Chinmoy Roy (1940–2019) was an Indian Bengali male actor. He was famous for his comic roles in
Bengali movies, though his versatility has allowed him to play a variety of roles.
Though he was known for portraying various character roles, Roy was equally at ease in portraying the famous fictional character
Tenida
Bhajahari Mukhujjee (Bengali: ভজহরি মুখার্জী), commonly known as Tenida (Bengali: টেনিদা) or Teni (see Tenida for ''da''), is a fictional native of Potoldanga in Calcutta, who appears in a number of short ...
on screen. He held his own among prominent performers like
Soumitra Chatterjee
Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 16 June 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of ...
,
Robi Ghose and
Tarun Kumar
Tarun Kumar (born 8 January 1980) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in few Tamil and Malayalam films. He has received three state Nandi Awards and the National Film Award for his works. H ...
in the comedies ''Basanto Bilap'', ''Dhonni Meye'', and ''Nanigopaler Biye''. He was also seen in a small role in
Satyajit Ray
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's ''
Goopy Gyne o Bagha Byne'', in which he portrayed a spy working for the Minister of Halla. Roy had to contend with chronic health problems. Nonetheless, he had been working on a script for a film called ''Sudama- The Half Man''. The film is directed by Indo-Australian director Rajib Ball, and Roy also planned on working on a few more scripts with the same director.
Death
Roy died at the age of 79 in
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
on 17 March 2019 at about 10:10 p.m., from a heart attack.
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Bengali male actors
Male actors in Bengali cinema
2019 deaths
Indian male film actors
20th-century Indian male actors
People from Comilla
1940 births
Maharaja Manindra Chandra College alumni
University of Calcutta alumni