Ranjit Chowdhry Wiki, Age, Wife, Kids, Family, Net Worth, Cause of Death, Funeral, Obituary, Height and Instagram
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Ranjit Chowdhry Biography – Ranjit Chowdhry Wiki
Ranjit Chowdhry was an Indian actor, known for his roles in television and theatre. He was featured in two episodes of The Office, as Vikram, a telemarketer who worked with Michael, and was briefly hired for The Michael Scott Paper Company. For his role as Rocky in Deepa Mehta’s 2002 film Bollywood/Hollywood, he was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role at the 23rd Genie Awards. He had another notable role recently in 2006 in the film Last Holiday starring Queen Latifah.
He was raised in a family with a theatre background, and therefore he received his early education at Campion School, Mumbai, and started his acting career. He made his film debut in Basu Chatterjee’s Khatta Meetha, and thereafter he played prominent parts in Bollywood comedy classics such as Basu Chatterjee’s Baton Baton Mein (1979) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Khubsoorat (1980). He later went to live in the United States in the early 1980s. He wrote and also was cast as an actor in the screenplay Sam & Me which was directed by Deepa Mehta and the play managed to win an honorable mention at Cannes in 1991.
Ranjit Chowdhry Age
He was born on September 19, 1955, in Mumbai, India and died on April 15, 2020, at the age of 64.
Ranjit Chowdhry Parents
He was the son of Pearl Padamsee a well-known theatre personality, drama teacher and actress on stage and film and his stepfather, Alyque Padamsee, was a theatre actor and director who also headed an advertising company in Mumbai.
Ranjit Chowdhry Wife
He was engaged to the late actress Preeti Ganguly. Although when he died, he is said to have a wife in New York.
Ranjit Chowdhry Children
According to outlook, he has 16 – year old son in New York. The details of his child are however not revealed.
Ranjit Chowdhry Death
He died on April 15, 2020, in Mumbai. The news of his death was shared by his half-sister who is also a theatre artist known as Raell Padamsee on her Instagram account, with a picture of the deceased that read, “Actor, writer, maverick… we will miss you.”
Raell also announced that the funeral will be held today while the prayer meet will happen once the lockdown gets over. She wrote, “For all those who knew Ranjit, the funeral will be held tomorrow and a gathering to celebrate his life and share his stories on May 5. With love, Raell.”
His step-father, Alyque Padamsee, in his memoir – A Double Life: My Exciting Years in Theatre and Advertising, mentioned, “Ranjit, my foster son, has always been a delightful sprite of a human being. An impish person, both in size and personality, he’s quick-witted and charming, and has carved out an impressive international film career for himself as Ranjit Chowdhry.”
Ranjit Chowdhry Cause of Death
He got a ruptured ulcer in the intestine which happened on April 14, 2020. They operated on him but he succumbed to his death in hospital.
Ranjit Chowdhry Net Worth
Ranjit Chowdhry’s net worth is still being updated.
