Ahindra Choudhury (1896–1974) was an Indian actor, director, theatre personality and the 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 honoured by the Government of India in 1963 with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award, for his services to the nation.
Biography Ahindra Choudhury was born on 6 August 1896 in Chakraberia, Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. His early education was at Sishu Vidyalaya in Chakraberia and at London Missionary, Kolkata from where he completed his studies in 1911. His entry into films started with the bioscope show company, Photo Play Synidicate, he founded together with Prafulla Ghosh in 1921. Two years later, he wrote the screenplay for the motionless feature film, Soul of a Slave directed by Hemchandra Mukherjee and was the lead actor.
His foray into the movie world was in 1931 with Hrishir Prem, a Jyotish Bandopadhay 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. He acted in 89 films, wrote screenplay for his maiden venture, Soul of a Slave and directed two films.
Choudhury received the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1958. The Government of India honoured him with the civilian award of Padma Shri in 1963. He was a recipient of DLitt (Honoris Causa) from the Rabindra Bharati University and was a guest Lecturer at the University of Kolkata. He died on 4 November 1974, at the age of 80.
Filmography
As an actor # Year Title Director1 1923 Soul of a Slave Hemchandra Mukherjee 2 1924 Mishar Rani Jyotish Bannerjee 3 1924 Premanjali Jyotish Bannerjee 4 1927 Durgesh Nandini Priyanath N. Ganguly 5 1928 Shasti Ki Shanti Jyotish Bannerjee 6 1930 Rajsingha Jyotish Bannerjee 7 1931 Rishir Prem Jyotish Bannerjee 8 1932 Vishnumaya Jyotish Bannerjee 9 1932 Krishnakanter Will Jyotish Bannerjee 10 1932 Prahlad (Hindi) Kanjibhai Rathod11 1933 Seeta Sisir Kumar Bhaduri 12 1934 Chand Saudagar Prafulla Roy 13 1934 Mahua Hiren Bose 14 1934 Roop Lekha P. C. Barua 15 1934 Dakshayajna Jyotish Bannerjee 16 1935 Bidrohi Dhirendranath Ganguly 17 1935 Balidan (Hindi) Prafulla Roy18 1936 Dalit Kusum (Hindi) M. L. Tandon19 1936 Sonar Sansar Debaki Bose 20 1936 Sarala Premankur Atorthy 21 1936 Rajani Jyotish Bannerjee 22 1936 Krishna Sudama Phani Burma 23 1937 Prabas Milan Phani Burma 24 1937 Talkie of Talkies Sisir Kumar Bhaduri 25 1937 Indira (1937 film) Tarit Bose 26 1937 Samaj Patan (Hindi) Prafulla Roy27 1938 Devi Phullara Tincory Chakrabarty 28 1938 Abhinaya Modhu Bose 29 1939 Jakher Dhan Haricharan Bhanja 30 1939 Bamanabatar Haricharan Bhanja 31 1939 Rikta Sushil Majumdar 32 1939 Nara Narayana Jyotish Bannerjee 33 1939 Janak Nandini Phani Burma 34 1939 Chanakya Sisir Kumar Bhaduri35 1940 Doctor Phani Majumdar, Subodh Mitra 36 1940 Suktara Niranjan Pal 37 1940 Kamale Kamini Phani Burma, Nirmal Goswami 38 1941 Avatar Premankur Atorthy 39 1941 Uttarayan P. C. Barua 40 1941 Nandini Sailajanand Mukherji 41 1941 Karnarjun Jyotish Bannerjee, Satish Dasgupta 42 1941 Epar Opar Chitta Bose, Sukumar Dasgupta 43 1941 Doctor (Hindi) Subhod Mittes44 1942 Jiban Sangini Gunamoy Bannerjee 45 1942 Meenakshi Modhu Bose 46 1942 Jawab P.C. Barua 47 1942 Avayer Biye Sushil Majumdar 48 1943 Jogajog Sushil Majumdar 49 1943 Dwanda Hemen Gupta 50 1943 Devar Jyotish Bannerjee 51 1944 Matir Ghar Haricharan Bhanja 52 1944 Nandita Sukumar Dasgupta 53 1944 Sandhi (Hindi) Apurva Mitra54 1945 Ban Phool (Hindi) Niren Lahiri 55 1945 Bondita Hemanta Gupta 56 1945 Dui Purush Subodh Mitra 57 1945 Mane Na Mane Sailajanand Mukherji 58 1945 Kalankini Jyotish Bannerjee 59 1946 Suleh Apurba Kumar Mitra 60 1946 Prem Ki Duniya Jyotish Bannerjee 61 1946 Pather Saathi Naresh Mitra 62 1946 Mandir Naresh Mitra 63 1946 Suleh (Hindi) Apura Mitra64 1947 Burmar Pathey Hiranmoy Sen 65 1947 Alakananda Ratan Chatterjee 66 1947 Abhijog Sushil Majumdar 67 1948 Bicharak Deb Narayan Gupta 68 1948 Sir Sankarnath Debaki Bose 69 1948 Kalo Ghorah Jyotish Bannerjee 70 1948 Jayjatra Niren Lahiri 71 1948 Ghumiye Achhe Gram Sailajanand Mukherji 72 1949 Dasiputra Deb Narayan Gupta 73 1949 Abhijatya Sukumar Dasgupta 74 1949 Niruddesh Niren Lahiri 75 1949 Bandhur Path Chitta Bose 76 1949 Nirdosh Abla (Hindi) 77 1950 Pattharar Kahini Deb Narayan Gupta 78 1950 Vidyasagar (1950 film) Kali Prasad Ghosh 79 1950 Michael Madhusudhan Modhu Bose 80 1951 Datta Saumyen Mukhopadhyay YouTubeMoviebuff81 1952 Vidyasagar Kali Prasad Ghosh 82 1954 Mantra Shakti Chitta Basu83 1955 Debatra Haridas Bhattacharya 84 1955 Kankabatir Ghat Chitta Bose851955Bir Hambir Shyam Das86 1956 Shyamali Ajoy Kar 87 1956 Paradhin Modhu Bose88 1956 Chirakumar Sabha Debaki Bose 89 1957 Neelachaley Mahaprabhu Kartick Chattopadhyay 90 1974 Shravan Sandhya Bireshwar Basu
As a director Krishna Sakha (1927) Vipranarayana (1937)
As a story writer Soul of a Slave (1923)
See also
Rabindra Bharati University University of Kolkata
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