Tota Roy Chowdhury

Tota Roy Choudhury
Born	Pushparag Roy Choudhury 09th July 1976 Kolkata
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999 – present
Website
www.totaroychoudhury.com

Tota Roy Chowdhury (Bengali - টোটা রায়চৌধুরী, ţoţa raechoudhuri) is a Bengali Indian male actor of TV and films. An alumnus of Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong; he was brought up in strict discipline by the Irish-Catholic brothers. He represented his school in football, basketball and athletics. In his final year, he won the schools Best Athlete shield.He graduated from St. Xaviers College, Kolkata. In his 2nd year in college, he made up his mind to join the Indian Army and was preparing for the CDS exams when fate intervened and he was asked by the prominent director Prabhat Roy to play a small role in his film. That one film brought other offers and soon he decided to become a professional actor. He started off by playing minor negative characters who got beaten to pulp, by the hero, in Bengali potboilers. After a while he was so fed up of being typecast that he left movies entirely and concentrated on television. It is here that he first tasted success. He was spotted by the national award winning director Rituparno Ghosh and cast opposite Nandita Das in his film Subho Mahurat. In spite of the presence of such veteran artistes, such as Raakhee, Sharmila Tagore and Nandita in the film, Tota made his mark. He was cast again opposite Aishwarya Rai in Rituparno's Tagore adaptation, Chokher Bali. It was his breakthrough performance, which was hailed by both the critics and the cinegoers.He won several awards, including the prestigious BFJA Award for the Best Actor.

Filmography

• Taara (2010)
• Bolo Na Tumi Amaar (2010)
• Paran Jaye Joliya Re (2009)
• Angshumaner Chhobi (2009)
• Podokkhep (2007)
• Tintorettor Jishu 2008
• Golmaal 2008
• Mon Amour: Shesher Kobita Revisited 2008
• The Game: 90 Ghanta 2007
• Abhinetri 2006
• Dosar 2006
• Shunya E Buke 2005
• Ram Lakshman 2004
• Chokher Bali 2003
• Shiba 2002
• Shubho Mahurat 2002
• Satbhai 2000
• Swashurbari Zindabad 2000

Television series

• Andolan 1999
• Football 2000
• Ingeet 2001
• Ei Ghar, Ei Sansar 2008
• Ekhane Aakash Neel 2009
• Mukhosh Manush 2010

External links

• Tota Roy Chowdhury at the Internet Movie Database