Hiran Chatterjee

Hiran Chatterjee
Native name	হিরণ্ময় চট্টোপাধ্যায়
Born	(1985-12-19) 19 December 1985 Uluberia, Howrah, West Bengal, India
Residence	Urbana NRI, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia
Other names	Papai
Occupation	Actor, singer, writer, producer, businessman, politician
Years active	2007 – Present
Height	181 cm
Weight	155 lb
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress
Spouse(s)	Anindita Ghosh
Children	Niyasha Chatterjee
Website	www.hiraanchatterjee.com

Hiran Chatterjee (Bengali: হিরণ চট্টোপাধ্যায়) is an Indian Bengali film actor, writer, singer, producer, businessman and politician.^[1][2]

Early life

His Nickname is Papai. He resides near Kasba. Hiran was born from a financially challenged family in Uluberia, a sub-divisional town of Howrah, where he has spent his entire childhood days. He was from a very poor Family. He lost both of his Parents at a very early age. After spending 14 academically brilliant years in Uluberia, he started living in Maniktala Ashrom (a spiritual hermitage or a monastery) in Kolkata for his survival. While he was studying English (Hons.) in the evening Classes from Rabindra Bharati University, during the day time he started working for a shipping company. With his aspiration of becoming an actor he took the brave step to relocate to Mumbai, and started working at Reliance Industries to support himself financially. Parallelly he did Management in Logistics & Supply Chain and Law in Customs. There after he left his Senior Manager’s Job for becoming an actor as soon as he got his break-through in 2007 for the Blockbuster Hit movie “Nabab Nandini”.

Film career

His first role as a leading character was in the 2007 Bengali movie Nabab Nandini, directed by Haranath Chakraborty, opposite Koel Mallick. The film was a success and established Hiran as a popular face in the top league of Tollyville. After becoming a star with his first film, he did not sign up for other films until he won the roles in Bhalobasa Bhalobasa and Chirosathi. Bhalobasa Bhalobasa became a hit and people started calling him the Chocolate Boy. Thereafter he got critical plaudits for his characters in Jackpot and Risk. His role in Macho Mustanaa converted him from Chocolate Boy into the "macho" guy. He is known now as the "macho hero" of Tollywood and he achieved "eight packs" for this film. Le Halua Le became a hit, and his come back movie Majnu also received a great response.

Personal life

Hiran married Anindita Ghosh in 2008.They had been in a relationship for six years before that, but both of them had decided to keep their relationship away from the glamour world of Tollywood.

Political Career

Hiran is very active in politics for the betterment of the society.He had been to events with our honorable chief minister of West Bengal Smt. Mamata Banerjee.Looking at his hard work and dedication towards the society, Hiran has been given the responsibility of the working president of All India Trinamool Youth Congress and selected as the coordinator of Maharashtra Pradesh Trinamool Congress

Awards

• Best Action Hero Award from Anandalok^[3] for Nabab Nandini in 2008
• Most Promising Actor Award from BFJA for Bhalobasa Bhalobasa
• "Uttam Kalaratna Puroskar 2012" for best acting in Macho Mustanaa
• Most Promising Actor Award from BFJA for Macho Mustanaa
• Mahanayak Sanman 2014 from the West Bengal Government

Filmography

Upcoming movie

References

External links

• Hiran Chatterjee on IMDb