Anirban Bhattacharya
Born
Anirban Bhattacharya

(1986-10-07) 7 October 1986 (age 37)
Midnapore, West Bengal, India[1]
Occupations
  • Theatre actor
  • Film actor
  • Screenplay writer
  • Singer
  • Director
Years active2010–present
Notable work
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Spouse
Madhurima Goswami
​
(m. 2020)​
[5]

Anirban Bhattacharya (born 7 October 1986) is an Indian actor, theatre actor, singer and director. His first successful theatre production was Debi Sarpamasta, written by Manoj Mitra, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. His other notable works are Anthony Soudamini, Nagamandala (famous play by Girish Karnad), Jara Agun Lagay, Bisorjan, FM Mahanagar, Karu Basana, Awdyo Shesh Rajani, Athoi etc. In 2017, he got the Mahindra Excellence Theatre Awards (META) as Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) for Awdyo Shesh Rajani.[6] In 2015, he started his film career with the Zee Bangla telefilm Kader Kuler Bou. He got fame for his character as Bishan Roy from the film Eagoler Chokh.[7] For playing this role, he was picked up as the Filmfare Awards East for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2017. In 2019, He got his first Best Actor Award for the role of Nikhilesh Chowdhury from the movie Ghawre Bairey Aaj which was immensely praised by critics and audiences. He made his directorial debut through the Bengali crime drama web series Mandaar, which is inspired by William Shakespeare's Macbeth.[8] His second direction Ballavpurer Roopkotha was released on 21 October 2022.[9]

Calcutta Times has voted him as one of the top 10 Most Desirable Men in 2017.[10]

Early life

Anirban Bhattacharya was born on 7 October 1986 in Midnapore, West Bengal.[11] He did his schooling from Nirmal Hriday Ashram Catholic Church High School in Midnapore. After that, in 2004 he moved to Kolkata to study theatre from Rabindra Bharati University. He completed his Master's in drama and received the Young Artist Scholarship in 2009 from the cultural ministry of the Government of India.[12]

Theatre

He acted in various theater productions between 2005 and 2010. In 2008, Bhattacharya acted in the workshop based theatre production Jhunki (The Risk), conducted by Steve Clorfiene, student of Yergi Grotowski. It was a collaboration of American Council and Rabindra Bharati University.[12] He acted in three productions like Raja Lear, Debi Sarpomosta and Chandragupta. He resigned from Minerva Repertoire in January 2013 and started his career as a professional freelance theatre actor.[13]

Year Play Director Role
2005 Bijalibala-r Mukti Adrija Dasgupta Narrator
2007 Tumi Dak Diyechho Kon Shokale Adrija Dasgupta Multiple Characters
2007 Dure Baje (Based on Pracheta Gupta's short story) Adrija Dasgupta Narrator
2008 Shilpi Adrija Dasgupta Madan Tanti
2009 Amar Atmahatya Kalin Jabanbandi Adrija Dasgupta Multiple Characters
2010 Raja Lear (Shakespeare's King Lear) Suman Mukhopadhyay Edmund
2011 Debi Sarpamasta (Manoj Mitra) Debesh Chattopadhyay Narrator and Raja Lokendra Pratap
2012 Chandragupta Kaushik Chattopadhyay Raja Nanda
2013 Tin Kanya Abanti Chakraborty Andrei
2013 Anthony Soudamini Soumitra Mitra Anthony
2013 Nagamandala (By Girish Karnad)[14] Abanti Chakraborty Naga & Apanna
2013 Tin Poishar Pala Tathagata Choudhury Mohin Dakat
2014 Jara Agun Lagay[15] Suman Mukhopadhyay Gotlip Beiddermann
2014 Bisarjan (Rabindranath Tagore's Play) Suman Mukhopadhyay Raja Gobinda Manikya
2014 Troy (Based on the Iliad by Homer) Abanti Chakraborty Hector
2014 Chhayabaji Chandan Sen Chhaya (Shadow)
2015 Icchher Oli Goli Abanti Chakraborty Stanley Kowalski
2015 FM Mahanagar Arindam Mukherjee Abhra
2015 Karu Basana (Based on a novel by Jibananda Das) Arpita Ghosh, Debesh Chattopadhyay Hem
2016 Awdyo Shesh Rajani Bratya Basu Amiya Chakraborty
2016 Athoi (Based on Shakespeare's Othello)[16] Arna Mukhopadhyay Anagro (Based on Iago)
2019 Titumir[17][18] Joyraj Bhattacharjee Titumir
2019 Pontu Laha 2.0 [19][18] Anirban Bhattacharya Junior Shakil Ansari
2021 Mephisto Suman Mukhopadhyay Hendrik Höfgen
2022 Ghore Baire Arpita Ghosh

Direction

In 2010, he formed his theatre group, Sangharam Hatibagan. He directed Guru, Chowmatha, Udorniti (a short play translated from the play Out At Sea by Slawomir Mrozek ), Pontu Laha 2.0 (an adaptation of the play Mr Puntila and his Man Matti by Bertolt Brecht ), and Mondar (an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth). In 2022 he directed Bengali movie Ballavpurer Rupkotha which was an adaption of a play of same name, created by legendary Bengali theater personality Badal Sarkar.

