# Arjun Chakrabarty

Arjun Chakrabarty is an Indian Bengali film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Gora in the Bengali musical television series Gaaner Oparey that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. Chakrabarty is also known for acting in the Bengali drama-romance-comedy television series Jamai Raja (2017–2018), where he played the lead role Ishan Chatterjee. He hails from a family which has had a legacy of association with the Bengali cultural arena, starting from Jochhon Dastidar and Chandra Dastidar (his paternal great uncle and aunt), Bijon Bhattacharya (his paternal great uncle), Jagdish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monika Chakrabarty (his paternal grandparents) and his parents Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Mithu Chakrabarty. He debuted on the big screen Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha's Bapi Bari Jaa in 2012.
Calcutta Times voted him as one of the 10 Most Desirable Men in 2015, 2019 & 2020.

## Education

Chakrabarty had his schooling at the Assembly of God Church School in Kolkata. He subsequently earned a degree in Mass Communication and Videography from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.

## Personal life

Arjun was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India on 5 March 1990. He was raised in Kolkata. His brother is actor Gaurav Chakrabarty. He married his long-term girlfriend, Sreeja Sen, on 10 March 2016. However Sreeja is engaged to Arjun on 6 June 2017. The couple's daughter Avantika was born on 15 February 2018.

## Career

Arjun debuted on television, along with his elder brother Gaurav Chakrabarty, in the Star Jalsha megaserial Gaaner Oparey. Chakrabarty's character Gora was the official male lead. His acting as Gora was well-received by audience and appreciated by critics. He gained popularity through this character. However Chakrabarty began his journey in the entertainment world at a young age, working as a child actor Satyajiter Priyo Golpo on DD Bangla in 2000.
Arjun made his silver screen debut with the film Bapi Bari Jaa, a romantic-comedy directed by Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha that released in December 2012.
Chakrabarty was back on television through Jamai Raja on Zee Bangla in 2017. His character Ishan Chatterjee was hugely popular among audience due to his portrayal.

