Indraneil Sengupta

Indraniel Sengupta (indronil ʃenɡupto), is an Indian actor and model who works in Hindi and Bengali films and television.^[1]

Early life

Sengupta was born on 8 September 1974 in Assam, India, to a Bengali Hindu family. He completed his education from Scottish Church College in Kolkata, India and then attended the University of London.^[2] Later, he started his career as a Model.

Career

Sengupta was a finalist of the 1999 Gladrags Manhunt Contest in which John Abraham was the winner. He modelled for designer Rohit Bal and worked for choreographers Marc Robinson and Achala Sachdev. He also appeared in commercials for the Tata Indigo Marina car, VIP Frenchie and Aquafina.

Later, he transitioned into music videos, including those for Falguni Pathak's "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, Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam.^[3]

In 2004, he starred in the film Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart which also starred Aftab Shivdasani, Shriya Saran and Anupam Kher. He was to act in the movie Dus but the project got shelved.

In 2008, he played the negative role of Mohan Kanta, a British Indian army man who betrays his revolting pro-independence military regiment in the horror film 1920, written and directed by Vikram Bhatt. He also starred as Tushar in the Zee TV serial Banoo Main Teri Dulhan.^[3]

He appeared with his wife in Nach Baliye 3 as a late entrant.

He starred in Bollywood movies Mumbai Salsa and Kahaani.^[3] He also appeared in few Bengali films. In 2008, he starred in Janala, also starring Swastika Mukherjee and directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta.

At the beginning of 2009, he starred opposite Indrani Haldar in Angshumaner Chhobi, which was directed by first-time filmmaker, Atanu Ghosh. The film was the only Bengali entry in the competitive section of the Indian Panorama in Goa. In late 2009, he starred as a bisexual lover in Kaushik Ganguly's Arekti Premer Golpo. His love interest in this film is director Rituparno Ghosh, and this was Rituparno's first movie as an actor.^[3]

In 2010, he did his first commercial Bengali film, Jodi Ekdin, directed by Riingo. Indraneil received the Anandalok Fresh Face of the Year (male) award in 2009 for Anshumaner Chobi.

Indraneil starred as a young aspiring director in the Bengali movie Autograph with Prasenjit Chatterjee and Nandana Sen. The movie is a tribute to both Satyajit Ray and to Uttam Kumar as it is on the lines of the film Nayak.

In 2012, he acted in the Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury-directed Bengali movie Aparajita Tumi, in which he played a young Bangladeshi professor. He played the role of a criminal in the Hindi film Kahaani, directed by Sujoy Ghosh in the same year. In 2012 he also played a role in a Bangladeshi movie, Chorabali.

He also starred in Goyenda Gogol, which was released in 2013. He also starred in Teen Patti, a Bengali film directed by Jenny Sarkar and Dipayan Mandal.

He is selected by Sandip Ray to play the Bengali sleuth Feluda in Hatyapuri (2022), which is the second reboot of Feluda film franchise and a loose sequel of the first reboot film Badshahi Angti (2014). Also, he appeared as Feluda in the sequel Nayan Rahasya (2024).

Personal life

On 1 March 2008, Sengupta married Barkha Bisht who was his co-star in Doli Saja Ke and Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam.^[4] They have a daughter named Meira, who was born in October 2011.^[5] They got officially divorced in 2022.^[6]

He is dating Bengali Actress Ishaa Saha as of now.^[7]

Filmography

Films

Web series

Television

Awards

• 2008 - ITA Award for Idea Glamour Face of the Year Male^[14]
• 2014 - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor (Bengali) for Mishawr Rawhoshyo^[15]

References

1. ^ "Indraneil Sengupta shares secret to eternal youth as he turns 45". India Today. 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
2. ^ "Indraneil Sengupta Awards: Achievements & Honors". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
3. ^ "I am not chasing films: Indraneil Sengupta"
4. ^ "Barkha Sengupta on 10 years of being together with Indraneil: I can still manage to blow him away". The Times of India
5. ^ Dasgupta, Priyanka (8 November 2011). "Being a father is the most beautiful experience: Indraneil". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
6. ^ "Indraneil Sengupta says divorce with Barkha Bisht brought a 'positive' change in his life, claims 'no one was wrong': 'Both of us were very different people'". The Indian Express. 2025-04-03. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
7. ^ "Barkha Bisht accuses ex-husband Indraneil Sengupta of infidelity; recalls confronting him over rumoured affair with Ishaa Saha: 'Worst thing you can do to a woman'". The Indian Express. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
8. ^ "অবশেষে মুক্তি পেল 'নন্দিনী' | Daily Destiny". Retrieved 2025-10-19.
9. ^ "ZEE5 Releases The Trailer Of 'Abhay' Season 2; Show To Stream On August 14". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
10. ^ Keshri, Shweta (May 11, 2022). "Sonali Bendre to make her OTT debut with Zee5's The Broken News. Watch teaser". India Today. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
11. ^ "Box Cricket League Teams: BCL 2014 Team Details With TV Actors & Names of Celebrities". 14 December 2014.
12. ^ "200 Actors, 10 Teams, and 1 Winner... Let The Game Begin". India.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
13. ^ Jamai Raja has been a trendsetter in many ways: Indraneil Sen Gupta - Times of India
14. ^ "Footer". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
15. ^ Vivel Filmfare Awards East 2013 Winners - Apna Films

External links

• Indraneil Sengupta at IMDb