{{short description|Indian actor (born 1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Bhaswar Chatterjee | image = Bhaswar Chattopadhyay.jpg | alt = | caption = Chatterjee in 2012 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|03|08}} | birth_place = Calcutta, West Bengal, India | known_for = Playing Batukeshwar Dutt in ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'' (2002) | education = Graduated in bio-science | alma_mater = Ashutosh College | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1998–present | spouse = {{marriage|Nabamita Chatterjee|2014|2020|end=divorce}}
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'''Bhaswar Chatterjee''' (born 8 March 1975) is an Indian actor who works in Bengali film and television.<ref name="Bhaswar Chatterjee actor">{{cite web |title=Bhaswar Chatterjee actor |url=http://www.tollyworld.com/index.php?option=com_artist&controller=artist&task=displaydetails&cid[0]=43&Itemid=91 |publisher=Tolly World|access-date=10 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623051350/http://www.tollyworld.com/index.php?option=com_artist&controller=artist&task=displaydetails&cid |archive-date=23 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Bhaswar Chattopadhyay filmography">{{cite web|title=Bhaswar Chattopadhyay filmography|url=http://www.gomolo.com/about-bhaswar-chattopadhyay/219|publisher=Gomolo|access-date=10 November 2012}}</ref>
In 1998, his first appearance on television was in ''Jaltaranga'' followed by Bishnu Pal Chowdhury's ''Kanakanjali''. Chatterjee established himself in the Bollywood industry with ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'' in 2002 by playing Batukeshwar Dutt, and with the daily soap ''Janmobhumi'' in 2003. {{As of|2020}}, he has appeared in 125 daily soaps and a total of 111 serials in the Bengali language.
He was a member of Indian censor board from 2014 to 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ganguly |first1=Ruman |title=Are Bhaswar and Nabamita headed for a split? - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/are-bhaswar-and-nabamita-headed-for-a-split/articleshow/71660321.cms |work=The Times of India |date=19 October 2019 |quote=But, we were only friends at that time. Then, in 2013, I joined the Censor Board ... |language=en}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2021|reason=News item barely mentions Censor Board. See WP:SIGCOV re sources needing to contain more than a trivial mention.}} Bhaswar is a writer too,till date he has 14 novels to his credit.Some of the best sellers are Onyo Upotyaka,Maharani Didda,Shrikanto Manjiler Rahasya,Kacher Swargo for which he was awarded Samaresh Majumdar Sahitya Samman in 2025.
==Early life== He was a student of South Point School for his high school years, and graduated in bioscience from Asutosh College.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} Before getting his first job in GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals in 1996, he obtained a diploma in marketing and sales management from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=ভট্টাচার্য |first1=স্বরলিপি |title='পুরস্কারের জন্য আমি কাউকে বোতল দিতে পারব না' |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/celebrity-interview-actor-bhaswar-chatterjee-makes-explosive-comments-about-tollywood-dgtlx-1.793159 |work=www.anandabazar.com |publisher=Anandabazar Patrika |date=8 May 2018}}</ref>
==Family== Bhaswar's great-grandfather, the late Bhimchandra Chatterjee, though an electrical engineer, was the architect of the Benares Hindu university (on insistence of the late Madan Mohan Malviya). His ''Elements of applied electricity'' books were in circulation a few years back. He was the Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Benaras Hindu University in 1936.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Bhim Chandra |title=The Elements of Applied Electricity |date=1931 |publisher=Ravindra Narayan Chatterjee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=br1nkgAACAAJ |language=en}}</ref>
Though he belongs to a family of four generations of engineers, he always wanted to be an actor. Probably his acting genes comes from his mother's side whose uncle Devi Mukherjee was a star actor in the 1940s.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
==Filmography and television== Some of the major films he acted were The Legend of Bhagat Singh,Aalo,Ballygunge Court,Aamar Prithibi,Royal Bengal Rahasya,Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy,Onyo Opaala and Mahalaya.Superhit daily soaps featuring Chattopadhyay which garnered high "TRPs"{{efn|TRPs are "Television Ratings Points", a viewing audience metric used in India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=India Today Web Desk |title=What is TRP and how it is calculated: Check here |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/information/story/what-is-trp-and-how-it-is-calculated-check-here-1729909-2020-10-09 |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=India Today |date=9 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>}} (ratings) are ''Joy Baba Loknath'',<ref>{{cite news|title=ধারাবাহিকে লোকনাথ ব্রহ্মচারীর ভূমিকায় এবার ভাস্বর |url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/entertainment/actor-bhaswar-chatterjee-as-lokenath-brahmachari-in-zee-bangla-serial-jai-baba-lokenath-159720/|work=Indian Express Bangla |publisher=The Indian Express|date=11 November 2019|language=bn-IN}}</ref> ''Shree Krishna Bhakto Meera'',<ref>{{cite news |last1=সংবাদদাতা |first1=নিজস্ব |title=Krishna Bhakta Mira: ভাস্বর এ বার রাজ পুরোহিত ভৈরবনাথ, চরিত্রের স্বার্থে মাথা মুড়িয়ে ফেললেন? |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/bhaswar-chatterjee-is-in-new-character-in-new-mega-krishna-bhakta-mira-dgtl/cid/1291049 |work=www.anandabazar.com |publisher=Anandabazar Patrika |date=5 July 2021}}</ref> as well as:{{hlist|''Janmobhumi'' |''Ek Akasher Niche'' |''Sonar Horin'' |''Maa....Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena'' (''Maa'') |''Agnipariksha'' | Ishti Kutum |Keya Patar Nouko |''Bhakter Bhogobaan Shri Krishna'' |''O m Sai Ram'' |''Binni Dhaner Khoi'' |''Kache Aye Shoi'' |''Potol Kumar Gaanwala'' |''Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni'' |''Advocate Anjali Awasthi'' |''Professor Bidya Banerjee''}}which is being aired on Star Plus.
