Yash Dasgupta

Yash Dasgupta (born as Debashish Dasgupta on 10 October 1985) is an Indian actor, television personality, producer, politician. He works Bengali and Hindi Film industry. He started his career in television, and his movie debut was in the 2016 Bengali film Gangster. In 2023 he made his Hindi film debut in Yaariyan 2. He was listed as the most desirable man in the Calcutta Times list of Most Desirable men in 2014, 2015 and 2020.

Dasgupta appeared in the TV soap operas Bojhena Se Bojhena and Na Aana Is Des Laado. In 2006 he won the Glam King title in the Unish Kuri Streax Glam Hunt held in Kolkata. Dasgupta is also a politician and belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party since 17 February 2021.

Early life
Yash Dasgupta was born to Dipak Dasgupta and Jayati Dasgupta. His real name is Debashish. He has lived in Delhi, Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim among others and attended different schools.

Early career
Daasguptaa won the Glam King title in the Unish Kuri Streax Glam Hunt held in Kolkata. In 2007, he was first seen as a side hero in Pagol Premi, although it was not considered his debut film. 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. 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 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. He also enacted Demon Kalketu in a mythology called Mahima Shanidev Kii.

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

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. In 2015, Yash had an accident on the sets of Bojhena Se Bojhena where his forearms were burnt while shooting a Diwali sequence.

2016-2022
Yash was launched in films by Shree Venkatesh Films.

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    Yash was stranded with the film production unit amid the attempted military coup in Istanbul, Turkey     Later the shooting of the film resumed.

2023-present (Films)
In 2023, Daasguptaa made his Bollywood debut with Yaariyan 2, under the banner of T-Series.

Name spelling
In 2023, before Yaariyan 2 movie, Dasgupta added two extra 'a' to the title spelling of his name, his full name is now Yash Daasguptaa.

Other appearances
Daasguptaa had performed in award ceremonies such as Colors Golden Petal Awards 2011 and Telly Academy Awards 2014. He performed in Jaya Hey, dedicated to the Kolkata Police. He had also anchored for the television award night, Star Jalsha Parivar Awards 2014.

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. He lost the election to Indian Trinamool Congress candidate Swati Khandoker by 41347 votes.

Filmography

 * All films are in Bengali and Hindi language, Unless otherwise noted.

In the media
Daasguptaa entered Times Of India's Most Desirable Men of 2014 and 2015 in the top 10.