Indrasish Roy

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Indrasish Roy
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Roy in 2024
Born (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 37)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active2008 – present
Known for
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
SpouseSouravi Tarafdar [1]

Indrasish Roy is an Indian film and television actor. He played the role of Tintin in serial Gaaner Opare . Later he played the lead role of Chandrakiran Chowdhury, the male protagonist of serial Adwitiya . He debuted in films with Kaushik Ganguly's Rang Milanti . [2] He also won hearts by playing the role of Lalon in Star Jalsha's Dhulokona.

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Career

Indrasish Roy started his career as an assistant director of the short film And There Wasn't Ever After in 2008.[ user-generated source? ] He made his acting debut in the television series Champion in 2009 on Akash Bangla, where he played an antagonist, Ronnie. In 2010, he had his major break in the Bengali serial Gaaner Opare , where he played the role of Tintin. [3] After that, he played the male lead character, Chandrakiran Chowdhury aka "Chand", in Adwitiya in 2011 on Star Jalsa. [4] He also did a small stint in mega serial Subarnalata in 2012 on Zee Bangla, where he played the character Sunirmal, who showed solidarity with Bokul, Subaranalata's daughter. After his stints in television he moved on to films like Rang Milanti , The Play , Hrid Majharey , Aamar Aami , and Chotushkone .

Gaaner Oparey

Gaaner Oparey , an Indian Bengali-language television serial was produced by Ideas Creations, the production house of Prosenjit Chatterjee. [5] It aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. It was a tribute to the Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 150th birth anniversary. The script was written by Indian director and actor Rituparno Ghosh. Debojyoti Mishra directed the music, and Dipankar De, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Mimi Chakraborty, Gaurav Chakraborty, Arjun Chakraborty, and Anindita Bose were involved with the project. [6]

Indrasish portrayed the character of Tintin (Trinanjon Banerjee) in the serial, a camera man working for the Shohor TV channel.

Adwitiya

Adwitiya , a production by Ideas Creations (Prosenjit Chatterjee), revolved around a young girl who goes to a rural village to chase her dreams and takes up the cudgels of putting this village on the path of progress. Shot with the Sunderbans as a backdrop, it was scripted by Anuja Chattopadhyay and Kausik Bhattacharya and directed by Joydeep Mukherjee. [4]

Indrasish played the male lead character Chandrakiran Chowdhury, popularly known as "Chand" in the serial, along with Sohini Sarkar and Gaurav Chakraborty. He rose to mass popularity and won the award for Best Couple (along with Sohini Sarkar) at Star Jalsa Paribar Awards 2012. [7]

Rang Milanti

Indrasish made his silver screen debut with the film Rang Milanti , a romantic comedy directed by Kaushik Ganguly, that released in September 2011 to wide critical and commercial acclaim. [8]

He played the character Tito in the film, a passionate film buff and aspiring director with ambitious dreams of winning a Palme d'Or and an Oscar in the near future, who is in love with an ad-agency employee, Kamalika (Ridhima Ghosh). [9] He shared the screen with acclaimed actors like Churni Ganguly, Saswata Chatterjee and others like Gaurav Chakraborty, Gourab Chatterjee, Ridhima Ghosh, and Tanaji Dasgupta. [10] [11] [12]

The Play

Indrasish played the central character "Mainak" in the 2013 Bengali film The Play (film) , a non-political mystery murder thriller revolving around the premises of a theater group in Kolkata. [13] The film was scripted and directed by Ranjay Ray Choudhury [14] and was presented by Magic Entertainments. The music was composed by Joy Sarkar. [15]

His role, Mainak, is an introverted struggling actor who came to the city of Kolkata and joined a theatre group where his entire life took a whirl after an incidental night.[ vague ] He shared the screen with actors like Rajesh Sharma and Mumtaz Sorcar. [16]

Hrid Majharey

Hrid Majharey is a critically acclaimed 2014 Bengali film directed by debutant director Ranjan Ghosh. The film is a tribute to William Shakespeare on the occasion of his 450th birthday. The plot revolves around a love story that is loosely inspired by certain iconic works of Shakespeare.

