Hiran Chatterjee

{{short description|Indian film actor and politician (born 1982)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Hiran Chatterjee

| birth_name = Hiranmoy Chatterjee

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|12|19}}

| birth_place = Uluberia, West Bengal, India

| image = Hiran in Conference.jpg

| term_start = 2 May 2021{{cite news |last1=Bhanja |first1=Sandipta |title=গেরুয়া মন্ত্রে দীক্ষিত হয়েই সাফল্যের আলো দেখলেন, খড়্গপুরে 'জিতলেন' বিজেপিপ্রার্থী হিরণ |url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/entertainment/bjp-candidate-hiran-chatterjee-wins-in-kharagpur/ |work=Indian Express Bangla |publisher=The Indian Express |date=2 May 2021 |language=bn-IN}}

| office = Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

| predecessor = Pradip Sarkar

| constituency = Kharagpur Sadar

| office1 = Councillor in Kharagpur Municipality

| term_start1 = 2022

| term_end1 =

| constituency1 = Ward no. 33

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2007–Present

| party = Bharatiya Janta Party {{nowrap|(2021–present)}}

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| caption = Chatterjee in 2019

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Hiranmoy Chattopadhyay (born 19 December 1985), also known as Hiran Chatterjee, is a Bengali film actor and a politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently the Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Kharagpur Sadar.{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/hiraan-and-ishani-on-their-film-about-nurturing-relationships/cid/1736393 |title=Hiraan and Ishani on their film about nurturing relationships |access-date=22 July 2020 |archive-date=22 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722070439/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/hiraan-and-ishani-on-their-film-about-nurturing-relationships/cid/1736393 |publisher=The Telegraph|url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/hiraans-next-jio-jamai-is-a-complete-family-entertainer/articleshow/73041327.cms |title=Hiraan's next 'Jio Jamai' is a complete family entertainer |access-date=22 July 2020 |archive-date=13 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313013755/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/hiraans-next-jio-jamai-is-a-complete-family-entertainer/articleshow/73041327.cms |work=The Times of India|url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/anandaplus/actor-hiran-will-act-in-new-movie-named-meher-ali-1.249660 |title=হিরণ-ময় |access-date=27 July 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727070114/https://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/anandaplus/actor-hiran-will-act-in-new-movie-named-meher-ali-1.249660 |url-status=live|publisher=Anandabazar Patrika|language=bn}}{{cite news |last1=ঘোষ |first1=ভাস্বতী |title=কাজের জন্য মাথা নত করবো না : হিরণ |url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/entertainment/cinema/actor-and-bjp-mla-hiran-chatterjee-exclusive-interview/articleshow/82423880.cms |access-date=11 May 2021 |work=EI Samay |date=6 May 2021 |language=bn}} He is also a candidate for the BJP in the ongoing Indian general election from Ghatal constituency.{{Cite web |first= |date=18 April 2024 |title=Two Bengali cinestars to fight in Ghatal Lok Sabha seat, tackling floods top priority |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-2024/two-bengali-cinestars-dev-aka-deepak-adhikary-and-hiran-aka-hiranmoy-chattopadhyay-to-fight-in-ghatal-lok-sabha-seat-tackling-floods-top-priority/cid/2014075 |access-date=28 April 2024 |website=The Telegraph}} He has been working with the non-governmental organisation, Voice of World, which provides aid to visually and physically challenged street children.{{cite news|last1=Subramanian|first1=Mahalakshmi|title=Seawoods was my home before I became an actor|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-seawoods-was-my-home-before-i-became-an-actor-1902987|work=Daily News and Analysis|date=13 October 2013|access-date=4 November 2015|archive-date=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116135454/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-seawoods-was-my-home-before-i-became-an-actor-1902987|url-status=live}}