Indraneil Sengupta is an Indian film and television actor, and a model living in Kolkata since 2004.
Indraneil Sengupta Biography : Career
Sengupta was a finalist of the 1999 Gladrags Manhunt Contest in which 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 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. He also appeared in a television show on Star Plus, Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam.
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.
He appeared with his wife in Nach Baliye 3 as a late entrant.
He starred in Bollywood movies Mumbai Salsa and Kahaani. He also appeared in few 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.
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 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.
In 2012, he acted in the Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury-directed Bengali movie Aparajita Tumi, in which he played a young 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 Bangladeshi movie, 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 legendry Bengali sleuth Feluda in Hatyapuri (2022), which is the second reboot of Feluda film franchise and a loose sequel of the first reboot film Badshahi Angti (2014). ALso, he appeared as Feluda in the sequel Nayan Rahasya (2024).
Filmography
Films
Year Title Role Language
2004 : Title -> Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart, Role -> Yash, Language -> Hindi
2007 : Title -> Mumbai Salsa, Role -> Karan Kapoor
2008 : Title -> 1920, Role -> Mohan Kant
2009 : Title -> Angshumaner Chhobi, Role -> Angshuman, Language -> Bengali
Title -> Janala, Role -> Bimal Guha
2010 : Title -> Arekti Premer Golpo, Role -> Basu
Title -> Jodi Ekdin
Title -> Autograph, Role -> Shuvobrata
2011 : Title -> Bedini, Role -> Keshta
Title -> System, Role -> Eklavya
Title -> Uro Chithi, Role -> Aniket Dasgupta
2012 : Title -> Aparajita Tumi, Role -> Yusuf
Title -> Kahaani, Role -> Arnav Bagchi/Milan Damji Hindi
Title -> Elar Char Adhyay, Role -> Atindra, Language -> Bengali
Title -> Dashami, Role -> Abhi
Title -> Chorabali, Role -> Sumon
2013 : Title -> Sweetheart
Title -> Goyenda Gogol, Role -> Ashok Thakur
Title -> C/O Sir, Role -> Ranabir
Title -> Satyanweshi, Role -> Himangshu
Title -> Satyagraha, Role -> Akhilesh, Language -> Hindi
Title -> Rupkatha Noy, Role -> Sananda’s husband, Language -> Bengali
Title -> Nayika Sangbad, Role -> Bijit
Title -> Mishor Rohoshyo, Role -> Hani Alkadi
2014 : Title -> Obhishopto Nighty, Role -> Raja/Alok
Title -> Jilmil Jonak, Role -> Cameo, Language -> Assamese
Title -> Teen Patti, Role -> Arya, Language -> Bengali
Title -> Samrat & Co., Role -> Vijay Singh, Language -> Hindi
Title -> Children of War, Role -> Amir, Language -> Hindi
Title -> Gogoler Kirti, Role -> Ashok Thakur, Language -> Bengali
2015 : Title -> Shajarur Kanta, Role -> Debasish
Title -> Calendar Girls, Role -> Shashank, Language -> Hindi
2016 : Title -> Mahanayika, Role -> Priyabrata Roy, Language -> Bengali
Title -> Shororipu, Role -> Shekhar
Title -> Samraat: The King Is Here, Role -> Raja, Language -> Bengali
Title -> & Jara Hatke, Role -> Aakash, Language -> Marathi
Title -> Tobu Aporichito, Role -> Debashis, Language -> Bengali
Title -> Kiriti O Kalo Bhromor, Role -> Kiriti Roy
2017 : Title -> Sargoshiyan, Role -> Vikram Roy, Language -> Hindi
Title -> Aroni Tokhon Bengali
Title -> Boss 2, Role -> Bidyut Shivalkar
Title -> III Smoking Barrels, Role -> Anuraag Dutta, Language ->Multi-language
English
Hindi
Hindi
Assamese
Bengali
Meitei
Nagamese
Title -> B.A.Pass 2, Role -> Ritesh, Language -> Hindi
Title -> Lagori, Role -> Gaurav
Title -> Biporjoy, Language -> Bengali
2018 : Title -> Aschhe Abar Shabor, Role -> Bijoy Sen
