Joy Sengupta (born 14 December 1968) 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]

Joy Sengupta
Sengupta in 2015
Born (1968-12-14) 14 December 1968 (age 55)
Occupation(s)actor, Voice Actor

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 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

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Sengupta starred in Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998) a film by Govind Nihalani. Thereafter, Sengupta starred in number of films like 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 like 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

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Films

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Television

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Web series

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Plays

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  • Dance Like a Man
  • Dinner With Friends
  • Sheerin shah
  • Doll's House
  • Mera kuchh saamaan
  • Ladies sangeet

Dubbing career

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He is known for dubbing for Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America in Marvel Cinematic Universe films in Hindi.

Dubbing roles

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Live action series

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Title Actor Character Dub language Original language Number of episodes Original airdate Dubbed airdate Notes
Stranger Things Sean Astin Bob Newby Hindi English 25 2016 – present

Live action films

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Hollywood films

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Film title Actor Character Dub language Original language Original year release Dub year release Notes
2012 (film) Tom McCarthy (director) Gordan Hindi English 2009 2009
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Toby Kebbell Prince Garsiv Hindi English 2010 2010
Captain America: The First Avenger Chris Evans Steve Rogers / Captain America
(First Dub)
Hindi English 2011 2011 A second Hindi dub was produced in-house by UTV Software Communications for the television channel UTV Action, featuring a different voice cast and translation where Sanket Mhatre voiced this character.
The Avengers Chris Evans Steve Rogers / Captain America Hindi English 2012 2012
Thor: The Dark World Chris Evans Steve Rogers / Captain America Hindi English 2013 2013 The character had an uncredited cameo.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Chris Evans Steve Rogers / Captain America Hindi English 2014 2014
Avengers: Age of Ultron Chris Evans Steve Rogers / Captain America Hindi English 2015 2015 Varun Dhawan dubbed this role in Captain America: Civil War.
Ant-Man Chris Evans Steve Rogers / Captain America Hindi English 2015 2015 The character had an uncredited cameo.
Spider-Man: Homecoming Chris Evans Steve Rogers / Captain America Hindi English 2017 2017 The character had a cameo.
Avengers: Infinity War Chris Evans Steve Rogers / Captain America Hindi English 2018 2018
Captain Marvel Chris Evans Steve Rogers / Captain America Hindi English 2019 2019 The character had an uncredited cameo.
Avengers: Endgame Chris Evans Steve Rogers / Captain America Hindi English 2019 2019

South Indian films

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Film title Actor Character Dub language Original language Original year release Dub year release Notes
Jagame Thandhiram Sharath Ravi Vicky Hindi Tamil 2021 2021

See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b "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.     
  7. ^ Subhash K. Jha. "Hate Story Movie Review : 3.5 out of 5 Stars". Worldsnap. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.     
  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.
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