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Jisshu Sengupta (Biswaroop Sengupta) was born on 15 March, 1977 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, is an Indian actor. Discover Jisshu Sengupta's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 47 years old?

Popular As Biswaroop Sengupta
Occupation Actor
Age 47 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 15 March, 1977
Birthday 15 March
Birthplace Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Nationality India

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Jisshu Sengupta Height, Weight & Measurements

At 47 years old, Jisshu Sengupta height is 6′ 0″ .

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Height 6′ 0″
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Who Is Jisshu Sengupta's Wife?

His wife is Nilanjana Sengupta (m. 2004)

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Wife Nilanjana Sengupta (m. 2004)
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Children 2

Jisshu Sengupta Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jisshu Sengupta worth at the age of 47 years old? Jisshu Sengupta’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from India. We have estimated Jisshu Sengupta's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Actor

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1977

Jisshu Sengupta (born Biswaroop Sengupta; 15 March 1977) is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter, who predominantly works in Bengali films, and also in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil films.

Jisshu Sengupta was born as Biswaroop Sengupta on 15 March 1977 in Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal.

He is the son of Ujjwal Sengupta, also an actor in Bengali films.

1996

Sengupta made his debut through a Bengali TV series, Mahaprabhu (1996) where he portrayed the role of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; the role gained him much recognition.

1999

Subsequently, he made his film debut with Priyojon (1999), which became a debacle at the box office.

2002

In 2002, he played Rabindranath Tagore in Sukanta Roy's ambitious venture Chelebela alongside Debashree Roy playing Kadambari Devi.

following which he appeared in a spate of critically and commercially unsuccessful projects.

In 2002, he played Thakur in Sukanta Roy's ambitious venture Chelebela alongside Debashree Roy playing Kadambari Devi.

Thereafter, he appeared in a string of critically and commercially unsuccessful ventures, as main lead.

2003

He made his debut in Bangla cinema through Moner Majhe Tumi, appearing as a parallel lead, which was the highest-grossing film of Bangladesh in 2003.

He went on playing supporting roles in commercial films, namely Abhimanyu, Kurukshetra, Mahaguru, Sangram, Sajani, Guru, Janmadata, Chore Chore Mastuto Bhai and Premi, earning a low degree of success.

2004

He made his Bollywood debut with Shyam Benegal's National Award winning film Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2004).

A turning point came in his career when he collaborated with Rituparno Ghosh for the latter's Abohomaan, which earned him critical acclaim.

His subsequent collaborations with Ghosh for films which include Shob Charitro Kalponik and Noukadubi brought him a higher degree of critical and commercial success.

Sengupta's collaborations with other directors for films such as Jaatishwar enabled him to become one of the most sought out actors in Bengali cinema.

In 2004, he married Nilanjana Sharma, the elder daughter of film actress Anjana Bhowmick.

He has two daughters, Sara and Zara.

Sengupta started his career with a teleserial, titled Mahaprabhu, which aired on Doordarshan.

He earned critical acclaim for portraying the younger Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the series.

After his part ended in the series, he made his silver screen debut through Priyojon, directed by Dinen Sengupta, which was a critical and commercial failure.

2008

In 2008, he starred in the romantic-comedy film Love and Bor Asbe Ekhuni.

He also made his debut in Bollywood through Shyam Benegal's biographical war film Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero.

After appearing in critically and commercially unsuccessful films, he met director Rituparno Ghosh, which made Sengupta put more thought into his choice of films.

Under Ghosh's tutelage, he gave some of his critically acclaimed performances in films, including The Last Lear, Shob Choritro Kalponik (2008), Chitrangada, and a betrayed husband in Abohoman.

2009

Shob Choritro Kalponik also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali in 2009.

The Times of India stated that "Jisshu Sengupta, in the role of a junkie, has delivered one of the finest performances of his career."

(in Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish).

Sengupta portrayed the protagonist in Noukadubi, alongside Raima Sen, Riya Sen and Prosenjit Chatterjee in an extended guest appearance.

Sengupta made a comeback to Bollywood through a cameo appearance in Anurag Basu's directorial Barfi!.

Sengupta collaborated with Srijit Mukherji for the latter's musical drama film Jaatishwar co-starring Prosenjit Chatterjee and Swastika Mukherjee.

2011

In 2011, he made a comeback on television in the fiction category through Aparajito, which he produced for Star Jalsha.

2014

Released on 17 January 2014, the film opened to widespread positive reviews from the critics and was commercially successful.

Sengupta played a supporting character in Mardaani, starring Rani Mukherji.

2015

Sengupta continued to garner wider attention and further critical acclaim for the role of a contract killer in Rajkahini (2015) and a private detective in Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana (2016).

In 2015, he portrayed Byomkesh Bakshi in Anjan Dutt's directorial Byomkesh Bakshi.

He next collaborated with Srijit Mukherji for the latter's drama film Rajkahini.

Both of the films opened to widespread commercial success upon release.

His other release in 2015, the musical drama film Arshinagar flopped, though his performance earned critical acclaim.

2016

His biggest commercial success came with the action drama film Zulfiqar (2016), as he continued to draw praise for his performances in Sesh Bole Kichu Nei (2014), Jaatishwar (2014), Kelor Kirti (2016),Posto (film)(2017), Ek Je Chhilo Raja (2018) and Mahalaya (2019).

2017

Apart from films, Sengupta is actively involved in anchoring reality shows and award shows, including Filmfare Awards East (2017).