Prasenjit Chatterjee

Actor, Award Winner

1962 –

56

Who is Prasenjit Chatterjee?

Prosenjit Chatterjee, professionally known as Proshenjit, is a Bengali and Hindi film actor. His fans affectionately called him Bumba Da. In rural Bengal he is addressed as Poshenjit. His rural fan base led him to do many films which had rustic storylines, films intellectuals shied away from. But his popularity was undeniable. Since 2003 with Rituparno Ghosh's Chokher Bali (co-starring Aishwarya Rai) he has acted in numerous films that won critical acclaim. In 2007 he received the National Award Silver Lotus for his performance in Dosar. He had acted in over 279 films as of October 2009. He is the Chief Mentor at International Institute of Photography in Kolkata to guide young talents.

Prosenjit has been the leading star of Bengali (West Bengal) commercial cinema for the past three decades.

We need you!

Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!

Born
Sep 30, 1962
Kolkata
Also known as
  • Mr. Prosenjit Chatterjee
  • Pronsenjit Chatterjee
  • Prosenjit Chatterjee
  • Prasenjit Chattopadhyay
  • Prosenjit Chattopadhyay
  • Prasenjit
  • Prosenjit
  • Proshenjit
  • Bumba Da
  • Poshenjit
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Bengali people
Nationality
  • India
Profession
Education
  • St. Xavier's Collegiate School
  • St. Xavier's College, Calcutta
  • University of Calcutta

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

Citation

Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Prasenjit Chatterjee." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 10 May 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/prasenjit_chatterjee>.

Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

Discuss this Prasenjit Chatterjee biography with the community:

0 Comments

    Browse Biographies.net

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

    Movies starring

    Prasenjit Chatterjee

    »
    See more