Chandan Roy Sanyal is an Indian actor and director. He has mainly worked in Hindi and Bengali films.He is known for working in Rang De Basanti , Kaminey and Jab Harry Met Sejal .
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Chandan Roy Sanyal was born on Wednesday, 30 January 1980 (age 42 years; as in 2022), in Karol Bagh, New Delhi. His zodiac sign is Aquarius. He did his schooling from Raisina Bengali Senior Secondary School in New Delhi. After, he did an honours degree in Mathematics from Zakir Husain College, Delhi.He was born in a middle-class Bengali family.His mother’s name is Bandana Sanyal. He has one brother, Abhishek Roy Sanyal who is a film director.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Chandan Roy Sanyal
- Chandan Roy Sanyal was born and brought up in Delhi, India.
- His friends and family call him with his Nickname Raja.
- He formed a theatre group, ‘Antara’ along with his friends when he was in college.
- He worked in theatre plays and directed several plays. He says that,.
“I think theatre is the best training for an actor. Theatre actors have a tendency of going overboard in front of the camera. This is because they usually amplify their acting on stage to reach out to the last audience.”
- He considers the famous Indian director, Vishal Bhardwaj as his mentor and a father figure.
- On his right bicep he has got a tattoo inked of Lord Krishna.
- In 2004 he also won ‘Best Play’ and ‘Best Actor’ award for his directed play, Sakharam Binder Retold,written by Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar.
- He is an animal lover and owns a pet cat, Rani, and a pet dog, Nimki.
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- In 2020, he work in a web series, Aashram starred by Bobby Deol as Swami Bhupendra Sungh aired on MX player.
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- In 2022 he worked with Disney plus Hotstar web series named ‘Karm Yuddh’ directed by Ravi Adhikari.
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