Chitrankar Sen (born 6 May 1985), known professionally as Pratik Sen, is an Indian film and television actor, who works predominantly in the Bengali film industry.
Early life Pratik was born in Kolkata, India to Anuradha Sen. He grew up in Deoghar, Jharkhand. His family has a history of association with the film industry. He is the grandson of Bijalibaran Sen (Director of the 1961 Bengali Film "Manik") and Amar Dutta (lead actor of Bengali film "Subhash Chandra") and great-grandson of Debaki Kumar Bose (Director of the Bengali Film "Seeta").
Careers Pratik started his career with the South Eastern Railways in India. He was three times state-level boxing champion in heavy-weight category between 2002 and 2004. He quit boxing to pursue a career as an actor. Pratik is well regarded for his versatile acting performances in both, television and films.
Film career Pratik made his acting debut in 2009 with the film Amar Bodyguard directed by Haranath Chakraborty. The release of Amar Bodyguard was delayed, hence, Prem Bandhan became his first release in a lead role in 2009. His next Bengali films were Om Shanti, Passport and Dekha Hulo Dujonay.
In 2015, he worked with late Bappaditya Bandyopadhyay in Sohra Bridge which was an official selection in the Indian Panorama section at the 46th International Film Festival of India.
He then appeared in Clapstick and Chol Kuntal in lead roles, where he shared screen space with two thespians, Soumitra Chatterjee and Deepankar De.
In 2018, Pratik starred alongside Rituparna Sengupta in Tarun Majumdar's Bhalobasar Bari where he played the lead. The film went onto complete 50 days at the box office. He worked once again with Rituparna in the 2019 Sujit Paul film, Atithi. Atithi went onto complete 58 consecutive houseful shows at Nandan, Kolkata.
Television career Pratik made his television debut on Star Jalsha in the 2016 comedy-drama Khokababu by Blues Productions where he portrayed the titular character. He was paired opposite Trina Saha, who also made her debut with the serial. His portrayal of 'Khoka', an innocent wrestler with strong family ties won him his first Government of West Bengal Tele Academy Award for Best Actor.
After Khokababu, he took a break from television.
In 2019, he returned to television with Magic Moments Motion Pictures family drama Mohor as the male protagonist. His portrayal of the emotionally complex character, 'Shankhodip Ray Chowdhury (Shankho)' won him his second Government of West Bengal Tele Academy Award for Best Actor.
His next show was Acropoliis Entertainment's Shaheber Chithi where he was the lead. In February 2023, he joined the cast of Magic Moments Motion Pictures serial Ekka Dokka in a cameo role but went onto play a parallel lead role as the story progressed.
After an eight-month hiatus, Pratik returned to the small screen in May 2024 as the lead in Surinder Films’ serial "Uraan", alongside debutante Ratnapriya Das. Their on-screen pairing was appreciated by audiences. Uraan completed its journey in early March 2025.
In July 2025, Pratik returned to television with the serial Amader Dadamoni on Zee Bangla, produced by Nilanjana Sengupta's 'Nini Chini's Mamma's Production House', playing the titular role "Dadamoni" paired with Anushkaa Chakraborty. This marked his first collaboration with Zee Bangla, indicating a new phase in his television career. For Amader Dadamoni, Pratik clinched his third West Bengal Tele Academy Best Actor Award in 2025, a role layered with complexity, depth, and emotional nuance, giving him the perfect canvas to stretch his repertoire as an artist.
Between 2022 and 2023, Pratik also hosted the culinary show ‘Bhojohari Ranna’, produced by Rana Sarkar for OTT platform Dhoomketu - during which he interviewed celebrities while preparing a dish.
Music career Pratik crooned the title track for the culinary show 'Bhojohori Ranna'.
