Chiranjeet Chakraborty

Deepak Chakraborty (better known in film career as Chiranjeet Chakraborty; born 2 November 1955), is an Indian actor and director in the Bengali film industry located in Kolkata, West Bengal. He is the son of renowned cartoonist Shaila Chakraborty. He is also a politician and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Government of West Bengal. He was born on 2 November 1955 in Kolkata. He has been conferred upon the prestigious ''Mahanayak Samman'' by the Govt. of West Bengal in 2012.

He made his debut with the 1981 film ''Sonay Sohaga''. It was a box office failure. He gained popularity after starring in Anjan Choudhury's 1984 film ''Shotru''. His first hit in a lead role was the 1985 film ''Antarale''. After that, he had a series of hits in his career like ''Pratikar'', ''Paapi'', ''Paap Punyo'', ''Beder Meye Josna'', ''Amarkantak'', ''Jibon Joubon'', ''Bhoy'', ''Shaitan'', ''Pennam Kolkata'', ''Beads'', ''Tridhara'', ''Jiban Yoddha'', ''Phiriye Dao'', ''Agnitrishna'', ''Shakti'', ''Rakta Nadir Dhara'', ''Tomar Rakte Amar Shohag'', ''Trishul'', ''Chotushkone'' and many others.

He got a turning point in his career after starring in Rituparno Ghosh's 2000 film ''Bariwali''. He is also a famous stage artist. Chakraborty is considered to be one of the most successful actors in the history of Bengali Cinema. Provided by Wikipedia