Jisshu Sengupta is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter and anchor who predominantly works in Bengali, Telugu cinema, in addition to few Hindi and Kannada language films. Sengupta made his debut through a Bengali TV series, Mahaprabhu where he portrayed the role of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; the role gained him much recognition. Subsequently, he made his film debut with Priyojon (1999), which became a debacle at the box office. In 2002, he played Tagore in Sukanta Roy's ambitious venture Chelebela alongside Debashree Roy playing Kadambari Devi. following which he appeared in a spate of critically and commercially unsuccessful projects. He made his Bollywood debut with Shyam Benegal's National Award winning film Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2004). A turning point came in his career when he collaborated with Rituparno Ghosh for the latter's Abohomaan, which earned him critical acclaim. His subsequent collaborations with Ghosh for films which include Noukadubi and Shob Charitro Kalponik brought him a higher degree of critical and commercial success. Sengupta's collaborations with other directors for films such as Jaatishwar, Ek Je Chhilo Raja, Posto enabled him to become one of the most sought out actors in Bengali cinema.
Sengupta continued to garner wider attention and further critical acclaim for the role of a contract killer in Rajkahini (2015) and a private detective in Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana (2016). His biggest commercial success came with the action drama Zulfiqar (2016), He continued to draw praise for his performances in Sesh Bole Kichu Nei (2014), Jaatishwar (2014) and Arshinagar (2015). In 2019, he debuted in Telegu cinema with NTR: Kathanayakudu . He has also acted in a number of Hindi and Telegu films like Manikarnika, Antim: The Final Truth, Shyam Singha Roy and Sita Ramam.
Apart from films, Sengupta is actively involved in anchoring reality shows and award shows, including Filmfare Awards East (2017). In 2011, he made a comeback on television in the fiction category through Aparajito, which he produced for Star Jalsha.
Films + Key Denotes films that have not yet been released
All films are in Indian Bengali-language, unless otherwise noted.
+ List of Jisshu Sengupta film credits Year Title Role(s) Notes 1999 Priyojon 2000 Shesh Thikana Rinmukti2001 Ektu Choya2002 ChelebelaRabindranath TagoreDevdasParo's Son Mr. and Mrs. Iyer AkaashEnglish film Kurukshetra Sagar Chowdhury2003 Sneher ProtidanSagar Abar Aranye Jisshu Moner Majhe Tumi Arun Bangladeshi film; Indo-Bangladesh joint production Guru Jeet2004 Anyay Atyachar Raja Premi Sumit GaindakolDablu Sajani Rahul RajababuSundar2005 SangramSomu Debi Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero Sisir Kumar Bose Hindi film Chore Chore Mastuto Bhai Rahul Shudhu Bhalobasha2006SwarthoporArnab Swapno SujoyAbhimanyuAjit Ghosh Tapasya Hungama Bijoy Aamra Amit Roy2007Shapmochan Kali ShankarSP Vikram The Last Lear GoutamEnglish film2008 Janmadata Raj Sinha Premer Kahini Major Gautam Golmaal Siddharth 90 Ghanta Rishi Ek Nadir Galpo: Tale of a River Love Rahul Bor Asbe Ekhuni Abhi 2009 Neel Akasher Chandni Neel Shob Charitro Kalponik Shekhar 2010 Abohomaan Apratim Kokhono Biday Bolona Arekti Premer Golpo Uday / Tushar2011 Noukadubi Ramesh Takhan Teish Tamodeep 2012 Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish Partho, the percussionist Barfi! Ranjit SenguptaHindi film2013 Golemale Pirit Koro NaAnil Sen 2014 Mardaani Dr. Bikram RoyHindi film Jaatishwar Rohit Mehta Sesh Bole Kicchu Nei Andy 2015 Piku Syed AfrozHindi film Nirbaak Amit Sengupta Byomkesh Bakshi Byomkesh Bakshi Rajkahini Kabir Arshinagar Tayyab 2016 Kelor Kirti Joy Zulfiqar Kashinath Kundu Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana Byomkesh Bakshi Hemanta Hirak 2017 The Bongs Again Jisshu Aranyadeb Aranya Posto Arnab Lahiri Yeti Obhijaan Jung Bahadur Rana Byomkesh O Agnibaan Byomkesh Bakshi Jio Pagla Ananta Sen 2018 Ghare & Baire Amit Roy Amoli Narrator Documentary film Uma Himadri Sen Shonar PaharSoumya Mukherjee Ek Je Chhilo Raja Raja Mahendra Kumar Chowdhury 2019 NTR: Kathanayakudu L. V. Prasad Telugu film Manikarnika Gangadhar Rao NewalkarHindi film Mardaani 2 Dr. Bikram Roy Mukhomukhi Basu Poribar Raja Mahalaya Uttam Kumar Bornoporichoy Dhananjoy Ghawre Bairey Aaj Sandip Jha2020 Shironam Aswathama Dr. Manoj KumarTelugu film Bheeshma Raghavan Shakuntala Devi Paritosh BanerjiHindi film Sadak 2 Yogesh Desai Durgamati ACP Abhay Singh 2021 The Power Ramdas Thakur Antim: The Final Truth Pitya Bagare Maestro CI N. Ravindar / BobbyTelugu film Shyam Singha Roy Debendra Singha Roy 2022 Baba Baby O Megh Roddur Chatterjee Abhijaan Soumitra ChattopadhyayFilmfare Award Bangla Best Actor (Critics) Acharya Rathod Telugu film Sita RamamNawab, Princess Noor Jahan's brother2023 ShaakuntalamIndra Deva SpyAbdur Rahman PalaanJisshu SenDawshom AwbotaarBiswarup Bardhan Tiger Nageswara RaoCI MouliTelugu film2024 SaindhavMichael Prathinidhi 2 CBI Officer Vikram Santhosh Viswam Jalaluddin Qureshi Lantrani A Gay Man Hindi film BlackoutDetective Arvind DasguptaMirza: Part 1 – JokerTiger BhaiKhadaan Mohan Das2025Borbaad Muhammad "Farhan" Khan Bangladeshi filmGhaatiMahaveer MandhaniTelugu film45Kannada film Lawho Gouranger Naam ReyNityanandaSpecial appearance 2026 Mardaani 3 Dr. Bikram RoyHindi film Bhooth Bangla Dr. Vasudev Acharya AbhhimanRishi Chatterjee Haiwaan Bohurupi: The Golden Daku2027G2Capt. NagappaTelugu filmKing 100Telugu film Maharagni: Queen of QueensHindi filmQueen Victoria Aar Goyenda KanaichawronKHxRKTamil film
Television +List of Jisshu Sengupta television credits Year Title Role(s) LanguageNetwork Notes 1998 MahaprabhuChaitanya MahaprabhuBengali Rupkatha Hiyar Majhe Pratibimbo20112012AparajitoStar Jalsha20132015Tomay Amay Mile2016Bhalobasha Bhalobasha2019SkyfireHarshvardhan DharmaHindiZEE52019TypewriterAmit RoyNetflix2020 Criminal Justice: Behind closed doorsVikram ChandraDisney+ Hotstar2022present Horogouri Pice HotelBengaliStar JalshaProducer20232024 Love Biye Aaj Kal2023The TrialRajeev SenguptaHindiDisney+ HotstarP I MeenaDr. Andrew RakhawAmazon Prime Video2024Dabba CartelShankar DasguptaNetflix2025Dance Bangla Dance Judge BengaliZee BanglaSeason 132026Brown Hindi Zee5 Clean Up Company MX Player
References
External links Jisshu Sengupta filmography at IMDb