Joy Sengupta

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Joy Sengupta
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Sengupta in 2015
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Occupationsactor, Voice Actor

Joy Sengupta is an Indian film and stage actor works Bollywood cinema and Bengali cinema as well as theatre. [1] He is best known for his debut feature, Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998) directed by Govind Nihalani. [2]

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Sengupta was born in Kolkata and grew up in Delhi and Nepal. He did his graduation in English literature from Delhi University. [3] During this period, he joined Jana Natya Manch, a theatre group based in Delhi. [4] Thereafter, he received a Diploma in Drama from the Living Theatre Academy, New Delhi, where he studied under Ebrahim Alkazi. After working in theatre, telefilms and television series in Delhi, Sengupta shifted to Mumbai in 1997. [5]

Career

Sengupta starred in Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998), a film by Govind Nihalani. Thereafter, Sengupta starred in a number of films such as Good Boy Bad Boy (2007), Shakal Pe Mat Ja (2011), Hate Story (2012), [6] [7] and Deham , also directed by Govind Nihalani. Over the years, he has worked with theatre directors such as Habib Tanvir, Safdar Hashmi, Barry John, Feroz Abbas Khan, Ramu Ramanathan and Lillete Dubey. [3]

He married former model from Kolkata, Tara in 2006. [8]

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

Dubbing roles

Live action series

TitleActorCharacterDub languageOriginal languageNumber of episodesOriginal airdateDubbed airdateNotes
Stranger Things Sean Astin Bob NewbyHindiEnglish252016 – present

Live action films

Hollywood films

Film titleActorCharacterDub languageOriginal languageOriginal year releaseDub year releaseNotes
2012 (film) Tom McCarthy (director) GordanHindiEnglish20092009
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Toby Kebbell Prince GarsivHindiEnglish20102010
Captain America: The First Avenger Chris Evans Steve Rogers / Captain America HindiEnglish20112011
The Avengers Chris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20122012
Thor: The Dark World Chris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20132013
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Chris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20142014
Avengers: Age of Ultron Chris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20152015
Ant-Man Chris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20152015
Spider-Man: Homecoming Chris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20172017
Avengers: Infinity War Chris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20182018
Captain Marvel Chris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20192019
Avengers: Endgame Chris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain AmericaHindiEnglish20192019
The Gray Man Chris EvansLloyd HansenHindiEnglish20222022

South Indian films

Film titleActorCharacterDub languageOriginal languageOriginal year releaseDub year releaseNotes
Jagame Thandhiram Sharath Ravi VickyHindiTamil20212021

See also

References

  1. Shoma A. Chatterji (2 September 2011). "Balancing act: Actor Joy Sengupta straddles films and theatre with equal ease and passion". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  2. "Joy Sengupta on his place in the scheme of things". 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Joy Sengupta at Mumbai Theatre Guide". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. Catherine Rhea Roy (10 September 2011). "Learning on stage". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  5. "An encounter with 'Deham' star Joy Sengupta". Rediff.com, Movies. 30 April 2002. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  6. Raja Sen. "Review: Hate Story is a hate crime against the sex-starved". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  7. Subhash K. Jha (20 April 2012). "Hate Story Movie Review : 3.5 out of 5 Stars". Worldsnap. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg
  8. "When Joy and Tara had a blast". The Times of India . 26 December 2009. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  9. "Kagojer Bou (The Paper Wife)". The Indian Express. 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  10. "Path Ghat (Bengali) / Terrible". The Indian Express. 27 March 2014. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  11. "Dream Girl 2, Naane Varuvean, My Name Is Vendetta, Ek Chup: New trailers, teasers and posters". Telegraph India. 16 September 2022. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.