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Prosenjit Chatterjee, one of Bengali cinema’s most iconic stars, has struck gold with back-to-back streaming series Jubilee and Scoop, which have received positive reviews from both critics and the audience. In Scoop, the actor plays the role of journalist Jaideb Sen. In a recent interview, Prosenjit opened up about the peak of his career, when he acted in more than 20 films in a year.
In an interview with the Mashable India YouTube channel, the actor said that he used to do multiple shifts in a day that went on till well past midnight. “I had 22 films in 2004. My average used to be 10-12 films a year. I used to do three shifts a day at that time. I’d arrive for my final shift at 2 am,” he said.
Asked if his characters blended into one another, he said, “Believe me, this didn’t happen. This is nothing great. It’s about practice. I was doing a film called Baba Keno Chakar, which was a big hit. But for some reason, maybe the title, it was mocked. At the same time, I was doing a film with Rituparno Ghosh, called Utsab. It was a cult film. So, in the morning, I would shoot for the commercial film, and later, I would shoot for Rituparno Ghosh’s film. It was like the North Pole and the South Pole. But I’ve always believed in one thing, we are professionals. And if you can’t create that character on the set, then why are you a professional?”
Prosenjit revealed that once nine of his films were running simultaneously. “It was front-page news at the time, even though I was in Kolkata, nine days at a stretch I couldn’t come back home. I used to eat in the studio, sleep in the studio, and do all my things in the studio. One shift would wrap up at 5 pm, and the next would start at 7 pm,” he said.
“There were no vanity vans at that time. What I used to do was, I used to put a sheet on the roof my my car, and sleep under a tree. I had an arrangement with a nearby tea shop, I used to tell them when to give me my morning tea, and that’s how I would wake up… Nine days I couldn’t go home,” he added.
Created by Hansal Mehta and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul, Scoop also stars Karishma Tanna, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, and Harman Baweja in pivotal roles. Based on journalist Jigna Vora’s memoir, titled Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison, the series follows the story of Jagruti Pathak, a journalist, who gets was accused of the murder of another reporter.
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