Ranjay Ray Choudhury

Ranjay Ray Choudhury
Born (1979-01-14) 14 January 1979 (age 45)
Kolkata, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)director
Producer
Photographer
Years active2000–present
Notable workThe Play
Websitehttp://www.ranjayraychoudhury.com/

Ranjay Ray Choudhury (Bengali: রণজয় রায় চৌধুরী) commonly known as Ranjay RC is a film director, photographer and artist. He debuted his directorial venture with 2013 Bengali film The Play.[1]

Career

Ranjay started his career as an artist and has presented solo painting exhibitions on Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (2004)[2] and Michael Jackson (2009)[3] at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata. At 2010 he shifted to direction with a short film 32 Canal Street.[4] His first venture of a full-length feature film is the Bengali film The Play in 2013. He also wrote the story and screenplay of this film.[5] The film features Rajesh Sharma, Indrasish Roy, Mumtaz Sorcar, Rajdeep Gupta and Sampurna Chakraborty in the lead roles.[6] The music and the background score of The Play has been composed by Joy Sarkar.[7][8] The film revolves around a theatre group where the entire theatre group is devastated by a series of murders.[9] The filming began in December 2012 and was wrapped up by January 2013. The film was released on 6 December 2013.[10]

Filmography

Videography

Documentary Film

Short films

References

  1. ^ "THE PLAY: A Mystery Murder Thriller Bengali Movie – Preview, Story, Poster, Trailer". Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Time out / Art". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 August 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2004.
  3. ^ "Timeout/Verse on canvas". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  4. ^ Chatterjee, Soma.A. "Unravelling the mystery". Express India. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  5. ^ Ghosh, Madhusree. "I did not compromise on my vision: Ranjay It took the director two years to realize his big dream". Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  6. ^ Ghosh, Debatri. "Crime,Thriller". Ebela. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  7. ^ ""The Play" Bangla Movie: Characters and Story Preview from Dubbing Studio". washingtonbanglaradio. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  8. ^ "New Kolkata Bangla Movie 'The Play' music Launched; "Music to be the film's USP", says music director Joy Sarkar". Archived from the original on 21 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  9. ^ "'The Play' centres round English theatre in Kolkata: Mumtaj". Business Standard. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  10. ^ Ghosh, Madhusree. "Tolly stars play it up". Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

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