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Vikram Chatterjee
Born17 May 1988
Kolkata, West Bengal
NationalityIndian
Alma materCity College, Kolkata
OccupationActor
Notable work
Parent(s)Bijoy Chatterjee (Father)
Mallika Chatterjee (Mother)

Vikram Chatterjee (/bɪkrɔːm tʃætɑːrjiː/ born 17 May 1988)[1] is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Bengali cinema.[2] He made his silver screen debut in 2012 with a supporting role in Mainak Bhowmik's Bedroom. In the same year he acted in Elar Char Adhyay based on Rabindranath Tagore's last novel "Char Adhyay". In 2013, he participated in the reality show Bigg Boss Bangla as a contestant.[3] Soon after he portrayed supporting roles in Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends, Hoi Choi, Britto and few other films. He gained widespread popularity after playing the lead roles in the daily soaps Ichchenodi (2015-17) and Phagun Bou (2018-19).[4]

Chatterjee's acting skills in Shaheb Bibi Golaam in 2016 and Meghnad Badh Rahasya in 2017 earned him critical acclaim. Khoj in 2017 marked his debut in a lead role. After a brief setback due to the Sonika Chauhan controversy, he made comeback with Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E in 2023. Thereafter, he has starred in films including Pariah (2024), Surjo (2024), Omorshongi (2025) and Durgapur Junction (2025), which have been critically acclaimed as well have achieved lukewarm commercial success.[5] Pariah earned him a nomination for the Best Actor at the 8th Filmfare Awards Bangla.[6]

Early life and education

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Vikram was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to father Bijoy Chatterjee and mother Mallika Chatterjee.[7] He has spent a major part of childhood in Bhowanipore.[8] He completed his graduation and alma matter from the City College, Kolkata.[9]

Media

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In 2017, Calcutta Times ranked him as the 5th Most Desirable Man of Tollywood.[10]

Filmography

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Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Character Director Note Ref.
2012 Bedroom Rajat Mainak Bhaumik Marked his debut in Bengali Film Industry [11]
Elar Char Adhyay Atin Bappaditya Bandopadhyay [12]
3 Kanya Nancy's husband Agnidev Chatterjee Cameo role [13]
2013 Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends Deep Mainak Bhaumik [14]
Mistake Neel S.K. Bangalore [15]
Hoi Choi Nalok Debarati Gupta [16]
2014 Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay Joy Ashok Pati, Anonno Mamun [17]
Gogoler Kirti Joy Pompi Ghosh Mukherjee [18]
Britto Roni Surajit Dhar [19]
2015 Ajana Batash Sandy Anjan Das
2016 Saheb Bibi Golaam Zico Pratim D. Gupta [20]
Aatish Aatish Paroma Neotia
2017 Khoj Sayan Bose Arka Ganguly Marked his first film in a lead role [21]
Meghnad Badh Rahasya Wrik Bose Anik Dutta [22]
2022 Kuler Achaar Pritam Sudeep Das [23]
2023 Shesh Pata Sounak Atanu Ghosh [24]
Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E Ritoban Aritra Sen [25]
2024 Pariah Lubdhak Chatterjee Tathagata Mukherjee [26]
Surjo Surjo Siladitya Moulik [27]
2025 Omorshongi Anurag Dibya Chatterjee [28]
Durgapur Junction Soumya Arindam Bhattacharya [29]
Raas † Somnath Tathagata Mukherjee [30]
Mrigaya: The Hunt † Animesh Avirup Ghosh [31]
Memory X † TBA Tathagata Mukherjee Will mark his debut in the Hindi Film Industry [32]
2026 Pariah 2 † Lubdhak Chatterjee Tathagata Mukherjee [33]

Web series

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Year Series OTT Platform Character Director Note Ref.
2018 Famously Filmfare Bangla MX Player Himself as a guest in the talk show — Talk Show
2019 Paanch Phoron Hoichoi Arindam Mitra Suman Mukherjee [34]
2020 Dure Thaka Kachher Manush YouTube Deepto Shahrear Polock Short film [35]
Pabitra Puppies Hoichoi Arnab Debaloy Bhattacharya [36]
Tansener Tanpura (Season 1) Alap Mitra Soumik Chatterjee [37]
Tansener Tanpura (Season 2) [38]
2021 Rudrabinar Obhishaap (Season 1) Joydeep Mukherjee [39]
2022 Rudrabinar Obhishaap (Season 2) [40]
2023 Roktokorobi ZEE5 Satyaki Sayantan Ghoshal [41]

