Jahar Roy
Acting
Biography
Jahar Roy was an Indian actor and comedian in Bengali cinema. He was known for his comedy films with Bhanu Bandyopadhyay.
Born: September 19, 1919
Place of Birth: Barishal, Bangladesh
Known For
Stree
During the liberation of India, an old-fashioned man must examine his priorities.
Dhanyee Meye
Bogola, the captain of a football team, travels to a village to play in a tournament. There, he meets and falls in love with Monosha. The president of the local football club tries to force Monosha and Bogola to marry to keep the tournament trophy in the family. However, their love prevails, and they can marry despite the opposition.
Sharey Chuattar
The owner of Annapurna boarding house facing an upcoming trouble for let in a girl in the boys hostel.
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
Goopy Gyne and Bagha Byne are banished from their respective villages for being bad musicians. However, with their skills, they succeed in pleasing the king of ghosts who grants them three boons. How will they succeed in preventing the war between Halla and Shundi which is looming large?
Chhadmabeshi
A romantic comedy, where a newlywed couple and their friend pulls a prank on the bride's unsuspecting elder brother and his wife. The groom poses as the driver for the family and the friend poses as the groom. What ensues is an all-time classic of Bengali Cinema.
The Philosopher's Stone
An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a stone that changes iron to gold on touch. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.
Chowringhee
Sata Bose, the receptionist of hotel Shahjahan and other crew members work hard to make the hotel first choice of the upper class for socializing in the city, just got the taste of freedom from British rule. The movie revolves around different characters - hotel employees to page 3 personalities dealing different human emotions. Although Sata Bose (played by Uttam Kumar) is the central character of the film, he is not the protagonist in many ways, rather the movie can be described as "hyperlink movie" made long ago than the term is coined.
Reason, Debate and a Story
Four men, each peculiar in his own way, embark on a quest to reason with the estranged wife of the protagonist. This is considered to be Ghatak's autobiographical film.
The Golden Thread
After an old college friend offers him a job at an iron foundry, the upright and honest Ishwar leaves a shanty town on the outskirts of Calcutta where he lives with a group of refugees from East Bengal. With plans to forge a solid living for himself, sister Sita and Abhiram, an orphaned boy he offers a home to, Ishwar is accused of selling out and deserting his people.
Runaway
Kanchan, all of eight years old, is always up to pranks and mischief in his village home. He finds his father a cruel demon who keeps his mother oppressed and imprisoned. In his dreams, the big city is El Dorado, until he reaches there.
Filmography
as Villager
as Baba Mustafa
as Gajanan
as Gobardhan Choudhury
as President of Cultural Program
as Driver
as Kabiraj (Village Doctor)
as Gobardhan Choudhury
as Jahar Banerjee
as Natabar
as Ashish's Guru
as Prime Minister of Halla
as (Special Appearence)
as Durga's Father
as Juno
as Anil
as Menaka's Uncle
as Drunk Man in the Party
as Mukherjee
as Panna Lal (Servant)
as Milk Seller
as Gopal
as Kalu
as Non-Bengali man
as Vichtragupta
as Bhajahari
as Paresh
as Darwan
as Kamakhya
as Rampratap