Title -> Nilacholey Kiriti, Role -> Kiriti Roy
Title -> Aithe 2.0, Role -> Avinash Ganguly, Language -> Telugu
Title -> Mulk, Role -> Aftab Mohammad, Language -> Hindi
2019 : Title -> Devaki, Language -> Kannada
2021 : Title -> Choices, Role -> Vishal, Language -> Hindi
200: Title -> Halla Ho, Role -> IPS Sameer Deshpande
Title -> Torulatar Bhoot, Role -> Viki Ghosh, Language -> Bengali
2022 : Title -> Doctor G, Role -> Dr. Ashok Gupta, Language -> Hindi
Title -> Hatyapuri, Role -> Feluda, Language -> Bengali
Title -> Chalti Rahe Zindagi, Role -> Arjun, Language -> Hindi
2023 : Title -> Kaberi Antardhan, Language -> Bengali
Title -> Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga, Role -> Sudhanshu Roy, Language -> Hindi
Title -> A Winter Tale at Shimla, Role -> Chintan
Title -> Aazam, Role -> DCP Ajay Joshi
2024 : Title -> Shesh Rokkha, Role -> Satabdo Chatterjee, Language -> Bengali
Title -> Hubba, Role -> CID Officer
Title -> Nayan Rahasya, Role ->Feluda
Web series
Year Title Role Platform Notes
2019 : Title -> Tadap, Role -> Azeem, Platform -> Ullu
2020 : Title -> Kark Rogue, Platform -> ZEE5 Originals
2020 : Title -> Love and Affairs, Role -> Abhishek, Platform -> Hoichoi
2020 : Title -> Abhay, Role -> Kiran Dagar, Platform -> ZEE5, Notes -> Season 2
2020–2022 : Title -> The Gone Game, Role -> Prateek Jindal, Platform -> Voot Select
2021 : Title -> Aranyak, Role -> Ravi, Platform -> Netflix
2021 : Title -> Human, Role -> Neil (Saira’s husband), Platform -> Hotstar Specials
2022 : Title -> Mithya, Role -> Vishal, Platform -> ZEE5 Originals
2022 : Title -> The Fame Game, Role -> Ajay (Lead actor in a film inside the show), Platform -> Netflix, Notes -> Cameo Appearance
2022 : Title -> Bloody Brothers, Role -> Shekhar, Platform -> ZEE5 Originals
2022 : Title -> The Broken News, Role -> Pankaj Awasthi, Platform -> ZEE Originals
2023 : Title -> Aarya season 3, Role -> Sooraj Raizada, Platform -> Disney+Hotstar
Television
Year Show Role Notes Ref(s)
2006 : Show -> Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam, Role -> Kishan
Role -> Shyam Sahay
Role -> Krishna Singh Rathore
2006–2007 : Show -> Banoo Main Teri Dulhann, Roe -> Tushar
2007 : Show -> Aahat, Role -> Abhilash, Notes -> Episodic role (Season 3; Episode – 3 ‘Khel’)
Show -> Nach Baliye 3, Role -> Contestant
2007–2009 : Show -> Doli Saja Ke, Role -> Daksh Singhania
2008–2009 : Show -> Maayka, Role -> Angad
2014 : Show -> Tumhari Paakhi, Role -> Rohan
2014–2015 : Show -> Box Cricket League 1, Role -> Contestant, Notes -> Player in ‘Chandigarh Cubs’
2015 : Show -> Maharakshak: Devi, Role -> Shukracharya
Show -> Darr Sabko Lagta Hai, Role -> Avinash, Notes -> Episodic role (Season 1; Episode 25)
Show -> Box Cricket League 2, Role -> Contestant, Notes -> Player in ‘Chandigarh Cubs’
2016 : Show -> Jamai Raja, Role -> Neil Sengupta
2017 : Show -> Ghulaam, Role -> STS officer Raghav Verma, Notes -> Cameo appearance
2017–2019 : Show -> Nimki Mukhiya, Role -> Abhimanyu Rai
2018 : Show -> Box Cricket League 3, Role -> Contestant, Notes -> Player in ‘Chandigarh Cubs’
2019 : Show -> Box Cricket League 4, Notes -> Player in ‘Kolkata Babu Moshayes’
2019–2020 : Show -> Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran, Role -> Lord Shiva
2019–2020 : Show -> Yeh Hai Chahatein, Role -> Rajeev Khurana
Awards
2008 – ITA Award for Idea Glamour Face of the Year Male
2014 – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor (Bengali) for Mishawr Rawhoshyo
Personal life
On 1 March 2008, Sengupta married Barkha Bisht Sengupta who was his co-star in Doli Saja Ke and Pyaar ke do naam…Ek Radha Ek Shyaam. They have a daughter named Meira, who was born in October 2011. Indraneil and Barkha got officially divorced in 2022.
