Indraneil Sengupta
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Indraneil Sengupta is an Indian model and actor, born in Assam
and schooled and brought up in Ahmedabad
. He was a finalist in the Gladrags Manhunt Contest
1999. In 2000 he moved to Mumbai
to pursue modelling. He modelled for designers like Rohit Bal
and also worked for choreographers like Marc Robinson
and Achala Sachdev
. He did commercials for the Tata Indigo Marina
car, VIP Frenchie and Aquafina
.
Then came the transition to music videos: one each for Falguni Pathak
-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
, which was called Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam
.
He has done a movie called Shukriya which was to have starred Aftab Shivdasani
, Shriya Saran
and Anupam Kher
. He was to act in the movie Dus but the project got shelved.
He played a Negative role in 1920 an Indian horror film written and directed by Vikram Bhatt as Mohan Kant, the British Indian armyman who betrayed his revolting pro-independence military regiment.
He also starred as Tushaar in the hit Zee TV
serial Banoo Main Teri Dulhan.
On 2 March 2008, he tied the knot with Barkha Bisht Sengupta
who was his co-star in Doli Saja Ke
and Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam
. The couple also appeared in Nach Baliye 3 as a late entrant.
He starred in a Bollywood
movie Mumbai Salsa. Of late, he has also done four Bengali films. In 2008, he did 'Janala' opposite Swastika Mukherjee
and directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta. He started 2009 with 'Anshumaner Chhobi' opposite Indrani Haldar
and directed by first time filmmaker Atanu Ghosh
. The film. which released in 2009, was critically acclaimed and was the only Bengali entry in the competitive section of the Indian Panorama in Goa in 2009. In 2009, he also starred as a bisexual lover in Kaushik Ganguly
's 'Arekti Premer Golpo'. His love interest in this yet to be released film is the acclaimed director Rituparno Ghosh
. 'Arekti Premer Golpo' incidentally was Rituparno's first movie as an actor. In 2010, he did his first commercial Bengali film 'Jodi Ekdin', directed by Riingo. 'Jodi Ekdin' is to release in March 2010.
Indraneil also received the Anandalok
Fresh Face of the Year (male) award in 2009 for 'Anshumaner Chobi'.
Indraneil starred as a young aspiring director in Bengali movie Autograph
with Prasenjit Chatterjee
and Nandana Sen
. The movie is a humble tribute to both Satyajit Ray
and to Uttam Kumar
as it is on the lines of film Nayak.
Shukriya
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
and schooled and brought up in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
. He was a finalist in the Gladrags Manhunt Contest
Gladrags Manhunt Contest
Gladrags is an Indian magazine which features modeling and related events. Every year they conduct the Manhunt Contest, in which the most appealing male is selected as winner and the magazine promotes him....
1999. In 2000 he moved to Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
to pursue modelling. He modelled for designers like Rohit Bal
Rohit Bal
Rohit Bal is a fashion designer from New Delhi, India. He designs for men and women, and has bridal and evening collections in addition to day-wear and ready-to-wear.-Early Life:...
and also worked for choreographers like Marc Robinson
Marc Robinson
Marc Robinson is an Indian actor and model.Robinson started off his career as a model. He played the male lead in Bada Din , opposite Shabana Azmi and Tara Deshpande. Since then, he has worked primarily as a model coordinator and choreographer.On 2 February 2002, he married fellow model Waluscha...
and Achala Sachdev
Achala Sachdev
Achala Sachdev is an Indian film actress who started her career as a child. She later became known for mother and grandmother roles in Hindi films...
. He did commercials for the Tata Indigo Marina
Tata Indigo
-Indigo Sedan :In 2002, Tata introduced India's competitive indigenous sedan: the Indigo. Designed in-house, it is a sedan version of the Tata Indica, with which it shares a large number of parts. Launched with a Turbodiesel and Petrol engines, An intercooled 'TDI' Engine, and Dicor engines were...
car, VIP Frenchie and Aquafina
Aquafina
Aquafina is a brand of bottled water products produced by PepsiCo, Inc., consisting of both unflavored and flavored water. The Aquafina brand name is also licensed for use on multiple skin care products, including lip balm and wrinkle cream...
.
Then came the transition to music videos: one each for Falguni Pathak
Falguni Pathak
Falguni Pathak , born March 12, 1964, is an acclaimed singer and performing artist from India, based in Mumbai. Her music is based on traditional musical forms from the Indian state of Gujarat...
-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
Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies...
from the movie Bees Saal Baad
Bees Saal Baad
Bees Saal Baad is a 1962 Bollywood film. The movie was produced by Hemant Kumar, who also gave the music and sings some of the movie's memorable songs, the film is directed by Biren Nag. The film stars Biswajeet, Waheeda Rehman, Madan Puri, Sajjan and Asit Sen.The plot is loosely based on Sir...
