Saswata Chatterjee

Saswata Chatterjee (born 19 December 1970) is an Indian actor known for his work in Bengali cinema and television, with appearances in Hindi films. The son of actor Subhendu Chatterjee, he began his career with a Hindi television series directed by Saibal Mitra, based on Samaresh Majumdar's Kaalpurush. He gained recognition for portraying in detective series such as Byomkesh Bakshi and in a Feluda-based television series directed by Sandip Ray.

Chatterjee has received critical acclaim for his performances in several Bengali films, notably for his role in Meghe Dhaka Tara (2013), where he played a character inspired by Ritwik Ghatak. He achieved widespread recognition for his role as Bob Biswas, a contract killer, in Sujoy Ghosh's Hindi thriller Kahaani (2012). He gained further success by playing as antagonists and leading supporting characters in other bollywood and a Telugu movies, such as Jagga Jasoos (2017), Dhaakad (2022) and Kalki 2898 AD (2024), for all of which he received both recognition and criticism.