Prosenjit Chatterjee Wiki, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Prosenjit Chatterjee is an Indian actor and producer who predominantly works in Bengali language films. He is the son of veteran film actor Biswasjit Chatterjee. He is also known for his work in Dosar (2006), Baishe Srabon (2011), and Shankhachil (2016). He appeared in the 2023 TV series Jubilee

Wiki/Biography

Prosenjit Chatterjee was born on Sunday, 30 September 1962 (age 61 years; as of 2023) in Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India. ((Twitter)) His zodiac sign is Libra. Prosenjit Chatterjee went to South Point School in Kolkata, where he studied till class 10. He then joined St. Xavier’s Collegiate School in Kolkata for classes 11 and 12. After passing out of school he enrolled in St. Xavier’s University and completed his graduation. ((The Times of India))

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 7″

Weight (approx.): 75 kg – 70kg

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Body Measurements (approx.): Chest: 38″, Waist: 32″, Biceps: 14″

Physical Transformation

Jaatishwar (2014)

Prosenjit Chatterjee was following a strict diet to play the role of the character “Kushal Hajra.” He ate less than usual and performed a lot of cardiovascular exercises to achieve a lean look. He wanted to see his ribs out for the character and was successful in achieving it. He also shaved his head on one side to look like the character “Kushal.”

Force (2014)

Prosenjit Chatterjee bulked up for his character in ‘Force’ released in 2014. He did heavy-weight training and ate a protein diet with carbohydrates to build a toned physique.

Family & Caste

Prosenjit Chatterjee was born in a Bengali Hindu Brahmin family in Kolkata.

Parents & Siblings

Prosenjit Chatterjee’s father is Biswajeet Chatterjee. He is a veteran Indian actor, producer, director, singer, and politician. He has worked both in Hindi and Bengali language films. Prosenjit Chatterjee’s mother is Ratna Chatterjee. He has a sister named Pallavi Chatterjee. She is an actress and works primarily in the Bengali film industry.

Wife & Children

Prosenjit Chatterjee got married to Debashree Roy in the year 1992 and they got divorced in 1995. Debashree Roy is an actress who works in Bengali Film Industry. Prosenjit has claimed that he couldn’t cope with his divorce with Debashree Roy for three years. ((Rediff))

He then married Aparna Guhathakurta, an actress in 1997, and divorced in 2002. Prosenjit and Aparna have a daughter together named Prerona who stays with her mother. Prosenjit married Arpita Chatterjee in 2002. Prosenjit and Arpita have a son named Trishanjit Chatterjee.

Relationships/Affairs

Prosenjit Chatterjee dated Debashree Roy, an Indian actress, before getting married in 1992.

He dated Aparna Guhathakurta in 1997 and got married but got separated after 5 years.

There were rumours about Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta dating each other, leading to speculation that Aparna filed for divorce because of it.

After his divorce from Aparna, he dated Arpita for a brief time before marrying her.

Religion

Prosenjit Chatterjee follows Hinduism. He celebrates Durga puja every year and follows the rituals during the puja. ((ABP))

Address

He resides at UTSAV, P -19/1, Old Ballygunge Road, Kolkata – 700019.

Signature/Autograph

Career

Actor

Bengali Films

Prosenjit Chatterjee started acting in films as a child actor. He was first seen in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Chotto Jigyasa (1968).

He continued appearing as a child actor in many films. In Dui Prithibi (1970), directed by Piyush Bose, Prosenjit got the role of young Mrinal Dutta, a character played by the actor Uttam Kumar. He debuted as the main lead in the film Dui Pata (1983), directed by Bimal Roy. This film was a teenage romance. The film that elevated Prosenjit to fame was Amar Sangi (1987), opposite Vijayeta Pandit. This film’s cult hit song titled ‘Chirodini Tumi Je Amar’ became a popular song among Bengali audiences. The film ran for 75 weeks and set new records.

