Ahindra Choudhury

Biography

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.

Known For

Kankabatir Ghat

Kaleidoscope

Shyamali

Debatra

Burmar Pathe

Bidhan

Durgeshnandini

Jawab

Rai Bahadur

Prabhas Milan

Indra

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1981	Kaleidoscope
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

Year	TV Show	Role