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Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee

Actor · Born 1935-01-19 · Krishnanagar, Bengal Presidency, British India

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Shoumitro Chôttopaddhae; born 19 January 1935 — 15 November 2020) was an Indian Bengali film and stage actor and poet. He was best known for his collaborations with Oscar-winning film director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films, and his constant comparison with the Bengali cinema screen idol Uttam Kumar, his contemporary leading man of the 1960s and 1970s. Soumitra Chatterjee is also the first Indian film personality to be conferred with the Commandeur de l’ Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France's highest award for artists. He is also the winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award which is India's highest award for cinema. Not only that, in 2017 exactly thirty years after auteur Satyajit Ray was honoured with France's highest civilian award, the coveted Legion of Honor, thespian Soumitra Chatterjee, arguably, the most prominent face of Ray's films, is set to receive the prestigious award. Starting with his debut film, Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959), the third part of Apu Trilogy, he went on to work in several notable films with Ray, including Abhijan (The Expedition, 1962), Char…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The World of Apu (1959) — Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray
  2. Charulata (1964) — Amal
  3. Devi (1960) — Umaprasad
  4. The Coward (1965) — Amitabha Roy
  5. The Elephant God (1979) — Prodosh Mitra (Feluda)
  6. Days and Nights in the Forest (1970) — Asim
  7. Distant Thunder (1973) — Gangacharan Chakravarti
  8. The Golden Fortress (1974) — Prodosh Chandra Mitra (Feluda)
  9. The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980) — Udayan Pandit
  10. The Home and the World (1985) — Sandip Mukherjee
  11. An Enemy of the People (1990) — Dr. Ashok Gupta
  12. Ahalya (2015) — Goutam Sadhu
  13. Three Daughters (1961) — Amulya (segment "The Conclusion")
  14. Praktan (2016) — Train Passenger
  15. The Expedition (1962) — Narsingh
  16. Belaseshe (2015) — Biswanath Majumdar
  17. Hemlock Society (2012) — Col Samaresh Bagchi (Special appearance)
  18. Shadows of Time (2005) — Ravi (Old)
  19. The Branches of the Tree (1990) — Prashanto Majumdar
  20. Apur Panchali (2014) — (Archive Footage)
  21. Not a Fairy Tale (2013) — Sisir Roy
  22. 15 Park Avenue (2006) — Mitali's father
  23. Posto (2017) — Dinen Lahiri
  24. House of Memories (2000) — Moni Biswas
  25. Sukumar Ray (1987) — Narrator / Rama
  26. Baksa Badal (1970) — Dr. Pratul Bhattacharjee
  27. Dekha (2001) — Sashi Bhusan Sanyal
  28. Saanjhbatir Roopkathara (2002)
  29. M.L.A. Fatakesto (2006) — Chief Minister
  30. Belashuru (2022) — Biswanath Sarkar
  31. Wheel Chair (1994)
  32. Uttoran (1994) — Dr. Sengupta
  33. The Prisoner of Jhind (1961)
  34. Ganadevata (1978) — Debu Pandit
  35. The Bong Connection (2006)
  36. Samantaral (2017) — Akhilesh Chatterjee
  37. Basanta Bilap (1973) — Shyam
  38. The Bengali Night (1988) — Narendra Sen
  39. Shubho Muharat (2003) — Self
  40. Up in the Clouds (1965) — Ajoy Sarkar