Soumitra Chatterjee
Gender: Male
Born: 19th January 1935 (currently 77 years old)
Nationality: India
Movies: 15, Park Avenue, Abhijan, Apur Sansar, Aranyer Din Ratri, Distant Thunder, Charulata, Devdas, Devi, Enemy of the People, Ghare-Baire, Hirak Rajar Deshe, Joi Baba Felunath, Kapurush, Parineeta, Shakha Proshakha, The Golden Fortress, Sukumar Ray, Teen Kanya, The Bengali Night, Bhalo Theko, Mukti, House of Memories, Asukh, Footsteps, Tomar Jonyo, Krantikaal, Abar Aranye, Friend, Kaalbela, Ek Bar Bolo Uttam Kumar, Shadows of Time, Akash Kusum, Minister Fatakeshto, Bhagya Debata, 10:10, The Broken Journey, The Courtesan, Wheel Chair, Kshudista Pashan, Dwando, Sonar Kella: The Golden Fortress, Kony, Angshumaner Chhobi, Nobel Thief, Kaler Rakhal, Aalo Chhaya, Banshiwala, Sugar Baby, Mon Chay Tomay, The Nowhere Son, Bodhisattva, Aalo Chhaya, Stree, Baghini, Patalghar, Arohan
Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Shoumitro Chôṭṭopaddhae; born 19 January 1935) is an iconic Bengali actor from India, known among other things for his frequent collaborations with the great Bengali film director Satyajit Ray and his constant comparison with the Bengali screen idol Uttam Kumar.
Soumitra was born in Krishnanagar in West Bengal, 100 Kms from Calcutta, in 1935. Soumitra and his family moved to Howrah and Calcutta during his early years. Soumitra graduated from the University of Calcutta with honours in Bengali literature. He has lived for a number of years in Calcutta in Satyajit Ray's old apartment. He studied for his M.A. examination in Bengali from the University of Calcutta. He worked in All India Radio before pursuing a career in films.
Soumitra's film debut came in 1959 in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar. As noted on the official website for Ray, "At that time, Soumitra Chatterjee was a radio announcer and had only played a small role in a Bengali stage production." Soumitra would eventually collaborate with Ray on fourteen films. His centrality to Ray's work is akin to other key collaborations in the history of cinema — Mifune and Kurosawa, Mastroianni
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