Arjun Chakraborty
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Arjun Chakraborty is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 presently based at Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

.

He made is debut as an actor in the 1983 Hindi film Zara Si Zindagi
Zara Si Zindagi
Zara Si Zindagi is a 1983 Hindi language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. The film is directed by Kamal Haasan's mentor K. Balachander. It is a remake of the Tamil hit Varumayin Niram Sivappu, also directed by K...

, and his first major role was in the 1986 film Ankush
Ankush
Ankush is a 1986 Hindi movie written, directed , edited and co-produced by N. Chandra starring Nana Patekar. It is a story of four lower middle class unemployed young men in Mumbai who feel disconnected with society and are wasting their life away when new neighbours, a young beautiful girl Nita ...

 starring Nana Patekar
Nana Patekar
Vishwanath "Nana" Patekar is an Indian actor and filmmaker.-Biography:Born Vishwanath Patekar in Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, to Dinkar Patekar and his wife Sanjanabai Patekar. He is an alumnus of the Sir J.J...

. Later he shifted mainly to the Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

 film industry starting with the 1989 film Kori Diye Kinlam. He made his directorial debut in 2008 with the film Tollylights.

Actor

Year Film Role Other notes
1983 Zara Si Zindagi
Zara Si Zindagi
Zara Si Zindagi is a 1983 Hindi language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. The film is directed by Kamal Haasan's mentor K. Balachander. It is a remake of the Tamil hit Varumayin Niram Sivappu, also directed by K...

1986 Ankush
Ankush
Ankush is a 1986 Hindi movie written, directed , edited and co-produced by N. Chandra starring Nana Patekar. It is a story of four lower middle class unemployed young men in Mumbai who feel disconnected with society and are wasting their life away when new neighbours, a young beautiful girl Nita ...

Goad
1989 Ek Din Achanak
Ek Din Achanak
Ek Din Achanak is a 1989 art film directed by Mrinal Sen, based on a Bengali novel, Beej by Ramapada Chowdhury..- Synopsis :...

Kori Diye Kinlam (Bengali)
1991 Antardhan (Bengali)
1992 Debota (Bengali)
1993 Atmajo (Bengali)
1994 Thikana (Bengali)
Wheel Chair (Bengali)
Prasab (Bengali)
1995 Karna (Bengali)
1999 Jibon Niye Khela
Jibon Niye Khela
Jibon Niye Khela is a 1999 Bengali film dealing with corruption in the doctor profession. The film casts the veteran Ranjit Mullick in the lead role with Biplab Chatterjee, Manoj Mitra, Debasree Roy, Subhendu Chatterjee, Chumki Chowdhury, Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Arjun Chakraborty, Lokesh Ghosh and...

(Bengali)
Police Inspector
2000 Anokha Moti
2008 Tollylights (Bengali) Directorial Debut

Director

Year Film Role Other notes
2008 Tollylights (Bengali) Directorial Debut

Television appearances

Year Program Role Other notes
2008 Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam is a 1962 Indian Hindi film produced by Guru Dutt and directed by Abrar Alvi. It is based on a Bengali novel, Shaheb Bibi Golam by Bimal Mitra, and is a look into the tragic fall of the haveli-dom and feudalism in Bengal during the British Raj...

The serial also marks Raveena Tandon
Raveena Tandon
Raveena Tandon is a National Film Award winning Indian actress, producer, and a former model. She has primarily worked in Bollywood films, though she appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films as well....

's television debut
Acted in popular tv serial "Bibah Abhijan".

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