Gaurav Chakrabarty
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Gaurav Chakrabarty
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| Native name | গৌরব চক্রবর্তী |
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6 March 1987 Calcutta, India |
| Other names | Niki |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Partner(s) | Ridhima Ghosh |
| Parent(s) | Sabyasachi Chakrabarty; Mithu Chakrabarty |
| Relatives | Arjun Chakrabarty (brother) |
Gaurav Chakrabarty is an Indian Bengali film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Prodipto Lahiri in the Bengali musical TV series Gaaner Oparey that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011, and specially for the Bengali classic periodic thriller TV series Byomkesh (2014-2015), where he played the role of iconic Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi. He hails from a family which has had a legacy of association with the Bengali cultural arena, starting from Jochhon Dastidar and Chandra Dastidar (his paternal great uncle and aunt), Bijon Bhattacharya (his paternal great uncle), Jagadish and Monika Chakrabarty (his paternal grandparents), and his parents Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Mithu Chakrabarty. He debuted on the big screen in Kaushik Ganguly's Rang Milanti, one of the most appreciated films of the year 2011.
Chakrabarty had his schooling at the Assembly of God Church School in Kolkata. He subsequently earned a degree in Mass Communication and Videography from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, and completed his postgraduation in Video Editing from the Film and Television Institute of India at Pune (FTII).
Gaurav got involved in theatre from a young age as part of the group Charbak, where he not only assisted in the backstage work (audio technician in the play Rong, Doodh Kheyechhe Meow and the runaway success Cholo Potol Tuli), but also acted as 'Topshe' in the play Apsara Theatre-er Mamla based on Satyajit Ray's thriller of the same name, under the direction of his father, who himself played the role of Feluda. During his St. Xavier's days, he was roped in to play the lead in a documentary on HIV-Aids, Isolation, by teenage filmmaker Sangbit Samaddar, who was at that time, only a Class 12 student of South Point High School.
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