Chatterjee in 2009

Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Shoumitro Chôttopaddhae;19 January 1935 – 15 November 2020) was an Indian film and stage actor and poet. He is 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. 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, also received the award.[1][2]

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 in more than 210 films in his career till 2016.

Hindi films

Year Title Role Note Ref.
1986 Nirupama Ramsundar Mitra Telefilm based on Tagore's short story Dena Paona [3]
2002 Hindustani Sipahi Yogen Chatterjee [4]

Bengali films

Year Movie Role
1959Apur Sansar[5]Apurba Kumar Roy
1960DeviUmaprasad
1960Kshudhita Pashan
1961Teen KanyaAmulya
1961Jhinder BandiMayurbahan
1961Swayambara
1961Swaralipi
1962AbhijanNarsingh
1962Atal Jaler AhwanJayanta Choudhury
1962 Banarasi
1963Saat Pake BandhaProfessor Sukhendu Dutta
1963 Barnali
1964CharulataAmal
1964Kinu Gowalar Goli
1964PratinidhiAmal
1965Ektuku Basa
1965KapurushAmitabha Roy
1965Kanch Kata Hire
1965Akash KusumAjay Sarkar
1966Monihar
1966Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar
1967Hathat Dekha
1967Prastar Swakshar
1967 Mahashweta
1968Baghini
1969ParineetaShekhar
1969Teen Bhubaner Pare
1969Prothom Kadam Phool
1970Aranyer Din RatriAshim Chatterjee
1970Aleyar Alo
1970Padmagolap
1970Baksa BadalDr.Pratul Bhattacharjee
1971Malyadan
1971Khuje Berai
1972Aparna
1972StreeSitapati
1973Nishi Kanya
1973Basanta BilapShyam
1973Natun Diner Alo
1973Ashani SanketGangacharan Chakravarti
1973Agnibhramar
1974Jadi JantemKoushik Mitra
1974Sangini
1974Sonar KellaPradosh C. Mitra / Feluda (Private Investigator)
1974Asati
1975Chhutir Phande
1975Sansar Simantey
1975Nishimrigaya
1976 Datta
1978GanadevataDebu Pandit
1978 Nadi Theke Sagare
1978 Pranay Pasha
1979DevdasDevdas
1979Joi Baba FelunathPradosh C. Mitra / Feluda (Private Investigator)
1980Hirak Rajar DesheUdayan Pandit
1981PratisodhSanatan
1982 Preyoshi
1983AgradaniPunyo Chakraborty
1984Ghare BaireSandip Mukherjee
1984KonyKhitish Sinha
1986Atanka[6]school master
1989GanashatruDr. Ashok Gupta
1989Ghurghutiyar GhotonaFeluda
1990Golokdham RahasyaFeluda
1990Shakha ProshakhaProshanto
1994The Broken JourneyDr. Sengupta
1994Wheel Chair
1995Kakababu Here Gelen?Asit Dhar
1996Lathi
1998Baba Keno Chakar
1999AsukhSudhamoy/Rohini's Father
1999Satyajiter Gappo-Ambar Sen Antardhan RahashyaAmbar Sen
2001Guru ShisyaShankar Maharaj
2003Abar AranyeAshim
2003Bhalo ThekoAnandi's uncle
2003PatalgharAghor Sen
2004Shadows of TimeOld Ravi
2005NishijaponBimal Das
2006KrantikaalSekhar Das
2006MLA Fatakeshto
2006Podokkhep
2007Minister FatakeshtoChief Minister
2007Ballygunge Court
2007Krishnakanter Will
200810:10Don Durgaprasad
2009Angshumaner ChhobiPradyut
2009 Dwando (Based on Decalogue IIBy Krzysztof Kieslowski)
2011The Forlorn (Short)
2012 Life in Park Street Niladri
2012 Paanch Adhyay Hrishi-da
2012 Hemlock Society Cornell
2013 Shunyo Awnko (The Zero Act) Murphy
2013 Bicycle Kick
2013 Rupkatha Noy
2014 Jara Roddure Bhijechhilo Daroka Bhaduri
2014 Doorbeen Byomkesh Basu
2015 Bela Seshe Biswanath Majumdar
2015 Ahalya Goutam Sadhu
2015 Room No. 103 Rudra Chatterjee
2015 Birat 22
2016 Sangabora
2016 Praktan Passenger in train
2016 Bastav Amitava Rakshit
2016Romantic NoyPsychiatrist
2016Nosto PurushFather
2016Peace Haven
2017Posto
2017The AnniversaryRanjan Ganguly
2017Sesh ChithiShibnath
2017Samantaral Sujan's father
2017Mayurakshi Sushovan
2017Secret Love Story[7]Aniket
2018BoxerChurch Father
2018 Kusumitar Gappo Ratnakar Sen
2018JaalKader Bhai
2018Flat No 609
2018Valentines DayTara Sankar
2018 Shonar Pahar Rajat
2018 Manojder Adbhut Bari Gobindonarayan
2019 Jonmodin (2019)[8] Paresh Sengupta
2019Basu Poribar
2019Shesher GolpoAmit Ray
2021AbalambanDayal Babu
2019Adda (2019 film)Dhritimaan Panja
2019SanjhbatiChhana Dadu
2020Borunbabur BondhuBarun Babu
2020Sraboner DharaAmitava Sarkar
2021Deep6Himself
2021AbhijaanHimself
202272 GhantaStranger
2022Bela ShuruBiswanath Majumdar

Bengali TV series

Year Title Note Ref.
Dena Paona [9]
Kori Diye Kinlam
Tritoyo Purush Bangladeshi TV Series

Television

Year Serial Role Channel
2007 Sanai Adityanarayan Choudhury Akash Bangla
2015 Jol Nupur Krishnendushekhar Basu Mallick Star Jalsha

Directorial venture

Year Title Language Note Ref.
1986 Stree Ki Patra Hindi Telefilm based on Tagore's Streer Patra [10][3]
? Mahasindhur Opar Hote Bengali [9]

The Bengali Night (French: la Nuit Bengali) is a 1988 semi-autobiographical film based upon the Mircea Eliade 1933 Romanian novel, Bengal Nights, directed by Nicolas Klotz and starring Hugh Grant, Soumitra Chatterjee, Supriya Pathak and Shabana Azmi.

References

  1. ↑ "Soumitra Chatterjee to be honoured with Legion of Honor, France's highest civilian award". 10 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Soumitra Chatterjee to receive Legion d'Honneur".
  3. 1 2 "Feluda and fangirl!". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Hindustani Sipahi". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "THE WORLD OF APU (1960)". Rotten Tomatoes.
  6. ↑ "Atanka (1986)". IMDb.
  7. ↑ Secret Love Story at IMDb
  8. ↑ "Soumitra Chatterjee in filmmaker Arnab's next - Times of India". The Times of India. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  9. 1 2 "টিভির মিত্রও ছিলেন সৌমিত্র". Ei Samay (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "I had wanted to direct Usha in my 'Phera': Soumitra". The Times of India. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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