Bhaswar Chattopadhyay

Bhaswar Chattopadhyay or Bhaswar Chatterjee is a Bengali film and television actor.[1][2] Born on 8 March 1975 he studied in South point high school and graduated in bio science from Ashutosh college. Before getting his first job in Glaxo pharmaceuticals in 1996, he was a diploma holder in marketing and sales management from Bharatiya Vidya bhavan.

Bhaswar Chattopadhyay
Born (1975-03-08) March 8, 1975
Kolkata, India
Other namesBhaswar Chatterjee
EducationGraduated in bio science from Ashutosh college
OccupationActor
Years active1998-present
Home townKolkata
Height5'11"
Parents
  • Nripen Chatterjee (father)
  • Aparna Chatterjee (mother)

In 1998 his first appearance on television was in Jaltaranga followed by Bishnu Pal Chowdhury's Kanakanjali. The actor established himself in this industry with The Legend of Bhagat Singh in 2002 and with the daily soap Janmobhumi in 2003. As of 2020, he has done 57 daily soaps and a total of 111 serials in Bengali language. He was also a member of censor board from 2014 to 2017.

In addition to English, Bengali and Hindi he can speak Telugu and Kashmiri.

Filmography

Early life

He studied in South point high school and graduated in bio science from Ashutosh college. Before getting his first job in Glaxo pharmaceuticals in 1996, he was a diploma holder in marketing and sales management from Bharatiya Vidya bhavan.

Family

Bhaswar's great grandfather late Bhimchandra Chatterjee, though an electrical engineer, was the architect of the Benaras Hindu university (on insistence of late Madan Mohan Malviya). His Elements of applied electricity book books were in circulation a few years back.

Though he belongs to a family of 4 generations of engineers he always wanted to be an actor. Probably his acting genes come from his mother's side whose uncle Debi Mukherje] was a star actor in the 1940s.

Philanthropy

Bhaswar Chatterjee runs an ngo Aparna foundation in his mother's name where he basically helps the poor and needy. He collects old used clothes and other accessories and distributes them to different parts of Kolkata and its outskirts. Along with it also helps a few students for higher studies.

Awards and nominations
  1. Parthapratim Chowdhury award for best actor(Ballygunge court)-2007
  2. Uttam smriti award for best actor(Ballygunge court)2007
  3. Shyamal mitra award for best supporting actor(chirosaathi)2008
  4. Parthapratim Chowdhury award for best actor(Ghosh)2009
  5. Star parivar award for the best son of the year(Maa)2010
  6. big tevision award for best actor(Maa)2010
  7. big television award for best father of the year(Maa)2010
  8. Bengal youth award for best supporting actor(binni dhaner Khoi) 2011
  9. Bengal youth award for best supporting actor (jekhane bhooter bhoy)2013
  10. Uttam kalaratna award for excellence in performing art2013
  11. Vivekananda award for contribution to films n television 2013
  12. Uttam kalaratna award for contribution to films n TV-2014
  13. Karma award for excellence in entertainment 2014
  14. Uuttam kalaratna award for completing 20 yrs of acting 2018
  15. Uttam kalaratna award for best villain(bajlo Tomar alor benu) 2019
  16. Zee sonar sansar award Prio samporko for Joy baba loknath 2020

Notes

Information collected from newspapers like ABP, TOI and magazines.

References
  1. "Bhaswar Chatterjee actor". Tolly World. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  2. "Bhaswar Chattopadhyay filmography". Gomolo. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  3. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/basabdatta-chatterjee-in-a-political-thriller-michil/articleshow/68152965.cms
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