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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Avatar (1941) — Indranath / Bastavesh
2. Kaleidoscope (1981)
3. Tatinir Bichar (1940) — Dr Bose
4. Roop Lekha (1934) — Ashok
5. Durgeshnandini (1927)
6. Michael Madhusudhan (1950) — Rajnarayan Dutta
7. Dakshayagna (1934) — Dakhshya
8. Prabhas Milan (1937) — Indra
9. Bamanabatar (1939) — Bali
10. Ameeree (1945)
11. Uttarayan (1941) — Atuleshwar
12. The Power of Prayer (1954)
13. Two Generations (1945)
14. Kankabatir Ghat (1955)
15. Niruddesh (1949)
16. Doctor (1940) — Seeta Nath
17. Datta (1951) — Rashbehari
18. Kanthahar (1935)
19. Shyamali (1956)
20. Chirakumar Sabha (1956)
21. Jawab (1942) — Rai Bahadur
22. A Virtuous Woman (1954)
23. Priyatama (1948)
24. Krishnakanter Will (1932) — Krishnakanta
25. Nara Narayana (1939) — Satrajit
26. Janak Nandini (1939) — Biswamitra
27. Nilachaley Mahaprabhu (1957)
28. Rikta (1939)
29. Burmar Pathe (1947) — Bidhan
30. Shesh Uttar (1942) — Ray Bahadur
31. Anandamath (1951)
32. Debatra (1955)
33. Dasiputra (1949)