Khaled Choudhury (20 December 1919 – 30 April 2014) was a theatre personality and artist of Bengal. He worked for various directors of both Bengali and Hindi plays, including Sombhu Mitra, Tripti Mitra, and Shyamanand Jalan in various capacities — creating the Stage, sets and costumes and later as music director. He was a bachelor. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to theatre in India's Republic Day Honours List on 26 January 2012. He died on 30 April 2014 in Kolkata.
Khaled Choudhury was born on 20 December 1919 in Karimganj, which was then in undivided Assam, a State of British India. His father was Chandranath Dutta Choudhury and his mother was Hem Nalini. His grandmother's brother, Gurusaday Dutt, had named him Chirakumar, but his father later changed the name to Chiraranjan Dutta Choudhury. This name he changed in 1943 to Khaled Choudhury (though he did not change his religion), as a consequence of strained relationship with his father. He moved to Kolkata (then Calcutta) in 1945. He died there after an illness on 30 April 2014.
In 1945, he joined the Bharatiya Gananatya Sangha (Indian People's Theatre Association). He joined Bohurupee in 1953.
List of plays in which Khaled Choudhury had been involved primarily as Stage Director are:
1953 Dharmaghat directed by Sombhu Mitra;
1954 Rakta Karabi directed by Sombhu Mitra, as Music & Stage Director as well as Costumes Director;
1955 Swargiya Prahasan directed by Amar Gangopadhyay;
1955 Angshidaar directed by Amar Gangopadhyay;
1957 Daakghar directed by Tripti Mitra;
1958 Putul Khela directed by Sombhu Mitra;
1969 Barbar baanshi directed by Sombhu Mitra;
1970 Kingbadanti directed by Tripti Mitra;
1971 Pagla Ghora directed by Sombhu Mitra;
1972 Gandaar directed by Tripti Mitra;
1988 Jajaati directed by Kumar Roy;
1959 Gotraantar directed by Bijon Bhattacharya;
1966 Debigarjan directed by Bijon Bhattacharya;
1960 Krishnachura directed by Shekhar Chattopadhyay;