Yash Dasgupta

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Yash Dasgupta
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Yash Dasgupta in 2014
Born
Debashish Dasgupta

(1985-10-10) 10 October 1985 (age 38)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
  • politician
Years active2005–present
Known for See list
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
    • Shweta Singh Kalhans (2009–12) [1]
Nusrat Jahan (2020–present) [2]
Children2, including Yishaan J Dasgupta [3] [4]

Yash Dasgupta (born as Debashish Dasgupta; [5] 10 October 1985) [6] is an Indian actor, television personality, producer, politician who works in Bengali and Hindi entertainment industry. Starting his career from television dramas, he made his film debut in the 2016 Bengali film Gangster . In 2023, he made his Hindi film debut in Yaariyan 2. [7] He was listed as the most desirable man in the Calcutta Times list of Most Desirable men in 2014, 2015 and 2020.[ citation needed ]

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Dasgupta appeared in the TV soap operas Bojhena Se Bojhena and Na Aana Is Des Laado . In 2006 he won the Glam King title in the Unish Kuri Streax Glam Hunt held in Kolkata. [8] Dasgupta is also a politician and belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party since 17 February 2021. [9]

Early life

Yash Dasgupta was born to Dipak Dasgupta and Jayati Dasgupta. His real name is Debashish. [10]

Career

Early career

Daasguptaa won the Glam King title in the Unish Kuri Streax Glam Hunt held in Kolkata. [11] In 2007, he was first seen as a side hero in Pagol Premi, although it was not considered his debut film. Thereafter, he shifted his base to Mumbai to pursue career in acting, joined Roshan Taneja School of Acting, and got his first break as an actor in the television industry. [12] Daasguptaa began his acting career in selective roles on national television. He played a fun loving son as Suraj Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi in Bandini , and a character with grey shades as Ketan Sanghvi with Ram Kapoor in Basera [13] He played the role of Karan (Santosh's son, Diya and Jhanvi's cousin brother), in Na Aana Is Des Laado , a story which dealt with the social evil of female infanticide, and concentrates on the problems faced by women in a male-dominated world. Yash did episodic roles as Viraj, a mime artist in Adaalat . [14] He also enacted Demon Kalketu in a mythology called Mahima Shanidev Kii. [15]

In Kolkata Yash had also participated in ETV Bangla celebrity dance reality show Ritur Mela Jhoom Tara Ra Ra which was directed by Shiboprosad Mukherjee [16]

2013-2015

Yash played the popular role of Aranya Singha Roy in Bojhena Se Bojhena, an adaptation in Bengali of the character Arnav Singh Raizada from the Hindi TV series Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? aired from 4 November 2013 to 18 June 2016. [17]

2016-2022

Yash was launched in films by Shree Venkatesh Films. [18]

The debut film of Yash Dasgupta was the 2016 romantic thriller Gangster directed by Birsa Dasgupta and parts of it were shot in Istanbul Turkey [19] [20] [21] Yash was stranded with the film production unit amid the attempted military coup in Istanbul, Turkey [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] Later the shooting of the film resumed. [27]

Personal life

Yash was previously in a marriage with Shweta Singh Kalhans. They have a son named Rayansh. [28]

Yash began his relationship with actor Nusrat Jahan but their marital status remained unknown as of December 2021. [29] In August 2021, Jahan gave birth to a boy named Yishaan J, Dasgupta, at a private hospital in Kolkata. [30] [31] [32] It is reported that the child's birth certificate named Dasgupta as the father. [33] In February 2022, Jahan confirmed their marriage since 2020. [34] [35]

Political career

In March 2021, he had been declared to be the candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party from Chanditala for the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election to be held from 27 March 2021. [36] [37] He lost the election to Indian Trinamool Congress candidate Swati Khandoker by 41347 votes. [38]

ElectionsConstituencyPartyResultVote percentageOpposition candidateOpposition partyOpposition vote percentage
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Chanditala BJP Lost29.83 Swati Khandoker AITC 49.79

In the media

Daasguptaa entered Times Of India's Most Desirable Men of 2014 and 2015 in the top 10. [39] [40]

In 2023, before Yaariyan 2 movie, Dasgupta added two extra 'a' to the title spelling of his name, his full name is now Yash Daasguptaa. [41]

Work and accolades

Television

YearShowRoleChannelLanguageProduction
2002UrmilaAman [42] Ultra (TV channel) Hindi Ultra (TV channel)
2008 Mahima Shani Dev Kii Demon Kalketu Imagine TV
2009 Basera Ketan Sanghvi NDTV Imagine Sagar Arts
Bandini Suraj Dharamraj MahiyavanshiBalaji Telefilms
Koi Aane Ko Hai Kalketu Colors TV
2010 Na Aana Is Des Laado Karan Singh Colors TV Shakuntalam Telefilms
2012 Adaalat Viraj Sony Contiloe Entertainment
2013 Bojhena Se Bojhena Aranya Singha Roy/ ASR/ Radhe/ Chotu Star Jalsha Bengali Shree Venkatesh Films [43]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleDirectorLanguageNotes
2016 Gangster Guru / Kabir Birsa Dasgupta Bengali Debut as lead role film
2017 One Ronojoy BoseBirsa DasguptaRemake of Tamil film Thani Oruvan
2018 Total Dadagiri Joy DasPathikrit BasuRemake of Telugu film Nenu Local
Raja Rani Raji AdityaRajiv Kumar BiswasCameo appearance; Remake of Telugu film Boss Engira Bhaskaran
Fidaa Ishaan ChatterjeePathikrit BasuRemake of Telugu film Tholi Prema
2019 Mon Jaane Na Aamir Nawaz Shagufta Rafique
2020 SOS Kolkata Zakir AhmedAnshuman Pratyush
2022 Cheene Badam Rishav SenguptaShieladitya Moulik [44]
Toke Chara Banchbona Arjun Roy Chowdhury Sujit Mondal [45]
2023 Yaariyan 2 Abhay Singh Katyal Radhika Rao Hindi Bollywood debut film; Remake of Malayalam film Bangalore Days [46]
2024 Mentaaal OC Surya Roy Baba Yadav Bengali First self produced movie
2025Shikarr†TBA Debraj Sinha [47]
Rockstar†Jammy Anshuman Pratyush [48]

Music videos

YearVideoDirector(s)Singer(s)Composer(s)languageMusic label
2021O Mon Re [49] Baba Yadav Tanveer Evan Piran Khan Bengali SVF
2022Hariye Gelam [50] Adil ShaikhLuipa and PaponTaposh Bengali TM records

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
2017 Filmfare Awards East Best Debutant Actor (Male) Gangster Won

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