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

Tatinir Bichar
Tatinir Bichar
Burmar Pathe
Burmar Pathe
Roop Lekha
Roop Lekha
Durgeshnandini
Durgeshnandini
Michael Madhusudhan
Michael Madhusudhan
Dakshayagna
Dakshayagna
Prabhas Milan
Prabhas Milan
Bamanabatar
Bamanabatar
Ameeree
Ameeree
Shesh Uttar
Shesh Uttar

Filmography

1956 Shyamali
as
1956 Chirakumar Sabha
as
1955 Kankabatir Ghat
as
1955 Bratacharini
as
1955 Debatra
as
1954 The Power of Chant
as
1951 Datta
as Rashbehari
1951 Anandamath
as
1950 Michael Madhusudhan
as Rajnarayan Dutta
1949 Dasiputra
as
1949 Niruddesh
as
1948 Priyatama
as
1947 Burmar Pathe
as Bidhan
1945 Two Generations
as
1945 Ameeree
as
1942 Shesh Uttar
as Ray Bahadur
1942 Jawab
as Rai Bahadur
1941 Uttarayan
as Atuleshwar
1941 Avatar
as Indranath / Bastavesh
1940 Doctor
as Seeta Nath