Ambarish Bhattacharya

Ambarish Bhattacharya (born 13 March 1979)^{[citation needed]} is a Bengali actor and comedian. He started his career through performing at Bengali theatre and stage. He made his television debut in the 2007 playing the character Gaja in Raja & Gaja. He has acted in numerous TV soap operas and Bengali films.

Ambarish Bhattacharya
Bhattacharya in 2020
Born	(1979-03-13) 13 March 1979 (age 46) Kolkata, India
Citizenship	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Known for	Gaja in Raja & Gaja
Notable work	Raja & Gaja (2007 - 2010) Open Tee Bioscope (2015) Khorkuto (2020-2022)

Career

Ambarish forayed into Bengali television with his debut fiction comedy series Raja & Gaja.^[1][2] He began working in films from 2011 with minor roles. He has already worked with directors like Kaushik Ganguly, Anjan Dutt, Srijit Mukherji, Kamaleswar Mukherjee, and others. Open Tee Bioscope by Anindya Chattopadhyay, Bibaho Obhijaan by Birsa Dasgupta and Gotro by Sibaprasad Mukherji and Nandita Roy are some of works with major roles.^[3][4][5][6] Beside these, he has also been active in sharing screens in TV commercials.^[7]

Theatre

Ambarish started working with theatre groups from early 2000. He was closely involved in performing theatre songs along with veteran thespian and singer Ketaki Dutta.^[8] After some time he also started acting in theater groups. He has also worked in Jatra (theatre) with the famous female impersonator Chapal Bhaduri in Shitala from 2000 to 2006^{[citation needed]}. Some of his works includes Ferari Fouj (2005) under Sanglap Kolkata;^[9] Puratani Natoker Gaan (songs compilation) (2006) and Kanu Kohe Raai (2010) under Sansriti group^[10] and Nisanga Samrat (2013) under Indraranga group.^[11]

Filmography and television

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel	Comments
2007-2010	Raja & Gaja	Gaja	Bengali	Zee Bangla	[12]
2012 - 2013	Saat Paake Bandha	Bubai
2013	Raage Anuraage	Prashanta Banerjee
2013 - 2014	Boyei Gelo	Mr. Botobyal
2014	Bibi Chowdhurani	Manohar Chowdhury			[13]
2015 - 2016	Goyenda Ginni	Ashish Mitra aka Hablu			[14]
2015 - 2017	Punyi Pukur	Chandrajit Banerjee		Star Jalsha	[13]
2016	Bhootu	School Teacher		Zee Bangla	[15]
	Mahanayak	Buro		Star Jalsha	[14]
2018	Bhajaharir Dhaba	Bhajahari		DD Bangla	[16]
2019–2021	Sreemoyee	Pradip Bose aka Dipu		Star Jalsha	[17]
2020	Hashiwala & Company	Co-anchor			[18]
2020–2022	Khorkuto	Kamaleshwar Mukherjee aka Potka			[19][20]
2022–2023	Guddi	Debpratim Sen aka Dodul			[21]
2024–Present	Roshnai	Chotu
2025–Present	Chirosokha	-

Filmography

• Open Tee Bioscope (2015)^[18]
• Dekh Kemon Lage (2017)^[22]
• Jio Pagla (2017)^[23]
• Shob Bhooturey (2017)^[24]
• Cockpit (2017)^[13]
• Manojder Adbhut Bari (2018)^[25]
• Kabir (2018)
• Bhagshesh (2018)^[26]
• Hoyto Manush Noy (2018)^[27]
• Uma (2018)^[4]
• Samsara (2019)^[28]
• Gotro (2019)^[29]
• Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo (2019)^[30]
• Baccha Shoshur (2019)^[23]
• Bibaho Obhijaan (2019)^[31]
• The Parcel (2020)^[32]
• Detective (2020)^[33][34]
• Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti (2020)^[35]
• Saheber Cutlet (2020)^[36]
• Switzerland (2020)^[5][37]
• Lokkhi Chele (2022)^[38]
• Projapoti (2022)^[39]
• Haami 2 (2022)
• Maayakumari (2023)
• Kaberi Antardhan (2023)^[40]
• Fatafati (2023)
• Ardhangini (2023)^[41]
• Byomkesh O Durgo Rahasya (2023)
• Raktabeej (2023)
• Pradhan (2023)
• Pariah (2024)
• Boomerang (2024)
• Asukh Bisukh (2024)
• Ajogyo (2024)
• Shastri (2024)
• Madam Sengupta (2025)

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Language	Production	Comments
2017-2018	Hello (web series)	Ambarish	Bengali	Hoichoi	[42]
2018	Ha Ja Ba Ra La	Co-host (stand-up comedy)	Bengali		[43]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Name	Result
2022	West Bengal Tele Academy Awards	Best Actor (Comic role)[44]	Khorkuto	Won
2024	Filmfare Award Bangla	Best Supporting Actor	Ardhangini	Won