Sabyasachi Chakrabarty

Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television.

He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu.

His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monica Chakrabarty, used to call him "Benu."

Sabyasachi portrayed Feluda on both small and big screens after legendary Soumitra Chatterjee donned the detective's hat in two films directed by Ray himself in the 1970s.

Soumitra Chatterjee originally played Feluda in Satyajit Ray's Feluda series.

He acted in Sonar Kella (1974) and Joi Baba Felunath (1979) as Feluda.

Both Soumitra and Sabyasachi played the Feluda character with great success.

As Sabyasachi said in many interviews, Feluda is one of his idols and favourite heroes from his young age.

In the late 80's Sabyasachi met the author of Feluda series Satyajit Ray and expressed an interest in starring as Feluda.

In 1975, he passed Higher Secondary Examination from Andrew's High School, Kolkata.

He earned a degree in B.Sc.

from Hansraj College, University of Delhi.

He cleared his AMI examination from Delhi in 1978.

Apart from acting, his love for nature and forests is well known.

He takes ardent interest in wild life photography.

He got involved with Charbak theatre group in 1983.

He has worked in a number of Hindi movies and TV shows as well.

He is also very popular in Bangladesh and was one of the main casts of the first ever Bangladeshi Science fiction film Porobashinee.

Sabyasachi got married in 1986 to Mithu Chakrabarty, who is also a popular face in the Bengali entertainment industry.

He has two sons, Gaurav and Arjun, both of whom are talented actors.

They are working in both film and television.

Sabyasachi's first mainstream work was a lead role in the 1987 TV series Tero Parbon for Kolkata Doordarshan channel.

Tero Parbon was critically acclaimed with a memorable soundtrack in which his role as the character Gora was well-received and made him fairly popular in his early days of acting.

But Satyajit Ray said that he will not make another Feluda movie as Santosh Dutta the actor who played the role of Jatayu died in 1988, but he told Sabyasachi to go to his son Sandip Ray who was a rising film director in that time.

Then Sabyasachi met Sandip Ray, but Sandip Ray had no plan of making any Feluda film at that time.

Then Sabyasachi started working in the movies besides theatre and television.

He made his movie debut in Tapan Sinha’s Antardhan in 1992.

He continued to work in several television series and shows (mostly in Bengali).

He has directed many TV shows and some shows for children.

He played Kakababu in the Kakababu original film series.

In the year 1994 Sandip Ray called Sabyasachi Chakrabarti at Ray's home.

By that time Sabyasachi had become a well known actor in big screens beside theatre.

He acted in Kakababu Here Gelen? (1995) and Ek Tukro Chand (2001) and the mini TV series Khali Jahajer Rahasya (1999) as Kakababu.

Sabyasachi Chakrabarty was the recipient of the Best Actor award in a Supporting Role by the BFJA in 1995, 2000 and 2003.

He has received the 2nd International Indo-Bangladesh Kala Music Award (IIBKMA).

He is a recipient of Kalakar Awards.

His role as Feluda in Baksho Rahashya (1996), Gosaipur Sargaram (1996), Sheyal Debota Rahasya (1996), Bosepukure Khunkharapi (1997), Joto Kando Kathmandute (1997), Jahangirer Swarnamudra (1998), Ghurghutiyar Ghotona (1998), Golapi Mukto Rahashya (1998), Ambar Sen Antardhan Rahashya (1999), Dr. Munshir Diary (2000),Bombaiyer Bombete (2003), Kailashey Kelenkari (2007), Tintorettor Jishu (2008), Gorosthaney Sabdhan (2010), Royal Bengal Rahashya (2011) and Double Feluda (2016) have reinstated the nostalgia surrounding Satyajit Ray’s Feluda series.

His roles in Antardhan, Sweth Pathorer Thala, Mahulbanir Sereng, Parineeta (Hindi), Nishijapon and Mira Nair's The Namesake amongst others have earned him wide recognition.

In 1996 he received the Best Actor award for his performance in Kakababu Here Gelen and, again, in 2005 he was awarded Best Actor for his role in Mahulbanir Sereng, by Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards (BFJA).

In 2002 Chakrabarty was awarded the Best Actor award for Ek Je Aachhe Kanya and in 2004 he was awarded Best Actor for his performance in Bombaiyer Bombete by Anandalok Awards.