The other two films that were important in Prosenjit Chatterjee’s career were Apon Amaar Apon (1990), directed by Tarun Majumdar, and Ami, Yasin Ar Amar Madhubala (2007), directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta. As of 2023, he has starred in more than 50 films paired opposite Satabdi Roy, 35 films opposite Rachna Banerjee, 50 films opposite Rituparna Sengupta, 16 with Indrani Haldar and four with his wife Arpita Pal. Prosenjit Chatterjee made his debut in Bollywood with David Dhawan’s Aandhiyan released in 1990. After appearing in several commercial films he changed his track to parallel cinema. He got to play a role in Rituparno Ghosh’s Chokher Bali (2003) after which he carried on acting in art films. Some of the well-known art films were Dosar (2006), Shob Charitro Kalponik (2009), Jaatishwar (2014), and Shankhachil (2016). Prosenjit Chatterjee was praised for his performances in Autograph (2010), Moner Manush (2010), Baishe Srabon (2011), Mayurakshi (2017), Gumnaami (2019), and Kacher Manush (2022) which were equally liked by the audience and critics.

He was cast as the famous fictional character ‘Kakababu’ in the film Kakababur Protyaborton, written by Sunil Gangopadhyay. The character was well appreciated among the Bengali audience.

Hindi Films

Prosenjit has worked in Hindi language films like Meet Mere Man Ke (1991), Sone Ki Zanjeer (1992), Veerta (1993), Shanghai (2012), and Traffic (2016). These films were critically acclaimed.

Apart from films, Prosenjit Chatterjee has been part of several brand advertisements like Emami, Vivel, Shyam Steel, and Anjali Jewellers.

Television

Prosenjit Chatterjee has hosted a few TV shows like Banglar Sera Paribar (2013) on Zee Bangla, Tumi Je Amar (2014) on Zee Bangla, and Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti (2018) on Colors Bangla. He appeared as a guest performer in the Bengali TV serial Shubho Drishti (2018) on Colors Bangla. He also got the chance to play the part of Uttam Kumar who was one of the legendary actors of the Indian film industry in the TV serial named “Mahanayak. ” The serial was aired in 2016 on Star Jalsha and has 112 episodes.

Web Series

Prosenjit Chatterjee made his debut on the OTT platform with the Amazon Prime web series Jubilee (2023), directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. Prosenjit Chatterjee was appreciated by the critics for playing the character of “Srikant Roy” in the series.

Scoop (2023) was another series in which Prosenjit Chatterjee got to play a vital role. The series was directed by Hansal Mehta and it premiered on Netflix. The series got the number-one spot upon its release in Netflix’s top 10 list in India and Bangladesh on 2 June 2023.

Producer

Prosenjit Chatterjee owns a production house named Nideas, Creations and Productions Pvt. Ltd. He has produced several films and TV serials like Gaaner Oparey (2010), Bapi Bari Jaa (2012), Shankhachil (2016), Uronchondi (2018), Mahalaya (2019), Nirontor (2020), and Prosenjit Weds Rituparna (2022).

Apart from his production company he owns some other companies known as S.B. Contractor Private Limited (2019) as an Additional Director, Prosenjit Chatterjee Films and Productions LLP (2020) as a partner, Neidea Creations Private Limited (2022) as a Director.

Controversies

Abhishek Chattopadhyay’s bold remarks on Prosenjit Chatterjee

Abhishek Chattopadhyay was an actor who is known for his work in Bengali language films and TV serials. He claimed, in an interview, that Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta were the reason why he did not get films for 9 years. He also claimed that he did not like the dirty politics that was played by them to ruin his career as a result of this he had to take smaller acting roles in TV serials. When asked about the remark made by Abhishek, Prosenjit Chatterjee denied playing a part in ruining Abhishek’s career. ((The Times of India))

Rose Valley Scam

In 2019, Prosenjit Chatterjee was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the Rose Valley chit fund scam. According to sources, Prosenjit Chatterjee was once part of a film produced by the chit-fund company named ‘Hangover.’ The company claimed that the film was made with a budget of less than Rs. 5 Lakh whereas the Enforcement Directorate (ED) revealed that Rose Valley purposely devalued the film’s production cost and used the investor’s money to make the film with a higher budget. ((India Today))

Awards

1969

• BFJA ( Bengali Film Journalists Association) Award for Most Outstanding Work of the Year for the film Chotto Jigyasa

1999

• BFJA Award – Best Actor for the film Tumi Ele Tai

• Anandalok Award – Best Actor for the film Ranokhetro

2000

• BFJA Award – Best Actor for the film Aasroy

2001

• BFJA Award – Best Actor for the film Utsab

2004

• BFJA Award – Best Actor for the film Chokher Bali (2003)

