Prosenjit Chatterjee

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Prosenjit Chatterjee
Born	30 September 1962 (age 50)[1][2] Kolkata, India
Height	174 cm (5' 8½")
Spouse(s)	Debashree Roy (1992-1995, divorced) Aparna Guhathakurta (1997-2002, divorced) Arpita Pal (2002–present)
Website
www.prosenjit.in

Prosenjit Chatterjee (also Prosenjeet Chatterjee or Prosenjit Chattopadhyay (Bengali: প্রসেনজিৎ চট্টোপাধ্যায় Prosenjit Chôṭṭopaddhae; born 30 September 1962), professionally known as Proshenjit, is a Bengali film actor. His fans affectionately called him Bumba Da.^[3] In rural Bengal he is addressed as Poshenjit. His rural fan base led him to do many films which had rustic storylines, films intellectuals shied away from. But his popularity was undeniable. Since 2003 with Rituparno Ghosh's Chokher Bali (co-starring Aishwarya Rai) he has acted in numerous films that won critical acclaim. In 2007 he received the National Award Silver Lotus for his performance in Dosar. He had acted in over 279 films as of October 2009. He is the Chief Mentor at International Institute of Photography in Kolkata to guide young talents.

Prosenjit has been the leading star of Bengali (West Bengal) commercial cinema for the past two decades.