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{{Short description|Indian film and television actor}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Indraneil Sengupta
| image = File:Indraneil Sengupta at the Press Meet, during the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2012) in Panaji, Goa.jpg
| caption = Sengupta in 2012
| image_size = 170px
| birth_place =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1974|09|08}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Barkha Bisht]]|2008|2022|end=div}}
| children = 1
| alma_mater = [[Scottish Church College]] [[University of London]]
| occupation = [[Model (person)|Model]], [[actor]]
| years_active = 2004–present
| known_for = [[Kahaani]], [[Autograph (2010 film)|Autograph]] [[Arundhati (2014 film)|Arundhati]], [[Mishawr Rawhoshyo]]
}}

'''Indraniel Sengupta''' ({{IPA|bn|indronil ʃenɡupto}}), is an Indian actor and model who works in [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]] and [[Bengali cinema (India)|Bengali]] films and television.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-10 |title=Indraneil Sengupta shares secret to eternal youth as he turns 45 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/celebrity/story/indraneil-sengupta-shares-secret-to-eternal-youth-as-he-turns-45-1597602-2019-09-10 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Sengupta was born on 8 September 1974 in [[Ahmedabad|Assam]], India, to a [[Bengali Hindus|Bengali Hindu]] family. He completed his education from [[Scottish Church College]] in [[Kolkata]], India and then attended the [[University of London]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indraneil Sengupta Awards: Achievements & Honors |url=https://indianexpress.com/about/indraneil-sengupta/awards/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Later, he started his career as a [[Model (person)|Model]].

==Career==
Sengupta was a finalist of the 1999 [[Gladrags Manhunt Contest]] in which [[John Abraham (actor)|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|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 (1962 film)|Bees Saal Baad]]''. He also appeared in a television show on [[Star Plus]], ''[[Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam]]''.<ref name="filmography">{{cite web |title=I am not chasing films: Indraneil Sengupta |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/i-am-not-chasing-films-indraneil-sengupta-2788516/}}</ref>

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]].''<ref name=filmography/>

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

He starred in [[Hindi cinema|Bollywood]] movies ''[[Mumbai Salsa]]'' and ''[[Kahaani]]''.<ref name=filmography/> He also appeared in few [[Cinema of West Bengal|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.<ref name=filmography/>

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 (2010 film)|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 (1966 film)|Nayak]]''.

In 2012, he acted in the [[Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury]]-directed Bengali movie ''[[Aparajita Tumi]]'', in which he played a young [[Bengali people|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 [[Bangladesh]]i movie, ''[[Chorabali (2012 film)|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 (film)|Hatyapuri]] (2022), which is the second reboot of [[Feluda (series)|Feluda film franchise]] and a loose sequel of the first reboot film [[Badshahi Angti (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]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barkha Sengupta on 10 years of being together with Indraneil: I can still manage to blow him away |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/barkha-sengupta-on-10-years-of-being-together-with-indraneil-i-can-still-manage-to-blow-him-away/articleshow/60020250.cms |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> They have a daughter named Meira, who was born in October 2011.<ref name="Indraneil as a father TOI">{{cite news |last=Dasgupta |first=Priyanka |date=8 November 2011 |title=Being a father is the most beautiful experience: Indraneil |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-08/news-interviews/30378296_1_meera-perfect-dad-aparajita-tumi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150211064850/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-08/news-interviews/30378296_1_meera-perfect-dad-aparajita-tumi |archive-date=11 February 2015 |access-date=11 November 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> They got officially divorced in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-03 |title=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' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/indraneil-sengupta-says-divorce-with-barkha-bisht-brought-a-positive-change-in-his-life-9923015/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

