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Jisshu Sengupta, popularly known as Jisshu, is an Indian actor, producer and television presenter, who works in Bengali and Hindi language films. Jisshu made his debut in showbiz through a Bengali TV series, Mahaprabhu where he portrayed the role of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The role overnight catapulted him to stardom. Subsequently, he made his big screen debut with Priyojon (1999), which became a debacle at box office. In 2002, he played Tagore in Sukanta Roy's ambitious venture Chelebela alongside Debashree Roy playing Kadambari Devi. He then 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 Abohoman, 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 enabled him to become one of the most sought out actors in Bengali cinema.
Born
Tuesday, 15 March 1977
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Saindhav | Michael | 2024 |
P.I. Meena | Dr. Andrew Rakhaw | 2023 |
Tiger Nageswara Rao | CI Mouli / Mouli | 2023 |
The Trial | Rajiv Sengupta | 2023 |
Spy | Rahman | 2023 |
Shaakuntalam | Indra Deva | 2023 |
Sita Ramam | Noor's Brother / Akbar - Noor Jahan's Brother | 2022 |
Kishmish | Special Appearance | 2022 |
Acharya | Rathod | 2022 |
Baba Baby O | Meghroddur | 2022 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Saindhav | Michael | 2024 |
P.I. Meena | Dr. Andrew Rakhaw | 2023 |
Tiger Nageswara Rao | CI Mouli / Mouli | 2023 |
The Trial | Rajiv Sengupta | 2023 |
Spy | Rahman | 2023 |
Shaakuntalam | Indra Deva | 2023 |
Sita Ramam | Noor's Brother / Akbar - Noor Jahan's Brother | 2022 |
Kishmish | Special Appearance | 2022 |
Acharya | Rathod | 2022 |
Baba Baby O | Meghroddur | 2022 |
Shyam Singha Roy | Debendra Singha Roy | 2021 |
Antim: The Final Truth | Pitya Bagare | 2021 |
Thalaivii | Sobhan Babu | 2021 |
The Power | Ramdas Kalidas Thakur | 2021 |
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors | Bikram Chandra | 2020 |
Durgamati: The Myth | ACP Abhay Singh | 2020 |
Shironam | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2020 |
Tarader Shesh Tarpon | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2020 |
Sadak 2 | Yogesh Desai | 2020 |
Shakuntala Devi | Paritosh Banerji | 2020 |
Bheeshma | Raghavan | 2020 |
Aswathama | Dr. Manoj Kumar | 2020 |
Mardaani 2 | Vikram Roy | 2019 |
Ghawre Bairey Aaj | Sandip / Sandip Jha | 2019 |
Bornoporichoy: A Grammar of Death | Dhononjoy | 2019 |
Typewriter | Amit Roy | 2019 |
Skyfire | Harshvardhan Dharma | 2019 |
The Bose Family | (as Jisshu U. Sengupta) | 2019 |
Shankar Mudi | Live-in Son-in-Law / guest appearance | 2019 |
Mukhomukhi | (as Jishu Sengupta) / Sounak | 2019 |
Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi | Gangadhar Rao / Gangadhar | 2019 |
NTR Kathanayakudu | L. V. Prasad / L.V. Prasad | 2019 |
Ek Je Chhilo Raja | Raja Mahendra Kumar Chowdhury / Raja | 2018 |
Shonar Pahar | Shoumya Mukherjee / Soumya Mukherjee | 2018 |
Uma | Himadri | 2018 |
Ghare & Baire | Amit | 2018 |
Jio Pagla | Ananta | 2017 |
Byomkesh O Agnibaan | Byomkesh / Byomkesh Bakshi | 2017 |
Yeti Obhijaan | Jung Bahadur Rana | 2017 |
Posto | Arnab Lahiri | 2017 |
The Bongs Again | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2017 |
Byomkesh O Chiriakhana | Byomkesh Bakshi | 2016 |
Zulfiqar | Kashinath Kundu / Cassius | 2016 |
Hemanta | (as Jishu Sengupta) / Hirak | 2016 |
The Kapil Sharma Show | Self | 2016 |
Arshinagar | Tayyab | 2015 |
Rajkahini | Kabir | 2015 |
Byomkesh Bakshi | Byomkesh Bakshi / Byomkesh | 2015 |
Ek Nadir Galpo | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2015 |
Room No. 103 | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2015 |
Piku | Syed / Syed Afroz | 2015 |
Nirbaak | Rahul | 2015 |
Ek Phali Rodh | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2014 |
Mardaani | Dr. Shivaji Roy / Dr. Bikram Roy | 2014 |
The Reincarnate | Rohit Mehta | 2014 |
Golemale Pirit Koro Na | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2013 |
Barfi! | Ranjeet Sengupta / Ranjit Sengupta | 2012 |
Chitrangada | Partho Majumdar | 2012 |
Noukadubi | Rameshchandra Chaudhry / Ramesh | 2011 |
When He Was 23 | Tamodeep | 2011 |
Just Another Love Story | Tushar / Uday | 2010 |
Lukochurii | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2010 |
Abohomaan | Apratim / (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2009 |
Shob Charitro Kalponik | Shekhar | 2009 |
Neel Akasher Chadni | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2009 |
Premer Fande Kakatua | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2009 |
The Last Lear | Gautam | 2008 |
Bor Asbe Ekhuni | Abhi | 2008 |
Golmaal | Siddhartha | 2008 |
Premer Kahini | Gautam | 2008 |
Janmadata | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2008 |
90 Ghanta | Rishin | 2008 |
Kalishankar | Police | 2007 |
Abhimanyu | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2006 |
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero | Sisir Bose | 2005 |
Annaya Attayachar | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2004 |
Moner Majhe Tumi | Arun | 2003 |
In the Forest... Again | Jishu | 2003 |
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer | Akaash | 2002 |
Shesh Thikana | (as Jishu Sengupta) | 2000 |
Kelor Kirti | Joy / Joy Dutt | 1990 |