Ahindra Choudhury
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.0956 |
| Birthday | 1896-08-06 |
| Place of Birth | Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India] |
| Also Known As | Ahindra Chowdhury, Ohindro Chowdhury, Ohindro Choudhury, অহীন্দ্র চৌধুরী , |
1940
Tatinir Bichar
9/1
Four sets of friends spend Halloween weekend at the Beautiful Creekside "Kamp of Antietam". Each attending is promised a "Once In A Lifetime" experien...
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Tatinir Bichar
1947
Burmar Pathe
0/0
The rustic girl left this world and went to heaven. Her Painful memories are what remains behind. The injustice exploitation is suffocating. These con...
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Burmar Pathe
1934
Roop Lekha
9/1
For the first time in Indian cinema, flashback was used for storytelling.
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Roop Lekha
1927
Durgeshnandini
7/1
Durgeshnandini is a sweeping historical drama set against the backdrop of 16th-century India. This epic tale follows the intertwined destinies of Jaga...
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Durgeshnandini
1950
Michael Madhusudhan
10/1
The life of renowned Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta.
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Michael Madhusudhan
1934
Dakshayagna
8/1
Dakshayagna is a pivotal tale in Hindu mythology. It recounts the grand sacrifice ritual organized by Daksha, where his daughter Sati, wife of Lord Sh...
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Dakshayagna
1937
Prabhas Milan
9/1
A timeless tale of love and devotion, Prabhas Milan transports viewers to ancient India. Set centuries after Krishna departs from Brindavan, the film...
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Prabhas Milan
1939
Bamanabatar
8/1
A 1939 Mythological Bengali Drama film directed by Hari Bhanja.
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Bamanabatar
1945
Ameeree
9/1
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Ameeree
1942
Shesh Uttar
0/0
The wealthy, self-obsessed, and possibly crazed Manoj (Barua) is sent by his concerned family to the rural estate of his future father-in-law. Along t...
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Shesh Uttar
1941
Uttarayan
9/1
A 1941 Bengali film directed by Pramathesh Barua; the film was remade in 1963.
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Uttarayan
1954
The Power of Chant
10/1
Ambernath a well-educated Sanskrit pundit was different from his childhood. The way he thought and described everything was quite different from other...
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The Power of Chant
1945
Two Generations
9/1
One of the early films of Chhabi Biswas featuring him as a leading man, before he came to be associated with the dominating patriarch roles that have...
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Two Generations
1951
Anandamath
0/0
The lesser known 'Sannyasi Rebellion' of the 18th century forms the base of this film. Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay's 'Anandamath' is regarded as one o...
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Anandamath
1955
Kankabatir Ghat
7/1
When Mr. Mukherjee's wife drowns herself in the Ganges to save her ailing husband, people start showering her with respect. Years later, things head t...
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Kankabatir Ghat
1949
Niruddesh
8/1
A 1949 Bengali Drama Film directed by Niren Lahiri.
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Niruddesh
1940
Doctor
9/1
An early example of social realism that reached its height with 'Udayer Pathey' and more memorably with 'Chhinnamul', 'Doctor' was meant as a stringen...
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Doctor
1941
Avatar
6.591/11
Indranath’s son is ill, Guru Omkarananda suggests he pray to the goddess Kamala. His son improves but bad luck follows Indranath; his son and daughter...
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Avatar
1951
Datta
7/1
The film is a romantic story about a wealthy Brahmo woman and a poor but intelligent Hindu man. It explores their growing love despite societal obstac...
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Datta
1935
Kanthahar
9/1
A 1935 Bengali Film directed by Jyotish Bandyopadhyay.
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Kanthahar
1955
Debatra
0/0
A 1955 Bengali Drama Film directed by Haridas Bhattacharya.
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Debatra
1956
Shyamali
9/1
Shyamali, who is both hearing and speech impaired, faces several struggles in life. While the man she marries supports her, she is not accepted by her...
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Shyamali
1956
Chirakumar Sabha
7/1
The story revolves around a group of hardened bachelors who meet regularly, and eventually settle for marriage. Purna is a newcomer to the group of ba...
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Chirakumar Sabha
1942
Jawab
7/1
Manoj is from the aristocratic class but has some sort retrograde amnesia; he belongs to the upper-class but is also an outsider, something that enabl...
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Jawab
1954
Bratacharini
8/1
Jyotirmoy rejects Sita and marries Anuva without his grandfather's approval. As a result, he gets deprived from his wealth and the entire property goe...
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Bratacharini
1948
Priyatama
8/1
A 1948 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Pashupati Chattopadhyay.
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Priyatama
1932
Krishnakanter Will
10/1
Haralal arranges a fake will and makes Rohini, an orphaned widow, agree to change the original will for the fake one.
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Krishnakanter Will
1949
Dasiputra
0/0
A 1949 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Deb Narayan Gupta.
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Dasiputra
1939
Nara Narayana
10/1
Lord Krishna visits Suryapith with his friend Akrur, where they meet Satyabhama, the daughter of Satrajeet. Akrur proposes to Satyabhama, but she addr...
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Nara Narayana
1939
Janak Nandini
9/1
A 1939 Bengali Mythological Film directed by Phani Burma.
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Janak Nandini
1981
Kaleidoscope
6/6
Burning with a desire to be a journalist, a young man gets his chance when a publisher -- the father of a friend -- suggests that he write a story on...
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Kaleidoscope
1957
Nilachaley Mahaprabhu
9/1
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Nilachaley Mahaprabhu
1939
Rikta
10/1
Bikash never devotes enough time to his wife, Karuna. Soon, she begins to find solace in the company of her childhood friend, Ashok, destroying their...
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