarty did his schooling from 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

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Arjun with his wife Sreeja in 2025

Arjun was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India on 5 March 1990 [6] and was also raised there. His brother is actor Gaurav Chakrabarty. He married his long-term girlfriend, Sreeja Sen, on 10 March 2016. [7] However, Sreeja got engaged to Arjun on 6 June 2017. The couple's daughter Avantika was born on 15 February 2018. [8]

Career

Arjun Chakrabarty debuted on television, along with his elder brother Gaurav Chakrabarty, in the Star Jalsha megaserial Gaaner Oparey . [9] His character, Gora, was the official male lead. His portrayal was well received by both audiences and critics', earning him wide popularity. However, Chakrabarty had begun his journey in the entertainment industry much earlier, as a child actor in Satyajiter Priyo Golpo on DD Bangla in 2000.

He made his silver screen debut with the romantic comedy Bapi Bari Jaa, directed by Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha, which was released in December 2012.

Chakrabarty returned to television in 2017 with Jamai Raja on Zee Bangla. [10] His character, Ishan Chatterjee, became hugely popular among audiences for his convincing portrayal. [11]

At the beginning of his film career, most of his appearances did not achieve significant critical or commercial success, with the exception of Chirodini Tumi Je Amar 2 (2014). He gained prominence in 2018 with his role as Abir in Guptodhoner Sandhane , directed by Dhrubo Banerjee. The same year, he portrayed Satyakam in Arindam Sil's Byomkesh Gotro , a performance that received positive reviews. [12] [13] His recurring role as Abir in the Guptodhon film series further established his position in mainstream Bengali cinema.

Chakrabarty later played Apu in Avijatrik , a reinterpretation of the iconic character. [14] His performance was widely praised, although the film achieved only moderate commercial success.

Besides, he debuted on the OTT platform with the Hoichoi web series The Nightwatchman. After that, he worked in several other web series.

Notable works

This list includes films that have received critical acclaim and commercial success.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleDirectorNotesCo-star
2012 Bapi Bari Jaa Bapi Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha Debut film Mimi Chakraborty
2014Jodi Love Dile Na PraneMainak Abir Chatterjee & Tridha Choudhury
2014 Chirodini Tumi Je Amar 2 Bhanu SardarSoumik ChatterjeeRemake of 2012 Tamil film Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Urmila Mahanta
2014 Bonku Babu AgniAnindya Bikash Datta Arunima Ghosh
2014Janla Diye Bou PalaloUpaguptaAniket Chatterjee Amrita Chattopadhyay
2024Kokhon Tomar Asbe TelephoneJeetArindam DeySneha
2015Asche Bochor Abar HobeAryaSusanta Das Rittika Sen
2015Auto No. 9696Kallol Das aka KeloAritra Mukherjee Amrita Chattopadhyay
2015 Bawal JishuBiswarup 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
2017Kichu Na Bola KothaAnuvabSayan Basu ChowdhuryMishmi Das
2018 Rongberonger Korhi MithunRanjan Ghosh Arunima Ghosh
2018 Guptodhoner Sandhane AbirDhrubo BanerjeeFirst film of the Guptodhon series Abir Chatterjee & Ishaa Saha
2018 Crisscross Archi Birsa Dasgupta Based on Crisscross written by Smaranjit Chakraborty Mimi Chakraborty, Ridhima Ghosh & Gaurav Chakrabarty
2018 Byomkesh Gotro Satyakam Das [15] [16] 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 AbirDhrubo BanerjeeA sequel to Guptodhoner Sandhane and the second film of the series Abir Chatterjee & Ishaa Saha
2019SakkhiN/A Sayoni Ghosh
2019TushagniIPS Officer Sudip ChakrabortyRana Banerjee Amrita Chattopadhyay
2020AwaasanSatyawan ShuklaRajat Kumar Chaturvedi Kuljinder Singh Sidhu
2020 Love Aaj Kal Porshu Avik Pratim D. Gupta Madhumita Sarcar
2020Saheber CutletRonojoy 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 AbirDhrubo BanerjeeA sequel to Durgeshgorer Guptodhon and the third film of the series Abir Chatterjee & Ishaa Saha
2022Khela JawkhonSagnik Chowdhury Arindam Sil Mimi Chakraborty
2023 Mitthye Premer Gaan AdityaParoma Neotia Anirban Bhattacharya & Ishaa Saha
20245 No Swapnomoy LaneSupratim Dutta Manasi Sinha Annwesha Hazra
2025 Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei Koushik [17] Srijit Mukherjee An adaptation of 1986 Hindi film Ek Ruka Hua Faisla Parambrata Chatterjee & Kaushik Ganguly
Upcoming Devi Chowdhurani Rangaraj Subhrajit Mitra Based Devi Chaudhurani written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Srabanti Chatterjee & Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
UpcomingKabaddi KabaddiTBA Kaushik Ganguly Ritwick Chakraborty & Sohini Sarkar
UpcomingPrantikPrantikAritra Sen Parambrata Chatterjee & Ridhima Ghosh
UpcomingKath Badamer GandhoNeel Chowdhury Arindam Sil
UpcomingSaptadingar GuptodhonAbirDhrubo Banerjee Abir Chatterjee & Ishaa Saha

