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Soumitra Chatterjee
Actor, Additional Credits
Died November 15, 2020 (85 years)
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Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Shoumitro Chôttopaddhae; born 19 January 1935) 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), Charulata (The Lonely Wife, 1964), Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969); Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973); Sonar Kella (The Fortress, 1974) as Feluda and Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God, 1978) as Feluda, Ghare Baire (The Home and The World, 1984) and Ganashatru (Enemy of the People, 1989). Meanwhile, he also worked with other noted directors of Bengali cinema, with Mrinal Sen in Akash Kusum (Up in the Clouds, 1965), Tapan Sinha in Kshudhita Pashan (Hungry Stones, 1960), Jhinder Bandi (1961), Asit Sen in Swaralipi (1961), Ajoy Kar in Saat Pake Bandha (1963), Parineeta (1969), and Tarun Mazumdar in Sansar Simante (1975) and Ganadevata (1978). He acted more than 210 films in his career till 2016.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2004. In 2012, he received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema given by the government of India for lifetime achievement. He has won two National Film Awards as an actor, and as an actor in Bengali theatre, he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama. In 2013, IBN LIVE named him as one of "The men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema". In 2014, he received the introductory Filmfare Awards East for Best Male Actor (Critics) for his role in Rupkatha Noy.
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Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Shoumitro Chôttopaddhae; born 19 January 1935) 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), Charulata (The Lonely Wife, 1964), Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969); Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973); Sonar Kella (The Fortress, 1974) as Feluda and Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God, 1978) as Feluda, Ghare Baire (The Home and The World, 1984) and Ganashatru (Enemy of the People, 1989). Meanwhile, he also worked with other noted directors of Bengali cinema, with Mrinal Sen in Akash Kusum (Up in the Clouds, 1965), Tapan Sinha in Kshudhita Pashan (Hungry Stones, 1960), Jhinder Bandi (1961), Asit Sen in Swaralipi (1961), Ajoy Kar in Saat Pake Bandha (1963), Parineeta (1969), and Tarun Mazumdar in Sansar Simante (1975) and Ganadevata (1978). He acted more than 210 films in his career till 2016.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2004. In 2012, he received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema given by the government of India for lifetime achievement. He has won two National Film Awards as an actor, and as an actor in Bengali theatre, he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama. In 2013, IBN LIVE named him as one of "The men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema". In 2014, he received the introductory Filmfare Awards East for Best Male Actor (Critics) for his role in Rupkatha Noy.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Belashuru · as Biswanath Sarkar |
| 2021 | Hobu Chandra Raja Gobu Chandra Montri · as Narrator |
| 2021 | Boitarani · as Sougata Roychoudhury |
| 2020 | Shotti Aai to Jibon · as Cast |
| 2020 | Neem Phul · as Benimadhab Roy Choudhury |
| 2020 | Tokhon Kuasa Chilo · as Cast |
| 2019 | Sraboner Dhara · as Amitava Sarkar |
| 2019 | Borunbabur Bondhu · as Borun Chakraborty |
| 2019 | Sanjhbati · as Chhana |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Adda · as Dhritimaan Panja |
| 2019 | Andarkahini: Self-exile · as School Teacher |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Sheser Golpo · as Amit Ray |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Aghatan · as Cast |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | IPS Officer · as Cast |
| 2019 | Antarale · as Cast |
| 2018 | Manojder Adbhut Bari · as Gobinda Narayan |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Shonar Pahar · as Rajat Subhra Majumdar |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Boxer · as Cast |
| 2017 | Mayurakshi · as Sushovan |
| 2017 | Samantaral · as Akhilesh Chatterjee |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Sesh Chithi · as Sibnath |
| 2017 | Posto · as Dinen Lahiri |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Praktan · as Train Passenger |
| 2016 | Peace Haven · as Sukumar |
| 2016 | Bridge · as Santanu |
| 2016 | Nosto Purush · as Cast |
| 2015 | The Last Poem · as Voice Narrator |
