Yash Dasgupta | |
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Born | Debashish Dasgupta 10 October 1987 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
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Years active | 2005–present |
Organization | YD Films |
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Notable work | Gangster Total Dadagiri Fidaa Mon Jaane Na Yaariyan 2 |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse |
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Children | 2 [3] |
Yash Dasgupta (born as Debashish Dasgupta [4] on 10 October 1987) [5] is an Indian actor, television personality, producer, politician. He works Bengali and Hindi Film industry. He started his career in television, and his movie debut was in the 2016 Bengali film Gangster . In 2023 he made his Hindi film debut in Yaariyan 2. [6] He was listed as the most desirable man in the Calcutta Times list of Most Desirable men in 2014, 2015 and 2020. [7]
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]
Yash Dasgupta was born to Dipak Dasgupta and Jayati Dasgupta. His real name is Debashish. [10] He has lived in Delhi, Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim among others and attended different schools.
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]
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] In 2015, Yash had an accident on the sets of Bojhena Se Bojhena where his forearms were burnt while shooting a Diwali sequence.[ citation needed ]
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]
In 2023, Daasguptaa made his Bollywood debut with Yaariyan 2 , under the banner of T-Series .
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. [28]
Daasguptaa had performed in award ceremonies such as Colors Golden Petal Awards 2011 and Telly Academy Awards 2014. He performed in Jaya Hey, dedicated to the Kolkata Police. He had also anchored for the television award night, Star Jalsha Parivar Awards 2014. [29] [ failed verification ]
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. [30] [31] He lost the election to Indian Trinamool Congress candidate Swati Khandoker by 41347 votes. [32]
Elections | Constituency | Party | Result | Vote percentage | Opposition candidate | Opposition party | Opposition vote percentage |
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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election | Chanditala | BJP | Lost | 29.83 | Swati Khandoker | AITC | 49.79 |
Year | Show | Role | Channel | Language | Production |
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2002 | Urmila | Aman [33] | 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 Mahiyavanshi | Balaji 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 [34] |
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Role | Director | Language | Notes |
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2016 | Gangster | Guru / Kabir | Birsa Dasgupta | Bengali | Debut as lead role film |
2017 | One | Ronojoy Bose | Birsa Dasgupta | Remake of Tamil film Thani Oruvan | |
2018 | Total Dadagiri | Joy Das | Pathikrit Basu | Remake of Telugu film Nenu Local | |
Raja Rani Raji | Aditya | Rajiv Kumar Biswas | Cameo appearance; Remake of Telugu film Boss Engira Bhaskaran | ||
Fidaa | Ishaan Chatterjee | Pathikrit Basu | Remake of Telugu film Tholi Prema | ||
2019 | Mon Jaane Na | Aamir Nawaz | Shagufta Rafique | ||
2020 | SOS Kolkata | Zakir Ahmed | Anshuman Pratyush | ||
2022 | Cheene Badam | Rishav Sengupta | Shieladitya Moulik | [35] | |
Toke Chara Banchbona | Arjun Roy Chowdhury | Sujit Mondal | [36] | ||
2023 | Yaariyan 2 | Abhay Singh Katyal | Radhika Rao | Hindi | Bollywood debut film; Remake of Malayalam film Bangalore Days [37] |
2024 | Mentaaal | OC Surya Roy | Baba Yadav | Bengali | First self produced movie |
Shikarr† | TBA | Debraj Sinha | [38] | ||
Rockstar† | Jammy | Anshuman Pratyush | [39] |
Year | Video | Director(s) | Singer(s) | Composer(s) | language | Music label |
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2021 | O Mon Re [40] | Baba Yadav | Tanveer Evan | Piran Khan | Bengali | SVF |
2022 | Hariye Gelam [41] | Adil Shaikh | Luipa and Papon | Taposh | Bengali | TM records |
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
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2017 | Filmfare Awards East | Best Debutant Actor (Male) | Gangster | Won |
Daasguptaa entered Times Of India's Most Desirable Men of 2014 and 2015 in the top 10. [42] [43]
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