Neel Bhattacharya

Neel Bhattacharya (born 8 June 1997)^[4] is an Indian television actor. He started his career in television as a lead actor through Thik Jeno Love Story^[5] and is well known for portraying the character of Prwithwijit Deb in Stree and Nikhil in Krishnakoli.^[6]

Neel Bhattacharya
Bhattacharya in 2024
Born	Abhijit Bhattacharya (1990-06-08) 8 June 1990 (age 35)
Citizenship	Indian
Alma mater	St. Xavier's College, Kolkata[1] Institute of Engineering and Management[1]
Occupation	Actor
Known for	Nikhil in Krishnakoli Prwithwijit Deb in Stree
Notable work	Thik Jeno Love Story (2014) Stree (2016) Krishnakoli (2018)
Political party	Trinamool Congress (2021–present)[2]
Spouse	Trina Saha ​ (m. 2021)​ [3]

Career

Beside working in TV soap operas, Neel has also acted in a few Bengali movies, notably Chitra^[7] and Lokkhyo.^[8] He has also performed as the lead male actor in many music videos like Chaina (Don't want), composed and sung by Shaan,^[9] Yeh Dil Hai Bekarar by Benny Dayal.^[10]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel	Production Company(s)	Ref.
2014–2015	Thik Jeno Love Story	Adidev Bose / Adi	Bengali	Star Jalsha	Shree Venkatesh Films	[5]
2016–2018	Stree	Prwithwijit Deb / Aksar Sen		Zee Bangla	Blues Productions	[11]
2018–2022	Krishnakoli	Nikhil Choudhury			Tent Cinema	[12]
2021–2022	Uma	Abhimanyu Acharya aka Abhi				[13][14]
2022–2023	Bangla Medium	Vikram Chatterjee aka Vicky		Star Jalsha		[15]
2024–2025	Amar Sangee	Raj Ghoshal		Zee Bangla	Ideas Creations
2025	Bhole Baba Par Karega	Doctor	Bengali	Star Jalsha	Magic Moments Motion Pictures

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Ref.
2012	Paanch Adhyay	Cameo as football player	Bengali
2015	Chitra		Bengali	[7]
2018	Dariya (Short film)		Hindi	[16]
2020	Lokkhyo		Bengali	[8]
2024	Sentimentaaal	Special Appearance	Bengali	[17]

Television movies

Year	Title	Role	Language	Comments
2016	Selfier Phande		Bengali	[18]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Name
2015	Telly Academy Award 2015	Best New face	As Adi in Thik Jeno Love Story
2018	Zee Bangla Sonar Sansar	Best Chele	As Prithwiraj in Stree
2019			As Nikhil in Krishnakoli
		Best Jodi	As Nikhil-Shyama in Krishnakoli
2020		Best Chele[19]	As Nikhil in Krishnakoli
		Best Jodi	As Nikhil-Shyama in Krishnakoli
		Digital Influencer of the Year	As Nikhil in Krishnakoli
2021		Best Chele	Nikhil in Krishnakoli
		Best Jodi	Nikhil-Shyama in Krishnakoli
2023	West Bengal Telly Academy Awards 2023	Sera Juti	Indira-Bikram in Bangla Medium
2025	Zee Bangla Sonar Sansar	Best Chele	As Raj in Amar Sangee
2019	Tele Academy Awards[20]	Best Couple[21][22]	As Nikhil in Krishnakoli
	Shyama Prasad Bangiya Samman[23]	Best Jodi