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Role | Director | Notes | Co-star |
| 2012 | Bapi Bari Jaa | Bapi | Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha | Debut film | Mimi Chakraborty |
| 2014 | Jodi Love Dile Na Prane | Mainak | | Abir Chatterjee & Tridha Choudhury | |
| 2014 | Chirodini Tumi Je Amar 2 | Bhanu Sardar | Soumik Chatterjee | Remake of 2012 Tamil film Vazhakku Enn 18/9 | Urmila Mahanta |
| 2014 | Bonku Babu | Agni | Anindya Bikash Datta | | Arunima Ghosh |
| 2014 | Janla Diye Bou Palalo | Upagupta | Aniket Chatterjee | | Amrita Chattopadhyay |
| 2024 | Kokhon Tomar Asbe Telephone | Jeet | Arindam Dey | | Sneha |
| 2015 | Asche Bochor Abar Hobe | Arya | Susanta Das | | Rittika Sen |
| 2015 | Auto No. 9696 | Kallol Das aka Kelo | Aritra Mukherjee | | Amrita Chattopadhyay |
| 2015 | Bawal | Jishu | Biswarup Biswas | | Ritabhari Chakraborty |
| 2016 | Pink | Ritwik | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | Guest appearance; debut in Hindi film | Amitabh Bacchan |
| 2017 | One | IPS Officer Abhijeet | Birsa Dasgupta | Remake of 2015 Tamil film Thani Oruvan | Yash Dasgupta |
| 2017 | Maacher Jhol | Palash | Pratim D. Gupta | | Ritwick Chakraborty |
| 2017 | Kichu Na Bola Kotha | Anuvab | Sayan Basu Chowdhury | | Mishmi Das |
| 2018 | Rongberonger Korhi | Mithun | Ranjan Ghosh | | Arunima Ghosh |
| 2018 | Guptodhoner Sandhane | Abir | Dhrubo Banerjee | First film of the Guptodhon series | Abir Chatterjee & Ishaa Saha |
| 2018 | Crisscross | Archi | Birsa Dasgupta | Based on Crisscross written by Smaranjit Chakraborty | Mimi Chakraborty, Ridhima Ghosh & Gaurav Chakrabarty |
| 2018 | Byomkesh Gotro | Satyakam Das | Arindam Sil | Based on the Byomkesh Bakshi story Rakter Daag written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay | Abir Chatterjee |
| 2019 | Finally Bhalobasha | Vivek | Anjan Dutt | | Arindam Sil & Raima Sen |
| 2019 | Durgeshgorer Guptodhon | Abir | Dhrubo Banerjee | A sequel to Guptodhoner Sandhane and the second film of the series | Abir Chatterjee & Ishaa Saha |
| 2019 | Sakkhi | N/A | | | Sayoni Ghosh |
| 2019 | Tushagni | IPS Officer Sudip Chakraborty | Rana Banerjee | | Amrita Chattopadhyay |
| 2020 | Awaasan | Satyawan Shukla | Rajat Kumar Chaturvedi | | Kuljinder Singh Sidhu |
| 2020 | Love Aaj Kal Porshu | Avik | Pratim D. Gupta | | Madhumita Sarcar |
| 2020 | Saheber Cutlet | Ronojoy Ray Choudhury | Anjan Dutt | | Anjan Dutt |
| 2021 | Avijatrik | Apu | Subhrajit Mitra | Based on the novel Aparajito written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay | Sabyasachi Chakrabarty & Ditipriya Roy |
| 2022 | X=Prem | Arnab | Srijit Mukherjee | | Madhurima Basak |
| 2022 | Karnasubarner Guptodhon | Abi | Dhrubo Banerjee | A sequel to Durgeshgorer Guptodhon and the third film of the series | Abir Chatterjee & Ishaa Saha |
| 2022 | Khela Jawkhon | Sagnik Chowdhury | Arindam Sil | | Mimi Chakraborty |
| 2023 | Mitthye Premer Gaan | Aditya | Paroma Neotia | | Anirban Bhattacharya & Ishaa Saha |
| 2024 | 5 No Swapnomoy Lane | Supratim Dutta | Manasi Sinha | | Annwesha Hazra |
| 2025 | Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei | Koushik | Srijit Mukherjee | An adaptation of 1986 Hindi film Ek Ruka Hua Faisla | Suhotro Mukhopadhyay, Phalguni Chatterjee, Sauraseni Maitra, Kanchan Mullick, Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, Ritwick Chakraborty, Parambrata Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Kaushik Ganguly, Anirban Chakrabarti & Ananya Chatterjee |
| Upcoming | Kabaddi Kabaddi | TBA | Kaushik Ganguly | | Ritwick Chakraborty & Sohini Sarkar |
| Upcoming | Devi Chowdhurani | Rangaraj | Subhrajit Mitra | Based Devi Chaudhurani written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee | Srabanti Chatterjee & Sabyasachi Chakrabarty |
| Upcoming | Prantik | Prantik | Aritra Sen | | Parambrata Chatterjee & Ridhima Ghosh |
| Upcoming | Kath Badamer Gandho | Neel Chowdhury | Arindam Sil | | |
| Upcoming | Saptadingar Guptodhon | Abir | Dhrubo Banerjee | | Abir Chatterjee & Ishaa Saha |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Channel | Notes | Co-star |
| 2000 | Satyajiter Priyo Golpo (Tollywood-e Tarininkhuro) | Sunanda (Child actor) | DD Bangla | Telefilm; first appearance on Television | Subhendu Chatterjee |
| 2010-11 | Gaaner Oparey | Gora (Lead role) | Star Jalsha | TV series | Mimi Chakraborty & Gaurav Chakrabarty |
| 2015 | Professional | Raghunath Kamat (Lead role) | Zee Bangla Cinema | Telefilm | Malobika Banerjee |
| 2015 | Byomkesh (Shojarur Kanta) | Debashish Bhatta (Episodic appearance) | Colors Bangla | TV series; based on the Bengali sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay | Gaurav Chakrabarty & Amrita Chattopadhyay |
| 2016 | Akash Choan | Kaushik (Lead role) | Zee Bangla Cinema | Telefilm; based on Nadi written by Pracheta Gupta | Ridhima Ghosh |
| 2016 | Sei Meyeta | Chirojit Sengupta (Lead role-Male) | Zee Bangla Cinema | Telefilm | Geetashree Roy |
| 2017-18 | Jamai Raja | Ishan Chatterjee (Lead role) | Zee Bangla | TV series; remake of 2014-17 Hindi TV series Jamai Raja | Shreema Bhattacharjee |
| 2023-2024 | Anurager Chhowa | Dr. Arjun Chakrabarty (Supporting role) | Star Jalsha | TV series; remake of 2014-19 Malayam TV series Karuthamuthu | Swastika Ghosh |

