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Indraneil Sengupta | |
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 Sengupta in 2012 | |
| Born | 8 September 1974 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Occupation(s) | Model, actor |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Indraneil Sengupta is an Indian film and television actor, [1] and a model living in Kolkata since 2004.
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 . [1]
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. [1]
He appeared with his wife in Nach Baliye 3 as a late entrant.
He starred in Bollywood movies Mumbai Salsa and Kahaani . [1] 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. [1]
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.
| Year | Title | Role | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart | Yash | Hindi |
| 2007 | Mumbai Salsa | Karan Kapoor | |
| 2008 | 1920 | Mohan Kant | |
| 2009 | Angshumaner Chhobi | Angshuman | Bengali |
| Janala | Bimal Guha | ||
| 2010 | Autograph | Shuvobrata | |
| Jodi Ekdin | |||
| 2011 | Bedini | Keshta | |
| Uro Chithi | |||
| Arekti Premer Golpo | Basu | ||
| 2012 | System | Eklavya | |
| Aparajita Tumi | Yusuf | ||
| Kahaani | Arnav Bagchi/Milan Damji | Hindi | |
| Elar Char Adhyay | Atindra | Bengali | |
| Chorabali | Sumon | ||
| Dashami | |||
| 2013 | Goyenda Gogol | Ashok Thakur | |
| Nayika Sangbad | Bijit | ||
| Mishor Rohoshyo | Hani Alkadi | ||
| Satyagraha | Akhilesh | Hindi | |
| Satyanweshi | Himangshu | Bengali | |
| C/O Sir | Ranabir | ||
| 2014 | Teen Patti | Arya | |
| Obhishopto Nighty | Raja/Alok | ||
| Arundhati | Kaal Rudra | ||
| Jilmil Jonak | Cameo | Assamese | |
| Samrat & Co. | Vijay Singh | Hindi | |
| Gogoler Kirti | Ashok Thakur | Bengali | |
| 2015 | Shajarur Kanta | Debasish | |
| Calendar Girls | Shashank | Hindi | |
| 2016 | & Jara Hatke [2] | Aakash | Marathi |
| Samraat: The King Is Here | Raja | Bengali | |
| Kiriti O Kalo Bhromor | Kiriti Roy | ||
| Tobu Aporichito | Debashis | ||
| 2017 | B.A.Pass 2 | Ritesh | Hindi |
| Boss 2 | Bidyut Shivalkar | Bengali | |
| Sargoshiyan | Vikram Roy | Hindi | |
| 2018 | Aschhe Abar Shabor | Bijoy Sen | Bengali |
| Nilacholey Kiriti | Kiriti Roy | ||
| Aithe 2.0 | Avinash Ganguly | Telugu | |
| Mulk | Aftab Mohammad | Hindi | |
| 2021 | Choices | ||
| Torulatar Bhoot | Viki Ghosh | Bengali | |
| 2022 | Doctor G | Dr. Ashok Gupta | Hindi |
| Hatyapuri | Feluda | Bengali | |
| 2023 | Kaberi Antardhan | Bengali | |
| Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga | Hindi | ||
| Aazam | Hindi | ||
| 2024 | Hubba | Bengali |
| Year | Title | Role | Platform | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tadap | Azeem | Ullu | |
| 2020 | Kark Rogue | ZEE5 Originals | ||
| 2020 | Love and Affairs | Abhishek | Hoichoi | |
| 2020 | Abhay | Kiran Dagar | ZEE5 | Season 2 [3] |
| 2020–2022 | The Gone Game | Prateek Jindal | Voot Select | |
| 2021 | Aranyak | Ravi | Netflix | |
| 2021 | Human | Neil (Saira's husband) | Hotstar Specials | |
| 2022 | Mithya | Vishal | ZEE5 Originals | |
| 2022 | The Fame Game | Ajay (Lead actor in a film inside the show) | Netflix | Cameo Appearance |
| 2022 | Bloody Brothers | Shekhar | ZEE5 Originals | |
| 2022 | The Broken News | Pankaj Awasthi [4] | ZEE Originals | |
| 2023 | Aarya season 3 | Sooraj Raizada | Disney+Hotstar |
| Year | Show | Role | Notes | Ref(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 | Abhilash | Episodic role (Season 3; Episode - 3 'Khel') | |
| Nach Baliye 3 | Contestant | |||
| 2007–2009 | Doli Saja Ke | Daksh Singhania | ||
| 2008–2009 | Maayka | Angad | ||
| 2014 | Tumhari Paakhi | Rohan | ||
| 2014–2015 | Box Cricket League 1 | Contestant | Player in 'Chandigarh Cubs' | [5] |
| 2015 | Maharakshak: Devi | Shukracharya | ||
| Darr Sabko Lagta Hai | Avinash | Episodic role (Season 1; Episode 25) | ||
| Box Cricket League 2 | Contestant | Player in 'Chandigarh Cubs' | [6] | |
| 2016 | Jamai Raja | Neil Sengupta | [7] | |
| 2017 | Ghulaam | STS officer Raghav Verma | Cameo appearance | |
| 2017–2019 | Nimki Mukhiya | Abhimanyu Rai | ||
| 2018 | Box Cricket League 3 | Contestant | Player in 'Chandigarh Cubs' | |
| 2019 | Box Cricket League 4 | Player in 'Kolkata Babu Moshayes' | ||
| 2019–2020 | Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran | Lord Shiva | ||
| 2019–2020 | Yeh Hai Chahatein | Rajeev Khurana |
On 1 March 2008, Sengupta married Barkha Bisht Sengupta who was his co-star in Doli Saja Ke and Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam . [10] They have a daughter named Meira, who was born in October 2011. [11] Indraneil and Barkha got officially divorced in 2022. [12]
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is a very competitive space and you always need to be on your toes says actor indraneil sengupta, The National Herald - 7 February 2022.