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Indian Bengali film and television actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paran Bandopadhyay[α] (alternate spelling Paran Bandyopadhyay[β] or Paran Banerjee[γ]) is an Indian Bengali film, television and stage actor based in Kolkata. He has worked with Bengali film director Sandip Ray, the son of filmmaker and author Satyajit Ray.
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Paran Bandopadhyay | |
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Bandopadhyay in July 2010 | |
| Born | 18 October 1940 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Actor Government of West Bengal employee (Retd.) |
Bandopadhyay has roots in Hindmotor, West Bengal. His mother died when he was young and his father left home. After that, he was brought up by his paternal aunt in Dum Dum. He did his primary schooling from Deep Chand School in Hindmotor. He graduated from the City College at the University of Calcutta.[1] In his childhood, Bandopadhyay participated in one-act plays in their neighborhood. He has also acted in some plays of the Indian People’s Theatre Association. In 1962, he joined Government of West Bengal in the Department of Public Works Roads.[2]
Bandopadhyay retired from his Government job in 2000.[citation needed] At that time he was 60 years old.[citation needed] He was discovered by Sandip Ray in the late 1990s and his first work was a TV short named Shadhon Babur Shondeho, based on a story by Satyajit Ray and which was a part of a TV film series named Satyajiter Gappo in 1998. The series was made for DD Bangla.[citation needed]
Between 2000 and 2010, Bandopadhyay acted in more than 35 films.[2] Some of his films are Bombaiyer Bombete (2003), Chiradin Chirakal (2016) Tintorettor Jishu (2008), Gosainbaganer Bhoot (2011), Royal Bengal Rahashya (2011), Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy (2012), Badshahi Angti (2014), Cinemawala (2016) and Double Feluda (2016).[citation needed]
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