Koushik Sen | |
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Born | [1] | 19 September 1968
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1980–present |
Spouse | Reshmi Sen |
Children | Riddhi Sen |
Parent(s) | Chitra Mondal Sen (mother) and Shyamal Sen (father) |
Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor in film, television, OTT and theatre, based in Kolkata. He is the founder and director of the theatre group Swapnasandhani. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for best supporting actor for his performance in the Mrinal Sen directed film Aamar Bhuvan. [2] He was awarded Girish Purashkar 2023 by the Cultural Department of the Government of West Bengal for his extraordinary contributions to theatre. [3] In 2024 he was awarded Telly Academy Best Actor Award for Godhuli Alap series.
Kaushik Sen was born into a Baidya Brahmin family on 19 September 1968. He is the son of actress Chitra Mondal Sen and actor Shyamal Sen. He studied at the Julien Day School, and graduated from Scottish Church College, both in Kolkata. Sen is married to Reshmi Sen and has a son, Riddhi Sen. [4] He is a Vice President of the "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum" [5] along with Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Aparajita Auddy, Bharat Kaul and Sumanta Mukherjee.
Since 1992 he has been the director of Bengali theatre group Swapnasandhani . The group has staged around fifty plays and perform regularly in all the major theaters at Kolkata and in major countries all around the globe. Their most recent plays are Hamlet and Taray Taray. They recently performed Hamlet at Chicago NABC2024. It was hugely appreciated with standing ovation. Soon they will travel Australia with their newest production "Andhar Ghonay".
In 2010, the group staged the play Birpurush , which was inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's poem. It was a political play and dealt with the contemporary context of West Bengal. The play stirred up some controversies. [6]
Sen appeared with Soumitra Chatterjee in the play Tiktiki.
Sen made his acting debut in 1979 with Mrinal Sen's Ek Din Pratidin as a child actor.[ citation needed ] He has acted in more than seventy films. His best known performances in films are: ChalChitra (1981), Wheel Chair (1995), Aamaar Bhuvan (2002), Shunyo E Buke (2005), BankuBabur Bandhu (2006), Dwando (2009), Iti Mrinalini (2011), Charulata 2011 (2011), Piyalir Password (2012), Abar Byomkesh (2012), Goynar Baksho (2013), Rupkotha Noy (2013), Kolkata Calling (2014), Bhengchi (2015), Babar Naam Gandhiji (2015), Rajkahini (2015), Kahaani 2 (2016), Lion (2016), Zulfiqar (2016), Jawker Dhan (2017), Durga Sahay (2017), Raktokarobi (2017), Laboratory (2018), Rasogolla (2018), Barunbabur Bandhu (2019), Durgeshgorer Guptodhan (2019), Ekannaborti (2021), Belashuru (2022), Kaberi Antardhan (2023), Ardhangini (2023) and Dabaru (2024).
Year | Title | Role | Language | Platform | Notes |
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2018 | Monsoon Melodies | Bengali | Addatimes | [11] | |
2020 | Lalbazaar | Suranjan Sen | Bengali | Zee5 | Part of ensemble cast of cop drama |
2022 | Mahabharat Murders | Abirlal | Bengali | Hoichoi | Part of ensemble cast of crime thriller |
2021 | Shei Je Holud Pakhi 2 | Diganta Basu | Bengali | Hoichoi | |
2023 | Mr. Kolketa | Jimutendra Basak | Bengali | Hoichoi | |
2024 | Saheb Bibi Joker | Bengali | Fridaay | ||
2024 | Sekhar Home | Mrinmay Halder | Hindi | Jio Cinema |
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