Ananta Singh

Ananta Lal Singh (1 December 1903 - 25 January 1979) was an Indian revolutionary, who participated in the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930. Later, he founded a far-left radical communist group, the Revolutionary Communist Council of India.

The role of Singh was played by actor Maninder Singh in the 2010 Hindi film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey , Jaideep Ahlawat in the 2012 film Chittagong and Jeet in the 2026 film Keu Bole Biplobi Keu Bole Dakat.

Introduction Ananta Singh was born on 1 December 1903 at Chittagong. His father's name was Golap (Gulaab) Singh. Singh's grandparents were Punjabi-speaking Rajputs who migrated from Agra and settled in Chittagong. He met Surya Sen while he was studying in the Chittagong Municipal School and became his follower. later renamed the Revolutionary Communist Council of India in Calcutta. The members of this group conducted a number of bank robberies in Calcutta in order to raise funds for buying arms and ammunitions. This period of his life is very controversial. In the late 1960s there were regular robberies in various banks in Calcutta where, Ananta Singh's name featured. There were series of writings in local papers and the Bhadralok who in those days was still remembering and revering the revolutionary nationalists were quite upset to learn about his deeds. Finally, along with most of the members of the group, he was arrested from their hideout in a forest near Jaduguda in the present-day Jharkhand state in 1969. He was imprisoned till 1977. He was suffering from cardiac problems during his imprisonment and died within a short period of time after his release.

In popular media

Indian film director Ashutosh Gowariker made the film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010) about Surya Sen's life. Actor Maninder Singh played the role of Ananta Singh in the film. The National Award-winning Hindi film Chittagong, which was based on the Chittagong armoury raid, had Jaideep Ahlawat portraying Singh. In 2026, the Bengali filmmaker Pathikrit Basu directed Singh's biopic Keu Bole Biplobi Keu Bole Dakat, starring Jeet in the lead. Eponymous with his autobiography, the film showcased upon his participation in the Chittagong armoury raid against the British colonial rule in the 1930s, to a radical justice seeker and successful film producer in the 1960s.