A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
Satyajit Ray
Ritwik Ghatak
Mrinal Sen
Tapan Sinha
Uttam Kumar
Suchitra Sen
Aparna Sen
Soumitra Chatterjee
Buddhadev Dasgupta
Rituparno Ghosh
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Bengali Cinema
Prasenjit Chatterjee

Born at Calcutta in 1962. His father Biswajit was a popular hero of Bengali and Hindi films. Studied at St Xaviers college for some time. Started acting at a very early age. First acted as a child actor in the film 'Chhotto Jiggyasa' which got released in 1968 and received the BFJA award for best child actor.   
Later acted in a supporting role in 'Dui Prithibi' in 1983. His first appearance as a lead hero was in the film 'Duti Pata'. Since then Chatterjee has acted in the lead role of many Bengali films. Prosenjit has displayed his acting prowess in both formula commercial movies as well as in parallel films.

Filmography:
Film Year Director
Chhoto Jigyasa 1968  
Duti Pata 1983  
Dadamoni 1984  
Shatru 1984 Anjan Chaudhuri
Neelkantha 1985 Dilip Roy
Bouma 1986 Anjan Choudhuri
Atanka 1986 Tapan Sinha
Pathbhola 1986 Tarun Majumdar
Amar Sangi 1987  
Aparanher Alo 1989 Agradoot
Apon Amar Apon 1990  
Shraddhanjali 1993  
Unishe April 1994 Rituparno Ghosh
Utsab 2000 Rituparno Ghosh
Jamaibabu Jindabad 2001 Haranath Chakraborty
Chokher Bali 2003 Rituparno Ghosh
Swapner Din 2004 Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Dosar 2006 Rituparno Ghosh