Gaurav Chakrabarty

Gaurav Chakrabarty
Gaurav Chakrabarty
Born	6 March 1987 (age 37); Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Other names	Niki
Alma mater	Assembly of God Church School, Park Street ; St. Xavier's College, Kolkata ; Film and Television Institute of India, Pune
Occupation(s)	Actor ; Editor ; Podcast Host ; TV Host
Years active	2007–present
Known for	Role Prodipto Lahiri in Gaaner Oparey ; Role Byomkesh Bakshi in Byomkesh
Notable work	Rang Milanti ; Laptop ; Apur Panchali ; Eagoler Chokh ; Colkatay Columbus ; Double Feluda ; Aschhe Abar Shabor ; Parineeta ; Purba Paschim Dakshin ; Sagardwipey Jawker Dhan ; Dwitiyo Purush ; Lalbazaar ; Abar Kanchanjungha ; Bismillah ; Abar Proloy ; Chhotolok ; Parnashavarir Shaap
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse	Ridhima Ghosh (m. 2017)
Children	Dheer
Parent(s)	Sabyasachi Chakrabarty (father) ; Mithu Chakrabarty (mother)
Relatives	Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty (grandfather) ; Monica Chakrabarty (grandmother) ; Arjun Chakrabarty (brother)

Gaurav Chakrabarty is an Indian Bengali-language film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Prodipto Lahiri in the Bengali musical television series Gaaner Oparey that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011.^[1] Chakrabarty is also known for acting in the Bengali classic periodic thriller television series Byomkesh (2014-2015), where he played the role of iconic Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi. 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), Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monika Chakrabarty (his paternal grandparents), and his parents Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Mithu Chakrabarty. He debuted on the big screen Kaushik Ganguly's Rang Milanti one of the most appreciated films of 2011.

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Calcutta Times voted him as one of the 10 Most Desirable Men in 2015.^[2]

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 and completed his postgraduation in Video Editing from Film and Television Institute of India at Pune.^[3]^[4]

Early life

Gaurav got involved in theatre from a young age. He worked in backstage as an audio technician in Rong, Dudh Kheyeche Mao and Cholo Potol Tuli these three theatres in 'Charbak'. He also played 'Topshe' in Apsara Theatre-er Mamla in 'Charbak'. During his college days, he played the lead role in Isolation, a documentary on HIV/AIDS.

Personal life

Gaurav was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India on 6 March 1987.^[5] He was raised in Kolkata. His brother is actor Arjun Chakrabarty. He married his long-term girlfriend, actress Ridhima Ghosh on 28 November 2017. They met in the script reading of Rang Milanti on 5 September 2010.^[6] The couple's son Dheer was born on 16 September 2023.^[7]

Career

Gaurav debuted on television, along with his younger sibling Arjun Chakrabarty, in the Star Jalsha megaserial Gaaner Oparey. Chakrabarty's character Prodipto Lahiri, in spite of not being the official male lead, gained popularity due to his portrayal.^[8]

Gaurav made his silver screen debut with the film Rang Milanti, a romantic comedy directed by Kaushik Ganguly, that released in September 2011 to wide critical and commercial acclaim.^[9]

Chakrabarty was back on television through Byomkesh on Colors Bangla in 2014. His acting as Byomkesh Bakshi was well acclaimed by audience and appreciated by critics.^[10]

However Chakrabarty began his journey in the entertainment world at a young age, working as a child actor Ekushey Paa on Zee Bangla (former name Alpha Bangla) in 1995.

He debuted on OTT platform in the ZEE5 cop drama web series, Lalbazaar. After that, he worked in a number of successful web series like Seven, Abar Proloy, Chhotolok and so on.^[11]