Filmography
Films YearFilmLanguageRoleNotesRef2009Prem BandhanBengaliPremDirected by Biswanath Chakraborty. With Koyel Banerjee, Dulal Lahiri, Ashok Mukherjee2012Om ShantiBengaliArkoDirected by Satapdi Roy. With Victor Banerjee, Tapas Paul, Rituparna Sengupta, Samiksha2012PassportBengaliRahulDirected by Raaj Mukherjee. With Ferdous Ahmed, Gargi Raychowdhury, Pamela Mundol2013Dekha Holo DujonayBengaliSunnyDirected by Manas Basu. With Veer Sikandar and Tina Datta2013Amar BodyguardBengaliAnolDebut Film. Directed by Haranath Chakraborty. With Riddhima Ghosh and Tapas Paul2015Sohra BridgeMultilingualAsishDirected by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, with Niharika Singh, Barun Chanda, Nishita Goswami2016ClapstickBengaliAnirudhDirected by Biswanath Chakraborty. With Soumitra Chatterjee, Deepankar De, Kinni Modak2017Chol KuntalBengaliBishudaDirected by Raaj Mukherjee. With Soumitra Chatterjee, Anuradha Roy, Dolon Roy, Deepankar De2018Bhalobasar BariBengaliKalyanDirected by Tarun Majumdar. With Rituparna Sengupta, Dwijin Banerjeee, Shilajit Mazumdar2019AtithiBengaliDr. ArindamDirected by Sujit Paul. With Rituparna Sengupta, Saayoni Ghosh, Nishan Nanaiah, Subhasish Mukherjee, Manoj Mitra
Television YearTitleRoleChannelCo-Actress/ Co-ActorRef2016–2018KhokababuKhoka/ Raghunath MukherjeeStar JalshaTrina Saha2019– 2022MohorSankhodip "Sankho" Roy ChowdhurySonamoni Saha2022– 2023Shaheber ChithiShaheb MukherjeeDebchandrima Singha Roy2022– 2023Ekka DokkaDr.Anirban GuhaSonamoni Saha, Saptarishi Maulik2024– 2025UraanMaharaj née Rigved MukherjeeRatnapriya Das2025–2026Amader DadamoniDadamoni née Someshwar Dutta (Som)Zee BanglaAnushkaa Chakraborty
Awards and nominations +Only awards won are given in the tableYearAwardAward CategoryWorkRef201716th Tele Cine Awards*Best ActorKhokababu2017Tele Academy AwardBest ActorPriyo Juti (Best Pair)Star Jalsha Parivaar AwardPriyo Bor (Favorite Husband)Priyo Juti (Best Pair)2018Tele Academy AwardBest ActorBest Jodi (Best Pair)Star Jalsha Parivaar AwardBest Bor (Favorite Husband)2021Star Jalsha Parivaar AwardPriyo Jamai (Favorite Son-in-law)MohorKolkata Glitz AwardsNotable Performance Male (Popular Choice)Kolkata Glitz AwardsBest Juti (Best Pair) - Popular Choice2022Tele Academy Award Best ActorStar Jalsha Parivaar AwardsBest Juti (Best Pair) - Jury Choice Priyo CheleHall of FameTelly Adda AwardAll Time Favourite Actor2023Kolkata Glitz AwardsBest Juti (Best Pair) - Popular Choice2025Star Jalsha Parivaar AwardPriyo Dada/ Priyo BhaiUraan Tele Academy Awards 2025Best ActorAmader DadamoniPriyo Bhai2026 Zee Bangla Sonar Sansar AwardPriyo Jamai *Tele Cine Awards is organised by Tele Cine Society, a non profitable organization formed by the Journalists of West Bengal
**Tele Academy Awards organised by Government of West Bengal, Information & Broadcasting Ministry.
*** Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards is an event that celebrates relationships and family bonding and felicitates the best on-screen performances of characters from the shows on the Star Jalsha television channel. There is no published list of nominations and winners prior to 2022. The award functions of 2017, 2018, 2021 can be viewed on Hotstar channel.
Other Ventures In 2021, Pratik opened a multi-cuisine restaurant, Face Time Continental in Kolkata.
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External links
Pratik Sen at Facebook Pratik Sen at Instagram Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards 2017 Disney+Hotstar Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards 2018 Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards 2022 Disney+Hotstar Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards 2021 Disney+Hotstar West Bengal Tele Academy Awards 2022 Disney+Hotstar West Bengal Tele Academy Awards 2019 at Disney+Hotstar