Indrasish Roy

Indrasish Roy

Shooting still from Aamar Aami
Born November 15, 1986
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Bengali
Occupation Actor
Years active 2008–present
Notable work
Television

Indrasish Roy (Bengali: ইন্দ্রাশিস রায়) is a Bengali film and television actor.He first got noticed for playing the role of "Tintin" in mega serial Gaaner Opare.Later he was popularly acclaimed for playing the lead role of "Chandrakiran Chowdhury" the male protagonist of mega serial Adwitiya. He debuted on silver screen with Kaushik Ganguly's Rang Milanti,one of the most successful Bengali film of 2011.[1]

Career

Indrasish Roy started his career as an assistant director of a short film "And There Wasn't Ever After" at 2008.[2] He made his acting debut in television series Champion at 2009 on Akash Bangla where he played the character of an antagonist "Ronnie". At 2010 he got his major break in the famous cult classic Bengali mega serial Gaaner Opare where he played the role of "Tintin".[3] After that, he played the male lead character of Chandrakiran Chowdhury aka "Chand" in Adwitiya at 2011 on Star Jalsa.[4] He also did a small stint in mega serial Subarnalata[5] at 2012 on Zee Bangla where he played the character "Surnirmal".After his stints in television he moved on to the silver screen and has acted in films like Rang Milanti, The Play (film), Hrid Majharey, Aamar Aami,Chotushkone.

Gaaner Opare

Gaaner Oparey, a critically acclaimed Indian (Bengali) television serial was produced by Ideas Creations,the production house of Prosenjit Chatterjee .[6] It aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. It was an attempt to pay tribute to the Indian nobel laureate KabiGuru Rabindranath Tagore on his 150th birth anniversary. The concept and script was initially conceived by famous Indian director and actor Rituparno Ghosh.Debojyoti Mishra (Music Director), and noted personalities from the Bengali film industry like, Dipankar De, Sabyasachi Chakraborty and others like Mimi Chakraborty, Gaurav Chakraborty, Arjun Chakraborty , Anindita Bose were involved with the project.[7]

Indrasish portrayed the character of "Tintin"(Trinanjon Banerjee) in the serial, camera man working for Shohor TV channel.He was well appreciated for his witty,fun filled,energetic performance in the serial.[8]

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 on the backdrop of the Sunderbans, this serial holds the potential of standing apart from others. It has been scripted by Anuja Chattopadhyay,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 was tremendously appreciated by the audience with his outstanding performance, fetching him an award for Best Couple(along with Sohini Sarkar) at Star Jalsa Paribar Awards 2012.[9]

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.[10]

He played the character "Tito" in the film, an uber passionate film buff and an aspiring director with ambitious dreams of winning a Palme d'Or & an Oscar in the near future and is in love with an ad-agency employee Kamalika (Ridhima Ghosh).[11] He shared the screen with acclaimed actors like Churni Ganguly, Saswata Chatterjee and others like Gaurav Chakraborty, Gourab Chatterjee, Ridhima Ghosh, Tanaji Dasgupta.[12][13][14]

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.[15] The film was scripted and directed by Ranjay Ray Choudhury[16] and was presented by Magic Entertainments.The music was composed by Joy Sarkar.[17]

His role "Mainak" was that of an introvert 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.He shared the screen with actors like Rajesh Sharma and Mumtaz Sorcar with others.[18]

Hrid Majharey

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

Indrasish played the character of "Shubhro" [19] in the film, a charming, lively guy 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.[20]

Aamar Aami

Aamar Aami is a 2014 Bengali film directed by debutant director Orko Sinha[21] . This film deals with multiple wishes,desires and dreams of people living in the fast-paced city.The film featured actors like Rahul Banerjee, Biswanath Basu, Arunima Ghosh along with Indrasish Roy[22] and others.

Indrasish played the character "Soumya" in the film,[23] an aspiring young photographer with an engineering background who struggles to get a job in the media industry.

