Indraneil Sengupta

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Indraneil Sengupta
Indraneil Sengupta at the Press Meet, during the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2012) in Panaji, Goa.jpg
Sengupta in 2012
Born (1974-09-08) 8 September 1974 (age 51)
Ahmedabad, India
Alma mater Scottish Church College University of London
Occupation(s) Model, actor
Years active2004–present
Known for Kahaani, Arundhati, Mishawr Rawhoshyo
Spouse
(m. 2008;div. 2022)
Children1

Indraniel Sengupta is an Indian actor and model who works in Hindi and Bengali films and television. [1]

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Early life

Sengupta was born on 8 September 1974 in Assam, India, to a Bengali Hindu family. He completed his education from Scottish Church College in Kolkata, India and then attended the University of London. [2] Later, he started his career as a Model.

Career

Sengupta was a finalist of the 1999 Gladrags Manhunt Contest in which John Abraham was the winner. He modelled for designer Rohit Bal and worked for choreographers Marc Robinson and Achala Sachdev. He also appeared in commercials for the Tata Indigo Marina car, VIP Frenchie and Aquafina.

Later, he transitioned into music videos, including those for Falguni Pathak's "Pal pal tere yaad sataye" and Jagjit Singh; one for the south Indian singer Yesudas's Hindi album; and a remix of the old film song "Koi diya jale kahin (rum pum bum)", sung by Asha Bhosle from the movie Bees Saal Baad . He also appeared in a television show on Star Plus, Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam . [3]

In 2004, he starred in the film Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart which also starred Aftab Shivdasani, Shriya Saran and Anupam Kher. He was to act in the movie Dus but the project got shelved.

In 2008, he played the negative role of Mohan Kanta, a British Indian army man who betrays his revolting pro-independence military regiment in the horror film 1920, written and directed by Vikram Bhatt. He also starred as Tushar in the Zee TV serial Banoo Main Teri Dulhan. [3]

He appeared with his wife in Nach Baliye 3 as a late entrant.

He starred in Bollywood movies Mumbai Salsa and Kahaani . [3] He also appeared in few Bengali films. In 2008, he starred in Janala , also starring Swastika Mukherjee and directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta.

At the beginning of 2009, he starred opposite Indrani Haldar in Angshumaner Chhobi , which was directed by first-time filmmaker, Atanu Ghosh. The film was the only Bengali entry in the competitive section of the Indian Panorama in Goa. In late 2009, he starred as a bisexual lover in Kaushik Ganguly's Arekti Premer Golpo . His love interest in this film is director Rituparno Ghosh, and this was Rituparno's first movie as an actor. [3]

In 2010, he did his first commercial Bengali film, Jodi Ekdin, directed by Riingo. Indraneil received the Anandalok Fresh Face of the Year (male) award in 2009 for Anshumaner Chobi.

Indraneil starred as a young aspiring director in the Bengali movie Autograph with Prasenjit Chatterjee and Nandana Sen. The movie is a tribute to both Satyajit Ray and to Uttam Kumar as it is on the lines of the film Nayak .

In 2012, he acted in the Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury-directed Bengali movie Aparajita Tumi , in which he played a young Bangladeshi professor. He played the role of a criminal in the Hindi film Kahaani , directed by Sujoy Ghosh in the same year. In 2012 he also played a role in a Bangladeshi movie, Chorabali .

He also starred in Goyenda Gogol , which was released in 2013. He also starred in Teen Patti, a Bengali film directed by Jenny Sarkar and Dipayan Mandal.

He is selected by Sandip Ray to play the Bengali sleuth Feluda in Hatyapuri (2022), which is the second reboot of Feluda film franchise and a loose sequel of the first reboot film Badshahi Angti (2014). Also, he appeared as Feluda in the sequel Nayan Rahasya (2024).

Personal life

On 1 March 2008, Sengupta married Barkha Bisht who was his co-star in Doli Saja Ke and Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam . [4] They have a daughter named Meira, who was born in October 2011. [5] They got officially divorced in 2022. [6]

