# Anirban Chakrabarti

Anirban Chakrabarti is an Indian Bengali film actor best known for portrayal of the character of Ekenbabu in a film franchise and separate web series under the same name. He has acted in several other thriller films including Kakababur Protyaborton (2022), Khadaan and Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale (2024).
He has played the character of Jatayu in a web series directed by Srijit Mukherji and also acted in the internationally multiple award winner film Once Upon a Time in Calcutta directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta. He is popular for his portrayal of the role of "Ekenbabu" in the films The Eken (2022) and The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan (2023).

## Career

In 2021 Chakrabarti acted in the internationally multiple award winner film Once Upon a Time in Calcutta. Between 2018–2021 Chakrabarti played the lead character Ekenbabu in the Eken Babu web series. His portrayal of the character received positive reception. He also acted in another web series Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni (2021). After the success of Ekenbabu web-series, a film titled The Eken was released in 2022, in which he played the role of Ekenbabu. Following its success, he reprised his role of Ekenbabu in The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan (2023), which also became a box-office success. In 2023, he also played the lead negative role in Pradhan. In 2024, he acted in a number of films including Shastri and Khadaan, among which the latter went on to become on the highest grossing Bengali films of all time.

## Filmography
### Films

Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role | Director |
| 2021 | Mukhosh | Adrish Burman | Birsa Dasgupta |
| 2021 | FIR | Inspector Paritosh Bairagi | Joydip Mukherjee |
| 2021 | Once Upon a Time in Calcutta | Pradipta | Aditya Vikram Sengupta |
| 2022 | Kakababur Protyaborton | Amal De | Srijit Mukherji |
| 2022 | The Eken | Ekenbabu | Joydip Mukherjee |
| 2022 | Bhotbhoti | | Tathagata Mukherjee |
| 2022 | Kolkata Chalantika | Shibaji | Pavel |
| 2023 | Jai Kali Kalkattawali | | Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha |
| 2023 | The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan | Ekenbabu | Joydip Mukherjee |
| 2023 | Cheeni 2 | | Mainak Bhaumik |
| 2023 | Pradhan | Jatileshwar Mukherjee | Avijit Sen |
| 2024 | Shastri | Dipu | Pathikrit Basu |
| 2024 | Khadaan | Balai Mandi | Soojit Dutta |
| 2024 | Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale | Naseer | Pratim D. Gupta |
| 2025 | Oporichito | Inspector Avik Dutta | Joydip Mukherjee |
| 2025 | Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei † | | Srijit Mukherjee |
| 2025 | Chandrabindoo † | | Raja Chanda |
| 2025 | Santa † | | Anshuman Pratyush |
| 2025 | The Eken Part 3 † | Ekenbabu | Joydip Mukherjee |

### Web series

| Year | Film | Role | Director |
| 2018–2025 | Eken Babu web series (Season 1–8) | Ekenbabu | Anirban Mallik, Anupam Hari, Abhijit Chowdhury, Joydip Mukherjee, Surajit Chatterjee |
| 2019 | Water Bottle | | Joydip Mukherjee |
| 2020 | Lalbazaar | | Sayantan Ghosal |
| 2020 | Feluda Pherot (Season 1) | Jatayu | Srijit Mukherji |
| 2021 | Maradonar Juto | | Mainak Bhaumik |
| 2021 | Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni | OC Tapan Sikder | Srijit Mukherji |
| 2022 | Byadh | Bishu | Abhirup Ghosh |
| 2022 | Shob Choritro | Abinash Mitra | Debasish Sen Sharma |
| 2022 | Feludar Goyendagiri (Season 1) | Jatayu | Srijit Mukherji |
| 2023 | Dugdugi | | Joydeep Mukherjee |
| 2024 | Feludar Goyendagiri (Season 2) | Jatayu | Srijit Mukherji |
| 2024 | Fasco | Sujit Bose | Anjana Basu |

## Awards

* West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards- Best Performance In A Negative Role for FIR
* OTTplay Award Best Actor in a Comic Role –Series for Eken Babu -Season 6