Paran Bandopadhyay Explained

Paran Bandopadhyay
Birth Name:Paran Bandopadhyay
Birth Date:1940 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Uttarpara, West Bengal, India
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:Retired West Bengal Government employee, film and television actor

Paran Bandopadhyay[1] (alternate spelling Paran Bandyopadhyay[2] or Paran Banerjee[3]) 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

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.[4] 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.[5]

Cinema

Bandopadhyay retired from his Government job in 2000. At that time he was 60 years old. 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.

Between 2000 and 2010, Bandopadhyay acted in more than 35 films. 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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Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

Awards and nominations

References

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Spelling according to Times of India and Telegraph, Calcutta. We'll follow this spelling.
  2. Spelling according to Zee Bangla website
  3. Alternative of surname Bandopadhyay, see Banerjee
  4. http://www.nilkantho.in/paran-bandyopadhyay/ Interview - nilkantho.in
  5. Web site: Paran Bandopadhyay, 70. Harmony Magazine. 1 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20150221121723/http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPrintView.jsp?page_id=13776. 21 February 2015.
  6. News: Bhooter Bhobishyot review Comedy of no errors. https://web.archive.org/web/20120621214408/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/movie-reviews/bhooter-bhobishyot-review-comedy-no-errors-423. dead. 21 June 2012. 1 July 2012. Deccan Herald. 17 June 2012.
  7. Web site: Rituparna Sengupta: 'Aha Re' focuses on the journey towards love instead of love itself. Times of India. 14 January 2019. 25 February 2019. Ghosh. Sankha.
  8. taran_adarsh. Taran Adarsh. 5 February 2019. 1092740347220750336 . Rituparna Sengupta, Arifin Shuvoo, Paran Bandyopadhyay and Amrita Chattopadhyay... #Bengali film #AhaaRe to release on 22 Feb 2019... Directed by Ranjan Ghosh... Distribution by SSR Cinemas P Ltd... Poster: https://t.co/waGmdy4wU5.
  9. News: সংবাদদাতা . নিজস্ব . Angshuman MBA: বিধায়ক হওয়ার পরে ফের পড়াশোনায় ডুব! বাণিজ্যে স্নাতকোত্তর পড়ছেন সোহম . www.anandabazar.com . bn.
  10. Web site: Filmfare Award East 2017 Winners - List of Bengali Filmfare Award Winners .
  11. Web site: Award 2017 - WBFJA: Welcome to the official website of West Bengal Film Journalists' Association .
  12. Web site: Coming Soon . 2024-04-27 . www.filmsandframes.in.
  13. Web site: Award 2022 - WBFJA: Welcome to the official website of West Bengal Film Journalists' Association . 20 November 2022 . 20 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221120125457/https://wbfja.com/award-2022.php . dead .
  14. Web site: Winner List of Filmfare Awards Bangla 2021 .
  15. Web site: Filmfare Awards 2022 Nominations .