Odisha’s Chittaranjan Tripathy becomes new director of NSD
The Sacred Games fame Chitta Ranjan Tripathy, originally hails from Chandbali in Odisha's Bhadrak district, is the first person from the state to hold the prestigious position.
Bhubaneswar: Odisha born actor and director Chittaranjan Tripathy becomes new NSD Director. The Sacred Games fame Chitta Ranjan Tripathy, originally hails from Chandbali in Odisha’s Bhadrak district, is the first person from the state to hold the prestigious position.
Chittaranjan Tripathy is an actor, director, Writer and music director who predominantly works in Hindi and Odia films. He also acted & directed several Bollywood and Ollywood movies, But he is best known for his role as ‘Trivedi’ in the Netflix series Sacred Games.
Tripathy was born in Chandabali in Odisha. He completed his MA in Sociology at the University of Hyderabad and, in 1996, a Diploma in Acting at the National School of Drama in Delhi. He’s the batchmate of famous Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
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.
He is known for 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.