Barun Chanda | |
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 Chanda in October 2015 | |
| Born | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Known for | Acting in Seemabaddha (1971) |
Barun Chanda is an Indian Bengali advertising professional, actor and author based in the city of Kolkata. [1] He is mostly remembered for his role in Satyajit Ray's Seemabaddha . [2]
Chanda was born in Dhaka in present-day Bangladesh, but came to Kolkata at an early age to pursue higher education. Chanda acted in the 1971 Bengali movie Seemabaddha , directed by Satyajit Ray. After that he did not appear in any films for over twenty years. In 1992 he again acted in director Rituparno Ghosh's debut film Hirer Angti . Next he acted in Kalo Cheetah (2004). Since then he has acted in several movies like Tolly Lights , Antaheen , and Laptop . He recently played the role of the landlord father of Sonakshi Sinha in the Hindi film Lootera . [3]
In 2014, he did commercials for CESC Limited with some social messages.
In 2019, Barun Chanda starred in an independent psychological thriller, Rakkhosh , which has been touted as India's first POV film to be shot on cinema camera. [4] Chanda plays Dr. Idris Shah, a psychiatrist, in the film. The film made the official selection at Pune International Film Festival (PIFF), the Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF) and the Orange City International Film Festival (OCIFF) in 2019. [5]