Television

YearTitleRoleChannelNotesCo-star
2000Satyajiter Priyo Golpo (Tollywood-e Tarininkhuro)Sunanda (Child actor) DD Bangla Telefilm; first appearance on Television Subhendu Chatterjee
2010-11 Gaaner Oparey [18] Gora (Lead role) Star Jalsha TV series Mimi Chakraborty [19] & Gaurav Chakrabarty
2015ProfessionalRaghunath Kamat (Lead role) Zee Bangla Cinema TelefilmMalobika Banerjee
2015 Byomkesh (Shojarur Kanta)Debashish Bhatta (Episodic appearance) Colors Bangla TV series; based on the Bengali sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay Gaurav Chakrabarty & Amrita Chattopadhyay
2016 Akash Choan Kaushik (Lead role) Zee Bangla Cinema Telefilm; based on Nadi written by Pracheta Gupta Ridhima Ghosh [20]
2016Sei MeyetaChirojit Sengupta (Lead role-Male) Zee Bangla Cinema TelefilmGeetashree Roy
2017-18 Jamai Raja [21] Ishan Chatterjee (Lead role) Zee Bangla TV series; remake of 2014-17 Hindi TV series Jamai Raja Shreema Bhattacherjee
2023-2024 Anurager Chhowa [22] Dr. Arjun Chakrabarty (Supporting role) Star Jalsha TV series; remake of 2014-19 Malayam TV series Karuthamuthu Swastika Ghosh
2025-present Noyontara Dr. Surjo Sengupta (Lead role-Male) [23] Colors TV TV series; Debut on Hindi serial & remake of 2019-20 Bengali TV series Trinayani [24] Shruti Bhist

Short films and web series

YearTitleDirectorPlatformFormatRoleCo-StarNotes
2015Debi Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury YouTube Short FilmAnik Monali Thakur & Ananya Chatterjee
2017FlamesAnirban GuhaShort FilmBapi Darshana Banik
2017The Hungry StonesSayantan MaitraShort FilmNeelMadhurima Basak
2019The NightwatchmanRaja MukherjeeHoichoiWeb SeriesNishith Kaushik Sen
2019Satyameva Jayate Arindam Sil ZEE5 Web Original FilmOC Anindya Sarbadhikari
2020Bonyo Premer Golpo 2Sani Ghoshe RayHoichoiWeb SeriesKanishka Rakshit Tanusree Chakraborty
2021 Murder in the Hills Anjan Dutt HoichoiWeb SeriesAmitava Banerjee Sandipta 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
2021 Byomkesh (S7)Soumik HalderHoichoiWeb SeriesHimanshu Chowdhury Anirban Bhattacharya, Ridhima Ghosh & Ushasi Ray Based on Bengali sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
2022 Mukti Rohan Ghose ZEE5 Web SeriesDibakar Bandyopadhyay Ritwick Chakraborty
2022 Mahabharat Murders Soumik HalderHoichoiWeb SeriesSiddharth Singha Priyanka Sarkar, Saswata Chatterjee & Kaushik Sen Based on The Mahabharata Murders written by Arnab Ray
2022Murder by the Sea Anjan Dutt HoichoiWeb SeriesArjun Roy Ananya Chatterjee, Payel Sarkar & Anjan Dutt Sequel to Murder in the Hills
2023Homestay Murders Sayantan Ghosal HoichoiWeb SeriesAnimesh Sohini Sarkar, Sourav Das & Parno Mittra
2023Rajneeti [25] Sourav ChakrabortyHoichoiWeb SeriesSounak Sen Ditipriya Roy & Kaushik Ganguly
2024Abar RajneetiSourav ChakrabortyHoichoiWeb SeriesSounak Sen Ditipriya Roy Sequel to Rajneeti
2024Shaheb Bibi Joker Arindam Sil FridaayWeb SeriesPurnendu Choudhury Arunima Ghosh & Kaushik Sen
2024Bondhu Chol Sayantan Ghosal HoichoiHoichoiMini'sHimself Anirban Bhattacharya & Priyanka Sarkar
2025Swadkahon (Ei Toh Jibon)Sayantan DharaHoichoiHoichoiMini'sJibon
2025Tomake Bujhina PriyoArijeet Toton Chakrabarty Addatimes Web SeriesRik DuttaDebchandrima Singha Roy
UpcomingIt's never too lateSayantan MukhopadhyayFridaayWeb Original FilmGobinda Gop aka Gogo Arunima Ghosh

