Baton Baton Mein and Khoobsurat actor Ranjit Chowdhry passes away
Mumbai/IBNS: Actor Ranjit Chowdhry, who had won countless hearts with his comic relief tinged boy next door portrayal in evergreen Basu Chatterjee films like Khatta Meetha and Baton Baton Mein in late 70s, and later in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 1980 Rekha-starrer Khubsoorat, passed on Wednesday. He was 65.
The news of his passing away was shared on the social media by his half-sister and theatre artiste Raell Padamsee who posted a black and white image of Ranjit Chowdhry along with the news of his funeral and a memorial meeting on May 5.
Ranjit Chowdhry was more popular on television and theatre and had appeared in two episodes of The Office, as Vikram, a telemarketer who worked with Michael, and was briefly hired for The Michael Scott Paper Company.
He also played the character of Rocky in Deepa Mehta's 2002 film Bollywood/Hollywood and later he was seen in Last Holiday (2006), starring Queen Latifah.
Born and brought up in Mumbai in a family with a theatre background, he went to Campion School, Mumbai, and started his acting career. His father is from a Gujjar background, while his mother, Pearl Padamsee, was of Jewish descent.
He made his film debut in Basu Chatterjee's Khatta Meetha, following which he played prominent parts in Bollywood comedy classics such as Basu Chatterjee's Baton Baton Mein (1979) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Khubsoorat (1980).
Miss him - a real loss. https://t.co/1fx0kpth38
— Deepa Mehta (@IamDeepaMehta) April 16, 2020
He later moved to the United States in the early 1980s. He wrote the screenplay and acted in Sam & Me (directed by Deepa Mehta), which won an honorable mention at Cannes in 1991.
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