Prosenjit Chatterjee (Actor)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Prosenjit Chatterjee

• Does Prosenjit Chatterjee smoke?: No (Quit in 2009)

• Does Prosenjit Chatterjee drink alcohol?: Yes

• Prosenjit Chatterjee first appeared in his father’s production movie ‘Chhoto Jiggasha’ (1966) at the age of just 4 as a child artist.

• Before becoming an actor, he was a part of professional theater and did many plays.

• He also did radio plays and dramas.

• At the age of 16, he got a lead role in the movie ‘Duti Pata’ (1983) for the first time.

• He has worked in 300+ Bengali movies from past 30 years.

• At Kolkata in the year 1994, he launched ZEE Bangla channel on behalf of Zee Network and at that time there was not even a single Bengali satellite channel existing except Doordarshan.

• In 2004, he has a record of 22 releases in a year and his average yearly releases were 18 to 19.

• He also worked in Hindi movies as a lead role.

• He has worked with Bollywood famous actresses such as Vijayeta, Aishwarya Rai, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Konkona Sen, Raima Sen, Riya Sen, Bipasha Basu, Sameera Reddy and many more.

• He used to hate terms like ‘megastar’, ‘super-hero, ‘saviour’ etc. against his name.

• Once he got an opportunity of visiting Cannes and walk the red carpet for the screening of the movie ‘Chokher Bali’.

• For every film, he always experiments with his look and even for the movie ‘Sangharsha’ he had seven different get-ups.

• He is a founder member & Ex-Generall Secretary in ‘West Bengal Motion Pictures Artiste Forum’.

• Apart from an actor, he is also the Managing Director in his own company ‘Ideas Creations And Productions Pvt Ltd’.

• He is the UNICEF’s advocate for child survival in West Bengal.

• He won numerous awards in the category for the best actor.

• He is a diet conscious.