Theatre

YearTitleRoleDirector
2013Ekhon TokhonArindam Ganguly
2014Dudh Kheyeche MaoArindam Ganguly

Music video

YearTitleDirectorPlatformCo-star
2020Majhe Majhe Tobo [26] Dhrubo Banerjee YouTube Darshana Banik
2021Amar ChalakiSudipto Roy YouTube Madhumita Sarcar

TVCs

YearBrandDirectorCo-star
2015Big BazaarSujay Shetty Tridha Choudhury
2017Fortune FoodsKheya Chattopadhyay
2017JSW Cement
2017Big Bazaar Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury Sauraseni Maitra & Amrita Chattopadhyay
2017 Amazon Shreema Bhattacherjee
2018 Myntra Indranil Roychowdhury Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Mithun Chakrabarty, Gaurav Chakrabarty & Ridhima Ghosh
2020Khadim India
2021Subham's Parivaar Rice Mithu Chakrabarty
2023McDowell's Soda (Yarir Gaan) Baba Yadav Anirban Bhattacharya & Priyanka Sarkar
2023Berger PaintsDhrubo Banerjee Paran Bandopadhyay
2024Wild Stone Gaurav Chakrabarty
2025Bosky Interior Ishaa Saha

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryFilm/TV ShowResult
2011Star Jalsha Parivaar AwardsAgami Diner Star Gaaner Oparey Won
TelesommanBest Male Debutant Gaaner Oparey Won
Big Bangla Rising Star AwardsBest Rising Star (Male) Gaaner Oparey Won
20172nd Bengal International Short Film FestivalBest Actor (Male)FlamesWon
2018Zee Banglar Sonar Songsar 2018Sera Jamai Jamai Raja Won
Hyderabad Telangana Bengali Film FestivalBest Supporting Role Byomkesh Gotro Won
2019 West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Best Actor in a Negative Role Byomkesh Gotro Won
West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Guptodhoner Sandhane Nominated
Bharat Bangladesh Film AwardsBest Actor In A Supporting Role Byomkesh Gotro Won
2020Hoichoi AwardsCouple of the Year Love Aaj Kal Porshu Won
2021Hoichoi AwardsBest Supporting Actor Male Murder in the Hills Won
Hoichoi AwardsBest Supporting Actor Male Byomkesh (S7)Won
Films and Frames Digital Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Male (OTT) Murder in the Hills Nominated
2022 West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role Avijatrik Nominated
Filmfare Awards East Critics' Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) Avijatrik Won
2023 West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role X=Prem Nominated
Filmfare Awards East Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) X=Prem Nominated
TV9 Bangla Ghorer Bioscope Awards [27] Best Supporting Actor-Web SeriesMurder by the SeaNominated
2024Star Jalsha Parivaar AwardsPriyo Trendsetter Anurager Chhowa Won
Marketing and Advertising AwardsRising Star Of The Year (Male)-Gold WinnerWon
NABC and International Bengali Entertainment Awards 2024Most Versatile Young Actor - (OTT & Movies)Abar RajneetiWon
2025Joy Filmfare Glamour & Style awards West Bengal 2025 [28] Hotstepper Of The Year (Male)Won

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