Filmography

Bhattacharya started his career in Bengali language films in 2015 with Zee Bangla Cinema Originals such as Kader Kuler Bou, Jodi Balo Hyan and Ebhabeo Phire Asa Jay. He hit the big screen in Aparna Sen's Arshinagar in a supporting role.[20] In 2016, he appeared in Arindam Sil's Eagoler Chokh portraying a different character named "Bishan Roy" and was appreciated for his performance.[21] He received the BFJA Most Promising Actor Male award and the Filmfare Awards East for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role for essaying Bishan Roy in that film.[22]

Bhattacharya was awarded with the Best Debutant Actor award at the International Bengali Film Award (IBFA). He played the role of a radio jockey in Colkatay Columbus. He was awarded the Ajeyo Samman 2017 by the newspaper Ebela for becoming the most praised actor in 2016.[23]

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Director Character
2013 Kolkata-r King (Based on Three Penny Opera) Judhajit Sarkar King/KK
2015 Kader Kuler Bou Souvik Kundu Kanad Brahma
Jodi Bolo Hyan Abhijit Guha and Sudeshna Roy Sayan Sen
Ebhabeo Fire Asha Jaye Abhijit Guha and Sudeshna Roy Kaushik Dutta
Arshinagar Aparna Sen Monty
2016 Eagoler Chokh Arindam Sil Bishan Roy [24][25]
Colkatay Columbus Saurav Palodhi Sam
2017 Durga Sohay Arindam Sil Madhab [26][27]
Dhananjay Arindam Sil Dhananjoy [28][29]
Ghya Chang Fou Joyraj Bhattacharya
2018 Jojo Argha Deep Chatterjee Anirban [30]
Alinagarer Golokdhadha Sayantan Ghosal Soham [31][32]
Laboratory Soumik Chattopadhyay Reboti Bhattacharya
Uma Srijit Mukherji Mohitosh Sur [33][34]
Ek Je Chhilo Raja Srijit Mukherji Satya Banerjee [35][36]
2019 Shahjahan Regency Srijit Mukherji Arnab Sarkar [37]
Finally Bhalobasha Anjan Dutta Joy [38][39]
Vinci Da Srijit Mukherji DCDD Bijoy Poddar [40][41]
Bibaho Obhijaan Birsa Dasgupta Gonsha/Bullet Singh
Gumnaami Srijit Mukherjee Chandrachur Dhar
Ghawre Bairey Aaj Aparna Sen Nikhilesh Choudhury
2020 Dwitiyo Purush Srijit Mukherjee Khoka
Detective Joydeep Mukherjee Mahimchandra
Dracula Sir Debaloy Bhattacharya Raktim aka Dracula Sir
2021 Mukhosh Birsa Dasgupta Kingshuk
Golondaaj Dhrubo Banerjee Bhargav
2022 Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Himself _
2023 Mitthye Premer Gaan Paroma Neotia Abhik [42]
Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway Ashima Chibber Aniruddha Chatterjee
Abar Bibaho Obhijaan Soumik Haldar Gonsha [43]
Dawshom Awbotaar Srijit Mukherji Bijoy Poddar
2024 Awthoi Arno Mukhopadhyay Gogo
Pokkhirajer Dim Soukarya Ghosal

Television

Anirban has worked in a non fictional television comedy show Apur Sangsar, along with Saswata Chatterjee, which has started to air on Zee Bangla from 26 January.[44] He has appeared in popular shows of Zee Bangla like Didi No. 1 as guest and Dadagiri Unlimited Season 7 as celebrity contestant. The play Awdyo Shesh Rajni (Anirban as lead) was aired on Home Theatre of Colors Bangla. He hosted a crime show Hushiar Bangla on Colors Bangla.[45]

Anirban has now starred in a limited television series Bhoomikanya (approximately 200 episodes), which is produced by Arindam Sil and has started to air on Star Jalsha. In this series, Anirban has played the role of the male lead "Ankush", who is a fearless and honest forest ranger.[46][47][48]

Web series

Anirban works on the web series Byomkesh, where he portrays the title character, Satyaneshi Byomkesh Bakshi, written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. This brand new web series airs on Hoichoi Originals (a web platform of Shree Venkatesh Films) from 14 October 2017.[49][50][51][52]

Year Series/Film Director Character Notes
2017-2019 Byomkesh (Season 1–4) Sayantan Ghosal, Soumik Chattopadhyay Byomkesh Based on Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's Byomkesh Bakshi
2018 Laboratory Soumik Chattopadhyay Rebati Based on Rabindranath Tagore's Laboratory
2019 Paanch Phoron Suman Mukhopadhyay Indrajeet Anthology
2019 Manbhanjan Abhijit Chowdhury Gopinath Based on Rabindranath Tagore's Manbhanjan
2020-2021 Byomkesh ( Season 5–7) Soumik Haldar Byomkesh Based on Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's Byomkesh Bakshi
2021 Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Asenni Srijit Mukherji Atar Ali Based on Mohammad Nazim Uddin's Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni
Mandaar Anirban Bhattacharya Muqaddar Mukherjee Directorial debut, Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth
2022 Tiktiki Dhrubo Banerjee Milan Basak Based on Anthony Shaffer's Sleuth play and Raja Dasgupta's Tiktiki telefilm
2023 Byomkesh (Season 8) Sudipto Roy Byomkesh Creative director, Based on Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's Byomkesh Bakshi
Mohanagar (Season 2) Ashfaque Nipun Rojob Ali (cameo appearance) Bangladeshi debut
Durgo Rawhoshyo Srijit Mukherji Byomkesh
TBA Mohanagar (Season 3) Ashfaque Nipun Rojob Ali

Playback and Voice-over

In 2018, for the first time Anirban has done a playback in his career. The versatile actor has lent his voice for the song "Kichchu Chaini Ami" from the movie Shahjahan Regency, which is directed by Srijit Mukherjee. He has delivered sheer magic in his playback debut and the song has gained immense popularity ever since it was released. The actor who is not a professional singer was stunned and overwhelmed with the response. He also has lent his voice for the song "Priyotoma" from the movie "Dracula Sir" in 2020. This song is also very beautiful and the audience praised his work. [53][54]

Playback

Voice-over

Awards

Theatre

Film

OTT

Others

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