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Soumitra Chatterjee filmography

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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

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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

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Year Movie Role
1959 Apur Sansar[5] Apurba Kumar Roy
1960 Devi Umaprasad
1960 Kshudhita Pashan
1961 Teen Kanya Amulya
1961 Jhinder Bandi Mayurbahan
1961 Swayambara
1961 Swaralipi
1962 Abhijan Narsingh
1962 Atal Jaler Ahwan Jayanta Choudhury
1962 Banarasi
1963 Saat Pake Bandha Professor Sukhendu Dutta
1963 Barnali
1964 Charulata Amal
1964 Kinu Gowalar Goli
1964 Pratinidhi Amal
1965 Ektuku Basa
1965 Kapurush Amitabha Roy
1965 Kanch Kata Hire
1965 Akash Kusum Ajay Sarkar
1966 Monihar
1966 Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar
1967 Hathat Dekha
1967 Prastar Swakshar
1967 Mahashweta
1968 Baghini
1969 Parineeta Shekhar
1969 Teen Bhubaner Pare
1969 Prothom Kadam Phool
1970 Aranyer Din Ratri Ashim Chatterjee
1970 Aleyar Alo
1970 Padmagolap
1970 Baksa Badal Dr.Pratul Bhattacharjee
1971 Malyadan
1971 Khuje Berai
1972 Aparna
1972 Stree Sitapati
1973 Nishi Kanya
1973 Basanta Bilap Shyam
1973 Natun Diner Alo
1973 Ashani Sanket Gangacharan Chakravarti
1973 Agnibhramar
1974 Jadi Jantem Koushik Mitra
1974 Sangini
1974 Sonar Kella Pradosh C. Mitra / Feluda (Private Investigator)
1974 Asati
1975 Chhutir Phande
1975 Sansar Simantey
1975 Nishimrigaya
1976 Datta
1978 Ganadevata Debu Pandit
1978 Nadi Theke Sagare
1978 Pranay Pasha
1979 Devdas Devdas
1979 Joi Baba Felunath Pradosh C. Mitra / Feluda (Private Investigator)
1980 Hirak Rajar Deshe Udayan Pandit
1981 Pratisodh Sanatan
1982 Preyoshi
1983 Agradani Punyo Chakraborty
1984 Ghare Baire Sandip Mukherjee
1984 Kony Khitish Sinha
1986 Atanka[citation needed] school master
1989 Ganashatru Dr. Ashok Gupta
1989 Ghurghutiyar Ghotona Feluda
1990 Golokdham Rahasya Feluda
1990 Shakha Proshakha Proshanto
1994 The Broken Journey Dr. Sengupta
1994 Wheel Chair
1995 Kakababu Here Gelen? Asit Dhar
1996 Lathi
1998 Baba Keno Chakar
1999 Asukh Sudhamoy/Rohini's Father
1999 Satyajiter Gappo-Ambar Sen Antardhan Rahashya Ambar Sen
2001 Guru Shisya Shankar Maharaj
2003 Abar Aranye Ashim
2003 Bhalo Theko Anandi's uncle
2003 Patalghar Aghor Sen
2004 Shadows of Time Old Ravi
2005 Nishijapon Bimal Das
2006 Krantikaal Sekhar Das
2006 MLA Fatakeshto
2006 Podokkhep
2007 Minister Fatakeshto Chief Minister
2007 Ballygunge Court
2007 Krishnakanter Will
2008 10:10 Don Durgaprasad
2009 Angshumaner Chhobi Pradyut
2009 Dwando (Based on Decalogue II By Krzysztof Kieslowski)
2011 The 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
2016 Romantic Noy Psychiatrist
2016 Nosto Purush Father
2016 Peace Haven
2017 Posto
2017 The Anniversary Ranjan Ganguly
2017 Sesh Chithi Shibnath
2017 Samantaral Sujan's father
2017 Mayurakshi Sushovan
2017 Secret Love Story[citation needed] Aniket
2018 Boxer Church Father
2018 Kusumitar Gappo Ratnakar Sen
2018 Jaal Kader Bhai
2018 Flat No 609
2018 Valentines Day Tara Sankar
2018 Shonar Pahar Rajat
2018 Manojder Adbhut Bari Gobindonarayan
2019 Jonmodin (2019)[6] Paresh Sengupta
2019 Basu Poribar
2019 Shesher Golpo Amit Ray
2021 Abalamban Dayal Babu
2019 Adda (2019 film) Dhritimaan Panja
2019 Sanjhbati Chhana Dadu
2020 Borunbabur Bondhu Barun Babu
2020 Sraboner Dhara Amitava Sarkar
2021 Deep6 Himself
2021 Abhijaan Himself
2022 72 Ghanta Stranger
2022 Belashuru Biswanath Majumdar

Bengali TV series

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Year Title Note Ref.
Dena Paona [7]
Kori Diye Kinlam
Tritoyo Purush Bangladeshi TV Series

Television

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

Directorial venture

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Year Title Language Note Ref.
1986 Stree Ki Patra Hindi Telefilm based on Tagore's Streer Patra [8][3]
? Mahasindhur Opar Hote Bengali [7]

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

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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ "Soumitra Chatterjee in filmmaker Arnab's next - Times of India". The Times of India. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  7. ^ a b "টিভির মিত্রও ছিলেন সৌমিত্র". Ei Samay (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. ^ "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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