Actor · Telugu cinema
Jisshu Sengupta
Jisshu Sengupta movies: 13 Telugu films on file, 2019–2025. Earliest on file: N.T.R: Kathanayukudu (2019). Latest release: Ghaati (5 September 2025).
- Films on file
- 13 (13 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2019–2025
- Born
- 15 March 1977 · March birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Sita Ramam, Shyam Singha Roy, Bheeshma
- Record
- Q6203212 on Wikidata
Jisshu Sengupta (born Biswaroop Sengupta, 15 March 1977) is an Indian actor, producer and television presenter who works mainly in Bengali films, with a few in Telugu, Hindi and Kannada. After a television debut as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and a difficult start in films, he became one of the most sought-after actors in Bengali cinema through his work with Rituparno Ghosh and in films such as Jaatishwar, Rajkahini (2015) and Byomkesh Bakshi.
Early life
Jisshu Sengupta was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), the son of the Bengali actor Ujjwal Sengupta. In 2004 he married Nilanjana Sharma, the elder daughter of the actress Anjana Bhowmick; they have two daughters, Sara and Zara.
Television debut and early films
He began with the Doordarshan series Mahaprabhu (1998), winning acclaim as the young Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. His film debut, Dinen Sengupta’s Priyojon (1999), failed, and in 2002 he played the young Tagore in Sukanta Roy’s Chelebela, followed by a string of unsuccessful leads. He found more success in second-lead roles in commercial films, and appeared as a parallel lead in Moner Majhe Tumi, the highest-grossing film of 2003 in Bangladesh. He made his Hindi debut in Shyam Benegal’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2004).
Rituparno Ghosh and success
Meeting the director Rituparno Ghosh made him more selective. Under Ghosh he gave acclaimed performances in The Last Lear, Shob Charitro Kalponik (2008), which won the National Film Award for Best Bengali Feature Film, Abohomaan, in which he played a betrayed husband, and Chitrangada, where The Times of India called his turn as a junkie one of his finest. He also led Ghosh’s Noukadubi.
Later Bengali and Hindi films
Srijit Mukherji’s musical drama Jaatishwar (2014) was a critical and commercial success, as were Anjan Dutt’s Byomkesh Bakshi (2015), in which he played the detective, and Mukherji’s Rajkahini, in which he played a contract killer. The action drama Zulfiqar (2016) was his biggest commercial success. In Hindi he had roles in Barfi!, Mardaani and Piku, played Gangadhar Rao in Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019), and appeared in Shakuntala Devi, Sadak 2 and Durgamati (all 2020). In 2025 he returned to Bangladeshi cinema with Borbaad, with Shakib Khan.
Television and sport
He produced the Star Jalsha serial Aparajito (2011) and has hosted award shows including Filmfare Awards East (2017) and reality shows such as Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Super Singer and the comedy series Hasiwala and Company. A keen cricketer, he captained the Bengal Tigers in the Celebrity Cricket League, which won the 2024 edition, and conceived the Bengal Cricket League. Calcutta Times named him its Most Desirable Man in 2015.
Career on file
Jisshu Sengupta appears in 13 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2019 to 2025. The earliest of them is N.T.R: Kathanayukudu (2019), and the most recent release is Ghaati (2025). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Sita Ramam (2022), Shyam Singha Roy (2021) and Bheeshma (2020). Other recent releases on file are Matka (2024), Viswam (2024) and Prathinidhi 2 (2024).
Murali Sharma is the most frequent co-star, sharing three films with Jisshu Sengupta, followed by Rashmika Mandanna (2) and Nassar (2). Among directors, Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi cast Jisshu Sengupta most often, in two films. Music on three of them is by Mahati Swara Sagar, with G. V. P. Prakash Kumar (2) next. Niharika Entertainment produced two of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 12 different directors, 10 music directors and 45 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 12 of them; they average 154 minutes, and the longest is Tiger Nageswara Rao at 182 minutes. 12 of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2010s (1) and 2020s (12). 2024 is the busiest single year, with four films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.