Ahindra Choudhury
Known For
Acting
Born
1896-08-06 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Died
1974-11-05
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.
Most Known For
The Power of Chant
Ameeree
Jawab
as Rai Bahadur
Avatar
as Indranath / Bastavesh
Doctor
as Seeta Nath
Burmar Pathe
as Bidhan
Two Generations
Datta
as Rashbehari
Nara Narayana
as Satrajit
Bratacharini
Shyamali
Tatinir Bichar
as Dr Bose
Nilachaley Mahaprabhu
Kaleidoscope
Durgeshnandini
Anandamath
Michael Madhusudhan
as Rajnarayan Dutta
Prabhas Milan
as Indra
Dakshayagna
as Dakhshya
Janak Nandini
as Biswamitra