Tota Roy Chowdhury
Tota Roy Chowdhury is an Indian actor and martial artist based in Kolkata. He predominantly appears in Bengali and Hindi cinema. His notable roles include Feluda in the web TV series Feluda Pherot based on Satyajit Ray's Feluda series. He made his film debut with Prabhat Roy's National Award winning Bengali film "Lathi" (1996). His breakthrough role came with Rituparno Ghosh's National Award winning Bengali film "Chokher Bali" (2003). Career. Early career. During 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 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. After starring in a few commercially successful films, he was spotted by director Rituparno Ghosh and cast opposite Nandita Das in his film Shubho Mahurat. Breakthrough. Chowdhury was cast again opposite Aishwarya Rai in Rituparno's Tagore adaptation, "Chokher Bali". He won several awards, including the BFJA Award for the Best Actor. He did an extended cameo in the AR Murugadoss directed "Kaththi" which  introduced him into Tamil film industry. He also starred in the Sujoy Ghosh directed short film "Ahalya" alongside Soumitra Chatterjee and Radhika Apte. He played the role of Arun in the film ""; directed by Sujoy Ghosh opposite Vidya Balan, which got him noticed by the Hindi film industry. His second Hindi film "Indu Sarkar" directed by Madhur Bhandarkar was released in 2017. He was cast opposite Kirti Kulhari and his portrayal of the troubled government servant Navin fetched him recognition and praises. Industry veteran Anupam Kher tweeted 'Tota in Indu Sarkar is a brilliant piece of casting ‘ and Asutosh Gowariker  tweeted 'Superb performance by Tota Roy Choudhury ‘. His next film was Helicopter Eela where he was cast opposite Kajol. The film was directed by Pradeep Sarkar. His portrayal of the psychologically disturbed Arun fetched him good reviews. He was again sought after by the southern film industry and was cast as SSP Praveen Kumar in the Kannada film Ranchi. The film is directed by Shashikanth Gatti and co-stars Prabhu Mundkur. As of 2021, he is appearing in "The Girl on the Train", a Hindi remake of English film of the same name. The film co-starring Parineeti Chopra, Aditi  Rao Hydari and Kirti Kulhari has been produced by Reliance Entertainment.