---
name: "Charu Roy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charu-roy"
fi1m_id: "charu-roy"
imdb_id: "nm0746958"
tmdb_id: 114322
wikidata_id: "Q22212814"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 September 1890"
died: "28 September 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:11:31.907881+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charu Roy

## Identity

Charu Roy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charu-roy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charu-roy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0746958
- **TMDB ID:** 114322
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22212814
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charu_Roy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22212814, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746958/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/114322

Actor. Born 6 September 1890 in Berhampore, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]. Died 28 September 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 September 1890, Berhampore, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
- **Died:** 28 September 1971
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charu_Roy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22212814, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746958/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/114322

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*A Throw of Dice*](https://film.one/film/a-throw-of-dice.md) (81)

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## Biography

Charu Roy (6 September 1890 – 28 September 1971) was an Indian actor, film director, painter and cultural figure. Born in Berhampore in the Bengal Presidency, he graduated in geology from Presidency College, Calcutta, and trained as a painter in the Bengal School tradition.

He appeared as an actor in the silent Indo-German productions *Shiraz* (1928), in which he played Prince Khurram (later Emperor Shah Jahan), and *A Throw of Dice* (1929), in which he played King Ranjit. Roy also worked as a costume designer on *Prem Sanyas* (1925) and later directed films including *Bigraha* (1930), *Bangalee* (1936) and *Pathik* (1939).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Throw of Dice* (1929), Fi1m 81, as King Ranjit — [page](https://film.one/film/a-throw-of-dice.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bangali* (1936), Director
- *Daku Ka Ladka* (1935), Director
- *Rajnati Basantasena* (1934), Director, Story
- *A Throw of Dice* (1929), as King Ranjit — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/a-throw-of-dice.md)
- *Shiraz: A Romance of India* (1928), as Prince Khurram
- *The Light of Asia* (1925), Costume Design
- *The Loves of a Mughal Prince 1928*, Co-Director

## Gallery

- ![Actress Seeta Devi and Charu Roy kissing in the Indian silent film A Throw of Dice (1929).](https://film.one/media/person/3851124/gallery-ad63203f9e75.jpg) Actress Seeta Devi and Charu Roy kissing in the Indian silent film A Throw of Dice (1929). — Emil Schünemann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Seeta-devi-first-bollywood_kiss.JPG/1280px-Seeta-devi-first-bollywood_kiss.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Charu Roy](https://film.one/media/person/3851124/gallery-5f4911ee5f28.jpg) Charu Roy — AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Charu_Roy%2C_and_Seeta_Devi_in_the_1929_film%2C_Prapancha_Pasha_%28A_Throw_of_Dice%29%2C_directed_by_Franz_Osten.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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