For Bengali cinema, 2019 was a year of great films, great stories, and naturally quite a few great characters and performances across the board. The themes explored were across genres, giving scope for wide variety of characters to flourish and actors to explore their potential beyond what is expected from them. It can also be safe to say that 2019 clearly belonged a few artists who dominated the scene from start to end and the two names that shine the brightest are Ritwick Chakraborty and Kaushik Ganguly. But there are other actors as well who repeatedly performed well across films. Hence we look at the Top 10 Male Actors in 2019 who delivered the best of performances across one or many bengali films released this year.

As we list down the Best, we did not differentiate between Leading and Supporting acts. We also considered the films that released on Digital directly along with theatrically released films. Some of these actors worked on other films this year as well, but we mention only those films where they really left a lasting impact.

• More on The Best of 2019 and the Decade – Here
• Best Performances by Female Actors in Bengali Films of 2019

Honorable Mentions: 

• Rudranil Ghosh – Kedara
• Arifin Shuvoo – Ahaa Re
• Anirban Bhattacharya – Ghawre Baire Aaj
• Sayan Ghosh & Soham Maitra – Rajlokkhi o Srikanto

 

Top 10 Male Actors in Bengali Films of 2019:

10. JISSHU SENGUPTA

• Performance of the Year – Uttam Kumar in Mahalaya

 

09. ABIR CHATTERJEE

• Performance of the Year – Nasir Ali in Bijoya
• Also made an impact with – Samiran Bose in Shah Jahan Regency

 

08. SASWATA CHATTERJEE

• Performance of the Year – Anirban Gupta in Tarikh
• Also made an impact with – Tublu in Basu Poribar

 

07. PARAN BANDOPADHYAY

• Performance of the Year – Atanu Ganguly in Ahaa Re
• Also made an impact with – Family Friend of Basus in Basu Poribar

 

06. PARAMBRATA CHATTERJEE

• Performance of the Year – Rudra Mukherjee in Shah Jahan Regency
• Also made an impact with – Ismailov in Password

 

05. SUBHASISH MUKHOPADHYAY

• Performance of the Year – Birendra Krishna Bhadra in Mahalaya
• Also made an impact with – Nakur Chandra Biswas in Professor Shanku o El Dorado, The house help in Basu Poribar

 

04. PROSENJIT CHATTOPADHYAY

• Performance of the Year – Indrajit in Jyeshthoputro
• Also made an impact with – Asimabha in Robibaar

 

03. RIDDHI SEN

• Performance of the Year – Parimal / Pnuti in Nagarkirtan
• Also made an impact with – Jr. Adi Bose in Vinci Da

 

02. KAUSHIK GANGULY

• Performance of the Year – Narasingha in Kedara, Ganesh Mondol in Bijoya
• Also made an impact with – Shankar in Shankar Mudi, Cameo in Tarikh 

 

01. RITWICK CHAKRABORTY

• Performance of the Year – Madhu in Nagarkirtan, Partho in Jyeshthoputro, Rudrangshu in Tarikh
• Also made an impact with – Srikanto in Rajlokkhi o Srikanto, Shantilal in Shantilal o Projapoti Rahasya, Adi Bose in Vinci Da

 

So that was the Third Vantage Point Selection of the Best Performances by Male Actors in Bengali Films of the year. We will look at the Best Bengali Films of 2019 next.  Meanwhile please do share your thoughts on your favorite performances by male actors this year.

 

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