Ahindra Choudhury
Born: 1896-08-06 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Died: 1974-11-05
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1981
1956
1955
1951
- Datta as Rashbehari
- Anandamath
1950
- Michael Madhusudhan as Rajnarayan Dutta
1948
1947
- Burmar Pathe as Bidhan
1945
1942
- Jawab as Rai Bahadur
- Shesh Uttar as Ray Bahadur
1940
- Doctor as Seeta Nath
- Tatinir Bichar as Dr Bose
1939
- Bamanabatar as Bali
- Nara Narayana as Satrajit
- Janak Nandini as Biswamitra
1937
- Prabhas Milan as Indra
1935
1934
- Dakshayagna as Dakhshya
- Roop Lekha as Ashok
1932
- Krishnakanter Will as Krishnakanta