Birthday special: Did you know this about Chandan Roy Sanyal?

One of the most acclaimed actors, Chandan Roy Sanyal celebrates his birthday today. In his film journey of 16 years, he has delivered many stellar performances, starting with

Mikhail

in

Kaminey

to Bhopa Swami in

Aashram

. While we do know of his cinematic achievements, here’s some interesting trivia on the actor.

Debut with

Rang De Basanti

Not many know that Chandan Roy Sanyal made his acting debut with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Rang De Basanti. He played a small role in the film of Batukeshwar Dutt. It helped him bag his next project,

Vishal Bharadwaj

’s Kaminey and after that, there was no looking back.

Mathematics

Graduate
Chandan Roy Sanyal is a graduate in Mathematics, he received his degree from Zakir Husain Delhi College. He discovered his love for acting during his college days.

Animal Lover
The Aashram actor has unfaltering love for animals. He is a cat person and has three cute little cats named Rani, Pani, and Tintin. He frequently posts adorable pictures with these munchkins. The actor is amongst the first ones to raise his voice for compassion when disturbing incidents related to animal violence are reported.

Excellent Cook
Food is his first love and fusion cooking is his hidden talent. Chandan is an excellent cook and his Instagram gives us some insights into his master skill. The Bong at heart keeps posting pictures of famous and enticing Bengali dishes.

Filmmaker
Chandan has his own production house named Proscenium Film Company, under which he made his debut as a director for So Sicily (long-short) which was screened at various film festivals. The actor went ahead and backed other short films like Hiroshima, Azaad, Elementa, and In Between.