Prosenjit Chatterjee Favourite Film: What He Has Said About His Best Roles
Prosenjit Chatterjee has not named a single all-time favourite film. He has said which film made him a star, which one matters most to him as an actor, and talked through 15 roles. Here is what is on record.
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Checked on 24 October 2026. This page reports what Prosenjit Chatterjee said in the interviews we could read. Where he did not name a favourite, we say so rather than guess.
Prosenjit Chatterjee has not named one all-time favourite film in the interviews we found. He has, though, said clearly which film made his career and which one matters most to him as an actor.
The short answer
- The film he credits for his career: Amar Sangi (1987). He told Scroll that whatever he is today is because of this film, which ran for a long time and made him a commercial hero.
- The film that matters most to him as an actor: Shesh Pata (2023). He called it “a very important film” for him as an actor (Scroll), and told Eastern Eye it will be there for another 50 years.
The 15 roles he talked about with Scroll (April 2023)
In a Scroll interview marking forty years in cinema, he went through 15 roles. In our words, with the film pages we have:
- Duti Pata (1983): his first film, a teen romance with hit songs.
- Amar Sangi (1987): a rich young man in love with a domestic worker’s daughter; the film that made him a commercial hero.
- Chokher Bali (2003): a philandering wealthy man, a role he stayed with through many casting changes.
- Swapner Din (2004): a government clerk who shows family-planning films in villages, shot on a hard schedule with Buddhadeb Dasgupta.
- Dosar (2006): a bedridden husband, a role he found tough.
- Shob Choritro Kalponik (2009): a misunderstood, self-absorbed poet.
- Clerk (2010): a typist who escapes routine through fantasy; he feels it was released without proper promotion.
- Moner Manush (2010): the mystic poet Lalon, for which he spent months living with bauls.
- Autograph (2010): a superstar in a remake of a Satyajit Ray film, which he says helped Bengali films return to multiplexes.
- Baishe Srabon (2011): a volatile police officer chasing a serial killer.
- Shanghai (2012): a small but important role as a doctor in a political thriller.
- Jaatishwar (2014): a librarian who believes he is a poet’s past-life reincarnation; he shaved his own head.
- Mayurakshi (2017): a son visiting his father who has dementia, opposite Soumitra Chatterjee, which he calls a major gift.
- Shesh Pata (2023): a reclusive novelist-turned-screenwriter.
- Jubilee (2023): a studio boss in the Prime Video series.
He said in the same interview that Khela is the one film where his character is likeable, as opposed to a goody-goody type.
What critics say
That is a critic’s view, not his pick: Film Companion has named his Moner Manush performance among his finest. See every score on his BMR page.
Questions people ask
What is Prosenjit Chatterjee’s favourite film?
He has not named one in the interviews we found. He has singled out Amar Sangi as the film behind his career and Shesh Pata as most important to him as an actor.
Which was Prosenjit’s first film?
Duti Pata, in 1983.
