Tapas Paul
Tapas Paul (29 September 1958 – 18 February 2020) was an Indian actor and politician.[7] One of the most celebrated actors of Bengali cinema, Paul is best known for his on-screen romantic collaboration with Mahua Roy Choudhury and Debashree Roy.[8][9] He received a Filmfare Award. He was a Member of Parliament from Krishnanagar having won in the 2014 Indian General Elections on a Trinamool Congress ticket.[10][11]
Tapas Paul | |
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Paul at his youth | |
| Born | 29 September 1958 Chandannagar, West Bengal, India |
| Died | 18 February 2020 (aged 61)[1] Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Burdwan University (B.Sc.) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, politician |
| Years active | 1980–2013[2] |
| Notable work |
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| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Spouse | Nandini Paul (m. 1985) |
| Children | Sohini Paul |
| Awards | Filmfare Award[5] |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2009–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jyotirmoyee Sikdar |
| Succeeded by | Mahua Moitra |
| Constituency | Krishnanagar[6] |
| MLA of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2001-2009 | |
| Preceded by | Saugata Roy |
| Succeeded by | Firhad Hakim |
| Constituency | Alipore |
He shot to fame and popularity with his debut film Dadar Kirti (1980), a romantic drama by Tarun Majumdar, and sustained his fame with films like Saheb (1981),[12] Parabat Priya (1984), Bhalobasa Bhalobasa (1985), Anurager Choyan (1986), Amar Bandhan (1986), Guru Dakshina (1987) to name few. He was awarded the Filmfare Award for his role in Saheb (1981).[13] He made his Bollywood debut in Hiren Nag's Abodh (1984) opposite Madhuri Dixit.[14] He collaborated with Tarun Majumdar for the second time in his romantic flick Bhalobasa Bhalobasa (1985) where he was paired with Debashree Roy. The film achieved a roaring success and established his pairing with Roy as the most bankable one of the nineteen eighties. His other major hits with Roy include Arpan (1987), Surer Sathi (1988), Surer Akashe (1988), Nayanmani (1989), Chokher Aloy (1989), Shubha Kamana (1991), Mayabini (1992), Tobu Mone Rekho (1994), Tumi Je Aamar (1994). He collaborated with Buddhadeb Dasgupta in Uttara (2000) and Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002).[15] He was arrested by C.B.I for alleged link to Rose Valley chit fund scam in December 2016,[16][17][18][19] and was given bail after 13 months.[20] He died on Tuesday, 18 February 2020, at 3:35 AM IST, as he was suffering from cardiological disorders, which lastly led to a sudden cardiac arrest.[21]
Education
Tapas Paul graduated with a bio science degree from Hooghly Mohsin College under University of Burdwan.[10][22]
Film career
Paul's first movie appearance was in 1980, in the film Dadar Kirti, directed by Tarun Majumder.[22] He was seated in a train compartment, when he caught attention of Shrinibas Chakraborty, the assistant director of Dadar Kirti (1980). He was then taken to Tarun Majumdar who was at that time looking for a new face for the role Kedar. The film became a huge success at box office.[8] For his role as a naive Kedar, Paul received immense love and appreciation from his audience.[23] Paul collaborated with Tarun Majumdar for the second time in his romantic flick Bhalobasa Bhalobasa (1985) where he was paired with Debashree Roy.[8] The film achieved a roaring success and established his pairing with Roy as the most bankable one of the 1980s.[8] His other major hits with Roy include Arpan (1987),[24] Surer Sathi (1988), Surer Akashe (1988), Nayanmani (1989), Chokher Aloy (1989), Shubha Kamana (1991), Mayabini (1992), Tobu Mone Rekho (1994).[25] He collaborated with Buddhadeb Dasgupta in Uttara (2000) and Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002).
He played lead in the flop Hindi film, Abodh (1984), which was Madhuri Dixit's debut film.
