Arindam Roy Explained

Arindam Roy
Birth Name:	Arindam Roy
Birth Date:	29 March 1984
Birth Place:	Cuttack, Odisha (formerly Orissa)
Occupation:	Actor
Other Names:	Rontu, Muna
Years Active:	2006-present
Children:	1 (son)

Arindam Roy is an actor who works predominantly in Odia cinema apart from a few Bengali films.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Career

Arindam Roy is an Indian actor who works in the Odia film industry and Bengali film industry. When he went to Bengali Industry he changed his stage name to Rishi before changing it back to his original name.^{[6] [7]} Regarding his performance in the film Target Kolkata, a critic wrote that "Arindam Roy acted well, but if he wants to make a future in Tollywood, he needs to work on his Bengali diction".^[8] His Odia film Babu Bhaijaan was the last film before COVID19 pandemic. After pandemic his movie RAM released in silver screens. It was under his home banner Ratna films (4th movie under this banner).

Selected filmography

!Year!Films!Role!Notes!

2006	Prema Rutu Asilare		Debut Film
2007	To pain nebi mu sahe janama		Longest running movie in theatre
	Mu tate love karuchi
	E mana manena
	Kalishankar
	Lal tuku tuku sadhaba bohu		Horror movie
	Police officer		Odia-Bengali bilingual film
2008	Takkar	Arun
	Mu Sapanara Soudagara	Chandan
20092010	Olot PalotTomar janyo Path jadi na sesh hoy Mon niye --------		Bengali Film
	Mitare Mita
	Tume hi sathi mora
2011	Tu mo girl friend	Bunty
	Hero-Prem katha	Hero
	CriminalPiya Tumi	MunnaAkash	Bengali
2012	Gud Boy			^[9]
	Raja Jhia Sathe Heigala Bhaba			^[10]
	Parshuram
2013	Paribeni kehi alaga kari	Deba
	Target Kolkata		Bengali Film
	Ashok Samrat	Ashok, Samrat
	Mu raja tu rani	Biju
2015	Bhaunri			^[11]
	Ishq Tu Hi Tu			^[12]
	Love you hamesha	Raja
	Kalki
2016	Premare premare	Om
	Tora Dine Ku Mora Dine
2017	Romeo Juliet			^[13]
	Shiva Not Out	Shiva
2018	Ishq Puni Thare			^[14]
2020	Babu Bhaijaan			^[15]
2023	RAM	Ram, Karan	Bilingual Flim Odia or Bengali

Awards and nominations

• 2006: Won Odisha State Film Award for Best Actor for Prema Rutu Asilare (2006)^[3]
• 2012: Won ETV Odia Award for Best Actor for Raja Jhia Sange Heigala Bhaba(2012)
• 2013: Won Odisha State Film Award for Best Actor for "Mu Raja Tu Rani"(2013)
• 2014: Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Oriya) for Ashok Samrat (2013)^[16]

Notes and References

1. Web site: All's not well between Arindam Roy and Prakruti Mishra. The Times of India. 26 September 2012. Naik. Jyoti Prakask.
2. Web site: What's cooking in Arindam's kitchen?. 21 April 2020. The Times of India.
3. Book: Know Your State Odisha. 4 June 2019 . Arihant Experts. 9789313193272 .
4. Web site: Rishi is in no mood for Takkar. Choudary. Amrita Roy. The Times of India. 1 August 2008.
5. Web site: Plantation challenge by Ollywood actors. Bal. Sandip. 24 July 2019. The Times of India.
6. Web site: Rishi's playing the name game. 11 January 2017. The Times of India.
7. Web site: I'm a born fighter: Rishi. 11 January 2017. The Times of India.
8. Web site: Target Kolkata Movie Review. 11 January 2013. The Times of India.
9. Web site: We make a great pair: Arindam Roy. 3 April 2013. Ghosh. Madhusree. The Times of India.
10. Web site: Arindam Roy wants to date Angelina Jolie!. 22 March 2012. The Times of India.
11. Web site: Mahurat of 'Bhaunri - The Sinking Reality' organised. 28 May 2013. Daily Pioneer.
12. Web site: 'Ishq Puni Thare' Recreates The Magic Of Romance & Masala Movies. 15 September 2018. OdishaBytes. Prachitara.
13. News: Arindam and Barsha in upcoming Odia movie "Romeo Juliet". 3 May 2017. Pragativadi. https://web.archive.org/web/20170504060936/http://pragativadi.com/arindam-barsha-upcoming-odia-movie-romeo-juliet/. 4 May 2017. 17 July 2017.
14. Web site: Celebrating Ganesh Puja the celeb way!. Das. Soumika M.. The New Indian Express. 14 September 2018.
15. Web site: Arindam, Sivani to come together in Odia movie Babu Bhaijan. Update Odisha. 9 August 2019.
16. Web site: Nominations for the Best Actor (Oriya). Filmfare. 27 March 2014.