He is dating Bengali Actress [[Ishaa Saha]] as of now.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-31 |title=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' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/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-9915653/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Language
!
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart]]'' || Yash || rowspan=3 | Hindi
|
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Mumbai Salsa (film)|Mumbai Salsa]]'' || Karan Kapoor
|
|-
| 2008 || ''[[1920 (film)|1920]]'' || Mohan Kant
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''[[Angshumaner Chhobi]]'' || Angshuman || rowspan=9 | Bengali
|
|-
| ''Janala'' || Bimal Guha
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2010
| ''[[Arekti Premer Golpo]]'' ||Basu
|
|-
| ''Jodi Ekdin'' ||
|
|-
| ''[[Autograph (2010 film)|Autograph]]''|| Shuvobrata
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2011|| ''Bedini''|| Keshta
|
|-
| ''System''|| Eklavya
|
|-
|''Uro Chithi''
|Aniket Dasgupta
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2012
| ''[[Aparajita Tumi]]'' || Yusuf
|
|-
| ''[[Kahaani]]'' || Arnav Bagchi/Milan Damji || Hindi
|
|-
| ''[[Elar Char Adhyay]]'' || Atindra || rowspan="7" |Bengali
|
|-
| ''[[Dashami]]''||Abhi
|
|-
| ''[[Chorabali (2012 film)|Chorabali]]'' || Sumon
|
|-
| rowspan="8" |2013
|''Sweetheart''
|
|
|-
| ''[[Goyenda Gogol]]'' || Ashok Thakur
|
|-
| ''[[C/O Sir]]'' || Ranabir
|
|-
| ''[[Satyanweshi (film)|Satyanweshi]]'' || Himangshu
|
|-
| ''[[Satyagraha (film)|Satyagraha]]'' || Akhilesh || Hindi
|
|-
|''[[Rupkatha Noy]]''
|Sananda's husband
| rowspan="4" |Bengali
|
|-
| ''Nayika Sangbad'' || Bijit
|
|-
| ''[[Mishor Rohoshyo]]'' || Hani Alkadi
|
|-
| rowspan="7" |2014
| ''[[Obhishopto Nighty]]'' || Raja/Alok
|
|-
| ''[[Jilmil Jonak]]'' || Cameo || Assamese
|
|-
| ''Teen Patti'' || Arya
|Bengali
|
|-
| ''[[Samrat & Co.]]'' || Vijay Singh || rowspan="2" | Hindi
|
|-
|[[Children of War (2014 film)|''Children of War'']]
|Amir
|
|-
| ''[[Arundhati (2014 film)|Arundhati]]'' || Kaal Rudra
| rowspan="3" |Bengali
|
|-
| ''[[Gogoler Kirti]]'' || Ashok Thakur
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015 || ''[[Shajarur Kanta (2015 film)|Shajarur Kanta]]'' || Debasish
|
|-
| ''[[Calendar Girls (2015 film)|Calendar Girls]]'' || Shashank || Hindi
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |2016
|''Mahanayika''
|Priyabrata Roy
| rowspan="3" |Bengali
|
|-
