Gaurav Chakrabarty

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|03|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Calcutta, India]]
| othername = Niki
| alma_mater = [[Film and Television Institute of India]], Pune<br/>[[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata]]
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| occupation = [[Actor]]
| yearsactive = 2010–present
| spouse = [[Ridhima Ghosh]] (m. 28 November 2017)
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| parents = [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]] (father)<br/>[[Mithu Chakrabarty]] (mother)
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'''Gaurav Chakrabarty'''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/in-his-genes/|title=In his genes|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=4 April 2015}}</ref> is an Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Prodipto Lahiri in the Bengali musical TV series ''[[Gaaner Oparey]]'' that aired on [[Star Jalsha]] from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011, and specially for the Bengali classic periodic thriller TV series ''[[Byomkesh (2014 TV series)|Byomkesh]]'' (2014-2015), where he played the role of iconic Bengali detective [[Byomkesh Bakshi]]. He hails from a family which has had a legacy of association with the Bengali cultural arena, starting from Jochhon Dastidar and Chandra Dastidar (his paternal great uncle and aunt), [[Bijon Bhattacharya]] (his paternal great uncle), Jagadish and Monika Chakrabarty (his paternal grandparents), and his parents [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]] and [[Mithu Chakrabarty]]. He debuted on the big screen in [[Kaushik Ganguly]]'s ''[[Rang Milanti]]'', one of the most appreciated films of the year 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110912/jsp/entertainment/story_14495550.jsp |title=Rang Milanti premiere |date=12 September 2011 |work=The Telegraph |location=Calcutta, India |first=Kushali |last=Nag}}</ref>

[[Calcutta Times]] voted him as one of the 10 Most Desirable Men in 2015.

He is part of the ensemble cast of the [[ZEE5|Zee5]] cop drama ([[web series]]), ''[[Lalbazaar]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 19, 2020|title=Lalbazaar: A cop drama that keeps you on the edge of your seat till the end|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/impact-feature/story/lalbazaar-a-cop-drama-that-keeps-you-on-the-edge-of-your-seat-till-the-end-1690590-2020-06-19|access-date=2020-06-19|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

==Education==
Chakrabarty had his schooling at the [[Assembly of God Church School]] in Kolkata.<ref name="timesofindia.com">{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-07/news-interviews/28141216_1_gaurav-kaushik-ganguly-telefilm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509203959/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-07/news-interviews/28141216_1_gaurav-kaushik-ganguly-telefilm| url-status=dead| archive-date=9 May 2012| work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Gaurav makes his dad proud|date=7 April 2010}}</ref> He subsequently earned a degree in Mass Communication and Videography from [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata]] and completed his postgraduation in Video Editing from the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] at [[Pune]].<ref name="timesofindia">{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090620/jsp/entertainment/story_11133921.jsp|title=More friend than father|date=20 June 2008|work=The Telegraph|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref>

==Early life==
Gaurav got involved in theatre from a young age as part of the group ''Charbak'', where he not only assisted in the backstage work (audio technician in the play ''Rong'', ''Doodh Kheyechhe Meow'' and the runaway success ''Cholo Potol Tuli''), but also acted as 'Topshe' in the play ''Apsara Theatre-er Mamla'' based on [[Satyajit Ray]]'s thriller of the same name, under the direction of his father, who himself played the role of [[Feluda]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071224/jsp/entertainment/story_8704465.jsp|title=Feluda cracks theatre code|date=24 December 2007|work=The Telegraph|location=Calcutta, India|first=Kushali|last=Nag}}</ref> During his St. Xavier days, he played the lead in a documentary on [[AIDS|HIV-Aids]], ''Isolation'', by teenage filmmaker Sangbit Samaddar, who was at that time, only a Class 12 student of South Point High School.<ref name="telegraphindia.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080809/jsp/entertainment/story_9666388.jsp|title=Hold on to hope|date=9 August 2008|work=The Telegraph|location=Calcutta, India|first=Malini|last=Banerjee}}</ref>

His acting debut on the small screen happened post his FTII stint, when he was given a small role in the telefilm ''BaghNokh'' by [[Kaushik Ganguly]], which aired on [[ETV Bangla]] as part of a weekly series.<ref name="timesofindia.com" /> However, his claim to fame was through the critically acclaimed Bengali musical TV series ''[[Gaaner Oparey]]'' which also saw the debut of his sibling [[Arjun Chakrabarty]] as the male lead Gora.