He is dating Bengali Actress Ishaa Saha as of now. [7]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguage
2004 Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart YashHindi
2007 Mumbai Salsa Karan Kapoor
2008 1920 Mohan Kant
2009 Angshumaner Chhobi AngshumanBengali
JanalaBimal Guha
2010 Arekti Premer Golpo Basu
Jodi Ekdin
Autograph Shuvobrata
2011BediniKeshta
SystemEklavya
Uro ChithiAniket Dasgupta
2012 Aparajita Tumi Yusuf
Kahaani Arnav Bagchi/Milan DamjiHindi
Elar Char Adhyay AtindraBengali
Dashami Abhi
Chorabali Sumon
2013Sweetheart
Goyenda Gogol Ashok Thakur
C/O Sir Ranabir
Satyanweshi Himangshu
Satyagraha AkhileshHindi
Rupkatha Noy Sananda's husbandBengali
Nayika SangbadBijit
Mishor Rohoshyo Hani Alkadi
2014 Obhishopto Nighty Raja/Alok
Jilmil Jonak CameoAssamese
Teen PattiAryaBengali
Samrat & Co. Vijay SinghHindi
Children of War AmirHindi
Arundhati Kaal RudraBengali
Gogoler Kirti Ashok ThakurBengali
2015 Shajarur Kanta Debasish
Calendar Girls ShashankHindi
2016MahanayikaPriyabrata RoyBengali
ShororipuShekhar
Samraat: The King Is Here RajaBengali
& Jara HatkeAakashMarathi
Tobu AporichitoDebashisBengali
Kiriti O Kalo Bhromor Kiriti Roy
2017 Sargoshiyan Vikram RoyHindi
Aroni TokhonBengali
Boss 2 Bidyut Shivalkar
III Smoking Barrels Anuraag Dutta
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Hindi
  • Assamese
  • Bengali
  • Meitei
  • Nagamese
B.A.Pass 2RiteshHindi
LagoriGaurav
BiporjoyBengali
2018 Aschhe Abar Shabor Bijoy Sen
Nilacholey Kiriti Kiriti Roy
Aithe 2.0 Avinash GangulyTelugu
Mulk Aftab MohammadHindi
2019 Devaki Kannada
2021 Choices VishalHindi
200: Halla Ho IPS Sameer Deshpande
Torulatar Bhoot Viki GhoshBengali
2022 Doctor G Dr. Ashok GuptaHindi
Hatyapuri Feluda Bengali
Chalti Rahe Zindagi ArjunHindi
2023 Kaberi Antardhan Bengali
Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga Sudhanshu RoyHindi
A Winter Tale at Shimla Chintan
Aazam DCP Ajay Joshi
2024Shesh RokkhaSatabdo Chatterjee Bengali
Hubba CID Officer
Nayan Rahasya Feluda
2025 Puratawn Rajeev
Maa Hindi
Lakshmikantapur Local Bengali

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2019TadapAzeem Ullu
2020Kark Rogue ZEE5 Originals
Love and Affairs AbhishekHoichoi
Abhay Kiran Dagar ZEE5 Season 2 [8]
2020–2022 The Gone Game Prateek Jindal Voot Select
2021 Aranyak Ravi Netflix
Human Neil Hotstar Specials
2022 Mithya Vishal ZEE5 Originals
The Fame Game Ajay Netflix
Bloody Brothers Shekhar ZEE5 Originals
The Broken News Pankaj Awasthi [9] ZEE Originals
2023 Aarya season 3 Sooraj Raizada Disney+Hotstar
2025 Do You Wanna Partner Sunjoy Roy Chowdhury Prime Video

Television

YearShowRoleNotesRef(s)
2006 Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam Kishan
Shyam Sahay
Krishna Singh Rathore
2006–2007 Banoo Main Teri Dulhann Tushar
2007 Aahat AbhilashSeason 3; Episode - 3 'Khel'
Nach Baliye 3 Contestant
2007–2009 Doli Saja Ke Daksh Singhania
2008–2009 Maayka Angad
2014 Tumhari Paakhi Rohan
2014–2015Box Cricket League 1ContestantPlayer in 'Chandigarh Cubs' [10]
2015 Maharakshak: Devi Shukracharya
Darr Sabko Lagta Hai AvinashSeason 1; Episode 25
Box Cricket League 2ContestantPlayer in 'Chandigarh Cubs' [11]
2016 Jamai Raja Neil Sengupta [12]
2017 Ghulaam STS officer Raghav VermaCameo appearance
2017–2019 Nimki Mukhiya Abhimanyu Rai
2018Box Cricket League 3ContestantPlayer in 'Chandigarh Cubs'
2019Box Cricket League 4Player in 'Kolkata Babu Moshayes'
2019–2020 Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran Lord Shiva
2019–2020 Yeh Hai Chahatein Rajeev Khurana

Awards

References

  1. "Indraneil Sengupta shares secret to eternal youth as he turns 45". India Today. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  2. "Indraneil Sengupta Awards: Achievements & Honors". The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "I am not chasing films: Indraneil Sengupta".
  4. "Barkha Sengupta on 10 years of being together with Indraneil: I can still manage to blow him away". The Times of India .
  5. Dasgupta, Priyanka (8 November 2011). "Being a father is the most beautiful experience: Indraneil". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  6. "Indraneil Sengupta says divorce with Barkha Bisht brought a 'positive' change in his life, claims 'no one was wrong': 'Both of us were very different people'". The Indian Express. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  7. "Barkha Bisht accuses ex-husband Indraneil Sengupta of infidelity; recalls confronting him over rumoured affair with Ishaa Saha: 'Worst thing you can do to a woman'". The Indian Express. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  8. "ZEE5 Releases The Trailer Of 'Abhay' Season 2; Show To Stream On August 14". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  9. Keshri, Shweta (11 May 2022). "Sonali Bendre to make her OTT debut with Zee5's The Broken News. Watch teaser". India Today. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  10. "Box Cricket League Teams: BCL 2014 Team Details With TV Actors & Names of Celebrities". 14 December 2014.
  11. "200 Actors, 10 Teams, and 1 Winner... Let The Game Begin". India.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  12. Jamai Raja has been a trendsetter in many ways: Indraneil Sen Gupta - Times of India
  13. "Footer". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  14. Vivel Filmfare Awards East 2013 Winners - Apna Films