Saikat's parents, Masud and Hashi, moved to the UK from Bangladesh in 1971. A few years later, Saikat was born in Carshalton, Surrey.
In the early eighties, Saikat moved to Birmingham and eventually attended King Edwards School, Birmingham whose alumni include Tolkien, Enoch Powell and Bill Oddie.
Early nineties, Saikat goes to Cardiff University where he studies Journalism. Whilst there he spends an inordinate amount of time putting on plays, including directing and taking the lead in Hamlet.
After Uni having decided to pursue an actor's life, Saikat moved to London.
He trains with The Actors Company, part of London Centre for Theatre Studies.
After training, Saikat begins work as an actor in London.
In 2006, having won the BBC Norman Beaton Fellowship, Saikat moves to Bristol with his family.
It is a great place to live, filled with hot air balloons, Brunel-mania and the occasional brightly painted gorilla or Gromit.
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