|''Shororipu''
|Shekhar
|
|-
| ''[[Samraat: The King Is Here]]''|| Raja
|
|-
| ''& Jara Hatke''|| Aakash || Marathi
|
|-
| ''Tobu Aporichito''|| Debashis
| rowspan="2" |Bengali
|
|-
| ''[[Kiriti O Kalo Bhromor]]'' || Kiriti Roy
|
|-
| rowspan="7" |2017
| ''[[Sargoshiyan]]'' ||Vikram Roy || Hindi
|
|-
|''Aroni Tokhon''
|
| rowspan="2" |Bengali
|
|-
| ''[[Boss 2]]'' ||Bidyut Shivalkar
|
|-
|''[[III Smoking Barrels]]''
|Anuraag Dutta
| Multilingual
|
|-
| ''B.A.Pass 2'' ||Ritesh || rowspan="2" | Hindi
|
|-
|''Lagori''
|Gaurav
|
|-
|''Biporjoy''
|
| rowspan="3" |Bengali
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2018|| ''[[Aschhe Abar Shabor]]'' || Bijoy Sen
|
|-
| ''[[Nilacholey Kiriti]]'' || Kiriti Roy
|
|-
| ''[[Aithe 2.0]]'' || Avinash Ganguly || Telugu
|
|-
| ''[[Mulk (film)|Mulk]]'' || Aftab Mohammad || Hindi
|
|-
|2019
|[[Devaki (2019 film)|''Devaki'']]
|
|Kannada
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2021 || ''[[Choices (2021 film)|Choices]]'' || Vishal
| rowspan="2" |Hindi
|
|-
|[[200 Halla Ho|''200: Halla Ho'']]
|IPS Sameer Deshpande
|
|-
| ''[[Torulatar Bhoot]]'' || Viki Ghosh || Bengali
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2022 || ''[[Doctor G]]'' || Dr. Ashok Gupta || Hindi
|
|-
| ''[[Hatyapuri (film)|Hatyapuri]]'' || [[Feluda]] || [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|
|-
|''[[Chalti Rahe Zindagi]]''
|Arjun
|Hindi
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2023 || ''[[Kaberi Antardhan]]''|| || [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|
|-
| ''[[Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga]]''|| Sudhanshu Roy|| rowspan="3" | Hindi
|
|-
|''[[A Winter Tale at Shimla]]''
|Chintan
|
|-
| ''[[Aazam]]'' || DCP Ajay Joshi
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2024
|''Shesh Rokkha''
|Satabdo Chatterjee
| rowspan="4" |[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|
|-
| ''[[Hubba (film)|Hubba]]'' || CID Officer
|
|-
|''[[Nayan Rahasya]]''
|[[Feluda]]
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2025
|''[[Puratawn]]''
|Rajeev
|
|-
|[[Maa (2025 film)|''Maa'']]
|Shuvankar Dasgupta
|Hindi
|
|-
|''Nandini''
|
| rowspan="3" |[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|Bangladeshi film<ref>{{Cite web |title=অবশেষে মুক্তি পেল 'নন্দিনী' {{!}} Daily Destiny |url=https://daily-destiny.com/?p=100665 |access-date=2025-10-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Lokkhikantopur Local]]''
|Ani
|
|-
|''[[Lawho Gouranger Naam Rey]]''
|Film Director
|
|}

