Soham Chakraborty

Not to be confused with Soham Chakraborty (singer)
Soham Chakraborty
Born Soham Chakraborty
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality Indian
Other names Master Bittu (during his childhood days)
Occupation Actor, Singer
Years active 1987 child artist–present
Spouse(s) Tanaya Paul (married 2012)

Soham Chakraborty is a Bengali film actor. He started his acting career as a child artist (as Master Bittu) at the age of three and this child actor won many hearts. He is specially remembered for being an child-actor in the film Shakha Proshakha or Shakha Proshakha (Branches of the Tree), a film by the legendary Satyajit Ray. But when he came back in Chander Bari as an adult actor and as an Hero "Bajimaat" Banner of Prince Entertainmentp4 it was a different game altogether. He proved his mettle over the years by acting in several successful films like Prem Aamar (2009).[1][2] After Dev, he is one of the highest grossers in Tollywood Film Industry. He has worked on Venkatesh film's project named Loveria with Pooja Bose. He has done an interview on Filmz24.com [3] about Loveria.

Early life

Soham was born in Kolkata on 4 March 1984. He has done his schooling from Patha-Bhavan.

Acting career

Soham Chakraborty debuted in 1987 Bengali film Chhoto Bou, at that time he was 2years and 1/2month old.[4] His first film at a young age was Chander Bari.[5] His next Big Budget film was Bajimaat directed by Haranath Chakraborty, Produce by Pijus saha which sank at the box office was his first film as a full-fledged hero. Chakraborty has described that as a difficult phase of his acting career and he did not expect a chance in Bengali film industry after the success of Bajimaat. But, in next year he acted in Prem Aamar directed by Raj Chakraborty and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. After Prem Aamar he acted in films like Rahasya, Jeena, and Soldier which were not commercially successful.[1][6] His another super hit film Amanush released in 2010. The film was directed by Rajib Biswas. Chakraborty played the role of Vinod, an orphan who has suffered a lot of physical and mental torture in his childhood.[6]

Television

Soham also anchored in a reality show Twinkle Twinkle Dancing Star launched by makers of Chirodini...Tumi Je Amar, Prem Amar, Challenge and Amanush.[7] He was also the host of Parar Sera Bouthan, replacing Aneek Dhar, which airs on ETV Bangla.[8] The show is currently hosted by Aparajita Adhya.Soham has also appeared on television serial Bojhena Se Bojhena.

Filmography

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Title Year Role Director Co-stars Notes
Jamai 420 2015 Rabi Kinnagi Ankush Hazra, Hiran Chatterjee, Nusrat Jahan, Mimi Chakraborty, Payel Sarkar
Nabajiban Bima Company 2015 Sadananda Swarup Ghosh Srabanti Chatterjee, Paran Bandopadhyay
Kath Mundu 2015 Raj Chakraborty Srabanti Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee, Mimi Chakraborty, Rudranil Ghosh and Saswata Chatterjee
Ekta Golpo 2015 Debayan Dutta Subhashree Ganguly
Amanush 2 2015 Raghu/Salim/Ashok Rajib Biswas Payel Sarkar
Golpo Holeo Shotti 2014 Rudra Birsa Dasgupta Mimi Chakraborty
Bangali Babu English Mem 2014 Abhi Rabi Kinnagi Mimi Chakraborty
Loveria 2013 Aditya Raja Chanda Pooja Bose
Bojhena Shey Bojhena 2012 Noor Islam Raj Chakraborty Mimi Chakraborty, Abir Chatterjee and Payel Sarkar
Jaaneman 2012 Deba Raja Chanda Koel Mallick
Le Halua Le 2012 Rahul Raja Chanda Hiran Chatterjee and Payal Sarkar
Jibon Rong Berong 2011 Abhishek Sanghamitra Chowdhury
Faande Poriya Boga Kaande Re 2011 Raju Soumik Bandopadhyay Srabanti Malakar
Atanka 2011 Special Appearance
Kichu Paoya Kichu Chaoya 2011 Shankar Roy
Hangover 2010 Prabhat Roy Special Appearance
Amanush 2010 Vinod Rajib Kumar Chatterjee Srabanti Malakar
Soldier 2010 Subhash Dulal Bhowmick Prosenjit Chatterjee, Koel Banerjee, Indrani Dutta, Sreelekha Mitra
Jeena 2009 Siddhartha Basu Sangamitra Chowdhury Arpita Mukherjee and Swarnakamal Dutta
Rohosso 2009
Prem Aamar 2009 Rabi Raj Chakraborty Payel Sarkar
Bajimaat 2008 Suvra Haranath Chakraborty Subhashree Ganguly
Chander Bari 2007 Tarun Majumdar Koel Mallick, Babul Supriyo and Rituparna Sengupta
Ek Tukro Chand 2003 Pinaki Chowdhury
Mayar Badhon 1997 Kushal Swapan Saha Prosenjit Chatterjee, Srabanti Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta Child Actor
Lathi 1996 Prabhat Roy Child Actor
Surer Bhubane 1992 Prabir Mitra Child Actor
Nabab 1991 Haranath Chakraborty Child Actor
Debota 1990 Abhijit Sen Child Actor
Garmil 1990 Shuvoo Dilip Roy Child Actor
Shakha Proshakha 1990 Satyajit Ray Child Actor
Nayan Moni 1989 Sachin Adhikari Anjan Chowdhury Child Actor
Mangaldip 1989 Haranath Chakraborty Child Actor
Choto Bou 1987 Anjan Chowdhury Child Actor

Accolades

Year Award Category Film Result
2010 Star Jalsha Entertainment Awards Best Actor Prem Amar Won
2011 Star Jalsha Entertainment Awards Best Actor Amanush Won
2011 Tele Cine Awards Best Actor Amanush Won
2011 Zee Bangla Gourab Somman Awards Best Actor Amanush Nominated

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "I have become choosey: Soham Chakraborty". Times of India. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Soham Chakraborty Bengali Actor". Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Soham Chakraborty Recent Interview About Loveria". Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Nag, Kushali (May 27, 2008). "Spotlight". The Telegraph, Calcutta (Calcutta, India). Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Janemon pair Koel & Soham romance in serene Switzerland". The Telegraph (Calcutta) (Calcutta, India). 9 May 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Nag, Kushali (April 27, 2010). "Why soham plays a geek in friday release Amanush". The Telegraph (Calcutta) (Calcutta, India). Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Soham to make TV debut?". Times of India. April 23, 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "Soham to anchor T.V. show?". The Times of India.

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