Priyanshu Chatterjee

Priyanshu Chatterjee (born 20 February 1973) is an Indian Bengali actor and former model known for his works in Hindi and Bengali cinema. He made his Hindi film debut in Tum Bin in 2001. His other recognized work includes Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai, Dil Ka Rishta, Pinjar, Bhootnath, Hate Story 3, Baadshaho and Shikara.

Personal life

He was married to model Malini Sharma and they divorced in 2001.

Career

Priyanshu Chatterjee started his modelling career working with projects such as Digjam's Print Campaign, Wills Cigarettes, Levi's and Four Square. Following this, he appeared in an Udit Narayan music video. Chatterjee made his silver screen acting debut with Tum Bin (2001), a romantic drama. Bollywood Hungama, while reviewing Tum Bin, wrote of Chatterjee's performance "Priyanshu has the meatier role and he performs it with utmost sincerity." After the success of Tum Bin, the director of the film, Anubhav Sinha, decided to cast Priyanshu Chatterjee in his next project, which was Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai, co-starring Sakshi Shivanand, Om Puri and Farida Jalal. In the same year, he starred in two more films; Dil Ka Rishta, co-starring Aishwarya Rai and the other film being Pinjar, which also starred Sandali Sinha. In 2004, he starred in two unsuccessful films; Woh, and Madhoshi. In 2008, he had a small role in the multi-starrer Bhoothnath, where he played the son of Bhoothnath, portrayed by Amitabh Bachchan. In 2015, he was seen in a cameo in Hate Story 3.