He made silver screen debut with Hindi film
Karvaan by
Pankaj Butalia as the main protagonist in 1999. His first Bengali film was
Uttara by
Buddhadev Dasgupta where he played a small role of a Hindu militant. In the beginning of his career he has worked for many television series too. His work was noticed in Bengali teleseries
Shudhu Tomari Jonyo. He has worked in few episodes of the series "
Tehreer…Munshi Premchand Ki” by
Gulzar, based on stories of
Munsi Premchand directed . He was also featured in few episodes of the thriller series
Kagaar on
Sahara One. Later he returned to television once with
Yash Raj Films series
Powder in 2010. After making his debut in both
Bollywood and Bengali film, he went on to work in both the industries together.
Bollywood films like
88 Antop Hill (2003),
Zammen (2003) and Bengali film
Swapner Feriwala (2002) were some of his early works. Subrat Dutta’s fame came with his portrayal of a common man Biresh in Bengali film
Bibar directed by
Subrata Sen, based on
Samaresh Basu’s novel with the same name in the year 2006. He won Best Actor at the
Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema His next Bengali ventures
Jor (2008) and
Chaturanga (2008) were completely different from
Bibar, that proved his prowess as an actor. He played the main villain Indrajit
in Swapan Saha’s commercial film
Jor, remake of the super hit Telugu film
Okkadu, whereas
Suman Mukhopadhay’s period drama
Chaturanga was based on
Rabindranath Tagore’s novel. He later also starred in the Hindi remake of
Okkadu,
Tevar (2015) in a different role, allowing
Manoj Bajpayee to play the main villain. In 2009 he was awarded Best Actor at
Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt for his portrayal of the main protagonist Madholal in the film
Madholal Keep Walking by Jai Tank. The film received positive reviews from critics and Subrat Dutta’s character was highly praised that gave him lead roles in many commercial and independent films in later years. His next venture was
Ram Gopal Varma’s magnum opus,
Rakhcharitra part I and &II (2010), where he was noticed for playing the character of AK in Hindi & Telugu simultaneously. In the same year he appeared in Bengali films
Achin Pakhi and
Antim Shash Sundar opposite
Indrani Haldar. He next worked in
Talaash(2012), Bengali project
Koyekti Meyer Golpo (2012), and some independent Hindi films like
Oass (2012),
Kaphal (2012) and
Baromas (2013), before bagging the role of engineer ghost in super hit film
Bhootnath Returns (2014). He next appeared as the main villain Bheera in
Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans (2014). In both the films his role received critical acclaim. He also appeared in films like
Bumper Draw (2015),
Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein (2015) and played lead role as ATS Chief in
Sameer (2017) and Gandhian Divakar in
Humne Gandhi Ko Mar Diya (2018). His next release was multilimgual III Smoking Barrels where he played the character of a Bangladeshi refugee earned him immense applause from pan Indian audience and critics. His character Mukhtar turns the victim of illegal Elephant poaching where his every move and actions got praised by the critics. Subrat Dutta was part of Bengali popular series Byomkesh also. He played a noticeable role in
Har Har Byomkesh in 2015. Later he played Ajit for
Byomkesh series of popular Bengali online channel Hoichoi. He has played the lead character in the emotional drama
Bhairavi which was released exclusively on Muvizz.com in 2016. Apart from
Bollywood and Bengali films he has also appeared in Marathi film
Lalbaugchi Rani (2016), Bhojpuri films
Tujhse Laagi Lagan,
Pistol Ego Prem Kahani and American production English language film
Behind the Trees. Subrat Dutta has acted in more than 45 films. Most of his films like
Uttara,
Kaphal: The Wild Berries,
Chaturanga,
Bibar,
Madholal Keep Walking by Sudipto Sen
, T for Tajmahal by
Kireet Khurana, Bengali film
Sitara opposite
Raima Sen and
Brishti tomake Dilam opposite
Jaya Ahsan are some of his upcoming films. Subrat Dutta appears in TV and web commercials regularly. Some of his notable commercials are
Parle G, Wonder cement,
Aircel IPL Commercial,
OLX. and Google Paise. == Personal life ==