Other ventures

Apart from acting Indrasish is an active participant in Celebrity Cricket League under the team of Bengal Tigers and has performed consistently in the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 series as an all rounder player.[24] Indrasish is passionate about cricket since childhood and has been quoted saying "Getting into the shooting floor was by mistake.He was meant to be a Cricketer."[25]

Television Works

List of television works of Indrasish Roy

Year Serial Channel Role
2009 Champion Akash Bangla Ronnie
2010–11 Gaaner Oparey Star Jalsa Tintin
2011–12 Adwitiya Star Jalsa Chand
2012 Subarnalata Zee Bangla Sunirmal

Filmography

List of films of Indrasish Roy

Year Movie Director Role Notes
2011 Rang Milanti Kaushik Ganguly Tito Released on September 9, 2011
2013 The Play Ranjay Ray Choudhury Mainak Released on Decemder 6, 2013
2014 Hrid Majharey Ranjan Ghosh Shubhro Released on July 11, 2014
2014 Aamar Aami Orko Sinha Soumya Chowdhury Released on September 5, 2014
2014 Chotushkone Srijit Mukherji Ritwick Released on September 26, 2014
2015 Lorai:Play to Live Parambrata Chatterjee Deepnarayan Chowdhury Released on January 9, 2015

Upcoming Films

Year Movie Director Role Character Brief Notes
2015 Daaker Saaj Somnath Gupta Mainak A painter with substantial visions regarding life and artFilm under post-production
2015 Aagun Joydeep Mukherjee Badal An auto-driver who gets victimized to the darker side of the societyFilm under post-production
2015 Haar Maana Haar Debapratim Dasgupta Angshuman A very romantic young husband Film under post-production
2015 Fakebook Sanjay Bardhaan Vidyan An arrogant guy from Delhi who is passionate about girls and cars but v.protective about his sister Film scheduled to be released on May 15, 2015
2015 Untitled project Mainak Bhaumik - - Shooting will commence from December 2014

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Nag, Kushali (September 12, 2011). "Rang Milanti premiere". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India).
  2. ↑ "...And There Wasn't Everafter... (2008)".
  3. ↑ "Ganer Opare Serial Songs, Casting".
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Adwitiya, Star Jalsa Serial".
  5. ↑ "Subarnalata Zee Bangla Title Song Track, Cast, Story".
  6. ↑ Sengupta, Reshmi (May 28, 2010). "A soapy Tagore tribute". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India).
  7. ↑ "BENGALI SERIAL GANER OPARE". Retrieved April 14, 2011.
  8. ↑ "BENGALI SERIAL GANER OPARE". Retrieved April 14, 2011.
  9. ↑ Sreemita, Bhattacharya. "Indrasish on a high". The Times of India. Retrieved Aug 14, 2011.
  10. ↑ Nag, Kushali (September 8, 2010). "Colour me young". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India).
  11. ↑ "Rang Milanti - Cast, Songs". Retrieved 2011.
  12. ↑ "Film Preview: A First Look at Rang Milanti - Queen Of Hearts (Bengali, 2011) - Trailer, Poster, Synopsis". Supratim Sanyal. Retrieved 08/03/2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  13. ↑ "Kaushik Ganguly’s Rang Milanti (2011) Bengali Movie First Look".
  14. ↑ Priyanka, Dasgupta. "Bare truth about relationships". The Times of India. Retrieved Aug 23, 2011.
  15. ↑ "THE PLAY: A Mystery Murder Thriller Bengali Movie - Preview, Story, Poster, Trailer, Wallpaper at WBRi". Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  16. ↑ Ghosh, Madhusree. "I did not compromise on my vision: Ranjay It took the director two years to realize his big dream". The Times Of India Kolkata. Retrieved Nov 30, 2013.
  17. ↑ "New Kolkata Bangla Movie ‘The Play’ music Launched; "Music to be the film’s USP", says music director Joy Sarkar". Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  18. ↑ ""The Play" Bangla Movie: Characters and Story Preview from Dubbing Studio". Retrieved 04/01/2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  19. ↑ Majumder, Antara. "Cover Story". Ebela. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Tollywood's Happy Heart". Times of India. Retrieved June 12, 1014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  21. ↑ Dhar, Aniruddha. "Chena choritrogulor jonnoi sohojbodh". www.eisamay.com. Ei Samay. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  22. ↑ Ghosh, Bhaswati. "Aaj o taboo". Ei Samay. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  23. ↑ Ghosh, Debatri. "Moner manush". www.ebela.in. Ebela. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  24. ↑ "Celebrity Cricket League".
  25. ↑ Ghosh, Bhaswati. "Notun Pata". Ei Samay. Retrieved 2014-01-01.

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