Soumitra Chatterjee

Known for: Acting
Born: Jan 19, 1935
Died: Nov 15, 2020 (aged 85)
Place of birth: Krishnanagar, Bengal Presidency, British India
Credits: 284

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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

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The World of Apu

1959Movie

Apurba 'Apu' Roy

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Charulata

1964Movie

Amal

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Devi

1960Movie

Umaprasad

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The Coward

1965Movie

Amitabha Roy

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The Elephant God

1979Movie

Prodosh Mitra (Feluda)

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Days and Nights in the Forest

1970Movie

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Soumitra Chatterjee

Known for

The World of Apu

Charulata

Devi

The Coward

The Elephant God

Days and Nights in the Forest

Filmography

Deep6

Aalor Disha

Haray Khuji Tare

Dui

Ami Soumitra

Reality Show

A Holy Conspiracy

Koli O Arjun

Tritiyo Purush

Belashuru

Her Story

Grohon - The Eclipse

Shlilatahanir Pore

72 Hours

Tokhon Kuasa Chilo

Hobu Chandra Raja Gobu Chandra Mantri

Abalamban

Abhijaan

Swapner thikana

Somoy

Titli

Samapti

Borunbabur Bondhu

Neem Phul

Sraboner Dhara

Tumi O Tumi

Sanjhbati

Bohomaan

Kaka Bhaipo

Adda

Andarkahini: Self-exile

Dash Mash Dash Diner Galpo

Sheser Golpo

Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective

Basu Paribaar

Dwikhondito

Kusumitar Gappo

Kolkatay Kohinoor

Manojder Adbhut Bari

Astitwa

Flat No 609

Bhagshesh: The Remainder

Shonar Pahar

Bird of Dusk

Michael

Boxer

Antorshotta

Mayurakshi

Chol Kuntal

Samantaral

Sunyo Theke Suru

Bridge

Life of Satyajit Ray Through His Films

Posto

61 No Gorpar Lane

Parobas

Praktan

Peace Haven

The Last Poem

Ahalya

Selfie

Room No. 103

Belaseshe

Kanchenjungha Express

Jijibisha

Punascha

Shesh Boley Kichu Nei

Apur Panchali

Chaya Manush

Durbin

Not a Fairy Tale