Happy Independence Day: Abhishek Bose as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to Debopriyo Mukherjee essaying Mahatma Gandhi: Artists who played national heroes on small screen

Bengali small screen industry has a number of artists who won viewers’ hearts with their performances. Be it family drama or period pieces, these artists have proved their acting brilliance many a time. A few of them even essayed larger-than-life characters with equal ease. For example, Abhishek Bose, who mostly played a romantic hero in daily soaps, left viewers mesmerized by playing Netaji on-screen. Debopriyo Mukherjee, on the other hand, essayed Mahatma Gandhi on a television show. On Independence Day, let's take a look at the artists who essayed national heroes on Bengali television. (Photo: Facebook)

Mostly seen playing romantic hero in Bengali television shows, Abhishek’s performance as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose is worth a mention. With his dedication and hard work, the actor won the hearts of Bengali audience. He worked hard on his mannerism, dialogue delivery, and also had to bid goodbye to his hair. Not only that, every time, his hair grew back, Abhishek shaves himself prior to going to the shoot, till the show was on-air. The television show enjoyed a huge fan following and has been dubbed in Hindi too. (Photo: Facebook)

Subhrajit essayed Chittaranjan Das in the popular television show ‘Netaji’ and his performance is worth a mention. (Photo: Facebook)

Debomoy’s performance as Hemanta Kumar Sarkar caught the attention of the viewers. The actor stole viewers' hearts with his natural acting skills in ‘Netaji’. (Photo: Facebook)

Not many were able to recognize Debopriyo on-screen when he played Gandhi Ji in television series ‘Netaji’. He lost 9kgs, shaved his head and put a lot of effort to look convincing. It is considered as one of the best performances of his career so far. (Photo: Facebook)

Fahim is yet another popular artist whom Bengali viewers have seen playing versatile roles. But his performance as freedom fighter Rash Behari Bose is worth a mention. (Photo: Facebook)

He has played Swami Vivekananda more than once in his career including theatre and TV shows. Debanjan, put on weight to play Vivekananda’s role in ‘Jagat Janani Maa Sarada’. He used to meditate, read books on Swami Ji and had a balanced diet throughout the project. Later, he played Swami Vivekananda in TV serial 'Netaji' again. (Photo: Facebook)