Arindam Roy

Arindam Roy (also spelled Arindam Ray) is a politician^[2] and actor who works predominantly in Odia cinema apart from a few Bengali films.^{[3][4][1][5][6]}

Arindam Ray
Born	Arindam Ray 29 March 1984 Cuttack, Odisha (formerly Orissa)[1]
Other names	Rontu, Muna
Occupation(s)	Actor, Politician
Years active	2006-present
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Biju Janata Dal
Spouse	Anupa Das
Children	1 (son)
Relatives	Ashok Kumar Das (father in law) Pranab Prakash Das (brother in law)

Personal life

Arindam Ray born to Gopal Chandra Ray in a Karan family.^[7] He married to Anupa Das, daughter of Ashok Kumar Das and younger sister of Pranab Prakash Das.^[8] In 2024 Odisha Assembly election, he contested Salipur Assembly constituency from Bharatiya Janata Party ticket & lost to Biju Janata Dal candidate in the margin of 7,594 votes.^[9]

Arindam Roy in April 2025.

Career

Arindam Roy is an Indian actor who works in the Odia film industry and Bengali film industry. When he went to Bengali Industry, he changed his stage name to Rishi before changing it back to his original name.^[10][11] Regarding his performance in the film Target Kolkata, a critic wrote that "Arindam Roy acted well, but if he wants to make a future in Tollywood, he needs to work on his Bengali diction".^[12] His Odia film Babu Bhaijaan was the last film before COVID19 pandemic. After pandemic his movie RAM released in silver screens. It was under his home banner Ratna films (4th movie under this banner).

Selected filmography

Year	Films	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Prema Rutu Asilare		Debut Film	[1]
2007	Kalishankar	Bikram		[1]
	To pain nebi mu sahe janama		Longest running movie in theatre
	Mu tate love karuchi
	E mana manena
	Lal tuku tuku sadhaba bohu		Horror movie
2008	Takkar	Arun	Bengali film	[5]
	Mu Sapanara Soudagara	Chandan
	Tomar Jonyo		Bengali film
2009	Olot Palot		Bengali film	[10]
	Path jadi na sesh hoy		Bengali Flim
	Mitare Mita			[1]
	Tume hi sathi mora
2010	Mon Niye		Bengali film
2011	Tu mo girl friend	Bunty
	Hero-Prem katha	Hero
	Criminal	Munna
	Piya Tumi	Akash	Bengali
2012	Gud Boy	Raja		[13]
	Raja Jhia Sathe Heigala Bhaba	Balaram Sahu (Balia)		[14]
	Parshuram			[13]
2013	Paribeni kehi alaga kari	Deba
	Target Kolkata		Bengali Film	[12]
	Ashok Samrat	Ashok, Samrat		[13]
	Mu raja tu rani	Biju
2015	Bhaunri	Nandu		[15]
	Ishq Tu Hi Tu	Raghu		[16]
	Love you hamesha	Raja
	Kalki			[1]
2016	Premare premare	Om
	Tora Dine Ku Mora Dine			[1]
2017	Romeo Juliet			[17]
	Shiva Not Out	Shiva
2018	Ishq Puni Thare			[18]
2020	Babu Bhaijaan			[19]
2023	R.a.m	Ram, Karan	Bilingual flim Odia & Bengali

Awards and nominations

• 2006: Won Odisha State Film Award for Best Actor for Prema Rutu Asilare (2006)^[1]
• 2012: Won ETV Odia Award for Best Actor for Raja Jhia Sange Heigala Bhaba(2012)
• 2013: Won Odisha State Film Award for Best Actor for "Mu Raja Tu Rani"(2013)
• 2014: Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Oriya) for Ashok Samrat (2013)^[20]