Ranjit Chowdhry

Ranjit Chowdhry

Ranjit Chowdhry (alternate spellings: Ranjit Chowdhary / Ranjit Chowdhury) is an actor of Indian descent, with around forty movies and television performances to his credit, besides acting in theatre as well [ [http://www.offoffonline.com/reviews.php?id=1361 Slowly, With Love] "Rafta Rafta", Theatre Review, May 3, 2008.] . Varied spellings of his names have been used in credits.

For his role as Rocky in "Deepa Mehta's" 2002 film Bollywood/Hollywood, he was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role at the 23rd Genie Awards [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/33249599.cms Bollywood Hollywood gets 5 Genie nominations] "Times of India", Jan 3, 2003,] [ [http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20030103-1.html Article describing a movie with Ranjit nominated for an award] Jan 3, 2003.] His other most noted role, in recent times has been, Queen Latifah starrer, Last Holiday (2006), [ [http://in.rediff.com/movies/2006/jan/13ranjit.htm Interview with Ranjit Chowdhry including a photograph] "Rediff.com", January 13, 2006.] .

Biography

Ranjit was born and brought up in Mumbai in a family with theatre background, where he received his early education at Campion School, Mumbai and started his acting career. He made his debut with Basu Chatterjee's "Khatta Meetha", following with he played prominent parts in the Bollywood comedy classics such as Basu Chatterjee's "Baton Baton Mein" (1979) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's,"Khubsoorat" (1980). Thereafter, he moved to the USA in the early 1980s. He wrote the screenplay and acted in Sam & Me (directed by Deepa Mehta) which won an Honorable Mention at Cannes in 1991.

Personal life

His mother, Pearl Padamsee, was well-known theatre personality, drama teacher and actress on stage and film. His stepfather, Alyque Padamsee is an advertising maven and directs and acts in plays.

Filmography

* Khatta Meetha (1978)
* Baton Baton Mein (1979)
* Khubsoorat (1980)
* Mississippi Masala (1991)
* Bandit Queen (1994)
* Autumn in New York (2000)
* Bollywood/Hollywood (2002)
* Kaante (2002)
* Last Holiday (2006)

References

External links

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* [http://in.rediff.com/movies/2006/jan/13ranjit.htm Interview with Ranjit Chowdhry including a photograph]
* [http://www.filmsandtv.com/searchmovie.php?q=Ranjit%20Chowdhry List and brief descriptions of ten movies]
* [http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/archives/wfilmakers_ma99.html Review of two Deepa Mehta movies and Chowdhry's performance]
* [http://www.bollyvista.com/article/a/84/6376 News item mentioning Ranjit]


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