==OTT== Bhaswar also is being active on ott platforms like Hoichoi, he did the successful Paap season 1&2 and Six and The Adventures of Gogol for Addatimes. His next ott release is Roktokarobi for Zee5 streaming from 3 February. Bhaswar played Ajit for the super successful Byomkesh O Pinjrapol for Hoichoi. He worked in season 2 of the web series ''Sampurna''. On 20 April his first Hindi Webseries Tooth Pari When love bites started streaming on Netflix.
===Films=== {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'' (2002) *''Alo'' (2003) *''Raj Mahal'' (2005) *''Rabibarer Bikalbel'' (2006) *''Shakal Sandhya'' (2006) *''Ballygunge Court'' (2007) *''Krishnakanter Will'' (2007) *''Ratbhor'' (2007) *''Blood'' (2008) *''Chirosathi'' (2008) *''Eti'' (2008) *''Takkar'' (2008) *''Royal Bengal Rahasya'' (2011) *''Teen Tanaya'' (2011) *''Chupkatha'' (2012) *''Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy'' (2012) *''Shudhu Tomake Chai'' (2012) *''Namte Namte'' (2013) *''Bhoot Bhooturey Samuddurey'' (2014) *''Gogoler Kirti'' (2014) *''Abby Sen'' (2015) *''Amar Prithivi'' (2015) *''Bhrasto Taara'' (2015) *''Binodoner Du Adhyay'' (2015) *''Goraa'' (2015) *''Onnyo Apola'' (2015) *''Manabpremi Mahapurush'' (2016) *''Adhunik'' (2017) *''Comrade'' (2017) *''Tumi Robe Nirobe'' (2017)<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:কাল মুক্তি পাচ্ছে তিন ছবি |trans-title=Three pictures will be released tomorrow |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF |work=Prothom Alo |date=3 May 2017 |language=bn}}</ref> *''Aha Re'' (2019) *''Bobbyr Bondhura'' (2019) *''Mahalaya'' (2019) *''Micchil'' (2020)<ref>{{cite news |title=Basabdatta Chatterjee in a political thriller 'Michil' - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/basabdatta-chatterjee-in-a-political-thriller-michil/articleshow/68152965.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> }} *''Mahanagar theke Doore'' (2023) *''Naishabdo'' (2024) *''Amar Labongolata'' (2024)
===Television=== *''Ek Akasher Niche'' (2002–2005) *''Agnipariksha'' (2008) *''Maa....Tomay Chara Ghum Ashena'' (Maa) (2009–2014) *''Potol Kumar Gaanwala'' (2015–2017) *''Jai Kali Kalkattawali'' (2017–2019) *''Binni Dhaner Khoi'' (2009) *''Ishti Kutum'' (2011 - 2015) *''Keya Patar Nouko'' (2011) *''Kache Aye Shoi'' (2012) *''Bhakter Bhagaban Shri Krishna'' (2017) *''Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni'' (2019–2021) *''Joy Baba Loknath'' (2019) *''Shree Krishna Bhakto Meera'' (2021) *''Gouri Elo'' (2022) *''Godhuli Alap'' (2022) *''Geeta LL.B'' (2023–2025) *''Jogomaya'' (2024) *''Advocate Anjali Awasthi'' (2024–present) *''Professor Bidya Banerjee'' (2025–present) *''Besh Korechi Prem Korechi'' (2025–2026)
==Philanthropy== Bhaswar Chatterjee runs an NGO, "Aparna Foundation" in his mother's name, which assists the poor and needy. The foundation started collecting used clothes and accessories and distributed them to different parts of Kolkata and its outskirts. Later in 2021 during pandemic, it worked extensively in Kolkata where it fed the pavement dwellers for continuous 22 days along with Puri, Katra and specially Kashmir.The Ngo supplied a month's ration to ghorawalas and pitthuwalas of Vaishnodevi Temple, to the houseboat caretakers in Srinagar, helped in marriage of a Kashmiri girl, build a house for a poor family. It also helps a number of girl children with studies in Kashmir.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ruman |first1=Ganguly |title=Bhaswar Chatterjee is helping feed the poor during the lockdown - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/bhaswar-chatterjee-is-helping-feed-the-poor-during-the-lockdown/articleshow/83006714.cms |work=The Times of India |date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|1569756}}
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