. He also appeared in a television show on STAR Plus
STAR Plus
STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India. The channel is part of the STAR TV network's bouquet of channels...
, which was called Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam
Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam
Pyaar Ke Do Naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam was a tv serial aired on Star Plus in early 2006 until late 2006. The show focuses on reincarnation and how everlasting love lasts between the lead pairs. The story takes us through three lives of Shyaam and Radha. Shyaam is the playboy of the school, and Radha...
.
He has done a movie called Shukriya which was to have starred Aftab Shivdasani
Aftab Shivdasani
Aftab Shivadasani is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He started as a child actor in commercials and has performed in over 40 films. He also co-wrote and helped produce the film Aao Wish Karein. He started his career as a child artist in the movie Mr. India. Shivdasani is currently...
, Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran , also known by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian film actress and model. She has worked in several of the regional industries of Indian cinema, having acted in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films, as well as a few films in English, Malayalam and Kannada...
and Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...
. He was to act in the movie Dus but the project got shelved.
He played a Negative role in 1920 an Indian horror film written and directed by Vikram Bhatt as Mohan Kant, the British Indian armyman who betrayed his revolting pro-independence military regiment.
He also starred as Tushaar in the hit Zee TV
Zee TV
Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...
serial Banoo Main Teri Dulhan.
On 2 March 2008, he tied the knot with Barkha Bisht Sengupta
Barkha Bisht Sengupta
Barkha Bisht Sengupta is an Indian television actress. She is married to co-star Indraneil Sengupta in real life.- Career :...
who was his co-star in Doli Saja Ke
Doli Saja Ke
Doli Saja Ke is a Hindi language Indian soap opera that airs on Sahara One channel worldwide, based on the concept of one's ill-fated and inauspicious fate. The series premiered on May 27, 2007 and airs every Monday to Friday at 10pm IST. It is ending on November 13th 2009- Cast/Characters...
and Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam
Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam
Pyaar Ke Do Naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam was a tv serial aired on Star Plus in early 2006 until late 2006. The show focuses on reincarnation and how everlasting love lasts between the lead pairs. The story takes us through three lives of Shyaam and Radha. Shyaam is the playboy of the school, and Radha...
. The couple also appeared in Nach Baliye 3 as a late entrant.
He starred in a Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
movie Mumbai Salsa. Of late, he has also done four Bengali films. In 2008, he did 'Janala' opposite Swastika Mukherjee
Swastika Mukherjee
Swastika Mukherjee is a Bengali actress at Tollywood. She is daughter of actor Santu Mukherjee. Mukherjee's first stint with acting was the tele-serial Devdasi. She made her film debut in 2003 with the film Hemanter Pakhi directed by Urmi Chakraborty...
and directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta. He started 2009 with 'Anshumaner Chhobi' opposite Indrani Haldar
Indrani Haldar
Indrani Haldar is a Bengali actress. Indrani, also known as Mamoni, was born in Kolkata on January 6, 1971. Her father is Sanjoy Haldar. She finished her schooling from the Multipurpose Girl’s School and graduated from Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated women's college of the prestigious...
and directed by first time filmmaker Atanu Ghosh
Atanu Ghosh
Atanu Ghosh is a critically acclaimed Bengali film director and screenwriter-Biography:After completing post-graduation in journalism from the University of Calcutta, Atanu Ghosh started his career in 1996 as scriptwriter and director of documentary films, the first series being Pioneers of Indian...
. The film. which released in 2009, was critically acclaimed and was the only Bengali entry in the competitive section of the Indian Panorama in Goa in 2009. In 2009, he also starred as a bisexual lover in Kaushik Ganguly
Kaushik Ganguly
Kaushik Ganguly is an Indian director, screenwriter and actor in Bengali cinema. He is known for his works that explore sexuality like Ushnatar Janye which deals with a lesbian relationship and Arekti Premer Golpo that examines transgendered identity.-Life and career:Ganguly was born in Kolkata...
's 'Arekti Premer Golpo'. His love interest in this yet to be released film is the acclaimed director Rituparno Ghosh
Rituparno Ghosh
Rituparno Ghosh is a Bengali film director. He has won 8 National Film Awards in India and several awards at international film festivals abroad.- Early life and background :...
. 'Arekti Premer Golpo' incidentally was Rituparno's first movie as an actor. In 2010, he did his first commercial Bengali film 'Jodi Ekdin', directed by Riingo. 'Jodi Ekdin' is to release in March 2010.
Indraneil also received the Anandalok
Anandalok
Anandalok is a Bengali magazine published by Ananda Publishers from Kolkata, India. The magazine is a filmy magazine. The periodocal is usually published on 15th and 30th of every month.Anandalok started in 25 January 1975, and was edited by Rituparno Ghosh...
Fresh Face of the Year (male) award in 2009 for 'Anshumaner Chobi'.
