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Jahar Ray

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Birth 19 september 1919
Death 11 august 1977 (at 57 years) at Kolkata (Inde)

Jahar Roy (September 19, 1919 – August 11, 1977) was an Indian actor and comedian in Bengali cinema. He was known for his comedy films with Bhanu Bandyopadhyay.

Roy earned a substantial fan following even though he was a character actor. And all thanks to his roly-poly build, he was a frequent choice of directors who wanted to add comedy to serious movies. Roy's first major film roles were in Purbarag directed by Ardhendu Mukherjee, and in Anjangarh (1948) directed by Bimal Roy. Among his countless performances are Dhonny Meye, Chadmabeshi and Bhanu Goenda Jahor Assistant. He acted in a couple of films under the direction of Satyajit Ray. Although a small role, Roy portrayed the male servant of Tulsi Chakrabarti in Parash Pathar. There was a meatier role in Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne where he played the role of a crooked war-mongering minister of an innocent and peace-loving king. He also performed the song Cho Cho Kya Sharam Ki Baat in Chhadmabeshi. At the end of his career, when he was ailing, he did a cameo in Ritwik Ghatak's autobiographical film Jukti Takko Aar Gappo.

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Filmography of Jahar Ray (12 films)

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The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha, 2h12
Directed by Satyajit Ray
Origin Inde
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Musical
Themes Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Superhero films, Musiques du monde, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Tapen Chatterjee, Rabi Ghosh, Santosh Dutta, Jahar Ray, Chinmoy Roy
Roles Prime Minister of Halla
Rating86% 4.338954.338954.338954.338954.33895
Le chanteur Goopy et le percussionniste Bagha, tous deux chassés de leurs villages respectifs à cause de leurs horribles prestations, font connaissance dans la forêt. Là, ils rencontrent le roi des fantômes, qui content d'eux leur accorde trois vœux. Pour les rendre effectifs, ils doivent en même temps prononcer leur souhait et se frapper la main mutuellement. Munis du pouvoir d'obtenir de la nourriture par magie, de chaussures qui les emmènent instantanément là où ils veulent et surtout d'une merveilleuse habileté au chant et aux percussions, nos deux héros entament un périple fantastique qui les mène à la Cour d'un roi dont ils gagnent les faveurs en remportant un tournoi musical. Ils parviendront à empêcher le déclenchement d'une guerre imminente entre les États voisins de Shundi et Halla, pourtant dirigés par deux frères, mais dont l'un est sous l'influence néfaste d'un magicien qui a du reste également ensorcelé toute la population en la rendant muette. De fil en aiguille, grâce à leur habileté, les deux héros vont combattre les forces du mal et rétablir l'harmonie entre les frères et les royaumes, obtenant même de chacun la main d'une princesse.
Chowringhee, 2h1
Genres Drama
Actors Supriya Choudhury, Uttam Kumar, Utpal Dutt, Biswajit Chatterjee, Jahar Ray, Subhendu Chatterjee
Rating73% 3.6668753.6668753.6668753.6668753.666875
The movie revolves around the experiences of the characters the author Shankar (played by Subhendu Chatterjee) meets while working at one of the large and reputed hotels of Kolkata, Hotel Shahjahan. At the end of the movie, most of the characters experience tragedy, in one form or another.
Miss Priyangbada
Genres Comedy
Actors Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, Tarun Kumar, Jahar Ray, Lily Chakravarty

Biltu [বিল্টু](Tarun Kumar) is a very honest, sincere, and energetic young man, who stays at a boarding house Pantha Nibas. Biltu loves Doli [ডলি]. Her maternal uncle is the only guardian. A neighbor of Biltu comes to her uncle and informs that Doli and Biltu likes each other. Doli’s uncle then decides to arrange her marriage as soon as possible. He contacts his business friend and finalises the groom, who is one of his friend’s son. After listening this news, Biltu seeks for help from his friends. One of them eventually enters the house as a nurse (with false name Priyambada, played by Bhanu Bandyopadhyay) to take care of Doli and another friend is appointed as the house guard. Meanwhile, Doli’s uncle proposes Miss Priyambada. After have some hilarious incidents, Biltu weds Doli and lives happily together.
The Golden Thread, 2h19
Directed by Ritwik Ghatak
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Actors Abhi Bhattacharya, Bijon bhattacharya, Madhabi Mukherjee, Ritwik Ghatak, Gita Dey, Jahar Ray
Rating73% 3.6843853.6843853.6843853.6843853.684385
The film tells the story of Ishwar Chakraborty (Abhi Bhattacharya), a Hindu refugee from East Pakistan after the 1947 partition of India. He goes to West Bengal with his little sister Sita (Indrani Chakrabarty) where he tries to start a new life. In a refugee camp, they see the abduction of a low-caste woman and Ishwar takes her little son Abhiram (Sriman Tarun) with him. He gets a job at a factory in the province, near the river Subarnarekha.
Runaway
Runaway (1958)
, 2h4
Directed by Ritwik Ghatak
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Kali Banerjee, Jahar Ray, Bijon bhattacharya, Jayanta Chattopadhyay
Rating80% 4.00194.00194.00194.00194.0019
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, till he reaches there. But the glimpses of reality are harsher and the victims he meets give him a different view of the city. He himself has to struggle for survival and experiences life as it is, only to go back to his village home. This time as a mature person and with the realization that his father is no demon after all, but yet another victim struggling with poverty and still a loving father.
The Philosopher's Stone, 1h51
Directed by Satyajit Ray
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Kali Banerjee, Chhabi Biswas, Pahari Sanyal, Tulsi Chakraborty, Jahar Ray, Santosh Dutta
Rating75% 3.78993.78993.78993.78993.7899
Paresh Chandra Dutt (Tulsi Chakrabarti), a middle-class bank clerk in Kolkata, attends a charity match on a rainy day rather reluctantly. At Curzon Park (modern-day Surendranath Park), where the match is apparently to be held, he finds a small, round stone. Thinking it is a marble, he gives it to his nephew. The child discovers that it turns metal into gold (i.e. it is the Philosopher's stone).
Bhanu Pelo Lottery
Actors Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, Jahar Ray, কমল মিত্র
Roles Jahar
Rating68% 3.41963.41963.41963.41963.4196
Bhanu Chitrakar (Bhanu Bandopadhyay) is a village-based clay modellist who earns a living selling earthen toys and singing. One day, he is presented a ticket for the Luck Velky Lottery by his Kolkata-based friend Jahar (Jahor Roy), with the first prize for the lottery standing at Rs 395,000. While Bhanu initially refuses to accept the ticket, he is finally coaxed into buying them, and goes to bed with the ticket stuck to his chest expecting the telegram announcing him as the winner to arrive anytime the next morning.