Biswajit Chatterjee

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Biswajit (Hindi: बिस्वजित चत्तेर्जि, Urdu: بِسوجِت چتّیرجِ, full name Biswajit ChatterjeeBengali: বিশ্বজিৎ চ্যাটার্জী) is an Indian film actor. He was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, but later went over to Bombay to do some memorable Hindi films.

1 Early career
2 Later career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
5 References

[edit] Early career

Biswajit (sometimes spelled Biswajeet), started his career in 1960 with the Bengali film, 'Natun Fasal'. Earlier, in spite of family oppositions, young Biswajit played a tiny role in a Bengali film “Dak Harakara”.

After a couple of hit films in Calcutta like 'Mayamrigo' (1960) and 'Dui Bhai' (1961), Biswajit went to Bombay. In 1962, he catapulted to fame with his superhit film, Bees Saal Baad. Even though Shammi Kapoor was the reigning heart-throb of the masses and considered the king of romance in the 60s, Biswajit was a name to reckon with during that time.

He acted in notable films like 'Mere Sanam' (1965), 'Shehnai' (1964), 'Yeh Raat phir Naa Ayegi' (1966), 'April Fool' (1964), 'Do Kaliyaa' (1968), and 'Sharaarat' (1972). He was mostly paired with top actresses like Asha Parekh, Mumtaz, Mala Sinha and Rajshri. His films often had popular soundtracks, causing the films, and Biswajeet, to become even better-known.

Biswajit also appeared in two movies, 'Do Shikari' and 'Anjana Safar' with Rekha. Though Anjana Safar was blocked by the censors and not released, a scene from the film which shows him kissing Rekha appeared on the pages of Life magazine.

In between acting in Bollywood movies, Biswajit kept going back to Calcutta to act in Bengali films, like the superhit Chowringhee (1968) with Uttam Kumar and much later, 'Srimaan Prithviraj' (1973) and 'Baba Taraknath' (1977).

[edit] Later career

In 1975, Biswajit produced and directed his own film, 'Kahte Hai Mujhko Raja'. The film did moderately well at the box office. Later he went back to acting.

[edit] Personal life

Biswajit has been married twice and has three children. He has a son and a daughter from his first wife. His son Prasenjit is a superstar in Bengal and has been the number one star of Bengali cinema for more than a decade now. His elder daughter, Pallabi Chatterjee, is a lesser known film and television actress.

Biswajit currently lives in Bombay with his second wife and their daughter Shambhavi.