| 2015 | Ahalya · as Goutam Sadhu |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Belaseshe · as Biswanath Majumdar |
| 2015 | Birat 22 · as Cast |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Durbin · as Byomkesh Bakshi |
| 2014 | Aalo Chhaya · as The Old Man |
| 2013 | Apur Panchali · as (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | Rupkatha Noy · as Sisir Roy |
| 2013 | Shunyo Awnko: Act Zero · as Kabir Choudhury |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Adbhoot · as Cast |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Fish, Sweets & More · as Cast |
| 2013 | The Nowhere Son · as Anil Chakroborty |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Hemlock Society · as Col Samaresh Bagchi |
| 2012 | Shirshendu's Diary · as Zahir Ahamed |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Nobel Thief · as Mastermoshai |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Mon Chay Tomay · as Cast |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Swartho · as Sasadhar |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Aalo · as Cast |
| 2008 | 10:10 · as Durga Prasad - The Mafia |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Minister Fatakesto · as Chief Minister |
| 2007 | Krishnakanter Will · as Krishna Kanta (uncle Of Govindlal) |
| 2007 | Dronacharya · as Cast |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Podokkhep · as Shashanka Palit |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | M.L.A. Fatakesto · as Chief Minister |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | Shadows of Time · as Ravi (old) |
| 2004 | Debipaksha · as Anandamohan Bhattacharya |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Patalghar · as Aghor Sen |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Barkane · as Cast |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Durga · as Cast |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | House of Memories · as Moni Biswas |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Malaise · as Sudhamoy Choudhury (rohini's Father) |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Madhu Malati · as Cast |
| 1999 | Kanchanmala · as Cast |
| 1999 | Neoti · as Cast |
| 1999 | Satyam Shivam Sundaram · as Cast |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Choudhury Paribar · as Police Officer |
| 1998 | Baba Keno Chakar · as Cast |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Kunwari Maa · as Cast |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Kakababu Here Gelen · as Asit Dhar |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1992 | Tahader Katha · as Cast |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | The Branches of the Tree · as Prashanto Majumdar |
| 1990 | Jwar Bhata · as Bijoy's Father |
| 1989 | An Enemy of the People · as Dr. Ashok Gupta |
| 1988 | The Bengali Night · as Narendra Sen |
| 1988 | Portrait of a Life · as Cast |
| 1988 | Aagaman · as Bijoychandra (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay) |
| 1988 | Agaman · as Bijoychandra |
| 1984 | The Home and the World · as Sandip Mukherjee |
| 1984 | Kony · as Khitish Sinha (khid-Da) |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1981 | Pratishodh · as Sanatan |
| 1981 | Nyay Anyay · as Cast |
| 1980 | The Kingdom of Diamonds · as Udayan Pandit |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | Ganadevata · as Debu Pandit |
| 1979 | Debdas · as Debdas |
| 1979 | Joi Baba Felunath: The Elephant God · as Prodosh Mitra (feluda) |
| 1976 | Datta · as Naren |
| 1974 | Sonar Kella · as Prodosh Mitra (feluda) |
| 1974 | Jadi Jantem · as Koushik Mitra |
| 1974 | Asati · as Khokon Chowdhary (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay) |
| 1974 | Sangini · as Cast |
| 1974 | Shanginee · as Cast |
| 1973 | Distant Thunder · as Gangacharan Chakravarti |
| 1973 | Basanta Bilap · as Shyam |
| 1972 | Stree · as Sitapati |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Days and Nights in the Forest · as Asim |
| 1970 | Baksa Badal · as Dr. Pratul Bhattacharjee |
| 1969 | The Fiancee · as Shekhar |
| 1969 | Teen Bhubaner Parey · as Subir / Montu |
| 1968 | Baghini · as Chiranjib |
| 1968 | Ajana Sapath · as Monimohan Mukherjee / Soumen Ray |
| 1965 | The Coward · as Amitabha Roy |
| 1965 | Akash Kusum · as Ajoy Sarkar |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 | Charulata · as Amal |
| 1963 | Saat Pake Bandha · as Sukhendu |
| 1962 | The Expedition · as Narsingh |
| 1962 | Atal Jaler Ahwan · as Jayanta Choudhury |
| 1961 | Three Daughters · as Amulya (segment "the Conclusion") |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | The Goddess · as Umaprasad |
| 1959 | The World of Apu · as Apurba "apu" Kumar Ray |