Indraneil Sengupta is an Indian film and television actor,[1] and a model living in Kolkata since 2004.

Indraneil Sengupta
Sengupta in 2012
Born (1974-09-08) 8 September 1974 (age 50)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Occupation(s)Model, actor
Years active2004–present
Spouse
(m. 2008; div. 2022)
Children1

Career

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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.

He is selected by Sandip Ray to play the legendry Bengali sleuth Feluda in Hatyapuri (2022), which is the second reboot of Feluda film franchise and a loose sequel of the first reboot film Badshahi Angti (2014). ALso, he appeared as Feluda in the sequel Nayan Rahasya (2024).

Filmography

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Films

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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 Arekti Premer Golpo Basu
Jodi Ekdin
Autograph Shuvobrata
2011 Bedini Keshta
System Eklavya
Uro Chithi Aniket Dasgupta
2012 Aparajita Tumi Yusuf
Kahaani Arnav Bagchi/Milan Damji Hindi
Elar Char Adhyay Atindra Bengali
Dashami Abhi
Chorabali Sumon
2013 Sweetheart
Goyenda Gogol Ashok Thakur
C/O Sir Ranabir
Satyanweshi Himangshu
Satyagraha Akhilesh Hindi
Rupkatha Noy Sananda's husband Bengali
Nayika Sangbad Bijit
Mishor Rohoshyo Hani Alkadi
2014 Obhishopto Nighty Raja/Alok
Jilmil Jonak Cameo Assamese
Teen Patti Arya Bengali
Samrat & Co. Vijay Singh Hindi
Children of War Amir Hindi
Arundhati Kaal Rudra Bengali
Gogoler Kirti Ashok Thakur Bengali
2015 Shajarur Kanta Debasish
Calendar Girls Shashank Hindi
2016 Mahanayika Priyabrata Roy Bengali
Shororipu Shekhar
Samraat: The King Is Here Raja Bengali
& Jara Hatke Aakash Marathi
Tobu Aporichito Debashis Bengali
Kiriti O Kalo Bhromor Kiriti Roy
2017 Sargoshiyan Vikram Roy Hindi
Aroni Tokhon Bengali
Boss 2 Bidyut Shivalkar
III Smoking Barrels Anuraag Dutta
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Hindi
  • Assamese
  • Bengali
  • Meitei
  • Nagamese
B.A.Pass 2 Ritesh Hindi
Lagori Gaurav
Biporjoy Bengali
2018 Aschhe Abar Shabor Bijoy Sen
Nilacholey Kiriti Kiriti Roy
Aithe 2.0 Avinash Ganguly Telugu
Mulk Aftab Mohammad Hindi
2019 Devaki Kannada
2021 Choices Vishal Hindi
200: Halla Ho IPS Sameer Deshpande
Torulatar Bhoot Viki Ghosh Bengali
2022 Doctor G Dr. Ashok Gupta Hindi
Hatyapuri Feluda Bengali
Chalti Rahe Zindagi Arjun Hindi
2023 Kaberi Antardhan Bengali
Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga Sudhanshu Roy Hindi
A Winter Tale at Shimla Chintan
Aazam DCP Ajay Joshi
2024 Shesh Rokkha Satabdo Chatterjee Bengali
Hubba CID Officer
Nayan Rahasya Feluda

Web series

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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[2]
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[3] ZEE Originals
2023 Aarya season 3 Sooraj Raizada Disney+Hotstar

Television

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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' [4]
2015 Maharakshak: Devi Shukracharya
Darr Sabko Lagta Hai Avinash Episodic role (Season 1; Episode 25)
Box Cricket League 2 Contestant Player in 'Chandigarh Cubs' [5]
2016 Jamai Raja Neil Sengupta [6]
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

Awards

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Personal life

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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.[9] They have a daughter named Meira, who was born in October 2011.[10] Indraneil and Barkha got officially divorced in 2022.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "I am not chasing films: Indraneil Sengupta".
  2. ^ "ZEE5 Releases The Trailer Of 'Abhay' Season 2; Show To Stream On August 14". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. ^ Keshri, Shweta (11 May 2022). "Sonali Bendre to make her OTT debut with Zee5's The Broken News. Watch teaser". India Today. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Box Cricket League Teams: BCL 2014 Team Details With TV Actors & Names of Celebrities". 14 December 2014.
  5. ^ "200 Actors, 10 Teams, and 1 Winner... Let The Game Begin". India.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. ^ Jamai Raja has been a trendsetter in many ways: Indraneil Sen Gupta - Times of India
  7. ^ "Footer". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  8. ^ Vivel Filmfare Awards East 2013 Winners - Apna Films
  9. ^ "Barkha Sengupta on 10 years of being together with Indraneil: I can still manage to blow him away". The Times of India.
  10. ^ Dasgupta, Priyanka (8 November 2011). "Being a father is the most beautiful experience: Indraneil". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  11. ^ Muhuri, Oindrila (28 September 2022). "Indraneil Sengupta's Ex-Wife, Barkha Bisht, Says She Is a Single Parent and Last 2 Years Weren't Easy". BollywoodShaadis.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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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.