Tota Roy Chowdhury is a Bengali

Bengali people

The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...

 India

India

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n male actor of TV

Television in India

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 and films. An alumnus of Goethals Memorial School

Goethals Memorial School

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, Kurseong

Kurseong

Kurseong is a hill station situated in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.Located at an altitude of 1458 metres , Kurseong is just 30 km from Darjeeling...

; 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
  Angshumaner Chhobi
  Angshumaner Chhobi is the debut feature film of Atanu Ghosh which was premiered at the 40th International Film Festival of India, Goa. It was selected in the Competitive Section of the festival, one of the two Indian entries.-Plot:...
  
   (2009)
• Podokkhep (2007)
• Tintorettor Jishu
  Tintorettor Jishu
  Tintorettor Jishu is a mystery novel by Satyajit Ray about an adventure of Feluda. A movie directed by Sandip Ray has been made based on the story . An extensive shoot schedule at Hong Kong during May 2008 takes Feluda movies to a new height...
  
    2008
• Golmaal
  Golmaal
  Golmaal may refer to:*Golmaal , Bengali film*Golmaal , Hindi/Urdu comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty.*Golmaal Returns, Hindi/Urdu film sequel to Golmaal *Golmaal 3, Hindi/Urdu films sequel to Golmaal...
  
    2008
• Mon Amour: Shesher Kobita Revisited
  Mon Amour: Shesher Kobita Revisited
  Mon Amour: Shesher Kobita Revisited is a Bengali film directed by Subhrajit Mitra. The story is by Kaberi Chatterjee. The title is in French, Bengali and English...
  
   2008
• The Game: 90 Ghanta 2007
• Abhinetri
  Abhinetri
  Abhinetri is a 1970 Hindi film produced and directed by Subodh Mukherjee. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Nirupa Roy, Nazima, Asit Sen and Deb Mukherjee...
  
    2006
• Dosar
  Dosar
  Dosar is a Bengali movie released in 2006. Produced by Arindam Chaudhuri and directed by Rituparno Ghosh, the black-and-white film won the National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention for the lead role portrayal by Prosenjit Chatterjee...
  
    2006
• Shunya E Buke  2005
• Ram Lakshman
  Ram Lakshman
  Ram Lakshman is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist.-References: The story is about the relationship between Ram and Lakshman ....
  
    2004
• Chokher Bali
  Chokher Bali
  Chokher Bali , literally Sand of the Eye, equivalent to eyesore, is a Bengali novel written by Rabindranath Tagore in the early twentieth century.-Plot:...
  
    2003
• Shiba
  Shiba
  Shiba could refer to:* Shiba Inu, a breed of dog* Shiba, Tokyo, a former ward of Tokyo, Japan* Shiba Park in Tokyo* Ryotaro Shiba—author* Kūkaku Shiba, Ganju Shiba and Kaien Shiba—fictional characters in Bleach...
  
    2002
• Shubho Mahurat
  Shubho Mahurat
  Shubho Mahurat is an award-winning Indian Bengali feature film directed by Rituparno Ghosh. The film is based on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple story The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side.-Plot:...
  
   2002
• Satbhai  2000
• Swashurbari Zindabad  2000

On Television Series

• [Andolan] 1999
• [Football] 2000
• [Ingeet] 2001
• [Ei Ghar, Ei Sansar] 2008
• khane Aakash Neel]2009

• Mukhosh Manush 2010

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