Indraneil starred as a young aspiring director in Bengali movie Autograph
Autograph (2010 film)
Autograph is a 2010 Bengali film directed by debutant director Srijit Mukherji.The movie is a humble tribute to both Satyajit Ray and to Uttam Kumar as it is on the lines of movie Nayak. In fact so much so the central character of the film is called Arun Chatterjee . Such is the influence and...
with Prasenjit Chatterjee
Prasenjit Chatterjee
Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (also Prosenjit Chatterjee or Proshenjit Chattopadhyay , professionally known as Proshenjit, is a Bengali film actor. His fans affectionately called him Bumba Da...
and Nandana Sen
Nandana Sen
-Early life:Sen was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to a Bengali Hindu family. She is the daughter of Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna economist Amartya Sen and Padma Shri winner Nabanita Dev Sen, one of the most prominent authors in the contemporary Bengali literature....
. The movie is a humble tribute to both Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
and to Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar is one of the most famous names of Indian Bengali Cinema.Born Arun Kumar Chatterjee in 1926 at Ahiritola, North Calcutta he is widely known as Uttam Kumar and Mahanayak . He remains as much of a cultural icon as he had been in his lifetime...
as it is on the lines of film Nayak.
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Director | Co-stars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anjan Das | Rituparna Sengupta Rituparna Sengupta Rituparna Sengupta is an Indian actress. She is the leading actress in Bengali Cinema for the last decade in India, and is also currently performing in critically acclaimed Hindi Cinema.- Early life and education :... |
||
| 2010 | Autograph Autograph (2010 film) Autograph is a 2010 Bengali film directed by debutant director Srijit Mukherji.The movie is a humble tribute to both Satyajit Ray and to Uttam Kumar as it is on the lines of movie Nayak. In fact so much so the central character of the film is called Arun Chatterjee . Such is the influence and... |
Srijit Mukherji Srijit Mukherji Srijit Mukherji is an erstwhile economist, actor, director, lyricist, and theatrician from the Indian movie industry of West Bengal, Kolkata.-Early life:... |
Prasenjit Chatterjee Prasenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (also Prosenjit Chatterjee or Proshenjit Chattopadhyay , professionally known as Proshenjit, is a Bengali film actor. His fans affectionately called him Bumba Da... , Nandana Sen Nandana Sen -Early life:Sen was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to a Bengali Hindu family. She is the daughter of Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna economist Amartya Sen and Padma Shri winner Nabanita Dev Sen, one of the most prominent authors in the contemporary Bengali literature.... |
| 2010 | Jodi Ekdin | Riingo | |
| 2009 | Angshumaner Chhobi Angshumaner Chhobi Angshumaner Chhobi is the debut feature film of Atanu Ghosh which was premiered at the 40th International Film Festival of India, Goa. It was selected in the Competitive Section of the festival, one of the two Indian entries.-Plot:... |
Atanu Ghosh Atanu Ghosh Atanu Ghosh is a critically acclaimed Bengali film director and screenwriter-Biography:After completing post-graduation in journalism from the University of Calcutta, Atanu Ghosh started his career in 1996 as scriptwriter and director of documentary films, the first series being Pioneers of Indian... |
Indrani Haldar Indrani Haldar Indrani Haldar is a Bengali actress. Indrani, also known as Mamoni, was born in Kolkata on January 6, 1971. Her father is Sanjoy Haldar. She finished her schooling from the Multipurpose Girl’s School and graduated from Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated women's college of the prestigious... |
Television
| Year | Serial | Role | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam Pyaar Ke Do Naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam was a tv serial aired on Star Plus in early 2006 until late 2006. The show focuses on reincarnation and how everlasting love lasts between the lead pairs. The story takes us through three lives of Shyaam and Radha. Shyaam is the playboy of the school, and Radha... |
Shyaam | Opposite Barkha Bisht Sengupta Barkha Bisht Sengupta Barkha Bisht Sengupta is an Indian television actress. She is married to co-star Indraneil Sengupta in real life.- Career :... |
| 2006 | Banoo Main Teri Dulhann Banoo Main Teri Dulhann Banoo Main Teri Dulhann is an Indian soap opera that airs on Zee TV channel August 14 2006 through May 2009... |
Tushar | |
| 2008 | Babul Ki Bitiya Chali Doli Saja Ke | Daksh | Opposite Barkha Bisht Sengupta Barkha Bisht Sengupta Barkha Bisht Sengupta is an Indian television actress. She is married to co-star Indraneil Sengupta in real life.- Career :... |
| 2008 | Maayka Maayka Maayka - Saath Zindagi Bhar Ka is an Indian television series that was aired on Zee TV from January 15, 2007 until August 14, 2009. The series was originally produced by Anjana Sood's production house, Klassic Productions, but was taken over by Dheeraj Kumar's, Creative Eye Limited due to high... |
Angad |
Shukriya
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