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nAbir Chatterjeenis one of the most respected actor of the contemporary Bengali Cinema. He isnwidely expected to take the vibrant and rich heritage of Bengali film industrynto a new height in coming days.
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nApart from beingna wonderful actor, Abir is also a ‘hot cake’ among teenage Bengali girls. In anrecent survey done among girls in Kolkata with a very large sample, Abir toppednthe list among the most desirable man of India. He is popular and successful,nyet humble and kind hearted.
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nProfile of AbirnChatterjee
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nAbir was born innKolkata, West Bengal on 18th November, 1980. At this juncture, hisnage is 35 years. His parents – Rumki and Phalguni Chatterjee – were well knownntheatre personalities of Bengal. Abir also started to take keen interest inntheatre. Initially, he was not inclined to work in films or for televisionnshows.
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nApart fromnmaking some appearance on theatre, Abir was also a very good student. He hasndone MBA from ICFAI University and later joined Indiabulls as a marketingnexecutive and worked there for seven months. People who had worked with him atnthis company say that he never showed any interest in working in Bengali films.
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nFortunately, henchanged mind due to some family issues and started journey as a television actor.nHis entry into the world of Bengali Cinema happened in 2009 with criticallynacclaimed Bengali movie named Cross Connection.
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nSince then, AbirnChatterji is limiting himself to Bengali film industry. He has many offers fromnBollywood, but at the moment he is no interesting in changing base from Kolkatanto Mumbai. Bengali culture, Bengali people and Kolkata are everything for him.nIt should be mentioned here that he had worked in a Hindi film named Kahaani.nHe went to work in this film because of the demand of the script and the factnthat the story was based out of Kolkata and had everything to do with Bengal.nNeedless to say, almost all film critics of Mumbai praised his scintillatingnperformance in this movie.
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nWife of AbirnChatterjee
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nAbir is marriednto Nandini Chatterjee. They got married in 2007 when Abir used to work fornBengali serials/television. This was a love marriage. The couple has andaughter.
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| Abir Chatterjee with wife Nandini and Daughter |
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nIt should be noted here that Abir and Nandini met while doing MBAnfrom ICFAI University. They remained in relationship while working forndifferent companies. Nandini is still working with Nicco Ventures as SeniornManager – HRD. It is quite interesting to see a married man with a daughternbeing voted as the most desirable man by young girls of Kolkata.
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