Prosenjit Chatterjee reveals why he didn’t pursue a career in Bollywood: ‘Regional actors don’t get a lot of work in Mumbai’

“Right now, there is a lot of talent and so many doors have opened. New platforms have come up and everyone is getting a lot of exposure. Language is not an issue anymore. It’s a great time for the younger generation. With this show too, we are trying to do something very unique,” Prosenjit added.

Also, a lot of Bengali actors have earlier raised concern over how they get stereotyped in typical roles, mouthing dialogues like ‘aami tomake bhalo bashi’. Dismissing the same, Chatterjee said that actors like Mithun Chakraborty and even his father Biswajit Chatterjee have managed to break out and do all kinds of roles in Hindi films. “Times have changed, definitely. Bengali actors have done so much more,” he added.

In Jubilee, Prosenjit’s character discovers an actor in his assistant Binod Das and shapes his career to become a star. Given the superstar has grown up around films, we asked if a producer can really make a star, and does he have personal experience. “I think it’s always the director first. The show is set in a time when producers had a bigger role. They would read a novel, call the right director, and then they would go out and cast an actor. That was the time of theatres and studios. But things have changed now, today it’s the director and producers’ vision that makes stars. As for me, I think not just them but every technician has worked towards making me who I am today. I owe everything to the people who I’ve worked with.”

Jubilee also stars Aparshakti Khurana, Siddhant Gupta, Wamiqa Gabbi, and Aditi Rao Hydari. The first part, comprising of five episodes will drop on April 7 on Amazon Prime Video, followed by another five, next week.