Indrasish played the character of Shubhro in the film, [17] a charming, lively young man from Kolkata who runs an NGO in the Andaman Islands and is passionate about electronic music. He shared screen space with actors Abir Chatterjee and Raima Sen in the film. [18]

Aamar Aami

Aamar Aami is a 2014 Bengali film directed by debutant director Orko Sinha. [19] This film deals with multiple wishes, desires and dreams of people living in the fast-paced city. The film featured actors Rahul Banerjee, Biswanath Basu, and Arunima Ghosh along with Indrasish Roy and others. [20]

Indrasish played the character Soumya in the film, [21] an aspiring young photographer with an engineering background who struggles to get a job in the media industry. Indrasish also appeared in the film Reunion by Murari M Rakshit. [22]

Dhulokona

Dhulokona is an Indian Bengali serial written by Leena Gangopadhyay and was produced by the banner Magic Moments Motion Pictures on Star Jalsha . The show came on-air on 19 July 2021 and went off-air on 11 December 2022 after telecasting 505 episodes. This show revolved around a maid and a driver, who is also a rap singer, work in an upper-middle-class family and their relationship despite both of them having ample ups and downs in their lives and trying to keep people happy and by proving that even being unsuccessful in life, a person can prove himself/herself successful.

Indrasish played the character of Lalon, the driver of the upper-middle-class family as well as a rap singer. He played the lead role opposite to Manali Dey.

Other ventures

Apart from acting Indrasish is an active participant in the Celebrity Cricket League, where he plays for the Bengal Tigers and has performed consistently in the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 series as an all rounder player. [23] [ self-published source? ] Indrasish has been passionate about cricket since childhood and has been quoted as saying, "Getting into the shooting floor was by mistake. He was meant to be a Cricketer." [24]

Filmography

List of films of Indrasish Roy:

YearMovieDirectorRoleNotes
2011 Rang Milanti Kaushik Ganguly TitoReleased on 9 September 2011
2013 The Play Ranjay Ray Choudhury MainakReleased on 6 December 2013
2014 Hrid Majharey Ranjan Ghosh ShubhroReleased on 11 July 2014
2014 Aamar Aami Orko Sinha Soumya ChowdhuryReleased on 5 September 2014
2014 Chotushkone Srijit Mukherji RitwickReleased on 26 September 2014
2015 Lorai: Play to Live Parambrata Chatterjee Deepnarayan ChowdhuryReleased on 9 January 2015
2015FakebookSanjay BardhaanVidyanReleased on 15 May 2015
2015 Jomer Raja Dilo Bor Abir SenguptaBossReleased on 4 September 2015
2016 Kuheli Debarati GuptaSayakReleased on 4 November 2016
2016 Teenanko Bithin DasHaran MajhiReleased on 18 November 2016
2017 Durga Sohay Arindam SILShuvoReleased on 28 July 2017
2017 Nagarkirtan Kaushik Ganguly Subhash DaReleased on 2017
2018 Crisscross Birsa Dasgupta TBAReleased on 10 August 2018
2019 Adda Devayush Chowdhary RudroReleased on 13 September 2019
2021 Golondaaj Dhrubo BanerjeeJeetendra
2022 Lokkhi Chele Kaushik Ganguly Rajat Narayan Roy2022
2023 Maayakumari 2023

Unreleased films

MovieDirectorRoleCharacter BriefNotes
Daaker SaajSomnath GuptaMainakA painter with substantial visions regarding life and artFilm under post-production
AagunJoydeep MukherjeeBadalAn auto-driver who gets victimized to the darker side of the societyFilm under post-production
Haar Maana HaarDebapratim DasguptaAngshumanA very romantic young husbandFilm under post-production
Mondobashar GolpoTathagata Bannerjee

Television

YearSeriesChannelRoleProduction Company(s)
2009Champion Akash Bangla RonnieIdeas Creations
2010–2011 Gaaner Oparey Star Jalsha Tintin
2011–2012 Adwitiya Chand
2012 Subarnalata Zee Bangla Sunirmal Balaji Telefilms
2017Swapno Udaan Star Jalsha Inspector Aniruddha RoyBoyhood Productions
2017Premer KahiniRJ Raj Roy Chowdhury Shree Venkatesh Films
2019Bajlo Tomar Alor BenuRudradeb Pal aka RudraAgnidev Chatterjee Productions
2021–2022 Dhulokona Lalon Chatterjee Magic Moments Motion Pictures
2023BalijhorSrot Basu
2023– 2024Jol Thoi Thoi BhalobashaAshman Ghosh
2024 Horogouri Pice Hotel Rudra (Later Replaced by Arnab Banerjee)Jisshu Ujwal Sengupta Productions

Web series

List of web series works of Indrasish Roy:

YearWeb SeriesPlatformRole
2019 Astey Ladies Hoichoi
2020 Byomkesh Season 5 Abhay
2020 Damayanti Samaresh
2020Nokol HeereSamaresh
2021 Khelaa Ssuru Klikk
2021 Amra 2GayTher Klikk
2022 Feludar Goyendagiri HoichoiYoung Birupakkho Majumdar
2024 Lajja HoichoiLawyer

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