Yash Dasgupta, an Indian actor, model, and politician, was born on October 10, 1985, and has been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since February 17, 2021. He began his career on television before making his big-screen debut in the Bengali film Gangster as the title character. The films Bojhena Se Bojhena and Na Aana Are Des Laado made Yash Dasgupta famous. In the Unish Kuri Streax Glam Hunt in Kolkata, Yash Dasgupta was crowned Glam King. Following that, he relocated to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting, attended acting school, and landed his first acting role in the television industry. "I attended an acting course at Roshan Taneja's acting school and worked in a few Hindi serials as well," Yash Dasgupta stated in an interview with Times of India.