Subrata Dutta (born 16 November 1975) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi and Bengali films. He is best known for his role in Bollywood films like Talaash, Tango Charlie, Zameen, The Shaukeens, Rakhcharitra, Bhootnath Returns and Bengali films Chaturanga, Bibar and Jor.
Early life and education Subrat Dutta was born in Bankura district of West Bengal. Eldest of three brothers, he completed his schooling from Bankura Christian Collegiate School and bachelor's degree from Bankura Sammilani College with major in Zoology.
Hailing from a non-filmy background Subrat Dutta had no planning to join films and he was preparing for his MBA, when suddenly an advertisement about a theatre workshop caught his attention. The 40 day long workshop organised by National School of Drama in Berhampore, West Bengal made him change his mind and he decided to join the school. After completing his master's degree from National School of Drama he received a scholarship from Charles Wallace Trust, New Delhi and joined Central School of Speech and Drama, London. Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Swanand Kirkire and Chittaranjan Tripathy were his National School of Drama batchmates.
He started his acting career as a theatre artist for NSD Repertory Company and played lead role in 35 plays before joining films.
Subrat Dutta has learnt dance from PranatI Sengupta and continued to take part in Tagore Dance Drama. He tried to learn Kathak but left after few months. He has also worked in amateur "Jatra".
Career He made silver screen debut with Hindi film Karvaan by Pankaj Butalia as the main protagonist in 1999. His first Bengali film was Uttara by Buddhadeb Dasgupta where he played a small role of a Hindu militant.
In the beginning of his career he has worked for many television series too. His work was noticed in Bengali teleseries Shudhu Tomari Jonyo. He has worked in few episodes of the series Tehreer…Munshi Premchand Ki by Gulzar, based on stories of Munsi Premchand. He was also featured in few episodes of the thriller series Kagaar on Sahara One. Later he returned to television once with Yash Raj Films series Powder in 2010. After making his debut in both Bollywood and the Bengali film industry, he went on to work in both the industries together. Hindi films like 88 Antop Hill (2003), Zameen (2003) and Bengali film Swapner Feriwala (2002) were some of his early works.
Subrat Dutta earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of a common man in Subrata Sen directorial Bibar (2026), which has been adapted from an aponymous novel by Samaresh Basu. He won Best Actor at the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema. He played the principal antagonist in Swapan Saha's Jor. He also acted in Suman Mukhopadhyay's period drama Chaturanga, which was based on Rabindranath Tagore's novel.
In 2009 he was awarded Best Actor at Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt for his portrayal of the main protagonist Madholal in the film Madholal Keep Walking by Jai Tank. The film received positive reviews from critics and Subrat Dutta’s character was highly praised that gave him lead roles in many commercial and independent films in later years.
His next venture was Ram Gopal Varma’s magnum opus, Rakta Charitra (Part I and II) in 2010, where he played the character of AK. In the same year he appeared in Bengali films Achin Pakhi and Antim Shash Sundar. He next worked in Talaash (2012), Koyekti Meyer Golpo (2012), and some independent Hindi films including Oass (2012), Kaphal (2012) and Baromas (2013). In Bhoothnath Returns (2014), he played an engineer ghost.
He next appeared as the main villain Bheera in Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans (2014) based on tiger poaching in Sundarbans and film director Basu in Akshay Kumar starrer Bollywood film TheShaukeens (2014). In both the films his role received critical acclaim. He also appeared in films like Bumper Draw (2015), Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein (2015) and played lead role as ATS Chief in Sameer (2017) and Gandhian Divakar in Humne Gandhi Ko Mar Diya (2018). His next release was multilimgual III Smoking Barrels where he played the character of a Bangladeshi refugee earned him immense applause from pan Indian audience and critics. His character Mukhtar turns the victim of illegal Elephant poaching where his every move and actions got praised by the critics.
Subrat Dutta was part of Bengali popular series Byomkesh also. He played a noticeable role in Har Har Byomkesh in 2015. Later he played Ajit for Byomkesh series of popular Bengali online channel Hoichoi. He has played the lead character in the emotional drama Bhairavi which was released exclusively on Muvizz.com in 2016. Apart from Bollywood and Bengali films he has also appeared in Marathi film Lalbaugchi Rani (2016), Bhojpuri films Tujhse Laagi Lagan, Pistol Ego Prem Kahani and American production English language film Behind the Trees.
Subrat Dutta has acted in more than 45 films. Most of his films like Uttara, Kaphal: The Wild Berries, Chaturanga, Bibar, Madholal Keep Walking were shown in prestigious National & International Festivals & also won couple of prestigious National and International awards. He has often been referred 'chameleon' as he changed his appearance for every film and experimented with his look for each character he played.
Aasma by Sudipto Sen, T for Tajmahal by Kireet Khurana, Bengali film Sitara opposite Raima Sen and Brishti tomake Dilam opposite Jaya Ahsan are some of his upcoming films.
Subrat Dutta appears in TV and web commercials regularly. Some of his notable commercials are Parle G, Wonder cement, Aircel IPL Commercial, OLX. and Google Paise.
