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)
Nobel Chor
2011
as Mastermoshai
Lathi
1996
Paanch Adhyay
2012
The Bengali Night
1988
as Narendra Sen
Chowdhury Paribar
1998
as Police officer
Bicycle Kick
2013
Chaya Manush
2014
Ballygunge Court
2007
Shlilatahanir Pore
2021
Gharer Laxmi
1998
Nishijapon
2005
Mantramugdha
1977
Posto
2017
as Dinen Lahiri
Sukumar Ray
1987
as Narrator / Rama
Chol Kuntal
2017
Jadi Jantem
1974
as Koushik Mitra
Prajapati
1993
Tumi O Tumi
2020
as Actor
Sanskar
2011
An Enemy of the People
1990
as Dr. Ashok Gupta
Sangini
1974
Jiban Saikate - Life on the Beach
1972
Aamader Janani
2000
Charulata
1964
as Amal
Kaka Bhaipo
2019
The Coward
1965
as Amitabha Roy
Faltu
2006
Bhagya Debata
1997
Sanghat
1996
Praktan
2016
as Train Passenger
Kaalbela
2009
as Saritsekhar Mitra
Shipwreck
1979
as Ramesh
Golokdham Rahasya
1992
as Feluda
Shirshendur Diary
2012
as Zahir Ahamed
Dai Daitya
1999
The Branches of the Tree
1990
as Prashanto Majumdar
Madhu Malati
1999
The World of Apu
1959
as Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray
Dekha
2001
as Sashi Bhusan Sanyal
Room No. 103
2015
Santan Jakhan Satru
1999
Malyadan
1971
as Jatin
Maach Mishti & More
2013
Ami Soumitra
2023
as Himself
Devi
1960
as Umaprasad
Samadhan
1997
In the Forest... Again
2003
Bhagshesh: The Remainder
2018
Sangsar Simantey
1975
Preyashi
1982
Amar Geeti
1983
Three Daughters
1961
as Amulya (segment "The Conclusion")
Churiwala
2001
Haray Khuji Tare
2024
Titli
2021
Ei Ghar Ei Sansar
2000
Distant Thunder
1973
as Gangacharan Chakravarti
Aalor Disha
2024
Ahalya
2015
as Goutam Sadhu
Baksa Badal
1970
as Dr. Pratul Bhattacharjee
Jabab Chai
2001
Swapner thikana
2021
Up in the Clouds
1965
as Ajoy Sarkar
Ganadevata
1978
as Debu Pandit
The Expedition
1962
as Narsingh
Days and Nights in the Forest
1970
as Asim
Samapti
2020
as Om's Grand Father
Sraboner Dhara
2020
as Amitava Sarkar
Andarkahini: Self-exile
2019
as School Teacher
Vasundhara
1986
IDOL MAKERS OF KOLKATA
2005
as narrator
Kulangar
2000
Apur Panchali
2014
as (Archive Footage)
Tiktiki
2012
Sudur Niharika
1976
as (Triple Role) Arunabha Mukherjee / Shankar Narayan / Rudra Narayan
The Elephant God
1979
as Prodosh Mitra (Feluda)
Teen Bhubaner Paare
1969
as Subir / Montu
Durbin
2014
as Byomkesh Bakshi
Hemlock Society
2012
as Col Samaresh Bagchi (Special appearance)
Bhalobasar Anek Naam
2006
The Golden Fortress
1974
as Prodosh Chandra Mitra (Feluda)
Grohon - The Eclipse
2022
Ek Jhank Ichhe Dana
2010
Chupi Chupi
2001
The Bong Connection
2006
Samantaral
2017
as Akhilesh Chatterjee
Parobas
2016
Agnibhramar
1973
The Underground Chamber
2003
as Aghor Sen
Chander Bari
2007
Parineeta
1969
as Shekhar
Asukh
1999
as Sudhamoy Choudhury (Rohini's father)
Kakababu Here Gelen?
1995
as Asit Dhar
Bhalo Theko
2003
as Anandi's Uncle
Belaseshe
2015
as Biswanath Majumdar
Baba Keno Chakor
1998
Bridge
2017
Aparajita Tumi
2012
Shonar Pahar
2018
as Rajat Subhra Majumdar
Sansar
1971
Bohomaan
2019
Pratima
1977
A Holy Conspiracy
2022
as Reverend Basanta Kumar Chatterjee
Baikunther Will
1985
as Gokul Majumdar
Aleyar Alo
1970
World Within, World Without
1991
as Father
Tagari
1985
House of Memories
2000
as Moni Biswas
15 Park Avenue
2006
as Mitali's father
Flat No 609
2018
Ektuku Basa
1965
Punashcha
1961
as Subodh
Shesh Boley Kichu Nei
2014
Lal Golap
1984
Manojder Adbhut Bari
2018
as Gobinda Narayan
Kalankini Badhu
2000
Borunbabur Bondhu
2020
as Borun Chakraborty
M.L.A. Fatakesto
2006
as Chief Minister
Gharer Baire Ghar
1980
Shadows of Time
2005
as Ravi (Old)
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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- Lathi (1996)
- Paanch Adhyay (2012)
- The Bengali Night (1988) — as Narendra Sen
- Chowdhury Paribar (1998) — as Police officer
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