Chandan Sen

Chandan begun acting as a child artist with GanaNatya Sanghya. He did his schooling from Ramkrishna Mission & Mitra Institution and is an Arts graduate from the University of Kolkata. A student of Utpal Dutta and Ramaprosad Banik, Chandan has performed and received critical acclaim in many plays. He joined. Chenamukh under the tutelage of Ramaprosad Banik in 1983 and spent 6 years there. During this time, he acted in notable plays RaniKahini, Agunshuddhi, Pakhi and Icchegari. Chandan joined Utpal Dutta's PLT in 1988 and acted in Kallol, Ekla Cahlo re, Lal Durgo, Aafim and Krush Biddho Cuba. After Utpal Dutta's demise in 1993, he joined back Ramaprosad Banik's new group Theatre Passion and acted in acclaimed plays like Tempest and Trata. He has also acted in 2 plays each directed by Sohag Sen and Tamal Raycahudhry respectively, in Chaitali Raat er Swapno by Bibhas Chakraborty's Anya Theatre and more recently in the play FM Mahanagar by Storyteller. He has acted in more than 40 Bengali feature films and a number of Bengali mini serials through the years. Chandan made his first independent directorial debut in 1982 with Satre's Dirty Hands followed by Tagore's Bisharjan in 1984.In 1997 he joined Bengali theatre group natyaanan as a creative Director and since then he has been working as an actor director in Bengali theatre. His first International debut was in 1998-99 at New York, where he assisted Director Dr. Sudipto Chatterjee in New York Off Off Broadway in staging Nuruldiner Sarajibon. This was produced by the Epic Actor's workshop Chandan has directed over 40 plays, both full length few one act plays, 10 Telefilms and 2 daily soaps including few episodes of the popular television serial "Ek Akasher Nichey". Chandan has earned rave reviews in his depiction of Manikbabu in the Bengali film Manikbabbur Megh.