Chandan Roy Sanyal (born 30 January 1980) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in the Hindi and Bengali language films of India.

[1] After graduating with a degree in mathematics, he made his acting debut in the 2006 film Rang de Basanti, in a minor role.

[4] Chandan studied at Raisina Bengali School and then Zakir Husain College, where he received an honors degree in mathematics.

[5] Sanyal made his debut as Batukeshwar Dutt in 2006's Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra film Rang De Basanti[1] but his big break came with Vishal Bhardwaj's 2009 movie Kaminey where he got a lot of appreciation from the critics as well as audience.

[citation needed] Chandan also did an excellent job in the latest 2012 film "Aparajita Tumi".