Other works

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Soap operas

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Year Soap opera Character Channel Note Ref.
2010 - 2011 Saat Paake Bandha Raja Zee Bangla Marked his debut in Bengali entertainment industry; Debut soap opera [42]
2013 Sokhi Ayan Star Jalsha
2014 - 2017 Jamai Raja Police officer Zee TV Cameo role; Marked his debut in Hindi soap opera [43]
2014 Byomkesh Bilash Mallick ETV Bangla [44]
2015 Doli Armaano Ki Yash Singhania Zee TV Hindi soap opera; Cameo role [45]
2015 - 2017 Ichchenodi Dr Anuraag Banerjee aka Tatan Star Jalsha [46]
2018 - 2019 Phagun Bou Dr Ayandeep Ghosh aka Roddur Star Jalsha [47]

Television shows

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Year Show Character Channel Note Ref.
2013 Bigg Boss Bangla Himself as a contestant ETV Bangla [48]
2014 Zee Cine Star Ki Khoj Himself as a participant Zee TV Reality show; Finished the show as the first Runner-up [49]
2015 Aahat (Season 6) Rohan Sony TV Lead role in the 27th episode of Season 6 [50]
2021 Dance Bangla Dance Host Zee Bangla Season 11; Hosted along with Ankush Hazra [51]

Advertisements

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Awards and nominations

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Year Work Award Category Result Ref.
2011 Saat Paake Bandha Big Rising Star Awards Best Actor Male TV Nominated
Zee Bangla Gourav Awards Best Actor Male TV Nominated
Zee Bangla Gourav Samman Best On Screen Pair Won
Tele Samman Best Actor Male TV Nominated
2012 Elar Char Adhyay Bengal Youth Awards Best Debut Male Won
2016 Ichchenodi Tele Cine Awards Best Actor Male TV Won
Tele Academy Awards Best Actor Male TV Won
Tele Academy Awards Best On Screen Pair TV Won
Star Jalsha Parivaar Award Priyo Notun Sadashya (Purush) Won
Star Jalsha Parivaar Award Priya Bor Won
2017 Shaheb Bibi Golaam WBFJA Awards Best Actor in a Negative Role Nominated
IBFA Awards Best Actor in a Negative Role Nominated
Ichchenodi Tele Academy Awards Most Popular Actor TV Won
Star Jalsha Parivaar Award Style Icon of The Year (Male) Won
Tele Cine Awards Best Actor Male TV Nominated
2018 Phagun Bou Bengal Youth Icon Youth Icon Of The Year Won
2019 Tele Academy Awards Best Onscreen Pair Won [52]
Tele Academy Awards Best Soap Opera of The Year Won
2020 Tansener Tanpura Hoichoi Awards 2020 Performance of The Year (Male) Won
2022 Dance Bangla Dance Zee Bangla Sonar Sansar Award 2022 Priyo Sadashya (Debut in Non Fiction) Won [53]
Rudrabinar Obhishap (Season 1) Hoichoi Awards 2021 Most loved character of Hoichoi (with "Rupsha Chatterjee") Won [54]
2024 Shesh Pata 7th Filmfare Awards Bangla Filmfare Award Bangla for Best Supporting Actor Nominated [55]
2025 Pariah 8th Filmfare Awards Bangla Filmfare Award Bangla for Best Actor Nominated [56]

Controversy

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On 29 April 2017 at 3.30 am Vikram and his friend Sonika Chauhan a model, actress and a TV Host, was driving back home from a party and met with an accident at Rashbehari Avenue connector near Lake mall. Both were taken to the hospital where Sonika was declared dead by the doctors due to severe head injuries[57] and Vikram was injured. He was treated at Ruby General Hospital and was later discharged on 4 May 2017. A police case was launched against Vikram. Initially he was absconding after the police had charged him with culpable homicide not amounting to murder as well as rash and negligent driving.[58][59] Later, he was arrested by the Kolkata Police on 6 July.[60][61] Thereafter a court granted him bail on 26 July 2017.[62]

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