Chittaranjan Tripathy (born in 1971) is an Indian actor, director, writer and music director who predominantly works in Hindi and Odia films. He is best known for his role as Trivedi in the Netflix series Sacred Games.
Early life and education Tripathy was born in Chandabali in Odisha. He did his graduation from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack & completed his master's in sociology from University of Hyderabad in 1992. Further, he acquired a Diploma in Acting from the prestigious NSD, Delhi in 1996. Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui was his batchmate there. He has done a specialization course in musical theater direction from Guildford School of Acting, London 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 Odisha State Film Awards. 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 Netflix web-series Sacred Games. He also played the negative character in the latest ALT Balaji and ZEE5 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, National School of Drama.
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 YearFilmRoleDirectorNotes2007Dhauli ExpressMunna Bhai MBAChittaranjan Tripathy Story Writer, Director, Producer, Lyricist, Music Director 2009MukhyamantriNaidu BabuChittaranjan Tripathy Story Writer, Director, Producer, Lyricist, Music Director 2009Delhi 6Ramleela AnnouncerRakesh Omprakash Mehra2015PhantomPrisonerKabir Khan2015ShaandaarVinay AroraVikas Bahl2015TalvarBasuMeghna Gulzar2015Tera Mera Tedha MedhaMangalChittaranjan Tripathy2016Pramod Gupta J.E.Promod GuptaChittaranjan Tripathy2017Shubh Mangal SaavdhanMudit's fatherR.S. Prasanna2017MukkabaazShravan Railway BossAnurag Kashyap2017Jagga JasoosMr. BhaduriAnurag Basu2018Prem Kumar: Salesman of the yearSarojkantTapas Sargharia2019KanpuriyeDr. Mohan MishraAshish Aryan2020Indoo Ki JawaniUncle Pran LohaAbir Sengupta2022DasviTandon; IAS officer and Ganga Ram's secretaryTushar Jalota2024YodhaS N DhingraSagar Ambre, Pushkar OjhaDo PattiAdvocate KumarKanika Dhillon2025Songs of ParadiseTibbu JiDanish RenzuTere Ishk Mein ProfessorAanand L. Rai
Television YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes2018–presentSacred GamesTrivediNetflix2019M.O.M. - Mission Over MarsBinayak MohantyALTBalaji, ZEE52020–presentRaktanchalBechan SinghMX Player2021-Runaway LugaiDashrath PandeyMX Player2021-JholachhapJitenderMX Player2023-FarziLawyer KumarAmazon Prime
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