===Web series===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year!! Title!! Role !! Platform !! Notes
|-
| 2019 || ''Tadap'' || Azeem || [[Ullu]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2020 || ''Kark Rogue'' || || [[ZEE5|ZEE5 Originals]] ||
|-
| ''[[Love and Affairs]]'' || Abhishek || Hoichoi ||
|-
| ''[[Abhay (TV series)|Abhay]]'' || Kiran Dagar || [[ZEE5]] || Season 2<ref>{{cite web|title=ZEE5 Releases The Trailer Of 'Abhay' Season 2; Show To Stream On August 14|url=https://www.mumbailive.com/en/digital/zee5-releases-the-trailer-of-abhay-season-2-with-kunal-kemmu-53783|access-date=8 August 2020|website=Mumbai Live}}</ref>
|-
| 2020–2022 || ''[[The Gone Game]]''|| Prateek Jindal || [[Voot|Voot Select]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2021 || ''[[Aranyak (TV series)|Aranyak]]'' || Ravi || [[Netflix]] ||
|-
| ''[[Human (TV series)|Human]]'' || Neil || [[Hotstar Specials]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2022 || ''[[Mithya (web series)|Mithya]]'' || Vishal || [[ZEE5|ZEE5 Originals]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Fame Game (TV series)|The Fame Game]]'' || Ajay || [[Netflix]] ||
|-
| ''[[Bloody Brothers]]'' || Shekhar || [[ZEE5|ZEE5 Originals]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Broken News]]'' ||Pankaj Awasthi<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 11, 2022 |first=Shweta |last=Keshri |title=Sonali Bendre to make her OTT debut with Zee5's The Broken News. Watch teaser |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/story/sonali-bendre-to-make-her-ott-debut-with-zee5-s-the-broken-news-watch-teaser-1948134-2022-05-11 |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> || [[ZEE5 original film|ZEE Originals]] ||
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Aarya (TV series)|Aarya season 3]]'' ||Sooraj Raizada ||[[Disney+Hotstar]] ||
|-
|2025
|''[[Do You Wanna Partner]]''
|Sunjoy Roy Chowdhury
|[[Prime Video]]
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Show
! Role
! Notes
! Ref(s)
|-
| rowspan = "3" | 2006
| rowspan = "3" | ''[[Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam]]''
| Kishan
|
|
|-
| Shyam Sahay
|
|
|-
| Krishna Singh Rathore
|
|
|-
| 2006–2007
| ''[[Banoo Main Teri Dulhann]]''
| Tushar
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| ''[[Aahat (Indian TV series)|Aahat]]''
| Abhilash
| Season 3; Episode - 3 'Khel'
|
|-
| ''[[Nach Baliye#Season 3|Nach Baliye 3]]''
| Contestant
|
|
|-
| 2007–2009
| ''[[Doli Saja Ke]]''
| Daksh Singhania
|
|
|-
| 2008–2009
| ''[[Maayka]]''
| Angad
|
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Tumhari Paakhi]]''
| Rohan
|
|
|-
| 2014–2015
| ''Box Cricket League 1''
| Contestant
| Player in 'Chandigarh Cubs'
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/showbiz/box-cricket-league-teams-bcl-2014-team-details-with-tv-actors-names-of-celebrities-221217/|title=Box Cricket League Teams: BCL 2014 Team Details With TV Actors & Names of Celebrities|date=14 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| ''[[Maharakshak: Devi]]''
| [[Shukracharya]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Darr Sabko Lagta Hai]]''
| Avinash
| Season 1; Episode 25
|
|-
|
| ''Box Cricket League 2''
| Contestant
| Player in 'Chandigarh Cubs'
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.india.com/showbiz/box-cricket-league-teams-bcl-2016-team-details-with-tv-actors-names-of-celebrities-1028570/ |title=200 Actors, 10 Teams, and 1 Winner... Let The Game Begin |work=India.com |access-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Jamai Raja (2014 TV series)|Jamai Raja]]''
| Neil Sengupta
|
| <ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Jamai-Raja-has-been-a-trendsetter-in-many-ways-Indraneil-Sen-Gupta/articleshow/52156001.cms Jamai Raja has been a trendsetter in many ways: Indraneil Sen Gupta - Times of India]</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Ghulaam]]''
| STS officer Raghav Verma
| Cameo appearance
|
|-
| 2017–2019
| ''[[Nimki Mukhiya]]''
| Abhimanyu Rai
|
|
|-
| 2018
| ''Box Cricket League 3''
| rowspan="2" | Contestant
| Player in 'Chandigarh Cubs'
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| 2019
| ''Box Cricket League 4''
| Player in 'Kolkata Babu Moshayes'
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| 2019–2020
| ''[[Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran]]''
| [[Lord Shiva]]
|
|
|-
| 2019–2020
| ''[[Yeh Hai Chahatein]]''
| Rajeev Khurana
|
|
|}

==Awards==
*2008 - [[Indian Television Academy Awards|ITA Award]] for Idea Glamour Face of the Year Male<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year%3D2008 |title=Footer |access-date=2009-04-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820113249/http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2008 |archive-date=20 August 2010}}</ref>
*2014 - [[Filmfare Awards East|Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor (Bengali)]] for ''[[Mishawr Rawhoshyo]]''<ref>[http://apnafilms.com/vivel-filmfare-awards-east-2013/ Vivel Filmfare Awards East 2013 Winners - Apna Films]</ref>

==References==
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