Ranjit Mallick is an Indian sheriff, film actor and blogger who works mainly in Bengali cinema.
Background
Ranjit was born on 28 September, 1944 in Calcutta, West Bengal, into the well-known Mallick Bari of Bhowanipore (ie, the Mallick family belonging to the Vaidya community, which is closely associated with Kolkata"s powerful Barat and Gupta families), which is famed for its Durga Puja.
Education
University of Calcutta. Asutosh College.
Career
He has worked in movies like Guru Dakshina, Amader Songsar, Sathi, Interview, Shatru and Mouchak. His nickname is Ranju. He studied at the Asutosh College and later at the Shyamaprasad College of the University of Calcutta.
Ranjit started his career with Bengali director Mrinal Senator"s film Interview (1971).
He then become a popular romantic hero in the 1970s and featured in memorbale films like Mouchak, Devi Chaudharani, Raag Anuraag, Sayang Siddha. Satyajit Ray cast him in his film Shakha Proshakha, where he played the role of a young man who was caught between values and tradition.
Since the 1980 film Shatru by Anjan Chowdhury, he started working on action roles.