==Career==

Gaurav was launched in his first major project, along with his younger sibling Arjun Chakrabarty, in the Star Jalsha megaserial ''[[Gaaner Oparey]]'' produced by Ideas Creations Pvt. Ltd, the production company helmed by the Tollywood hero [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]]. ''[[Gaaner Oparey]]'' was conceived by the channel as a tribute to the poet laureate [[Rabindranath Tagore]] on his 150th birth anniversary, and would explore his applicability in the increasingly Westernized modern Bengali society.<ref name="GNO idea">{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100528/jsp/entertainment/story_12494727.jsp|title=A soapy Tagore tribute|work=The Telegraph|date=28 May 2010|location=Calcutta, India|first=Reshmi|last=Sengupta}}</ref> With a script penned initially by actor and director [[Rituparno Ghosh]] and later by Anuja Chattopadhyay (who had previously worked on other serials like ''[[Ekhane Aakash Neel]]''), the serial is widely credited for having brought back the educated Tagore-loving, intellectual Bengali audience in front of the television. Even though it ran for only about ten months, the show catapulted the young cast, primarily Gaurav, Arjun and [[Mimi Chakrabarty]] (who played the female lead) to fame within that short span of time.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101230/jsp/entertainment/story_13368073.jsp|title=Television 2010|work=The Telegraph|date=30 December 2010|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> Chakrabarty's character 'Prodipto Lahiri', in spite of not being the official male lead, found a cult following, largely due to its controlled and understated portrayal.


Gaurav made his silver screen debut with the film ''[[Rang Milanti]]'', a romantic comedy directed by [[Kaushik Ganguly]], that released in September 2011 to wide critical and commercial acclaim. He played the character 'Rik', a serious and docile software engineer in love with an ad-agency employee Kamalika ([[Ridhima Ghosh]]).<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100908/jsp/entertainment/story_12908638.jsp|title=Colour me young|work=The Telegraph|date=8 September 2010|location=Calcutta, India|first=Kushali|last=Nag}}</ref> He also featured in the ensemble cast for Kaushik's movie, ''Laptop'' (released on 13 April 2012), which was selected for screening at the Indian Panorama section of the 42nd [[International Film Festival of India]] at Goa (IFFI 2011: 23 Nov. – 3 Dec.).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tollyrise.com/gossip/tollywood/2011/05/24/singer-jojo-is-in-kaushik%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98laptop%E2%80%99.html|title=Singer Jojo is in Kaushik's Laptop|publisher=Tollyrise|date=24 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322225641/http://www.tollyrise.com/gossip/tollywood/2011/05/24/singer-jojo-is-in-kaushik%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98laptop%E2%80%99.html|archive-date=22 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The film also had an international premiere at the [[Dubai International Film Festival]] (DIFF 2011), where it competed for the Muhr AsiaAfrica Awards for feature films.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20110188678&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood&nid=152439|title = True Celebration of Indian Cinema at Dubai Fest|publisher = NDTV Movies|date = 23 November 2011|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20120712150015/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20110188678&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood&nid=152439|archive-date = 12 July 2012|df = dmy-all}}</ref> ''Laptop'' found Gaurav in the garb of a computer science master's student Jiyon, who also doubled up as the personal tutor of [[Ridhima Ghosh]]'s character Raya, an aspiring model. That apart, he plays a Muslim lad Anwar, in love with a singer Kuhu ([[Ridhima Ghosh]] again), in Abhijit Dasgupta's ''Aashbo Aar Ekdin'', co-directed by [[Arindam Sil]]. The ensemble cast has other big names like [[Abir Chatterjee]], [[Swastika Mukherjee]], [[Roopa Ganguly]], Alokananda Roy, and others. He also appears as Indrajit Pratap Roy in [[Haranath Chakraborty]]'s ''[[Chhayamoy]]'' based on [[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]'s story of the same name, and as Prasit in [[Atanu Ghosh]]'s upcoming directorial venture (his 4th overall on big screen) ''[[Rupkatha Noy]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-05/news-interviews/34261582_1_atanu-ghosh-soumitra-chatterjee-bengali-film-industry| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126154219/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-05/news-interviews/34261582_1_atanu-ghosh-soumitra-chatterjee-bengali-film-industry| url-status=dead| archive-date=26 January 2013| work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Atanu's tribute to Soumitra Chatterjee|date=5 October 2012}}</ref>

