Soumitra Chatterjee
Known for Acting · 283 credits
- Born
- 1935-01-19
- Died
- 2020-11-15
- Place of birth
- Krishnanagar, Bengal Presidency, British India
- Also known as
- Soumitra Chattopadhyay · Saumitra Chattopadhyay · Soumithra Chattopadhyay · Saumithra Chattopadhyay
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), 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
Movies (283)
Pratisodh
1981
The World of Apu
1959
as Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray
The Bengali Night
1988
as Narendra Sen
Charulata
1964
as Amal
Belaseshe
2015
as Biswanath Majumdar
The Coward
1965
as Amitabha Roy
Hemlock Society
2012
as Col Samaresh Bagchi (Special appearance)
The Expedition
1962
as Narsingh
Devi
1960
as Umaprasad
Room No. 103
2015
The Home and the World
1985
as Sandip Mukherjee
Three Daughters
1961
as Amulya (segment "The Conclusion")
Distant Thunder
1973
as Gangacharan Chakravarti
Borunbabur Bondhu
2020
as Borun Chakraborty
Days and Nights in the Forest
1970
as Asim
Shubho Muharat
2003
as Self
Monihar
1966
as Ajoy Chowdhury / Kumar Chowdhury
The Golden Fortress
1974
as Prodosh Chandra Mitra (Feluda)
Ahalya
2015
as Goutam Sadhu
15 Park Avenue
2006
as Mitali's father
Guru Sishya
2001
Chander Bari
2007
The Bong Connection
2006
In the Forest... Again
2003
Faltu
2006
Kolkatay Kohinoor
2019
Agradani
1983
Posto
2017
as Dinen Lahiri
House of Memories
2000
as Moni Biswas
Not a Fairy Tale
2013
as Sisir Roy
Baikunther Will
1985
as Gokul Majumdar
Lathi
1996
Barnali
1963
as Dr. Ashesh Roy
The Branches of the Tree
1990
as Prashanto Majumdar
Banshiwala
2010
as Haraprassana
Basu Paribaar
2019
Baghini
1968
as Chiranjib
An Enemy of the People
1990
as Dr. Ashok Gupta
Hobu Chandra Raja Gobu Chandra Mantri
2021
as Narrator
Angshumaner Chhobi
2009
Adda
2019
as Dhritimaan Panja
Abhijaan
2021
as Self
Saptami
1997
The Kingdom of Diamonds
1980
as Udayan Pandit
Bird of Dusk
2018
as Himself
Kinu Gowalar Gali
1964
Agun
1962
as Chandranath Chatterjee
Uttoran
1994
as Dr. Sengupta
Aparna
1972
as Barin
Ektuku Basa
1965
Kulangar
2000
Ganadevata
1978
as Debu Pandit
Lal Golap
1984
Shadows of Time
2005
as Ravi (Old)
Saanjhbatir Roopkathara
2002
Saat Pake Bandha
1963
as Sukhendu Dutta
Manojder Adbhut Bari
2018
as Gobinda Narayan
Apur Panchali
2014
as (Archive Footage)
The Creative Person: Satyajit Ray
1967
as Self
Asati
1974
as Khokon Chowdhary (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay)
Khelar Putul
1982
Alik Sukh
2013
Kony
1984
as Khitish Sinha (Khid-da)
Aparichito
1969
as Sujit Nath Mitra
Nishimrigaya
1975
The Understudy
2009
Jiban Saikate - Life on the Beach
1972
Chena Achena
1983
Prajapati
1993
Haraner Naat Jamai
1990
Ambar Sen Antordhan Rahasyo
1999
as Amber Sen / Ashwini "Ash" Ghosh
Asukh
1999
as Sudhamoy Choudhury (Rohini's father)
Sansar
1971
Friend
2009
Atal Jaler Ahwan
1962
as Jayanta Choudhury
The Underground Chamber
2003
as Aghor Sen
Praktan
2016
as Train Passenger
Fish, Sweets & More
2013
Aainaate
2008
Baksa Badal
1970
as Dr. Pratul Bhattacharjee
Selfie
2015
as Soumitra Chatterjee
Act Zero
2013
as Kabir Choudhury
Tomai Pabo Bole
1999
Sudur Niharika
1976
as (Triple Role) Arunabha Mukherjee / Shankar Narayan / Rudra Narayan
Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective
2019
as Self
The Hungry Stones
1960
Kusumitar Gappo
2019
Kagojer Nouka
2013
Nyay Anyay
1981
A Holy Conspiracy
2022
as Reverend Basanta Kumar Chatterjee
Forever Yours
2003
Punascha
2014
Teen Bhubaner Paare
1969
as Subir / Montu
Kakababu Here Gelen?
1995
as Asit Dhar
Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo
2007
as Professor Chatterjee
The Elephant God
1979
as Prodosh Mitra (Feluda)
Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar
1966
Ajana Shapath
1967
as Monimohan Mukherjee / Soumen Ray
Seemantaraag
1984
Shipwreck
1979
as Ramesh
Interrogation of a Husband
2012
as Bodhisattva
Aarohan
2010
as Suryashekhar
Mantra
2005
as Gurudev
Tokhon Kuasa Chilo
2021
as Akhilbabu
M.L.A. Fatakesto
2006
as Chief Minister
Apan Holo Par
2000
Samadhan
1997
Paanch Adhyay
2012
Aparajita Tumi
2011
Chowdhury Paribar
1998
as Police officer
Flat No 609
2018
Krishnakanter Will
2007
as Krishna Kanta (Uncle Of Govindlal)
Mayurakshi
2017
as Sushovan
Belashuru
2022
as Biswanath Sarkar
Mahashweta
1967
as Satinath
Hemanter Pakhi
2001
as Hemen Mama
Bhagshesh: The Remainder
2018
Parineeta
1969
as Shekhar
Shesh Prishthay Dekhun
1973
Dwando
2009
as Dr. Ashok Mukherjee
About Soumitra Chatterjee
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… With 283 credits spanning from 1959 to 2024, Soumitra Chatterjee has appeared in 283 films and 0 TV shows.
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- The World of Apu (1959) — as Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray
- The Bengali Night (1988) — as Narendra Sen
- Charulata (1964) — as Amal
- Belaseshe (2015) — as Biswanath Majumdar
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