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Basanta Choudhury (also Chowdhury; 5 May 1928 – 20 June 2000) was an Indian actor in Bengali and Hindi films. He worked with directors Asit Sen, Rajen Tarafdar, Ajay Kar and Bijay Bose, often in leading roles. He is a former Sheriff of Kolkata.
Choudhury's collection of Kashmiri and Persian shawls were enviable. Director Satyajit Ray admired those collections and used for his masterpieces.




Birth and childhood


Basanta Chowdhury was born into an affluent Kayastha Zamindar Datta Chowdhury family of Andul, Howrah. In circa 1886, his great-great forefather Apurba Krishna Dutta Chaudhuri discontinued with the surname 'Dutta' and moved from his ancestral place Andul to Nagpur to practice law. He later became the Law Lecturer in the Morris College (the present-day Vasantrao Naik Government Institute of Arts and Social Sciences (VNGIASS)). His son was Phani Bhusan Chaudhuri, whose son Shiddhish Chandra Chowdhury. Shiddhish and Kamala Devi had two sons – Basanta & Prasanta. Both of them grew up in Nagpur. Basanta graduated from Morris college. In 1945 he completed his Matriculation Examination from Deena Nath High School Nagpur. After shifting to Kolkata, Chowdhury stayed in Ranikuthi in Tollygunge.
He was a numismatist i.e. an expert collector of Ganesha idols, rare coins, paper currency and was a collector of Kashmiri and Persian shawls.




Family tree and royal seal















Career



His first film was Mahaprasthaner Pathe by director Kartik Chattopadhay in 1952. Some of his memorable films are, Bhagaban Shri Krishna Chaitanya, Jadu Bhatta, Andhare Alo, Deep Jwele Jaai with Suchitra Sen, Anushtoop Chhanda, Abhaya O Srikanta, Raja Rammohan Roy, Diba Ratrir Kabya, Devi Chaudhurani. He was also involved with amateur theater and radio.




Filmography


1952: Mahaprasthaner Pathey – Probodh Kumar Sanyal
1952: Yatrik – Probodh Kumar Sanyal
1953: Bhagaban Shrikrishna Chaitanya – Sri Chaitanya
1953: Nabin Jatra Safar
1954: Jadubhatta (Bokul)
1955: Bhalobasa
1955: Du-janay
1955: Devimalini
1955: Aparadhi (Pather Sheshey)
1956: Shankar Narayan Bank
1956: Shubharatri (Chhaya Sangini; Govindadas; Rajpath)
1956: Basanta Bahar
1957: Harjit
1957: Andhare Alo – Satyendra
1957: Khela Bhangar Khela
1957: Madhumalati
1957: Shesh Parichay
1958: Jogajog
1959: Shashi Babur Sansar
1959: Deep Jwele Jaai – Tapash
1960: Parakh – Pro. Rajat Sen
1960: Khudha
1962: Bodhu
1962: Agnisikha
1962: Nav Diganta
1962: Sancharini
1963: Shreyasi
1964: Kashtipathar
1964: Anustup Chhanda
1965: Alor Pipasa
1965: Abhoya-o-Srikanta – Srikanta
1965: Gulmohar
1965: Raja Rammohun – Raja Rammohan Roy
1965: Eki Ange Eto Rup
1966: Uttar Purush
1966: Sankha Bela
1966: Susanta Sha
1969: Rahgir
1970: Megh Kalo
1971: Pratham Pratisruti – Raam Kaali
1971: Grahan
1974: Pranta Rekha
1974: Jadi Jantem
1974: Sangini
1974: Debi Chaudhrani – Bhabani Pathak
1975: Nishi Mrigaya
1975: Khudha
1976: Sankhabish
1977: Babu Moshai
1978: Parichay
1978: Mayuri
1979: Chirantan
1979: Jiban Je Rakam
1979: Heerey Manik
1980: Bhagya Chakra
1981: Kalankini
1982: Sonar Bangla
1983: Indira
1983: Deepar Prem
1985: Putulghar
1985: Baidurya Rahasya
1987: Antarjali Jatra – Yashobati's Father
1987: Maha Yatra
1988: Antaranga
1988: Sankhachur
1990: Sankranti
1990: Raktorin
1990: Ek Doctor Ki Maut – Dr. Ramanand
1991: Raj Nartaki
1992: Satya Mithya
1992: Hirer Angti
1992: Apon Ghar
1993: Kacher Prithvi
1994: Tabu Mane Rekho
1994: Dhusar Godhuli – (final film role)




Awards


In 1965, actor Chowdhury was awarded the Best Actor Prize for his film "Raja Rammohan" by B.F.J.A. In 1996, he also received Bangla Stage Centenary Star Theater award from Calcutta University. He had also acted in several Hindi films.
The actor had been the Sheriff of Kolkata. He was also appointed the Chairman of Nandan-West Bengal Film Centre in Kolkata.




Death


The actor suffered from lung cancer for quite some time. He died on 20 June 2000 in Kolkata.




References






External links


Basanta Choudhury at IMDb

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• Penghargaan Film Nasional India ke-28
• New Theatres
• Uttam Kumar
• Hirendranath Mukherjee
• Basanta Choudhury
• Parakh (1960 film)
• Basanta
• Krishnakoli
• Hirer Angti
• Baidurya Rahasya
• Anup Kumar (actor)
• List of people from Nagpur
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• Jadi Jantem