Tapas Paul

Tapas Paul
Born Tapas Paul
(1958-08-02) 2 August 1958
Chandannagar, West Bengal, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actor
Member of parliament (MP)
Politician
Years active 1980-present
Political party All India Trinamool Congress
Spouse(s) Nandini Paul
Children Sohini Paul
Tapas Pal
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Krishnanagar
Assumed office
2009
Preceded by Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
MLA
In office
2001-2009
Preceded by Saugata Roy
Succeeded by Firhad Hakim
Constituency Alipore

Tapas Paul (born Tapas Paul on 29 September 1958) is a Bengali actor and politician from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is a Member of Parliament from Krishnanagar having won in the 2014 Indian General Elections on a Trinamool Congress ticket.[1][2]

Education

Tapas Paul did his graduation in Bio-Science from Hooghly Mohsin College under University of Burdwan.[1][3]

Film career

Paul's first movie appearance was in 1980, in the film Dadar Kirti, directed by Tarun Majumder.[3] He acted in many other movies such as Bhalobasha Bhalobasha and Guru Dakshina.

Filmography

Film Co-actors Year Director
Dadar Kirti Mahua Roychoudhury, Debashree Roy, Sandhya Roy 1980 Tarun Majumdar
Surer Bhubaney Indrani Dutta, Rupa Ganguly, Prosenjit Chatterjee 1992 Prabir Mitra
Maya Mamata Chumki Chowdhury 1993 Anjan Choudhury
Samapti Debashree Roy 1983 Bijoy Bos
Chhokher Aloy Debashree Roy 1989 Sachin Adhikari
Antaranga Satabdi Roy 1988 Dinen Gupta
Saheb Mahua Roychoudhury, Madhabi Mukherjee, Utpal Dutt 1981 Bijoy Basu
Parabat Priya Mahua Roychoudhury, Debashree Roy 1984 Dipranjan Bose
Deepar Prem 1984
Abodh(Hindi) Madhuri Dixit 1984 Hiren Nag
Baidurya Rahosya Moonmoon Sen 1985 Tapan Singha
Anurager Chowa Mahua Roychoudhury 1986 Johor Biswas
Pathbhola 1986 Tarun Majumdar
Bhalobasha Bhalobasha Debashree Roy 1986 Tarun Majumdar
Ashirbad Mahua Roychoudhury 1986 Biresh Chattopadhyay
Guru Dakshina Satabdi Roy 1987 Anjan Choudhury
Agaman Sandhya Roy, Debashree Roy 1988 Tarun Majumdar
Pratik Chiranjit, Soumitra Chatterjee, Raakhee 1988 Prabhat Roy
Apan Amar Apan Satabdi Roy 1990 Tarun Majumdar
Bolidan Raakhee 1990 Anil Ganguly
Parashmani Satabdi Roy, Sandhya Roy 1988 Tarun Majumdar
Surer Akashe Debashree Roy 1987 Biresh Chatterjee
Nilimay Neel Indrani Halder 1991 Biresh Chatterjee
Sangharsha Prosenjit Chatterjee, Ranjit Mallick, Chumki Chowdhury 1995 Haranath Chakraborty
Uttara 2000 Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Rin Mukti Jisshu Sengupta, Mousumi Chatterjee 2000 Dinen Gupta
Mondo Meyer Upakhyan Samata Das 2002 Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Mayer Anchal Prosenjit Chatterjee, Ranjit Mallick 2003 Anup Sengupta
Sudhu Bhalobasha Jisshu Sengupta, Rachana Banerjee, Samata Das 2005 Raj Mukherjee
Shikar Koel Mallick, Amitabh Bhattacharjee, Rajesh Sharma 2006 Saran Dutta
I Love You Dev & Payel Sarkar 2007 Ravi Kinagi
8:08 Er Bongaon Local Swastika Mukherjee, Sonali Chowdhury, Anamika Saha 2012 Debaditya
Challenge 2 Dev, Pooja Bose 2012 Raja Chanda
Khiladi Ankush Hazra, Nusrat Jahan 2013 Ashok Pati

Awards

Political career

He is a member of All India Trinamool Congress. He was an MLA from Alipore for two terms (2001-2006 & 2006-2009). Currently, he is the MP of Krishnanagar since 2009.

Personal life

He is married to Nandini Paul. At present she is a participant of Bigg Boss Bangla. They have a daughter named Sohini Paul, who is also an actor in Tollywood.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Detailed Profile: Shri Tapas Paul india.gov.in. Retrieved 16 October 2012
  2. Tapas Paul netapedia.in. Retrieved 16 October 2012
  3. 1 2 Bengali Cinema: Tapas Pal calcuttaweb.com. Retrieved 16 October 2012
  4. "Kalakar award winners" (PDF). Kalakar website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  5. Wind in my hairindiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 16 October 2012
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