Yash Dasgupta

Early career

Daasguptaa won the Glam King title in the Unish Kuri Streax Glam Hunt held in Kolkata.^[12] In 2007, Dasgupta began his acting career with a supporting role as an antagonist in the Bengali film Pagal Premi, alongside Ritwick Chakraborty. This role was not considered his official film debut. Thereafter, he shifted his base to Mumbai to pursue career in acting, joined Roshan Taneja School of Acting, and got his first break as an actor in the television industry.^[13] Daasguptaa began his acting career in selective roles on national television. He played a fun loving son as Suraj Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi in Bandini, and a character with grey shades as Ketan Sanghvi with Ram Kapoor in Basera^[14] He played the role of Karan (Santosh's son, Diya and Jhanvi's cousin brother), in Na Aana Is Des Laado, a story which dealt with the social evil of female infanticide, and concentrates on the problems faced by women in a male-dominated world. Yash did episodic roles as Viraj, a mime artist in Adaalat.^[15] He also enacted Demon Kalketu in a mythology called Mahima Shanidev Kii.^[16]

In Kolkata Yash had also participated in ETV Bangla celebrity dance reality show Ritur Mela Jhoom Tara Ra Ra which was directed by Shiboprosad Mukherjee^[17]

2013-2015

Yash played the popular role of Aranya Singha Roy in Bojhena Se Bojhena, an adaptation in Bengali of the character Arnav Singh Raizada from the Hindi TV series Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? aired from 4 November 2013 to 18 June 2016.^[18] Daasguptaa entered Times Of India's Most Desirable Men of 2014 and 2015 in the top 10.^[19][20]

2016-2022

Yash was launched in films by Shree Venkatesh Films.^[21]

The debut film of Yash Dasgupta was the 2016 romantic thriller Gangster directed by Birsa Dasgupta and parts of it were shot in Istanbul Turkey^[22][23][24] Yash was stranded with the film production unit amid the attempted military coup in Istanbul, Turkey^{[25][26][27][28][29]} Later the shooting of the film resumed.^[30] In 2020, after SOS Kolkata movie, Dasgupta added two extra 'a' to the title spelling of his name, his full name is now Yash Daasguptaa.^[31]

As producer

Dasgupta and Nusrat Jahan opened a production house called YD Films in 2023. It is an Indian film production company based in Kolkata. The company continues to produce films of various genres and also contributes music to a wide range of films.^[32]

In 2024, he produced the Bengali action-crime-drama Sentimentaaal, directed by Baba Yadav, released on January 19, 2024.^[33] Originally titled Mentaaal, the film’s name was changed due to objections from the censor board.^[34] The plot follows Inspector Suryaa, played by Yash Dasgupta, who confronts the illegal activities of local politician Rudrani Chowdhury, portrayed by Sayantani Ghosh. The cast includes Nusrat Jahan as Puja Bose, Sayantani Ghosh as Rudrani Chowdhury, Ravi Shaw as Sandip Sen, Madan Mitra as Commissioner M. Mitra, Vickey Deb as Abhimanyu Bose, Samm Batyacharyya as Ikka, Mainak Banerjea as Kali, and Trina Shaha and Neel Bhattacharya in special appearances.^[35]

In 2025, he produced the family drama Aarii, directed by Jiit Chakraborty, set for release on April 25, 2025.^[36] Filming began in December 2024 in South Kolkata, with a screenplay by Amitava Bhattacharya, The film explores a mother-son relationship, starring Moushumi Chatterjee as Jaya Sen, Yash Dasgupta, Nusrat Jahan, Partha Bhowmik, Kamaleswar Mukherjee, Unmesh Gunguly, and Srabanti Chatterjee and Somraj Maity in special appearances.The movie was a blockbuster at the box office.^[37]His upcoming movie O Mon Bhraman, produced by him, is coming in 2025, starring Swastika Mukherjee, Srabanti Chatterjee, Nusrat Jahan.^[38]

Political career

In March 2021, he had been declared to be the candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party from Chanditala for the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election to be held from 27 March 2021.^[39][40] He lost the election to Indian Trinamool Congress candidate Swati Khandoker by 41347 votes.^[41]

As producer

YD Films is an Indian film production company based in Kolkata. The company was established by Dasgupta and Nusrat Jahan in 2023.^[48]

Television

Music videos

Reality shows