Controversy
On 31 December 2016, Paul was arrested for his involvement in the Ponzi firm Rose Valley Group.[26] He was released after serving a thirteen months sentence.[20]
On 11 January 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Babul Supriyo filed a complaint against Paul along with AITC MP Saugata Roy and MLA Mahua Moitra for falsely accusing him of being involved in the Rose Valley scam.[27]
Political career
He was a member of All India Trinamool Congress and served as an MLA from Alipore for two terms (2001–2006 & 2006–2009). He was the MP of Krishnanagar from 2009 to 2018.[28]
Personal life
He was married to Nandini Paul. She was a participant of Bigg Boss Bangla of season 2. They had a daughter named Sohini Paul, who is also an actor in Tollywood.[29]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Co-actors | Note | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Dadar Kirti | Tarun Majumdar | Mahua Roychoudhury, Debashree Roy, Sandhya Roy | ||
| 1981 | Saheb | Bijoy Basu | Mahua Roychoudhury, Madhabi Mukherjee, Utpal Dutt | ||
| 1983 | Samapti | Bijoy Bos | Debashree Roy | ||
| 1984 | Ajante | Arbinda Mukherjee | Moonmoon Sen | ||
| 1984 | Parabat Priya | Dipranjan Bose | Mahua Roychoudhury, Debashree Roy | ||
| 1984 | Deepar Prem | ||||
| 1984 | Abodh(Hindi) | Hiren Nag | Madhuri Dixit | ||
| 1985 | Baidurya Rahasya | Tapan Sinha | Moonmoon Sen | ||
| 1985 | Nishantey | Narayan Chakraborty | Debashree Roy | ||
| 1985 | Nishantey | Narayan Chakraborty | Debashree Roy | ||
| 1985 | Baidurya Rahosya | Tapan Singha | Moonmoon Sen | ||
| 1986 | Anurager Chowa | Johor Biswas | Mahua Roychoudhury | ||
| 1986 | Pathbhola | Tarun Majumdar | |||
| 1985 | Bhalobasha Bhalobasha | Tarun Majumdar | Debashree Roy | ||
| 1986 | Ashirbad | Biresh Chattopadhyay | Mahua Roychoudhury | ||
| 1986 | Jibon | Ardhendu Chatterjee | Satabdi Roy | ||
| 1987 | Guru Dakshina | Anjan Choudhury | Satabdi Roy | ||
| 1987 | Jar Je Priya | Salil Dutta | Aparna Sen | ||
| 1987 | Paap Punya | Rajat Das | Chiranjit, Indrani Dutta | ||
| 1987 | Rudrabina | Pinaki Mukherjee | Ranjit Mallick | ||
| 1987 | Surer Akashe | Biresh Chatterjee | Debashree Roy | ||
| 1988 | Agaman | Tarun Majumdar | Sandhya Roy, Debashree Roy | ||
| 1988 | Pratik | Prabhat Roy | Chiranjit, Soumitra Chatterjee, Raakhee, Roopa Ganguly | ||
| 1988 | Parashmani | Tarun Majumdar | Satabdi Roy, Sandhya Roy | ||
| 1988 | Toofan | Biresh Chatterjee | Chiranjit, Abhishek Chatterjee, Roopa Ganguly | ||
| 1988 | Antaranga | Dinen Gupta | Satabdi Roy | ||
| 1989 | Mangal Deep | Haranath Chakraborty | Satabdi Roy, Ranjit Mallick | ||
| 1989 | Angaar | Srinibas Chakraborty | Satabdi Roy | ||
| 1989 | Tumi Koto Sundar | Manoj Ghosh | Moonmoon Sen | ||
| 1989 | Chhokher Aloy | Sachin Adhikari | Debashree Roy | ||
| 1989 | Asha | Anup Sengupta | Chiranjit, Debashree Roy | ||
| 1990 | Rajnartaki | Narayan Chakraborty | Sudha Chandran | ||
