Kaushik Sen
{{short description|Bengali film and television actor (born 1968)}}
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| caption = Koushik Sen as a guest judge in Mirakkel
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|09|19}}[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1387306/ Koushik Sen] - IMDb
| birth_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India
| yearsactive = 1980–present
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = Reshmi Sen
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| children = Riddhi Sen
| parents = Chitra Mondal Sen (mother)
Shyamal Sen (father)
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Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor in film, television, OTT and theatre, based in Kolkata. He is the founder and director of the theatre group Swapnasandhani. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for best supporting actor for his performance in the Mrinal Sen directed film Aamar Bhuvan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071219/jsp/telekids/story_8682943.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526015858/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071219/jsp/telekids/story_8682943.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 May 2011|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) {{!}} Telekids {{!}} My Fundays|website=telegraphindia.com|access-date=2018-07-07}} He was awarded Girish Purashkar 2023 by the Cultural Department of the Government of West Bengal for his extraordinary contributions to theatre.{{Cite web |last=Laravel |first=Laravel |title=Kaushik Sen {{!}} Girish Purashkar {{!}} পাশে থাকার প্রয়াস - Kolkata TV |url=https://kolkatatv.org/entertainment/actor-kaushik-sen-donate-his-awrd-money-to-a-doctor-for-child-treatment-kolkatatv-online-entertainment-news/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=kolkatatv.org}} In 2024 he was awarded Telly Academy Best Actor Award for Godhuli Alap series.
Personal life
Kaushik Sen was born into a Baidya Brahmin family on 19 September 1968. He is the son of actress Chitra Mondal Sen and actor Shyamal Sen. He studied at the Julien Day School, and graduated from Scottish Church College, both in Kolkata. Sen is married to Reshmi Sen and has a son, Riddhi Sen.{{cite magazine|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/family-drama/1/99766.html|title=Family drama|magazine=India Today|access-date=14 June 2010}} He is a Vice President of the "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum"{{cite news |title=Artist Forum: আর্টিস্ট ফোরামের সভাপতি রঞ্জিত মল্লিক, কার্যনির্বাহী সভাপতি জিৎ|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/west-bengal-motion-picture-artists-forum-gets-new-committee-with-ranjit-mallick-as-the-new-president-dgtl/cid/1322712 |access-date=19 August 2024 |work=Anandabazar Patrika |date=9 January 2022|quote=ওয়েস্ট বেঙ্গল মোশন পিকচার্স আর্টিস্টস ফোরামের নতুন সভাপতি নির্বাচিত হলেন প্রবীণ অভিনেতা রঞ্জিত মল্লিক। কার্যনির্বাহী সভাপতি জিৎ। সহ-সভাপতি পদে রইলেন পাঁচ শিল্পী— সব্যসাচী চক্রবর্তী, সুমন্ত মুখোপাধ্যায়, কৌশিক সেন, অপরাজিতা আঢ্য এবং ভরত কল। সাধারণ সম্পাদকের পদ পেয়েছেন শান্তিলাল মুখোপাধ্যায়। যুগ্ম সম্পাদক পদে দিগন্ত বাগচীর সঙ্গে নতুন সংযোজন অঙ্কুশ হাজরা।
}} along with Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Aparajita Auddy, Bharat Kaul and Sumanta Mukherjee.
Stage performance
{{Main|Swapnasandhani}}
Since 1992 he has been the director of Bengali theatre group Swapnasandhani. The group has staged around fifty plays and perform regularly in all the major theaters at Kolkata and in major countries all around the globe. Their most recent plays are Hamlet and Taray Taray. They recently performed Hamlet at Chicago NABC2024. It was hugely appreciated with standing ovation. Soon they will travel Australia with their newest production "Andhar Ghonay".
