Aamar Somoy | Arjun Chakraborty | Film Actor | Film Director | Poet | Singer | Documentary | EP1

Aamar Somoy | Arjun Chakraborty | Film Actor | Film Director | Poet | Singer | Documentary | EP1 Arjun Chakraborty is an actor known for his collaboration with noted filmmakers like Gulzar, Mrinal Sen, Tapan Sinha and Sandip Ray. Born in Rajasthan to a Bengali doctor family, he started his film career in the early 1980s, assisting Gulzar in films like 'Namkeen', 'Angoor' and 'Libas'. He landed his first acting role in Sanjiv Kumar, Mousumi Chatterjee and Deven Verma starrer 'Angoor', and subsequently went to act in several cult films like K Balachander-directed 'Zara Si Zindagi', N. Chandra's directorial debut 'Ankush' and Mrinal Sen's 'Ek Din Achanak'. Biresh Chatterjee's 1989 superhit film 'Kari Diye Kinlam' is his first breakthrough in Bengali. He then went on to act in several Tapan Sinha-directed films, including 'Antardhan', 'Wheelchair', 'Daughters of the Century' and 'Anokha Moti'. Throughout the 1990s, he was a frequent face on the television, having acted in some of the serials made from Satyajit Ray's literary works. 2008 marked his directorial venture with the release of 'Tollylights'. Besides acting, he is also a polished singer and poet. #ddbangla#aamarsomoy #arjunchakraborty