| 1990 | Jibon Songi | Debashree Roy | |||
| 1990 | Abishkar | Salil Dutta | Satabdi Roy | ||
| 1990 | Garmil | Dilip Roy | Debashree Roy, Roopa Ganguly | ||
| 1990 | Anurag | Jawhar Biswas | Satabdi Roy | ||
| 1990 | Anuraag | Jawhar Biswas | Satabdi Roy | ||
| 1990 | Mon Mayuree | Biresh Chatterjee | Mousumy Chatterjee | ||
| 1990 | Apan Amar Apan | Tarun Majumdar | Satabdi Roy | ||
| 1990 | Bolidan | Anil Ganguly | Raakhee | ||
| 1991 | Antarer Bhalobasa | Bimal Roy | Mandakini | ||
| 1991 | Nilimay Neel | Biresh Chatterjee | Indrani Halder | ||
| 1991 | Maan Maryada | Sukhen Das | Satabdi Roy | ||
| 1991 | Debar | Amal Roy Ghatak | Indrani Halder | ||
| 1991 | Pati Param Guru | Biresh Chatterjee | Indrani Dutta | ||
| 1992 | Surer Bhubaney | Prabir Mitra | Indrani Dutta, Roopa Ganguly, Prosenjit Chatterjee | ||
| 1992 | Bahadur | Abhijit Sen | |||
| 1992 | Mayabini (1992) | Tushar Majumdar | Debashree Roy | ||
| 1993 | Maya Mamata | Anjan Choudhury | Chumki Chowdhury | ||
| 1993 | Rajar Meye Parul | Milan Chowdhury | Anju Ghosh | ||
| 1993 | Dan Protidan | Sukhen Das | Indrani Halder, Rachana Banerjee | ||
| 1993 | Atithi Shilpi | Kalidas Chakraborty | Ritu Das | ||
| 1993 | Amar Kahini | Indraneil Goswami | Ritu Das | ||
| 1993 | Duranta Prem | Prabhat Roy | Rachana Banerjee | ||
| 1994 | Tumi Je Aamar | Inder Sen | Prosenjit Chatterjee, Satabdi Roy | ||
| 1994 | Boumoni | Partha Pratim Chowdhury | Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee | ||
| 1995 | Antartama | Indrani Halder | |||
| 1995 | Sangharsha | Haranath Chakraborty | Prosenjit Chatterjee, Ranjit Mallick, Chumki Chowdhury | ||
| 1995 | Lady Doctor | Bimal Dey | Laboni Sarkar, Abhishek Chatterjee | ||
| 1995 | Pratidhwani | Anup Sengupta | Moonmoon Sen, Abhishek Chatterjee, Satabdi Roy | ||
| 1995 | Antartama | Dinbondhu Ghosh | Indrani Halder, Ranjit Mallick | ||
| 1995 | Mejo Bou | Bablu Samaddar | Ranjit Mallick, Chumki Chowdhury | ||
| 1996 | Jamaibabu | Dulal Bhowmik | Shatabdi Roy, Subhendu Chatterjee | ||
| 1999 | Sundar Bou | Sujit Guha | Debashree Roy | ||
| 2000 | Uttara | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | |||
| 2000 | Rin Mukti | Dinen Guptaj | Jisshu Sengupta, Mousumi Chatterjee | ||
| 2002 | Mondo Meyer Upakhyan | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Samata Das | ||
| 2002 | Shatrur Mokabila | Swapan Saha | Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rachna Banerjee, Kaushik Banerjee, Mrinal Mukherjee, Subhashish Mukherjee, Kharaj Mukherjee, Moumita Chakraborty, Sanjib Dasgupta | ||
| 2003 | Mayer Anchal | Anup Sengupta | Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rachna Banerjee, Dipankar Dey, Ranjit Mallick, Abhishek Chatterjee, Piya Sengupta, Anamika Saha | ||
| 2004 | Tyaag | Swapan Saha | Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rachna Banerjee, Piya Sengupta, Dulal Lahiri, Locket Chatterjee, Subhasish Mukherjee, Shyamal Dutta | ||
