Chandan Roy Sanyal is an Indian actor and director. He mainly works in Hindi and Bengali films.
Wiki/Biography
Chandan Roy Sanyal was born on Wednesday, January 30, 1980 in Karol Bagh, New Delhi (age 40 years 2020). His zodiac sign is Aquarius. He graduated from Raisina Bengali High School, New Delhi. Later, he received an honors degree in mathematics from Zakir Hussain College, Delhi.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Eye color: black
Hair color: black
family and caste
He was born into a middle-class family in Bangladesh.
Parents and siblings
His mother’s name was Bandana Sanyal. He has a brother Abhishek Roy Sanyal who is a film director.
Abhishek Roy Sanyal’s brother
Relationships, wives and children
There is not much information about his love life.
Profession
During his graduation, he joined ‘Sic Macay’, a theater company owned by Habib Tanveer in New Delhi. He has acted in dramas such as “Mudara Rakshasa”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “Sakharam Binder Retold”, “Jis Lahore Nahin Vekhya” and “Charandas Chor”.
Chandan Roy Sanyal in theater performance
In 2006, he made his debut as an actor in the Bollywood film “Rang de Basanti”, in which he played a cameo role as Batukeshwar Dutt. He has appeared in several Bollywood films, including “Kaminey” (2009), “FALTU” (2011), “D-Day” (2013), “Prague” (2013), “Jazbaa” (2015) and “Jab” Harry” “Meet Sehgal” (2017).
Chandan Roy Sanyal in Kamini
Chandan Roy Sanyal in Prague
In an interview, when asked how he got the offer to star in the Bollywood film Kaminey (2009), he said,
I auditioned for Delhi Belly but didn’t get the role. The casting director remembered me and invited me to audition for the role of Mikhail in Kamini while the script was being written. So when I auditioned in front of Vishal sir, I had no script and just improvised for about 20 minutes. After some time, I auditioned again at Mr. Vishal’s office and then left for San Francisco for my play. I didn’t think I would get the role because a lot of big names were being considered for the role. 22 days later the casting director called me and told me that everyone was contacting me like crazy because I had been chosen to play Mikhail. In fact, they even incorporated things into it that I improvised during my first audition in the movie. “
Some of his Bengali films include Mahanagar@Kolkata (2010), Aparajita Tumi (2012), Ganesh Talkies (2013) and Rawkto Rawoshyo (2020).
In 2012, he appeared in the British film Midnight’s Children. In 2019, he appeared in the Hindi web series “Parchhayee” and “Bhram”.
Chandan Roy Sanyal as Pachhayee
favorite thing
- Actors: Sanjeev Kumar, Leonardo DiCaprio, Philip Seymour Hofma
- Films: Rangeela (1995), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Omkara (2006) and The Science of Sleep (2016)
- Bands: Radiohead, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd
Facts/Trivia
- His friends and family call him Raja.
- His hobbies include writing poetry and traveling.
- In an interview, when asked about his early life, he said
My mother is very hard. She even worked door to door to provide food for us – my brother and I – and to pay for our school fees during a very difficult time when my father was ill. ” My father was posted to Ludhiana in Punjab for work and I lived with my uncle’s family in Karol Bagh. My eldest mother (uncle) was a librarian. I was exposed to literature, philosophy Even common sense came through him. My second uncle worked in a factory. My youngest mother was a stylish young man with long hair and a fit body, not at all like the typical face of a middle-aged Bangladeshi man. He told me Introduced western music. I loved Satyajit Roy and Ritwik ghatak movies with my grandmother.”
- According to reports, he wanted to enter the Indian Institute of Technology after graduation, but failed.
- In an interview, he shared that when he dropped out of school, his father did not speak to him, saying,
My father hasn’t spoken to me in several years. I wanted to get into IIT, but when that didn’t happen, I joined (late) Habib Tanveer’s acting classes. It was a very difficult phase in my life because for a moment I felt like I had no one to go home to. If you know what I mean… for a struggler who stands up and fights every day in the big, bad world of Bollywood, that sounds pretty scary. “
- He learned the Chau dance form at the “Triveni Kala Sangam” academy of Bhumixeshwar Singh.
- While in college, he formed a theater group “Antara” with his friends.
- He studied chemistry and earned income by providing tuition to students during college. He shared his college life in an interview, saying:
The early days were chaotic, difficult and listless. I am studying Mathematics (Hons), teaching Mathematics and Science to school students and earning a meager salary of Rs 800 per month to pay for my drama classes, tickets and movies. I enrolled in a workshop organized by Habib Tanvir in Delhi and he found me passionate and hard working and invited me to join his Naya theater group where I joined as an actor, 50 rupees per show, 40 rupees per day. I took the bus to perform in small places for a year. I completed my graduation soon and left for Mumbai immediately. “
- He considers the famous Indian director Vishal Bhardwaj as his mentor and father figure.
- The play he directed, based on Vijay Tendulkar’s Sakharam Binder, won the ‘THESPO’ Award for Best Drama in 2004, and he also won the Best Actor award at the event.
- He was often spotted drinking and smoking at parties.
- He has a tattoo of Lord Krishna on his right bicep.
Tattoos of Chandan Roy Sanyal
- He follows a non-vegetarian diet.
Chandan Roy Sanyal’s Instagram posts
- He is an animal lover and owns a pet cat Rani and a pet dog Nimki.
Chandan Roy Sanyal and his pet dog
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