Education
He graduated from Saint Xaviers College, Kolkata.
He graduated from Saint Xaviers College, Kolkata.
An alumnus of Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong. He was brought up in strict discipline by the Irish-Catholic brothers. He represented his school in football, basketball and athletics.
In his 2nd year in college, he made up his mind to join the Indian Army and was preparing for the Credit default swap exams when fate intervened and he was asked by the prominent director Prabhat Roy to play a small role in his film.
That one film brought other offers and soon he decided to become a professional actor. After starring in a few commercial films he starred in the successful serial- "Football" as the protagonist.
lieutenant is here that he first tasted success. He was spotted by the national award winning director Rituparno Ghosh and cast opposite Nandita Das in his film Shubho Mahurat.
In spite of the presence of such veteran artistes, such as Raakhee, Sharmila Tagore and Nandita Das in the film, Tota made his mark.
He was cast again opposite Aishwarya Rai in Rituparno"s Tagore adaptation, Chokher Bali. lieutenant was his breakthrough performance, which was hailed by both the critics and the cinegoers. Very recently he did an important cameo in the Arkansas Murugadoss directed Tamil film "Kaththi" which brought him to the notice of Tamil cinegoers.
He also starred in the Sujoy Ghosh (of Kahaani fame) directed short film Ahalya alongside Soumitra Chatterjee and Radhika Apte.