Bonny Sengupta

Bonny Sengupta
Bonny Sengupta during a shoot
Born
Anupriyo Sengupta

(1990-08-10) 10 August 1990
Kolkata, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present
PartnerKoushani Mukherjee
Parent(s)Anup Sengupta
Piya Sengupta
RelativesIndraneil Sengupta (uncle)
Barkha Bisht (Aunt)
Sukhen Das (Grandfather)

Bonny Sengupta (born Anupriyo Sengupta on 10 August 1990) is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in the Bengali film industry. He made his debut in 2014 with Borbaad directed by Raj Chakraborty. It was followed by another Raj Chakraborty directorial Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey in 2015, which earned him recognition and critical acclaim.[1]

Personal life

Bonny Sengupta was born in a family of film artists, to father Anup Sengupta and mother Piya Sengupta. He is the grandson of stage-actor and director Sukhen Das. He is the nephew of Indraneil Sengupta.[2][3][4]

Sengupta joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2021, before the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.[5] He quit the party in 2022 citing "The party has failed to keep their commitments as promised for the state of West Bengal or for Bengali film industry."[6]

Career

Sengupta worked as an assistant director with Raj Chakraborty for Yoddha: The Warrior, before his career as an actor.[7] He made his silver screen debut in 2014 with Borbaad directed by Raj Chakraborty. It was followed by Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey in 2015, which was also directed by Raj Chakraborty.

He has collaborated multiple times with Koushani Mukherjee for the portrayal of the lead actress in many of his films. In 2019, he acted in the Haranath Chakraborty directorial Bhootchakra Pvt. Ltd..In 2017, he starred in Jio Pagla directed by Ravi Kinagi and Tomake Chai directed by Rajiv Kumar Biswas. After starring in a series of romantic comedy films, in 2021 he starred in FIR No. 339/07/06 along with Ankush Hazra. He has collaborated multiple times with the directors Raja Chanda, Saptaswa Basu and Rajiv Kumar Biswas.

Since 2022, he has starred in multiple critically acclaimed films including Antarjaal (2022), Jotugriho (2022), Ahalya (2024) and Robins Kitchen (2024).[8] He repaired with Koushani Mukherjee in Subho Bijoya (2022) the romantic comedies Sob Koro Prem Koro Na (2023) and Hangama.com (2025).[9] In 2025, he made his debut in the Odia film industry with Ajira Rebati.[10]

Filmography

† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Films Role Director Notes Ref.
2014 Borbaad Joy Raj Chakraborty Debut film
Remake of Polladhavan 		[11]
2015 Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey Shibu Raj Chakraborty Remake of Uyyala Jampala [12]
2017 Tomake Chai Joy Rajiv Kumar Biswas Remake of Sanju Weds Geetha
Jio Pagla Sujoy aka Sumona Rabi Kinagi Core story based on the play Joy Maa Kali Boarding,
Remake of Biwi Aur Makan. 		[13]
2018 Raja Rani Raji Raja Rajiv Kumar Biswas Remake of Boss Engira Bhaskaran [14]
Girlfriend Uttam Raja Chanda Remake of Cinema Choopistha Mava [15]
Mone Rekho Lucky Ali Wazed Ali Sumon Bangladeshi film [16]
2019 Ke Tumi Nandini Abir Pathikrit Basu Remake of Ohm Shanthi Oshaana [17]
Bhootchakra Pvt. Ltd. Bonny Roy Haranath Chakraborty Loosely inspired by Anando Brahma [18]
Jaanbaaz Bikram Anup Sengupta Loosely inspired by Madurai Sambavam [19]
2020 Love Story Anik Rajiv Kumar Biswas Remake of Amara Kaaviyam [20]
Biye.Com Ayan Das Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha Based on Subhasis Das's Short Story 'Do Something Cupid'; Zee5 Release [21]
2021 Tumi Ashbe Bole Nanda Sujit Mondal [22]
Ajob Premer Golpo Dipto Raja Chanda Zee5 Release [23]
FIR No. 339/07/06 SI Naren Basak Joydeep Mukherjee [24]
2022 Antarjaal Prarjun Majumder [25]
Hirokgorer Hire Sayantan Ghosal Zee5 Release [26]
Jotugriho Saptaswa Basu [27]
Amrapali Raja Chanda Zee5 Release [28]
Subho Bijoya Aditya Rohan Sen [29]
2023 Doctor Bakshi Aditya Saptaswa Basu [30]
Daal Baati Churma Chochhori Anand Singh Chauhan Haranath Chakraborty Also Producer
Archier Gallery Archie Promita Bhattacharya [31]
Pakdondi Rohan Sen [32]
Sob Koro Prem Koro Na Ronny Debraj Sinha [33]
2024 Ahalya TBA Abhimanyu Mukherjee [34]
Aayurekha TBA Rajdeep Ghosh
Robins Kitchen Robin Bappa [35]
2025 Hangama.com TBA Dr. Krishnendu Chatterjee [36]
Ajira Rebati TBA Subodh Odia movie [37]
Bansara † TBA Atiul Islam [38]
Jhor † TBA Antony Jane [39]
Lungiman † TBA Asim Aktar [40]
Dear Diary † TBA Indraadip Dasgupta

Controversy

In an interview in 2023, he described himself as the "Leading Most Hero" of the Bengali film industry. He was widely criticized and trolled on the social media for his comment.[41][42]

References

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  2. ^ "Prosenjit reveals a special bond with Borbaad hero Bonny in a t2 chat". Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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  9. ^ Chatterjee, Arindam (30 November 2022). "Bonny and Koushani on the Friday film Subho Bijoya, their Durga Puja memories and marriage plans". t2 Online. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
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  19. ^ "The poster of Bonny-Koushani's next 'Jaanbaaz' out now". The Times of India. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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  21. ^ "It's a wrap for Sudeshna-Abhijit's rom-com". Times Of India.
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