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Yash Dasgupta (born as Debashish Dasgupta[4] on 10 October 1985)[5] is an Indian actor, television personality, politician. He works Hindi and Bengali Film industry. He started his career in television, and his movie debut was in the 2016 Bengali film Gangster. He was listed as the most desirable man in the Calcutta Times list of Most Desirable men in 2014, 2015 and 2020.[6]

Yash Dasgupta
Yash Dasgupta during a photoshoot of Pooja
Born	Debashish Dasgupta 10 October,1985 (age 37) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Occupation	Actor model politician
Years active	2005–present
Known for	Bojhena Se Bojhena (TV series)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Partners	Shweta Singh(2010-2013)[1] Nusrat Jahan (2020–present)[2]
Children	2[3]

Dasgupta appeared in Bojhena Se Bojhena and Na Aana Is Des Laado. In 2006 he won the Glam King title in the Unish Kuri Streax Glam Hunt held in Kolkata.[7] Dasgupta is also a politician and belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party since 17 February 2021.[8]

Early life

Yash Dasgupta was born to Dipak Dasgupta and Jayati Dasgupta. His real name is Debashish.^{[citation needed]} He has lived in Delhi, Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim among others and attended different schools.

Career

Early career

Dasgupta won the Glam King title in the Unish Kuri Streax Glam Hunt held in Kolkata.[9] Thereafter, he shifted his base to Mumbai to pursue career in acting, joined Roshan Taneja School of Acting, and got his first break as an actor in the television industry.[10] Dasgupta began his acting career in selective roles on national television. He played a fun loving son as Suraj Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi in Bandini, and a character with grey shades as Ketan Sanghvi with Ram Kapoor in Basera[11] He played the role of Karan (Santosh's son, Diya and Jhanvi's cousin brother), in Na Aana Is Des Laado, a story which dealt with the social evil of female infanticide, and concentrates on the problems faced by women in a male-dominated world. Yash did episodic roles as Viraj, a mime artist in Adaalat.[12] He also enacted Demon Kalketu in a mythology called Mahima Shanidev Kii.[13]

In Kolkata Yash had also participated in ETV Bangla celebrity dance reality show Ritur Mela Jhoom Tara Ra Ra which was directed by Shiboprosad Mukherjee[14]

2013-2015

Yash played the popular role of Aranya Singha Roy in Bojhena Se Bojhena, an adaptation in Bengali of the Hindi TV series Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? aired from 4 November 2013 to 18 June 2016.[15] In 2015, Yash had an accident on the sets of Bojhena Se Bojhena where his forearms were burnt while shooting a Diwali sequence.^{[citation needed]}

2016-present (Films)

Yash was launched in films by Shree Venkatesh Films.[16]

The debut film of Yash Dasgupta was the 2016 romantic thriller Gangster directed by Birsa Dasgupta and parts of it were shot in Istanbul Turkey[17][18][19] Yash was stranded with the film production unit amid the attempted military coup in Istanbul, Turkey[20][21][22][23][24] Later the shooting of the film resumed.[25]

Other appearances

Dasgupta had performed in award ceremonies such as Colors Golden Petal Awards 2011 and Telly Academy Awards 2014. He performed in Jaya Hey, dedicated to the Kolkata Police. He had also anchored for the television award night, Star Jalsha Parivar Awards 2014.[26]^{[failed verification]}

Political career

In March 2021, he had been declared to be the candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party from Chanditala for the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election to be held from 27 March 2021.[27][28] He lost the election to Indian Trinamool Congress candidate Swati Khandoker by 41347 votes.[29]

Elections	Constituency	Party	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition candidate	Opposition p arty	Opposition vote percentage
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election	Chanditala	BJP	Lost	29.83	Swati Khandoker	AITC	49.79

Television

Year	Show	Role	Channel	Language	Production
2005	Urmila	Aman[30]	Ultra (TV channel)	Hindi	Ultra (TV channel)
2008	Mahima Shanidev Kii	Demon Kalketu
2009	Basera	Ketan Sanghvi	NDTV Imagine		Sagar Arts
	Bandini	Suraj Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi			Balaji Telefilms
	Koi Aane Ko Hai	Kalketu	Colors TV
2010	Na Aana Is Des Laado	Karan Singh	Colors TV		Shakuntalam Telefilms
2012	Adaalat	Viraj	Sony		Contiloe Entertainment
2013	Bojhena Se Bojhena	Aranya Singha Roy/ ASR/ Radhe/ Chotu	Star Jalsha	Bengali	Shree Venkatesh Films[31]

Filmography

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Director	Language	Notes
2007	Pagol Premi	Ajay Banerjee	Hara Patnaik	Bengali	not the leading role[32]
2016	Gangster	Guru / Kabir	Birsa Dasgupta		Debut film and original story
2017	One	Ronojoy Bose	Birsa Dasgupta		Remake of Tamil film Thani Oruvan
2018	Total Dadagiri	Joy Das	Pathikrit Basu		Remake of Telugu film Nenu Local
	Fidaa	Ishaan Chatterjee	Pathikrit Basu		Remake of Telugu film Tholi Prema
2019	Mon Jaane Na	Aamir Nawaz	Shagufta Rafique		Romantic, thriller film
2020	SOS Kolkata	Zakir Ahmed	Anshuman Pratyush		Action, thriller film
2022	Cheene Badam	Rishav Sengupta	Shieladitya Moulik		Romantic comedy[33]
	Toke Chhara Banchbo Na	Arjun	Sujit Mondal		Romantic Drama[34]

Music videos

Year	Video	Director(s)	Singer(s)	Composer(s)	language	Music label
2021	O Mon Re[35]	Baba Yadav	Tanveer Evan	Piran Khan	Bengali	SVF
2022	Hariye Gelam[36]	Adil Shaikh	Luipa and Papon	Taposh	Bengali	TM records

Awards and accolades

Year	Award	Category	Film	Role	Result
2017	Filmfare Awards East	Best Debutant Actor (Male)	Gangster	Guru/Kabir	Won

In the media

Dasgupta entered Times Of India's Most Desirable Men of 2014 and 2015 in the top 10.[37][38]

References

External links

• Yash Dasgupta at IMDb
• Yash Dasgupta on Twitter

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