Biswajit Chatterjee conferred Indian Personality of the Year Award at 51st IFFI

Shri Biswajit Chatterjee-veteran actor, producer, director and singer of Hindi and Bengali cinema, was conferred with the Indian Personality of the Year Award at the 51st edition of the International Film Festival of India, Goa.

• The Award has been announced at the opening ceremony of the festival, by Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Shri Prakash Javadekar.

• This award will be presented to Chatterjee, when National Film Awards are presented in March 2021.

• Biswajit Chatterjee is known for his roles of Kumar Vijay Singh in Bees Saal Baad, Raja Amit Kumar Singh in Kohra, Ashok in April Fool, Ramesh Kumar in Mere Sanam, Jeevan in Night In London, Shekhar in Do Kaliyaan and Vicky in Kismat.

• In 1975, Biswajit produced and directed his own film, Kahte Hai Mujhko Raja. Apart from acting and direction, he has also been a singer and a producer.