## Short films and web series

| Year | Title | Director | Platform | Format | Role | Co-Star | Notes |
| 2015 | Debi | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | YouTube | Short Film | Anik | Monali Thakur & Ananya Chatterjee | |
| 2017 | Flames | Anirban Guha | | Short Film | Bapi | Darshana Banik | |
| 2017 | The Hungry Stones | Sayantan Maitra | | Short Film | Neel | Madhurima Basak | |
| 2019 | The Nightwatchman | Raja Mukherjee | Hoichoi | Web Series | Nishith | Kaushik Sen | |
| 2019 | Satyameva Jayate | Arindam Sil | ZEE5 | Web Original Film | OC Anindya Sarbadhikari | | |
| 2020 | Bonyo Premer Golpo 2 | Sani Ghoshe Ray | Hoichoi | Web Series | Kanishka Rakshit | Tanusree Chakraborty | |
| 2021 | Murder in the Hills | Anjan Dutt | Hoichoi | Web Series | Amitava Banerjee | Sandipta Sen, Anindita Bose, Anjan Dutt, Rajdeep Gupta & Suprobhat Das | Loosely based on the storyline of famous detective novel Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie |
| 2021 | Byomkesh (S7) | Soumik Halder | Hoichoi | Web Series | Himanshu Chowdhury | Anirban Bhattacharya, Ridhima Ghosh & Ushasi Ray | Based on Bengali sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay |
| 2022 | Mukti | Rohan Ghose | ZEE5 | Web Series | Dibakar Bandyopadhyay | Ritwick Chakraborty | |
| 2022 | Mahabharat Murders | Soumik Halder | Hoichoi | Web Series | Siddharth Singha | Priyanka Sarkar, Saswata Chatterjee & Kaushik Sen | Based on The Mahabharata Murders written by Arnab Ray |
| 2022 | Murder by the Sea | Anjan Dutt | Hoichoi | Web Series | Arjun Roy | Ananya Chatterjee, Payel Sarkar & Anjan Dutt | Sequel to Murder in the Hills |
| 2023 | Homestay Murders | Sayantan Ghosal | Hoichoi | Web Series | Animesh | Sohini Sarkar, Sourav Das & Parno Mittra | |
| 2023 | Rajneeti | Sourav Chakraborty | Hoichoi | Web Series | Sounak Sen | Ditipriya Roy & Kaushik Ganguly | |
| 2024 | Abar Rajneeti | Sourav Chakraborty | Hoichoi | Web Series | Sounak Sen | Ditipriya Roy | Sequel to Rajneeti |
| 2024 | Shaheb Bibi Joker | Arindam Sil | Fridaay | Web Series | Purnendu Choudhury | Arunima Ghosh & Kaushik Sen | |
| 2024 | Bondhu Chol | Sayantan Ghosal | YouTube | HoichoiMini's | Himself | Anirban Bhattacharya & Priyanka Sarkar | |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Director |
| 2013 | Ekhon Tokhon | | Arindam Ganguly |
| 2014 | Dudh Kheyeche Mao | | Arindam Ganguly |

## Music video

| Year | Title | Director | Platform | Co-star |
| 2020 | Majhe Majhe Tobo | Dhrubo Banerjee | YouTube | Darshana Banik |
| 2021 | Amar Chalaki | Sudipto Roy | YouTube | Madhumita Sarcar |

## TVCs

| Year | Brand | Director | Co-star |
| 2017 | Fortune Foods | | Kheya Chattopadhyay |
| 2017 | JSW Cement | | |
| 2017 | Big Bazaar | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | Sauraseni Maitra & Amrita Chattopadhyay |
| 2017 | Amazon | | Shreema Bhattacharjee |
| 2018 | Myntra | Indranil Roychowdhury | Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Mithun Chakrabarty, Gaurav Chakrabarty & Ridhima Ghosh |
| 2020 | Khadim India | | |
| 2021 | Subham's Parivaar Rice | | Mithu Chakrabarty |
| 2023 | McDowell's Soda (Yarir Gaan) | Baba Yadav | Anirban Bhattacharya & Priyanka Sarkar |
| 2023 | Berger Paints | Dhrubo Banerjee | Paran Bandopadhyay |
| 2024 | Wild Stone | | Gaurav Chakrabarty |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Film/TV Show | Result |
| 2011 | Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards | Agami Diner Star | Gaaner Oparey | Won |
| 2011 | Telesomman | Best Male Debutant | Gaaner Oparey | Won |
| 2011 | Big Bangla Rising Star Awards | Best Rising Star (Male) | Gaaner Oparey | Won |
| 2017 | 2nd Bengal International Short Film Festival | Best Actor (Male) | Flames | Won |
| 2018 | Zee Banglar Sonar Songsar 2018 | Sera Jamai | Jamai Raja | Won |
| 2018 | Hyderabad Telangana Bengali Film Festival | Best Supporting Role | Byomkesh Gotro | Won |
| 2019 | West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | Best Actor in a Negative Role | Byomkesh Gotro | Won |
| 2019 | West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Guptodhoner Sandhane | Nominated |
| 2019 | Bharat Bangladesh Film Awards | Best Actor In A Supporting Role | Byomkesh Gotro | Won |
| 2020 | Hoichoi Awards | Couple of the Year | Love Aaj Kal Porshu | Won |
| 2021 | Hoichoi Awards | Best Supporting Actor Male | Murder in the Hills | Won |
| 2021 | Hoichoi Awards | Best Supporting Actor Male | Byomkesh (S7) | Won |
| 2021 | Films and Frames Digital Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor Male (OTT) | Murder in the Hills | Nominated |
| 2022 | West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Avijatrik | Nominated |
| 2022 | Filmfare Awards East | Critics' Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) | Avijatrik | Won |
| 2023 | West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role | X=Prem | Nominated |
| 2023 | Filmfare Awards East | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) | X=Prem | Nominated |
| 2023 | TV9 Bangla Ghorer Bioscope Awards | Best Supporting Actor-Web Series | Murder by the Sea | Nominated |
| 2024 | Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards | Priyo Trendsetter | Anurager Chhowa | Won |
| 2024 | Marketing and Advertising Awards | Rising Star Of The Year (Male)-Gold Winner | | Won |
| 2024 | NABC and International Bengali Entertainment Awards 2024 | Most Versatile Young Actor-OTT & Movies | Abar Rajneeti | Won |