Chittaranjan Tripathy (born in 1971) is an Indian actor, director, writer and music director who predominantly works in

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and Odia films. He is best known for his role as ''Trivedi'' in the

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series Sacred Games.

Early life and education

Tripathy was born in Chandabali in

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. He did his graduation from Ravenshaw College,

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& completed his

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from University of Hyderabad in 1992. Further, he acquired a Diploma in Acting from the prestigious NSD, Delhi in 1996. Actor

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was his batchmate there. He has done a specialization course in musical theater direction from Guildford School of Acting,

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under a ''Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship''.

Career

In 2007, Tripathy came to the Odia movie industry with his film Dhauli Express, for which he was producer, director, scriptwriter, music director, lyricist and playback singer. The film received three

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. He made another movie ''Mukhyamantri'' in 2009. Other than this he has made more than 50 plays, including the NSD Rep's premiere production of ''Taj Mahal Ka Tender'' (for which he directed as well as wrote lyrics and music). He has directed episodes of television soaps ''Dhund Legi Manjil Hume'', ''Ye isk he'', ''Jaani Pehchani Si Ajnabi'', ''Mano Ya Na Mano'', and ''Savdhan India''. He has acted in Hindi movies ''Delhi 6'', ''Fantom'', ''Sandar'', ''Talvar'', and ''Tera mera tedha medha''. Tripathy has composed over 500 songs for plays. His last success was playing the role of Trivedi in the popular

web-series '' Sacred Games''. He also played the negative character in the latest ALT Balaji and

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web-series M.O.M - Mission Over Mars (2019). In 2020, he starred in Odia movie ''Adrushyam'' made by S3 Movies along with Samaresh Routray, Saanu, Ankita Mishra and Lipsa Mishra. On 6 October 2023, Chittaranjan Tripathy became the Director of his own alma mater,

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Honours and awards

* 2007 - Mohana Sundara Dev Goswami Award - '' Dhauli Express'' * 2007 - Odisha State Film Award for Best Music Director - '' Dhauli Express'' * 2007 - Odisha State Film Award for Best Singer - '' Dhauli Express'' * 2016 - Odisha State Film Award for Best Comedian - ''Love You Jessica''

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

* 1971 births Living people People from Bhadrak district Indian male screenwriters 21st-century Indian people 21st-century Indian male actors Indian lyricists Odia film directors {{India-film-director-stub