Besides films, Gaurav has been keeping up with his theatre work and can be seen regularly as 'Topshe' in ''Apsara Theatre-er Mamla''. He also starred in the [[Star Jalsha]] tele-serial ''[[Adwitiya]]'' which wrapped up recently (2 March 2012). There, he played the role of Robi Kiran Choudhury, the elder brother to [[protagonist]] Chandra Kiran Choudhury, played by [[Indrasish Roy]]. Robi Kiran, a far cry from the likes of Prodipto and Rik, was a power-hungry but educated village chief, whose life was governed by the schemes he designed to establish and maintain his political and social supremacy over his native village in the [[Sundarbans]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-26/news-interviews/29815849_1_character-prosenjit-chatterjee-negative-role| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106011441/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-26/news-interviews/29815849_1_character-prosenjit-chatterjee-negative-role| url-status=dead| archive-date=6 November 2012| work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Good to bad but not so ugly|date=26 July 2011}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#F5F5F5;"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Director
! Character
! Notes
|-
| 2011 ||''[[Rang Milanti]]''||[[Kaushik Ganguly]]|| Rik ||''Debut Film''
|-
| 2012 ||''[[Laptop (2012 film)|Laptop]]''||[[Kaushik Ganguly]]||Jiyon||
|-
| 2013 ||''[[Chhayamoy]]''||[[Haranath Chakraborty]]||Indrajit Pratap||
|-
| 2013 ||''[[Rupkatha Noy]]''||[[Atanu Ghosh]]||Prasit||
|-
| 2013 ||''Ashbo Arek Din''||Abhijit Dasgupta||Anwar||
|-
| 2014 ||''[[Highway (2014 Bengali film)|Highway]]''||Sudipto Chattopadhyay||Dhrubo||
|-
| 2014 ||''[[Apur Panchali]]''||[[Kaushik Ganguly]]||Arko||
|-
| 2014 ||''Aagun''||[[Joydeep Mukherjee]]||Binoy||Unreleased
|-
| 2015 ||''Fakebook''||Sanjay Bardhan||Suman Naskar||
|-
| 2016 ||''[[Eagoler Chokh]]''||[[Arindam Sil]]||SI Sanjib Das||Special appearance
|-
| 2016 ||''[[Gangster (2016 film)|Gangster]]''||[[Birsa Dasgupta]]||Ajay||Special appearance
|-
| 2016 ||''[[Colkatay Columbus]]''||Saurav Palodhi||Balahori Roy||
|-
| 2016 ||''[[Double Feluda]]''||[[Sandip Ray]]||Ranajit||
|-
| 2017 ||''[[The Bongs Again]]''||[[Anjan Dutt]]||Anindya||
|-
| 2018 ||''[[Aschhe Abar Shabor|Ashche Abar Shabor]]''||[[Arindam Sil]]||SI Sanjib Das||
|-
| 2018 ||''[[Crisscross (2018 film)|Crisscross]]''||[[Birsa Dasgupta]]||Ahan||
|-
| 2019 ||''Shortcut''||Subir Mondal||Abesh||Unreleased
|-
| 2019 ||''[[Bhootchakra Pvt. Ltd.]]''||[[Haranath Chakraborty]]||Nemo||
|-
| 2019 ||''[[Parineeta (2019 film)|Parineeta]]''||[[Raj Chakraborty]]||Ranadeb Sen||
|-
| 2019 ||''[[Purba Paschim Dakshin]]''||[[Rajorshi Dey]]||Atin||
|-
| 2019 ||''[[Sagardwipey Jawker Dhan]]''||[[Sayantan Ghosal]]||Kumar||
|-
| 2020 ||''[[Dwitiyo Purush (film)|Dwitiyo Purush]]''||[[Srijit Mukherji]]||Rajat||
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Cholo Potol Tuli]]'' || Arindam Ganguly || Mainak ||
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Flyover (film)|Flyover]]'' || Abhimanyu Mukherjee || Amit Sen ||
|-
| 2021 ||''[[Ei Ami Renu]]''||Soumen Sur||Sumit||Based on [[Samaresh Majumdar]]’s novel
|-
| Upcoming ||''[[Tenida & Co.]]''||[[Sayantan Ghosal]]||Kyabla||''Post production''
|-
| Upcoming ||''Bismillah''||[[Indraadip Dasgupta]]||Shibu||''Post production''
|-
| Upcoming ||''[[Swastik Sanket]]''||[[Sayantan Ghosal]]||Priyam||''Post production''
|-
| Upcoming ||''Abar Kanchanjungha''||[[Rajorshi Dey]]||Rohit||''Post production''
|-
| Upcoming ||''Nirbhaya''||[[Anshuman Pratyush]]||Ritwik||''Post production''
|-
| Upcoming ||''Maya''||[[Rajorshi Dey]]||Michael||''Post production, Based on [[Macbeth]]''
|-
| Upcoming ||''Aaji Hote Shotoborsho Pore''||[[Sayantan Ghosal]]||TBA||''Filming soon''
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col"| Producer
!scope="col"| Channel
|- |
!scope="row"| 2008
| ''Baghnokh (Telefilm)''
| Malay
| Ramoji Rao
| [[ETV Bangla]]
|-
!scope="row"| 2010-11
| ''[[Gaaner Oparey]]''
| Prodipto Lahiri (Parallel lead)
| [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]]
| [[Star Jalsha]]
|-
!scope="row"| 2011-12
| ''[[Adwitiya]]''
| Rabikiran Chowdhury (Lead [[antagonist]])
| [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]]
| [[Star Jalsha]]
|-
!scope="row"| 2014–15
| ''[[Byomkesh (2014 TV series)|Byomkesh]]''
| [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] (Lead role)
| Rana Sarkar
| [[Colors Bangla]]
|-
!scope="row"| 2016
| ''[[Mahanayak (TV series)|Mahanayak]]''
| Biswanath (based on [[Biswajit Chatterjee]])
| [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| [[Star Jalsha]]
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col"| Director
|- |
!scope="row"| 2007
| ''[[Apsara Theatre-er Mamla]]''
| Topshe
| [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]]
|-
!scope="row"| 2008
| ''Cholo Potol Tuli''
| Mainak
| [[Arindam Ganguly]]
|-
!scope="row"| 2013
| ''[[Ekhon Tokhon]]''
| Baradakanto
| [[Arindam Ganguly]]
|-
!scope="row"| 2016
| ''[[Chitey Gur]]''
| Siddhartha
| [[Arindam Ganguly]]
|-
!scope="row"|2017
|''[[Mushkil Ashaan]]''
|Saralakkha Home
|[[Arindam Ganguly]]
|-
!scope="row"|2017
|''[[Shironaam]]''
|Ambarish
|[[Kheyali Dastidar]]
|-
!scope="row"|2019
|''[[Bheeti O Shubhechcha]]''
|Rono
|[[Kheyali Dastidar]]
|}