In 2010, the group staged the play Birpurush, which was inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's poem. It was a political play and dealt with the contemporary context of West Bengal. The play stirred up some controversies.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Im-self-critical-Kaushik-Sen/articleshow/6001820.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103084914/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-02/news-interviews/28274202_1_kaushik-sen-intellectuals-characters|url-status=live|archive-date=2013-01-03|work=The Times of India|title=I'm self critical: Kaushik Sen|access-date=2018-07-07}}
Sen appeared with Soumitra Chatterjee in the play Tiktiki.
Filmography
Sen made his acting debut in 1979 with Mrinal Sen's Ek Din Pratidin as a child actor.{{cn|date=August 2023}} He has acted in more than seventy films. His best known performances in films are: ChalChitra (1981), Wheel Chair (1995), Aamaar Bhuvan (2002), Shunyo E Buke (2005), BankuBabur Bandhu (2006), Dwando (2009), Iti Mrinalini (2011), Charulata 2011 (2011), Piyalir Password (2012), Abar Byomkesh (2012), Goynar Baksho (2013), Rupkotha Noy (2013), Kolkata Calling (2014), Bhengchi (2015), Babar Naam Gandhiji (2015), Rajkahini (2015), Kahaani 2 (2016), Lion (2016), Zulfiqar (2016), Jawker Dhan (2017), Durga Sahay (2017), Raktokarobi (2017), Laboratory (2018), Rasogolla (2018), Barunbabur Bandhu (2019), Durgeshgorer Guptodhan (2019), Ekannaborti (2021), Belashuru (2022), Kaberi Antardhan (2023), Ardhangini (2023) and Dabaru (2024).
Plays
{{See also|Swapnasandhani#Major productions}}
- Hamlet
- Taraye Taraye based on Srijato's Tara Bhora Akasher Niche
- Nirbhaya based on Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children
- Macbeth (also performed at Bharat Rang Mahotsav){{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/blood-on-the-stage-floor/article4365325.ece|title=Blood on the stage floor|last=Bajeli|first=Diwan Singh|date=2013-01-31|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-07-07|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}
- Jal Chhabi (debut)
- Tikitiki
- Punoscho{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/theatre/Kaushik-Sens-wife-and-son-play-lovers-on-stage/articleshow/38486774.cms|title=Kaushik Sen's wife and son play lovers on stage|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-07-07}}
- Bhalo Rakkhosher Golpo
Television
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title |
| 1990
|Kalpurush |
| 1999
|Tarkash |
| 2000-2005 |
| 2005
|Asamapto |
| 2005
|E Kamon Meye |
| |Tiktiki |
| |Ei Ghar Ei Sangshar |
| |Uro Megh |
| |Gaaner Oparey |
| |Swapath |
| 2014
|Raaikishori |
| 2014 |
| |Sindoorkhela |
| |Moinaker er Upakhyan |
| |Godhuli Alap |
Web series
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Language !Platform !Notes |
| 2018
|Monsoon Melodies | |
| 2020
|Lalbazaar |Suranjan Sen |Bengali |Zee5 |Part of ensemble cast of cop drama |
| 2022
|Abirlal |Bengali |Hoichoi |Part of ensemble cast of crime thriller |
| 2021
|Shei Je Holud Pakhi 2 |Diganta Basu |Bengali |Hoichoi | |
| 2023
|Mr. Kolketa |Jimutendra Basak |Bengali |Hoichoi | |
| 2024
|Saheb Bibi Joker | |Bengali |Fridaay | |
| 2024
|Sekhar Home |Mrinmay Halder |Hindi |Jio Cinema | |
Awards
- 2003 BFJA Award in the category best actor in supporting role, for the film Aamar Bhuvan.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gomolo.com/7/bfja-awards-awards-2003|title=BFJA Awards (2003)|work=gomolo.com|access-date=2018-07-07|archive-date=2 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602210641/http://www.gomolo.com/7/bfja-awards-awards-2003|url-status=dead}}
- 2023 Girish Purashkar for extraordinary contributions in Theatre by the Cultural Department of Government of West Bengal
- 2023 Best Actor Telly Academy Award for Godhuli Alap television series
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1387306|name=Kaushik Sen}}
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