Personal life Subrat Dutta is a Yoga expert and practitioner. He was married to theatre director Robijita Gogoii from 2006 to 2018 whom he met in National School of Drama. After a long period of courtship, they got married on 29 August 2006. Together they have a daughter named Aatreyi born on 8 June 2010.
Filmography YearTitleLanguageRoleDirector1999KarwaanHindiGautam2000UttaraBengaliAs Hindu militant2001LajjaHindiCameo2002Swapner FeriwalaBengaliShomeSubrata SenDhariniHindi200388 Antop HillHindiPrashantSala Bandar!Hindi Short filmGulshanRoop Singh Sood<ZameenHindiMajor Puri2005Tango CharlieHindiAs revolutionary leaderMangal Pandey: The RisingHindiMangal's friendLight House (Sudhu Tomari Jonno)BengaliDebangshu Sengupta2006BibarBengaliBireshSubrata Sen2008JorBengaliIndrajitShauryaHindiColonel MalhotraSamar KhanTomar JonyoBengaliRahul RoyNilanjan BanerjeeChaturangaBengaliSachish10:10BengaliApratimArin Paul2009Thanks MaaHindiIrfan KamalMadholal Keep WalkingHindiMadholal DubeyJai Tank2010Achin PakhiBengaliAchinAntim Swash SundarBengaliPrem SenguptaKris AlinRakhta Charitra IHindi/TeluguAKRakhta Charitra IIHindi/TeluguAK2012Koyekti Meyer GolpoBengaliAshesh[OassHindiJhukkiAbhinav Shiv TiwariTaalashHindiShashi NayakLattooBengaliAarjoAshish Roy2013Meridian LinesHindiRomeoVenod MitraKaphal: Wild BerriesHindiKailashBatul MukhtiarBaromasHindiEknath TanpureDhiraj MeshramTarget KolkataBengaliSurjoKartick Singh2014Bhootnath ReturnsHindiEngineer GhostNitesh TiwariROAR: Tigers of the SundarbansHindiBheeraKamal SadnahThe ShaukeensHindiRanjit BasuAbhishek Sharma2015TevarHindiKaakdiAmit Ravindernath SharmaPakaramBengaliDipakShankar DebnathBumper DrawHindiVilliumIrshad KhanCharlie Kay Chakkar MeinHindiSohailManish SrivastavHar Har ByomkeshBengaliNarmadashankarArindam Sil2016Ardhangini Ek ArdhsatyaBengaliSandeepReema MukherjeeLalbaugchi RaniMarathiDrunk guyLaxman UtekarBhairaviHindiSuhail Tatari2017SameerHindiDesai, ATS ChiefDakxin Bajrange2018Humne Gandhi Ko Mar DiyaHindiDivakarNaeem A SiddiquiWHindi Short FilmSushant PandaIII Smoking BarrelsMultilingualMukhtarSanjib DeyT for TajmahalHindiBansiKireet Khurana2019DotaraBengaliDebduttaAmitabha Dasgupta SitaraBengaliManab SarkarAshish RoyBrishti Tomake DilamBengaliArnab PaulDhuusarBengaliPrashanta GuhaSnehashish Mondal, Soumi SahaJunction VaranasiHindiSadhu's AssociateDheeraj PanditJosef – Born in GraceHindiJosefSusant MishraBehind the TreesEnglishNavinVikram JayakumarDhumkkudiyaHindiKamalNandlal Nayak2020UraanBengaliArif AlamTridib RamanHaramiHindiDhiren YvasShyam MadirajuBanaras VanillaHindiSumit MishraLucknow TimesHindiKallol GhoshSudipto Sen2023Guthlee LadooHindiMangru, Guthlee's fatherIshrat R KhanFlowers of the Mountain HindiParijat Mukherjee Shuvro Roy2024Bastar: The Naxal StoryHindiSudipto Sen 2025Bhaggyolokkhi BengaliA police officer Mainak BhaumikAasmaHindiIntekhabSudipto Sen2026Bibi PayraBengaliJhuma's husbandArjunn DuttaPheraBengaliAnanda, Palash's colleaguePritha Chakraborty
Television YearTitleEpisodes/CharacterChannel2002-2003Shudhu Tomari JonyoShankar Dada Onyo RongEtv Bangla2002-2003Tehreer…Munsi Premchand KiNamak Ka Daroga Sawa Sher GehuDD National2002KagaarOperation RameswaramSahara One2010PowderAs Zonal Inspector BoseSony Entertainment Television
Web series YearWeb seriesCharacterOTT platformNotes2018Selection DayBrokerNetflix2017-2018ByomkeshAjit Kumar BanerjeeHoichoi2019Montu PilotHoichoi2020LalbazaarA.C Port Gaurav DuttaZEE5Shobdo JobdoDr. Amitabha MitraHoichoiHighDr. RoyMX Player2022Feludar GoyendagiriMahadev VermaHoichoi2023HoneymoonShekharKlikk2024Kaantaye KaantayeRaman GuhaZEE5
Awards Best Actor: Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt, 2009 Best Actor: at Osian's-Cinefan, New Delhi, 2006 Best Actor: Dehradun International Film Festival, 2021 (Josef – Born in Grace) Best Actor: Manikarnika International Film Festival, 2022 (Josef – Born in Grace)
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