Chittaranjan Tripathy

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 acted in Hindi movies Delhi 6, Fantom, Sandar, Talvar, and Tera mera tedha medha. Tripathy has composed over 500 songs for plays.

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

Television