2006

• Anandalok Award – Best Actor for the film Dosar

2007

• National Film Award – Special Jury Award/Special Mention (Feature Film) for Best Actor for the film Dosar (2006)

• BFJA Award – Best Actor for the film Dosar (2006)

2011

• Zee Banglar Gourab Samman Award – Best Actor for the film Autograph (2010)

• Ananadalok Award – Best Actor for the film Moner Manush

2012

• Zee Banglar Gourab Samman Awards – Best Actor (Jury) for the film Baishe Srabon (2012)

2013

• Stardust Awards – Best Supporting Actor for the film Shanghai (2012)

• Mohanayak Somman by Government of West Bengal

• Mirchi Music Awards Bangla

2014

• Filmfare Awards East – Special Award

2016

• Zee Cine Awards – Best Actor for the film Lorai: Play to Live

• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali for the film Shankhachil

2017

• Zee Cine Awards – Best Actor for the film Shankhachil

• WBFJA Award – Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film Khawto

• Filmfare Awards East – Best Actor for the film Shankhachil

2018

• Zee Cine Awards – Best Actor for the film Yeti Obhijaan

• WBFJA Award – Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film Mayurakshi

• Filmfare Awards East – Best Actor for the film Mayurakshi

• Telecine Award- – Best Actor for the film Mayurakshi
  

  Prosenjit Chatterjee posing with Tele Cine Award for Mayurakshi

• Banga Bibhushan by the Government of West Bengal

2019

• WBFJA Award – Most Popular Actor for the film Kishore Kumar Junior

2021

• Filmfare Awards Bangla – Best Actor for the film Gumnaami
  

  Prosenjit Chatterjee holding the Filmfare Award for Gumnaami

2023

• IWM Buzz Digital Awards – Pathbreaking Performance of the Year OTT for the series Jubilee
  

  Prosenjit Chatterjee holding the IWM Buzz Digital Award Trophy for ‘Jubilee’

• Bengali Film and Television Award – Best Actor in a Leading Role Male for the film Aay Khuku Aay (2022)
  

  Prosenjit Chatterjee receiving the Bengali Film and Television Award for ‘Aay Khuku Aay’

• Danube OTTplay Awards – Best Supporting Actor Male for the series Jubilee
  

  Prosenjit Chatterjee holding the OTTplay Award for ‘Jubilee’

Car Collection

• Jaguar XJ
  

  Prosenjit Chatterjee with his Jaguar XJ

• Mercedes Benz-S Class

• Audi A6

• Land Rover Defender
  

  Prosenjit Chatterjee with his son Trishanjit posing in front of his Land Rover

• Lexus LX 470

• BMW 3 Series
  

  Prosenjit Chatterjee with his BMW 3 Series

• Toyota Fortuner

Income

Prosenjit Chatterjee charges Rs. 85 lakh for a film. His income depends on the budget of the film. He is one of the highest-paid actors in the Bengali film industry. ((ichorepaka)).

Favourites

• Food: Thai Cuisine

• Actor: Uttam Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Soumitra Chatterjee

• Actress: Debashree Roy

• Beverage: Black Coffee, Green Tea

• Colour: Black, White

• Travel Destination: Scotland

Facts/Trivia

• Prosenjit Chatterjee knows how to play drums.

• His nickname is Bumba. ((The Times of India))

• Prosenjit Chatterjee was offered to play the main lead in Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) and Saajan (1991) but couldn’t accept the role because of other commitments. These are the two films that were crucial in Hindi film actors Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt’s film careers.

•  According to sources, he used to sign 25 films in a year during the 90s.

• He quit smoking in 2009. However, in an interview, he revealed that he had to resume smoking for the film character in Khwato (2016) and the TV serial Mahanayak (2016) as the roles demanded to smoke.

• He holds the record of releasing 22 films in a year. ((Elgin Hotels & Resorts))

• Prosenjit acquired a cricket team called Purulia Panthers in the Bengal Celebrity League in 2015.

• He is an avid dog lover and owns two pet dogs, Rocky, and Rambo.
  

  Prosenjit Chatterjee with his pet dogs Rocky and Rambo