===Short films & web series===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Director
! Platform
! Format
|-
| 2017 ||''Bumper''||[[Rwitobroto Mukherjee]]|| ||Short Film (As editor)
|-
| 2018 ||''Shrimati Bhayankari''||Robiul Alam||[[Hoichoi]]||Web Original Film
|-
| 2018 ||''Saiyaan''||Abhiroop Basu||YouTube||Music video
|-
|2019 ||''Mukhomukhi''||[[Partha Sen]]||YouTube||Short Film (Indo-Bangladesh project)
|-
|2019 ||''Bhalobashar Shohor (Pori)''||Aritra Sen & Rohan Ghose||Zee5||Web Original Film
|-
|2019 ||''Parking''||Saurav Palodhi||||Short Film
|-
|2019 ||''Shesh Mess''||Aditya Sengupta & Kheya Chattopadhyay||Zee Bangla Cinema||Zee Bangla Cinema Originals
|-
|2020 ||''Lalbazaar''||[[Sayantan Ghosal]]||Zee5||Web Series
|}

===TVCs===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! Year
! Brand
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 2017 ||''Anjali Jewellers''||[[Anindya Chatterjee]]||
|-
| 2018 ||''[[Myntra]]''||Indranil Roychowdhury|| Co-Starred by [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]], [[Mithu Chakrabarty]], [[Ridhima Ghosh]], [[Arjun Chakrabarty]]
|-
| 2018 ||''Hiland Riverside Project''||[[Anindya Chatterjee]]|| Co-Starred by [[Ridhima Ghosh]]
|-
| 2019 ||''Sunrise Spices''||[[Anik Dutta]]|| Co-Starred by [[Madhumita Sarcar]]
|-
| 2020 ||''Sparkle Dishwash''||[[Sayantan Ghosal]]|| Co-starred by [[Ridhima Ghosh]]
|-
| 2020 ||''Utalika Luxury-Phirey Paowa''||VIK||
|-
| 2021 ||''Jovees Herbal''||[[Sayantan Ghosal]] || Co-starred by [[Ritabhari Chakraborty]]
|-
| 2021 ||[http://turtle.in turtle.in]|| ||Co-Starred by [[Ridhima Ghosh]]
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Film/TV show !! Result
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2012
|Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards
|Sobcheye Priyo Khalnayak
|''[[Adwitiya]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|Star Guide Bengali Film Awards
|Best Male Debut
|rowspan="2"|''[[Rang Milanti]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|International Bangla Film Academy Awards
|Promising Face of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2014
|Tele Academy Award
|Best Actor in a Leading Role
|''[[Byomkesh]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|2016
|Solo Room Award
|Best Young Talent
|''Contribution in Bengali film industry''
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|2019
|AAHAN International Short Film Festival
|Best Editing
|''Bumper''
|{{won}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==

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