Jahor Roy

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Jahar Ray
Born	September 19, 1919
Died	August 11, 1977 Calcutta, India
Occupation	Actor, Comedian

Jahar Roy (September 19, 1919 – August 11, 1977)^[1] was an Indian actor and comedian in Bengali cinema. He is most known for his comedy films with Bhanu Bandyopadhyay.

Though a character actor, Roy earned a substantial fan following. The actor, with his roly-poly build, was a frequent choice of directors who wanted to add comedy to serious movies. Roy's first major film roles were in Purbarag directed by Ardhendu Mukherjee, and in Anjangarh (1948) directed by Bimal Roy.^[1] Among his countless performances are Dhonny Meye, Chadmabeshi, and Bhanu Goenda Jahor Assistant. He acted in a couple of films under the direction of Satyajit Ray. Although a small role, Roy portrayad the male servant of Tulsi Chakrabarti in Parash Pathar. There was a meatier role in Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne where he played the role of a crooked war-mongering minister of an innocent and peace-loving king. He also performed the song Cho Cho Kya Sharam Ki Baat in Chhadmabeshi. At the end of his career, when he was ailing, he did a cameo in Ritwik Ghatak's autobiographical film Jukti Takko Aar Gappo.^[2]

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director
1947	Purbarag		Ardhendu Mukherjee
1948	Anjangarh		Bimal Roy
1953	Sharey Chuattar	Kamakhya	Nirmal Dey
1955	Upahar	Servant	Tapan Sinha
1955	Dashyumohan	Drug addict	Ardhendu Mukherjee
1957	Ulka	Tupey	Naresh Mitra
1958	Parash Pathar	Brajahari	Satyajit Ray
	Rajlakshmi O Srikanta	Sadhuji	Haridas Bhattacharya
	Bari Theke Paliye	Traffic policeman	Ritwik Ghatak
1962	Atal Jaler Ahwan	Jayantra's Servant	Ajoy Kar
1963	Palatak	Sudha's father	Tarun Majumdar
1965	Subarnarekha	Mukherjee	Ritwik Ghatak
1965	Abhaya O Srikanta	Mess owner	Haridas Bhattacharya
1966	Kal Tumi Aleya	Manager of medical home	Sachin Mukherjee
1967	Nayika Sangbad	Madhu	Agradoot
1969	Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne	Prime Minister of Halla	Satyajit Ray
1970	Nishipadma	Natabar	Arabinda Mukherjee
1971	Bhanu Goenda Jahor Assistant	Jahor Bandopadhyay	Purnendy Roychowdhury
	Dhonny Meye		Arabinbo Mukherjee
	Chhadmabeshi	Driver	Agradoot
1974	Jukti Takko Aar Gappo	Cameo	Ritwik Ghatak
	Jamalaye Jibanta Manush

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Cultural news from India 18. Indian Council for Cultural Relations. 1977. pp. 36–9.
↑ Mukherjee, Joy (11 August 2008). "Biography of Jahar Roy". Gomolo. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

External links

Jahor Roy at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Roy, Jahar
Alternative names
Short description	Indian actor
Date of birth	1919
Place of birth
Date of death	11 August 1977
Place of death	Calcutta, India

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