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Indian Bengali film and television actor
Paran Bandopadhyay
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Bandopadhyay in July 2010
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Born
| Paran Bandopadhyay
(
1940-10-18
)
18 October 1940
(age 83)
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Nationality
| Indian
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Occupation(s)
| Retired
West Bengal
Government employee, film and television actor
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Paran Bandopadhyay
[α]
(alternate spelling
Paran Bandyopadhyay
[β]
or
Paran Banerjee
[γ]
) is an Indian Bengali film, television and stage actor based in
Kolkata
. He has worked with Bengali film director
Sandip Ray
, the son of filmmaker and author
Satyajit Ray
.
Early life
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Bandopadhyay has roots in
Hindmotor
,
West Bengal
. His mother died when he was young and his father left home. After that, he was brought up by his paternal aunt in
Dum Dum
. He did his primary schooling from Deep Chand School in Hindmotor. He graduated from the
City College
at the
University of Calcutta
.
[1]
In his childhood, Bandopadhyay participated in one-act plays in their neighborhood. He has also acted in some plays of the
Indian People’s Theatre Association
. In 1962, he joined
Government of West Bengal
in the Department of Public Works Roads.
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Cinema
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Bandopadhyay retired from his Government job in 2000.
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At that time he was 60 years old.
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citation needed
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He was discovered by
Sandip Ray
in the late 1990s and his first work was a TV short named
Shadhon Babur Shondeho
, based on a story by
Satyajit Ray
and which was a part of a TV film series named
Satyajiter Gappo
in 1998. The series was made for
DD Bangla
.
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citation needed
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Between 2000 and 2010, Bandopadhyay acted in more than 35 films.
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Some of his films are
Bombaiyer Bombete
(2003),
Chiradin Chirakal
(2016)
Tintorettor Jishu
(2008),
Gosainbaganer Bhoot
(2011),
Royal Bengal Rahashya
(2011),
Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy
(2012),
Badshahi Angti
(2014),
Cinemawala
(2016) and
Double Feluda
(2016).
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Major productions of Shrutee Rangam
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- Tumi Kar
- Bishmul
- Satya Fire Eso
- Mithyebadi
- Jedin Sedin
- Tobe Kamon Hoto
- Promila Piyaji
Filmography
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Films
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Television
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Web series
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Awards and nominations
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References
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Citations
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Notes
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External links
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