Soumitra Chatterjee

Acting

Born Jan 19, 1935

From Krishnanagar, Bengal Presidency, British India

Died Nov 15, 2020

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Soumitra Chatterjee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Soumitra Chatterjee

Known For

The World of Apu

Charulata

Days and Nights in the Forest

The Kingdom of Diamonds

Devi

Nishimrigaya

The Bengali Night

Shadows of Time

Three Daughters

Saat Pake Bandha

Filmography — Acting

The World of Apu

Charulata

Days and Nights in the Forest

The Kingdom of Diamonds

Devi

Nishimrigaya

The Bengali Night

Shadows of Time

Three Daughters

Saat Pake Bandha

An Enemy of the People

Belaseshe

Nyay Anyay

The Branches of the Tree

Abhijaan

The Home and the World

Rupkatha Noy

Nobel Chor

The Underground Chamber

In the Forest... Again

Belashuru

Bhalobasar Anek Naam

Shubho Muharat

Ganadevata

Kagojer Nouka

Borunbabur Bondhu

Ahalya

Sanjhbati

Prajapati

The Hungry Stones

Aparichito

The Expedition

Shonar Pahar

Pratham Kadam Phool

Atal Jaler Ahwan

Shyam Saheb

Faltu

Dwando

Ambar Sen Antordhan Rahasyo

Peace Haven

Tokhon Kuasa Chilo

Bhagya Debata

Satru Mitra

Pranoy Pasha

Lathi

Praktan

The Elephant God

Asukh

The Coward

Ajana Shapath

Samantaral

Hobu Chandra Raja Gobu Chandra Mantri

Padma Golap

Chander Bari

Mantra

Strange Tale of a Strange Village

Basu Paribaar

The Last Poem

House of Memories

Kalankini Badhu

Baghini

Friend

Apur Panchali

Footsteps

Teen Bhubaner Paare

The Golden Fortress

Bastir Meye Radha