Filmography

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Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes	Co-star
2011	Rang Milanti	Kaushik Ganguly	Rik	Debut Film	Ridhima Ghosh
2012	Laptop	Kaushik Ganguly	Jiyon Ghosh		Ridhima Ghosh
2013	Chhayamoy	Haranath Chakraborty	Indrajit Pratap Roy	Based on Chhayamoy written by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay	Sabyasachi Chakrabarty & Deepankar De
2013	Rupkatha Noy	Atanu Ghosh	Prasit Mukherjee		Sohini Sarkar
2013	Aashbo Arek Din	Abhijit Dasgupta & Arindam Sil	Anwar		Ridhima Ghosh
2014	Apur Panchali	Kaushik Ganguly	Arko	Based on the life of Subir Banerjee, the actor who played Apu in Pather Panchali (1955), the first film of Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy	Ardhendu Banarjee
2014	Highway	Sudipto Chattopadhyay	Dhrubo	Extended cameo	Parambrata Chatterjee
2015	Fakebook	Sanjay Bardhan	Suman Naskar/Hutum		Ridhima Ghosh
2015	Aagun	Joydip Mukherjee	Binoy Sarkar		Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rajatava Dutta, Arindam Sil, Abir Chatterjee, Indrasish Roy, Sudipa Basu & Ridhima Ghosh
2016	Eagoler Chokh^[12]	Arindam Sil	SI Sanjib Das	Special appearance; based on Eagoler Chokh written by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and the second film	Saswata Chatterjee, Subhrajit Dutta & Anirban Bhattacharya
2016	Gangster	Birsa Dasgupta	Ajay	Guest appearance	Yash Dasgupta
2016	Colkatay Columbus	Saurav Palodhi	Balahori Roy aka Roy		Mir, Tanusree Chakraborty & Anirban Bhattacharya
2016	Double Feluda	Sandip Ray	Ranajit Bandyopadhyay	Film series of Feluda^[13]	Sabyasachi Chakrabarty & Saheb Bhattacharya
2017	The Bongs Again	Anjan Dutt	Anindya		Parno Mitra^[14]
2018	Aschhe Abar Shabor	Arindam Sil	SI Sanjib Das	Based on Prajapatir Mrityu O Punorjonmo written by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and the third film	Saswata Chatterjee & Subhrajit Dutta
2018	Crisscross	Birsa Dasgupta	Ahan Roy^[15]	Based on Crisscross written by Smaranjit Chakraborty	Nusrat Jahan, Priyanka Sarkar & Arjun Chakrabarty
2019	Bhootchakra Pvt. Ltd.	Haranath Chakraborty	Nimai Bose aka Nimo	Loosely inspired by 2017 Telugu film Anando Brahma	Soham Chakraborty & Bonny Sengupta
2019	Parineeta	Raj Chakraborty	Ranadeb Sen		Subhashree Ganguly, Falaque Rashid Roy & Ritwick Chakraborty
2019	Purba Paschim Dakshin	Raajhorshee De	Atin^[16]	Based on Ebong Inquisition written by Avik Sarkar	Eshika Dey & Rudraprasad Sengupta
2019	Sagardwipey Jawker Dhan	Sayantan Ghosal	Kumar	A sequel to Jawker Dhan and the second film	Parambrata Chatterjee & Koel Mallick
2020	Dwitiyo Purush	Srijit Mukherji	Rajat Chakrabarty	A sequel to Baishe Srabon and the second film	Parambrata Chatterjee & Ridhima Ghosh
2020	Cholo Potol Tuli	Arindam Ganguly	Mainak	Based on Cholo Potol Tuli by Shibram Chakraborty	Arindam Ganguly
2021	Flyover^[17]	Abhimanyu Mukherjee	SI Amit Sen	Remake of 2016 Kannada film U Turn	Koel Mallick
2021	Ei Ami Renu^[18]	Soumen Sur	Sumit	Based on Ei Ami Renu written by Samaresh Majumdar	Sohini Sarkar
2021	Nirbhaya	Anshuman Pratyush	Ritwik Dutt^[19]		Hiya Dey & Priyanka Sarkar
2022	Swastik Sanket	Sayantan Ghosal	Priyam	Based on Narak Sanket written by Debarati Mukhopadhyay	Nusrat Jahan
2022	Abar Kanchanjungha	Raajhorshee De	Rohit Deb		Arpita Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Rahul, Padmanabha Dasgupta & Devlina Kumar
2022	Bismillah	Indraadip Dasgupta	Shibu		Riddhi Sen & Anindita Raychaudhury
2022	Ajker Shortcut	Subir Mandol	Abesh		Parambrata Chatterjee & Apu Biswas
2023	Tenida and Company	Sayantan Ghosal	Kushal Mitra aka Kyabla^[20]	Based on Jhau-Bunglowr Rahasya written by Narayan Gangopadhyay	Kanchan Mullick, Soumendra Bhattacharya, Sourav Saha, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty & Paran Bandopadhyay
2023	Mayaa	Raajhorshee De	Michael^[21]	Inspired by Macbeth written by William Shakespeare	Rafiath Rashid Mithila, Tanusree Chakraborty & Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Upcoming	Saralakkha Holmes	Sayantan Ghosal	TBA	Based on The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Arthur Conan Doyle
Upcoming	Sonar Kellay Jawker Dhan	Sayantan Ghosal	Kumar	A sequel to Sagardwipey Jawker Dhan and the third film	Parambrata Chatterjee & Koel Mallick
Upcoming	Ekti Khunir Sandhane Mitin	Arindam Sil	TBA	A sequel to Jongole Mitin Mashi and the third film; based on Megher Pore Megh written by Suchitra Bhattacharya	Koel Mallick

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