Abir Chatterjee Biography

Abir Chatterjee was born on 18th November 1980 in a middle-class family of Kolkata. Abir is the son of Phalguni and Rumki Chatterjee, familiar television and theater personalities. Abir studied at Laban Hrad Vidyapith, Salt Lake where he was a popular student. Later, he passed his 12th board from Jaipuria College and pursued graduation in Goenka College, Kolkata. Although his parents were actors by profession, Abir didn't want to be an actor in his childhood. He passed MBA and joined a private firm when he started to take acting seriously.

Abir Chatterjee is the son of Phalguni and Rumki Chatterjee, familiar television and theater personalities. Abir also has a sister. He got married to Nandini Chatterjee and has a daughter with her.

 

Abir Chatterjee started his acting career on the small screen. He first appeared on Banhisikha, a Bengali TV series where he played the prime antagonist of the daily soap and shared the screen with Indrani Halder.  he went on to star in several TV shows and telefilms like Credit Card, Hotath Megh, My Sweet Valentine, Ballavpurer Rupkatha, Samay,  Shasuri Zindabad, Khuje Berai Kacher Manush, and Proloy Asche.

Abir got his first break on the big screen in Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha directorial Cross Connection. Also starring Ritwick Chakraborty, Payel Sarka, and Rimjhim, the rom-com did well at the box-office. At that time, Anjan Dutt was in search of a fresh face for playing Satyanweshi Byomkesh Bakshi in his film. Abir was roped in to play the famous Bengali sleuth. Audience accepted him as Byomkesh in the first film as soon as the movie released in 2010. Abir did Prem By Chance in the same year where he played the male lead opposite Koel.

Next year, he appeared in Srijit Mukherjee's Baishe Shrabon and Anjan Dutt's Ranjana Ami Ar Asbona. Both were commercially successful and the later bagged National Award for the best film. 2012 saw five releases among which Abar Byomkesh, the second movie of Byomkesh series and Raj Chakraborty's Bojhena Se Bojhena made a mark at the BO. This year, Abir appeared on Sujoy Ghosh's Bollywood thriller Kahaani where he played Vidya Balan's husband. He also played pivotal roles in Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy under Sandip Ray's direction and Mainak Bhowmik's Bedroom.

In 2013, he worked under Arindam Sil for the first time. Sil's Aborto didn't get success at the box-office but gained positive reviews. Abir's performance in Raj Chakraborty's political thriller Kanamachi got praised. In Kamaleswar Mukherjee's Meghe Dhaka Tara, Abir played a brief but significant role and grabbed attention alongside a brilliant Saswata Chatterjee. In the same year, he appeared opposite Swastika Mukherjee in Asbo Arekdin. 

By 2014, Abir Chatterjee has become a popular face of Tollywood. Gradually he was becoming the blue-eyed boy of urban filmmakers. In 2014, he played Abhi in The Royal Bengal Tiger, a person who suffers from split personality disorder. In Ranjan Ghosh's Hrid Majharey, a film inspired by William Shakespeare's Othello Abir first time got recognized as a solo hero outside a franchise film. Here he played the male lead opposite Raima Sen. This year, he played Byomkesh Bakshi under Anjan Dutt's direction for the last time to become Feluda in Sandip Ray's Feluda reboot. Dutt's Byomkesh Phire Elo and Ray's Badshahi Angti released on the same day and both became box-office garners at the same time. He was also an integral part of Abhijit-Sudeshna's Jodi Love Dile Naa Praane and Sandip Ray's Chaar. 

In 2015, Abir starred Ebar Shabor, Jomer Raja Dilo Bor, Katmundu, Rajkahini, and Abby Sen. In Abby Sen he played the titular character, who did time travel. Arindam Sil's Har Har Byomkesh released at the end of 2015 where Abir again appeared as Byomkesh Bakshi but this time under a different director and banner. It was a whole new series with a different set of actors. Interestingly, Anjan Dutt's Byomkesh Bakshi with Jisshu Sengupta as the lead also released this year and became a box-office hit. 

2016 was a significant year for Abir Chatterjee. Monchora, which released in the beginning of the year, despite good script and performance failed at the box-office. Bastu Shaap marked the beginning of Kaushik Ganguly and Abir Chatterjee's pair. The movie also did decent business. Thammar Boyfriend and Byomkesh Pawrbo released in the same year. The later became a box-office success.

Kaushik Ganguly's Bishorjon became one of the most important films in Abir's career. Released in April 2017, the film won National Award for the best Bengali film and became a huge success at the BO. His other two releases Chhaya O Chhobi and Shob Bhooturey didn't do expected business. 

Abir Chatterjee has not only earned critical acclaim for his performances but also been a recipient of a few popular awards.

Year	Award	Film	Category
2016	IBFA, NABC 2016	Bastu Shaap	Best Actor Popular Choice award

 

Abir Chatterjee started his acting career on the small screen. He first appeared on Banhisikha, a Bengali TV series where he played the prime antagonist of the daily soap and shared the screen with Indrani Halder.  he went on to star in several TV shows and telefilms like Credit Card, Hotath Megh, My Sweet Valentine, Ballavpurer Rupkatha, Samay,  Shasuri Zindabad, Khuje Berai Kacher Manush, and Proloy Asche.

Abir Chatterjee passed his first board from Laban Hrad Vidyapith,  Salt Lake under West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. He passed his 12th board from Jaipuria College and pursued graduation in Goenka College, Kolkata. Later he did MBA,

Abir Chatterjee endorses Chaya Prakashani and P.C Chandra Jewelers.