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Arijit Dutta is a Bengali entrepreneur and actor. He is well known for his work in Madras Cafe as Mallaya. Arijit was born on 17 October to Late Mr. Ashim Dutta and mother Mrs. Purnima Dutta. He did his primary schooling at St. Xaviers School, Kolkata. He went to St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling. He graduated from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India.He has an MBA degree from International Institute of Management Science, Kolkata.

Arijit was the chairman of Exhibitor Section of EIMPA in 1997, 1998 and 1999. He is associated with FICCI- Entertainment Committee since 1998. From 2000 to 2011, he was the Vice President of EIMPA (Eastern India Motion Pictures Association). He is the chairman of Entertainment Committee at Indian Chamber of Commerce. He was also the Vice President of Film Federation of India in 2011-2012. He is also a Member of Executive Committee at EIMPA. He was also the United Nations Representative from India for the first Ethiopian Film Initiative Convocation in Addis Ababa. He has also represented in four North American Bengali Conference at San Francisco, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and Washington. He was the President of West Bengal Chapter- Forum for People Rights in 2011-12.

Arijit also has a production house called Priya Pictures under which various movies and theatrical releases takes place. They include Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne of Satyajit Ray, Pratiwandi, Chutti by Arundhati Devi that won All President’s Gold Medal and is internationally acclaimed. He owns the first online cinema of East India named Priya Pictures with Digital Dolby Systems, Computerised Booking, and Christie Projection Systems.

An Iconic and versatile man, who holds the heritage of Bengali Cinema without overwriting it. He has done 30 plus cameo roles in Bengali cinema. He appeared in movies like Abar Araney, Bow Barreck Forever, Agatobash, Khela, Dhaki, and many more. His first appearance in Hindi movie was in Madras Cafe as Mallaya which gained him a lot of appreciation.

Most importantly a Man like a Lion’s walk and Tiger’s roar is humble, down to Earth and never carries any type of Air with him.