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Dhritiman Chatterjee

Actor
Born May 30, 1945 (79 years)
Dhritiman Chatterjee (Bengali: ধৃতিমান চট্টোপাধ্যায়) is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Ray's Pratidwandi (The Adversary). Most of his acting work has been in India's "parallel", or independent, cinema with filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Aparna Sen, among others. He has also worked in English films with well-known filmmakers such as Deepa Mehta and Jane Campion. He has received several acting awards in India and has been on the Jury of the Indian National film Awards.

Chatterjee pursues a parallel career in advertising, social communications and documentary filmmaking. In 2019, he lent his voice for narration in If Not for You[1], a documentary about Kolkata's long lasting love affair with legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.

Never a part of mainstream "Bollywood", he's made an astonishingly small number of films. In recent years he's taken roles with filmmakers as diverse as Jane Campion and hugely successful Mumbai directors Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Mani Ratnam.

Dhritiman is his screen name. He is otherwise known as Sundar Chatterjee and is quite active on the English stage in Chennai. Born on 30 May 1945, he was educated at Kolkata's St Xavier's Collegiate School and Presidency College, and the Delhi School of Economics.

About his acting qualities, Satyajit Ray once remarked, "I do not know what definition of a star these filmmakers have been using, but mine goes something like this. A star is a person on the screen who continues to be expressive and interesting even after he or she has stopped doing anything. This definition does not exclude the rare and lucky breed that gets lakhs of rupees per film; and it includes everyone who keeps his calm before the camera, projects a personality and evokes empathy. This is a rare breed too but one has met it in our films. Dhritiman Chatterjee of Pratidwandi is such a star." - (Our Films Their Films)

Dhritiman is currently the anchor of Pradhanmantri in Bengali on ABP Ananda from 14 December 2013.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Man Who Knew Infinity
  • Pink
Known For
  • Kahaani
  • Pink
  • Black
  • The Man Who Knew Infinity
  • Chehre
  • Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
  • The Adversary
  • Poorna
  • Feluda Pherot
  • The Stranger
  • Blue Skies, Green Waters, Red Earth
  • An Enemy of the People
  • Professor Shanku O El Dorado
  • In Search of Famine
  • The Guerilla Fighter
  • Midnight's Children
  • 36 Chowringhee Lane
  • Noukadubi
  • 15 Park Avenue
  • Kavacha
  • Run
  • Paisa Vasool
  • Perfumed Garden: Tales of the Kama Sutra
  • Let Her Cry

Filmography

2024
Padatik · as File Footage
2021
2021
Chehre · as Justice Jagdish Acharya
2020
Feluda Pherot (TV Series) · as Mahesh Chowdhuriy
2020
Forbidden Love (2020) (TV Series) · as Dr. Harold Fernandez
2019
Professor Shanku O El Dorado · as Professor Shanku
2019
2019
2018
Shobdo Kolpo Droom · as Dr. Amlan
2018
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero · as Nandu Don
2018
2017
Paisa Vasool · as Jailor
2017
Poorna · as Alexander
2017
The Bongs Again · as Jishu's Uncle
2016
Double Feluda · as Nihar Ranjan Dutta
2016
Chitrokar · as Bijan Bose
2016
Majnu · as Aditya's Grandfather
2016
Pink · as Judge Satyajeet Dutt
2016
Oppam · as Anupam Ram
2016
A Aa · as Mahadev
2015
2015
2015
Wedding Pullav · as Sid Kapoor
2015
Naxal · as Shiddhartha Chowdhury
2015
Shajarur Kanta · as Byomkesh Bakshi
2014
Chauranga · as Pandey
2014
Ek Phali Rodh · as Dr. Roy
2014
Teenkahon · as Dr. Banerjee
2013
2013
Shunyo Awnko: Act Zero · as Dr. Probal Roy
2013
Singam 2 · as Home Minister
2012
Midnight's Children · as Mian Abdullah
2012
Dhammu · as Ganesh Reddy
2012
Agent Vinod · as Sir Jagadishwar Metla
2012
Kahaani · as Bhaskaran K.
2011
Noukadubi · as Annodababu, Hemnalini's Father
2010
2010
2010
Varudu · as Kumar Babu
2009
2009
13B: Fear Has a New Address · as Mr.thyagarajan / Mr.kamdhar
2009
Kaalbela · as Siddhartha Chaudhuri
2008
Four Chapters · as Uncle
2007
Guru · as Contractor Sahaab
2007
Desamuduru · as Aravindh
2007
Dronacharya · as Cast
2006
Annavaram · as Seshu
2005
2005
Black · as Paul Mcnally
2002
Run · as Kulkarni
2000
1999
Holy Smoke · as Chidaatma Baba
1993
Sunya Theke Suru · as Professor Bhishmadev Sharma
1991
The Stranger · as Prithwish Sen Gupta
1989
An Enemy of the People · as Nishith Gupta
1981
36 Chowringhee Lane · as Samaresh Moitra
1981
In Search of Famine · as Movie Director
1973
1970
The Adversary · as Siddhartha Chaudhuri

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