| 2005 | Sudhu Bhalobasha | Raj Mukherjee | Jisshu Sengupta, Rachana Banerjee, Samata Das | ||
| 2006 | Ghatak | Swapan Saha | Jeet, Koel Mallick, Rajatava Dutta, Anamika Saha, Bodhisattwa Majumdar, Shankar Chakraborty, Rajesh Sharma, Mrityun Hazra, Sumit Ganguly | ||
| 2006 | Hero | Swapan Saha | Jeet, Koel Mallick, Abdur Razzak, Kalyani Mondal, Samata Das, Kanchan Mallick, Laboni Sarkar, Shyamal Dutta, Shantilal Mukherjee | ||
| 2006 | Khalnayak | Ratan Adhikari | Anubhav Mohanty, Rachna Banerjee, Rajatava Dutta, Mrinal Mukherjee, Subhasish Mukherjee, Biswajit Chakraborty, Locket Chatterjee, Shantilal Mukherjee | ||
| 2006 | Shikar | Saran Dutta | Koel Mallick, Amitabh Bhattacharjee, Rajesh Sharma | ||
| 2007 | I Love You | Ravi Kinagi | Dev, Payel Sarkar, Arun Banerjee, Anuradha Ray, Rajatava Dutta, Bharat Kaul, Paoli Dam, Subhasish Mukherjee, Dola Chowdhury, Sumit Ganguly | ||
| 2007 | Greptar | Swapan Saha | Prosenjit Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee, Ashish Vidyarthi, Sudip Mukherjee, Shankar Chakraborty, Subhasish Mukherjee, Sumit Ganguly | ||
| 2008 | Mon Maane Na | Sujit Guha | Dev, Koyel Mullick, Premjit Mukherjee, Biswajit Chakraborty, Subhasish Mukherjee, Kaushik Banerjee, Sumit Ganguly | ||
| 2010 | Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo | Dev, Srabanti Chatterjee, Laboni Sarkar, Kaushik Banerjee, Premjit Mukherjee, Mousumi Saha, Pradip Dhar | |||
| 2012 | 8:08 Er Bongaon Local | Debaditya | Swastika Mukherjee, Sonali Chowdhury, Anamika Saha, Raghubir Yadav, Manoj Mitra, Diganta Bagchi, Rajesh Sharma | ||
| 2012 | Challenge 2 | Raja Chanda | Dev, Pooja Bose, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kushal Chakraborty, Rajatava Dutta, Debesh RayChowdhury, Kharaj Mukherjee, Subhasish Mukherjee | ||
| 2012 | Ullas (film) | Ishwar Chakraborty | Biplab Chatterjee, Soumitra Chatterjee | ||
| 2013 | Khoka 420 | Rajiv Kumar Biswas | Dev, Subhashree Ganguly, Nusrat Jahan, Angelo Mathews, Rajatava Dutta | It was Paul's 5th and Last film with Dev | |
| 2013 | Swabhoomi | ||||
| 2013 | Khiladi | Ashok Pati | Ankush Hazra, Nusrat Jahan | ||
| 2014 | Durgesh Nandini | Tarun Majumdar | Paran Bandopadhyay | Tv series | |
| 2017 | Paribartan | Satabdi Roy | Satabdi Roy, Karan, Madhumita Sarkar, Shaan, Ashish Vidyarthi | ||
| 2020 | Du Taka | Debaditya | Bengali short film produced by Satabdi Roy | [30] | |
| 2020 | Beg For Life | Suvendu Das | Biswajit Chakraborty, Sneha Biswas |
Awards
- Kalakar Award Best Actor for Rupban in 1993
- Kalakar Award Best Actor for Mejo Bou in 1996
- Kalakar Award Best Actor for Mama Bhagne in 2001
- Kalakar Award Best Actor [Television] for Nayak in 2003
- Kalakar Award Best Actor for Pratishodh in 2005
- Filmfare Awards East Best Actor for Saheb in 1981
- Bharat Nirman Awards in 2012 [31]
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External links
- Tapas Paul at IMDb