Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 6, 1896
Place of Birth:
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Ahindra Choudhury (1896-1974) was an Indian actor, director, theatre personality, and co-founder of Photo Play Syndicate, a Kolkata-based art organization for bioscope shows. A winner of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1958, Choudhury was honored by the Government of India in 1963 with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest Indian civilian award, for his services to the nation.
His foray into the movie world was in 1931 with Hrishir Prem, a Jyotish Bandopadhyay film. He retired from acting with Shahjahan, a drama staged on 11 September 1957 at Minerva Theatre, Kolkata. Years later, he appeared in one more film, Shravan Sandhya, in 1974.[8] He acted in 89 films, wrote a screenplay for his maiden venture, Soul of a Slave, and directed two films.
Year | Movie | Role |
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1956 | Shyamali | |
1956 | Chirakumar Sabha | |
1955 | Kankabatir Ghat | |
1955 | Debatra | |
1954 | The Power of Chant | |
1954 | Bratacharini | |
1951 | Anandamath | |
1951 | Datta | Rashbehari |
1950 | Michael Madhusudhan | Rajnarayan Dutta |
1949 | Niruddesh | |
1949 | Dasiputra | |
1948 | Priyatama | |
1947 | Burmar Pathe | Bidhan |
1945 | Ameeree | |
1945 | Two Generations | |
1942 | Shesh Uttar | Ray Bahadur |
1942 | Jawab | Rai Bahadur |
1941 | Uttarayan | Atuleshwar |
1941 | Avatar | Indranath / Bastavesh |
1940 | Tatinir Bichar | Dr Bose |
1940 | Doctor | Seeta Nath |
1939 | Bamanabatar | Bali |
1939 | Nara Narayana | Satrajit |
1939 | Janak Nandini | Biswamitra |
1937 | Prabhas Milan | Indra |
1935 | Kanthahar | |
1934 | Roop Lekha | Ashok |
1934 | Dakshayagna | Dakhshya |
1932 | Krishnakanter Will | Krishnakanta |
1927 | Durgeshnandini |
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