Soumendra Bhattacharya

Soumendra Bhattacharya

Soumendra Bhattacharya was born and brought up in the City of Joy, Kolkata. He went to school at Don Bosco Park Circus and grew up shy and quiet until one day in standard nine he discovered his love for public speaking and plays. His English teacher Mr. Anupam Banerjee fueled his passion for drama and he fell in love with the stage. He went on to study Economics in Presidency College, Kolkata in 2010 and meanwhile kept his passion for acting alive by forming a theatre group Mad About Drama in late 2011 with some of his theatre team mates from school. Mad About Drama went on to become a nationally renowned performing arts company and was operational till about 2018. In 2013 he auditioned for a film Ludo which was being directed by the Bengali counter culture icon Q, the maker of Gandu. He got a surprise callback after eight months in 2014. And there he was, started off on his journey as a screen actor. He left college to pursue acting as a profession. Ludo released in 2016 on Netflix and since then he has gone to do a variety of work starting with working with the legendary Anjan Dutt in his film Byomkesh O Agniban in 2017. Since then with the advent of streaming platforms he been working regularly in web shows and films. His first web series Dupur Thaurpo, released on Hoichoi in 2017. It was a mass entertainer featuring songs and dances, starring Swastika Mukherjee, and became widely watched by the audience. He is still lovingly referred to as MTV by many lovers of the show. The vastness of human emotions and the infinite shades of human beings amuse him and he feels he can find meaning in his existence and the world better through the characters he plays. He loves that feeling between 'Action' and 'Cut'.

Movies

The Red Files
Based on the true event of Bantala Rape Case that shook the socio-political notions of 90' West Bengal, Kingshuk Dey Directed film The Red Files deals with the story in two separate timeline, one strictly follows the events occurred in the 90s and other follows the life and endeavours of IPS officer Priti Rao, in the present days. Priti along with Anjan, Imraan, Taniqsha, Arka and Others aid tries to re-open the 1990s Bantala Rape Case File, as in the past with political aid and ardent bureaucratic support and of their lawyer Sohini, the rapists got free, and the three rape victims got no justice in the other hand. Each and every case has its own file. Sometimes these files remain unsolved for several reasons. They stay hidden and isolated from the people and its nation. Such hidden and confidential files are called the red files. The Bantala Rape Case File is no exception indeed. This issue which took place in 1990, three women were brutally raped and murdered. Yet, due to an inadequate amount of proof, political pressure and bureaucratic pressure this file also remained suppressed for years and turned into a red file. Priti focuses on re-opening the case to summon proper punishment to the brutal rapists, still existing in the present days without any fear and Shane. Will she and her team be able to bring justice to the rape victims after so many years? The Red Files will depict the rest with much thrill and enthusiasm.
Satyanweshi Byomkesh
  • Oct 01, 2019
  • Bengali
Based on Byomkesh Bakshi novel "Magna Mainak"
Gotro
  • Aug 22, 2019
  • Bengali
Gotro is a film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. It is a story of faith, love, and belief, revolving around Mukti Debi, an educated woman who lives alone as her son is settled abroad with his family. Her home, Gobinda Dham, is her pride where she offers her daily prayers to her Radha Gobindo. While her own son stays afar, she finds happiness in taking care of Jhuma whom she treats like her own daughter. Suddenly one day a new guest, Tariq Ali arrives at her place. Does she like Tariq? Is she going to accept him as she did to others?? Let us find this out on this Janmashtami.
Bhoot Chaturdashi
  • May 16, 2019
  • Bengali
Four youngsters head out to an abandoned house to shoot a documentary. What starts off as a regular fun road trip slowly becomes a dangerously haunting experience as a series of strange and unfortunate events start happening to them.
Ludo
2.8
  • Nov 21, 2016
  • Bengali
Needing a secluded place for a late-night tryst, two couples stow away in a mall after hours, but are quickly ensnared in a gruesome and deadly game.