Soumitra Chatterjee
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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
.
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.
'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."http://www.satyajitray.org/about_ray/SoumitraChatterjee.htm 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
and Fellini
, De Niro
and Scorsese
, DiCaprio
and Scorsese
, Max von Sydow
and Ingmar Bergman
, Jerzy Stuhr
and Kieślowski. He also worked with Sharmila Tagore
in a number of Ray films.
Chatterjee was cast in diverse roles by Ray and some of the stories and screenplays that Ray wrote were said to be written with him in mind. Soumitra featured as Feluda
/Pradosh Chandra Mitter, the famous private investigator from Calcutta in Ray's Feluda series of books, in two films in the 1970s Sonar Kella
and Joy Baba Felunath. Ghare Baire
, an adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore
s novel of the same name and one of Ray's major ventures of the 1980s, featured Chatterjee in a leading role in the character of a radical revolutionary in a love triangle with his friend's wife. These roles showcased Chatterjee's versatility in playing diverse characters, especially in an urban setting. In Shakha Proshakha
, Chatterjee turns out a moving performance in the role of a mentally handicapped son of an aging patriarch on his deathbed and the only source of his father's solace, as his siblings squabble.
i directors such as Mrinal Sen
and Tapan Sinha
. He earned critical acclaim for his role of an impostor in Mrinal Sen
's Akash Kusum
. He was equally confident in playing the swashbuckling horse-riding villain in Sinha
's Jhinder Bandi giving the legendary Uttam Kumar
a tough challenge. In Teen Bhubaner Pare
, he again shared the screen with the beautiful Tanuja, and his flamboyant and peppy way of teasing and wooing Tanuja in the very first song-sequence ('Ke Tumi Nadini') overnight earned him the 'star' tag along with Uttam Kumar. He acted with great aplomb with the iconic Suchitra Sen
in Saat Pake Bandha. He did couple of movies with Uttam Kumar such as Stri, Devdas, Protisodh. His comic timing was brilliant and highly appreciated in Mantramughdha, Basanto Bilap, Chhutir Fande and Baksho Badal. The last one was a fine example of witty comedy written by Satyajit Ray
.
In the later years of his film career, he kept wowing his audience with memorable performances in films such as Koni, Atanko, etc. Soumitra is known for his experimentation with roles. He played the role of Shekhar in the 1969 Ajoy Kar version of Parineeta. Soumitra has been active in Bengali theatre as an actor, playwright and director. He is a well-known poetry reciter, and has acted on TV and in indigenous folk drama (jatra).
award from the Indian government in the 1970s; in 2004, he accepted the prestigious Padma Bhushan
award from the President of India
. He has been the subject of a full-length documentary named Gaach by French director Catherine Berge.
In a gesture of protest against the National Film Awards
committee
's bias in awarding popular and mainstream cinema, he turned down the 2001 special jury award for best actor. However, on 9 June 2008, he was selected for the 2007 National Film Award for Best Actor
by the Government of India
.
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
from India
India
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, known among other things for his frequent collaborations with the great Bengali film
Bengali cinema
Bengali cinema refers to the Bengali language filmmaking industries in the Bengal region of South Asia. There are two major film-making hubs in the region: one in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the other in Dhaka, Bangladesh .The history of cinema in Bengal dates back to the 1890s, when the first...
director Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
and his constant comparison with the Bengali
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
screen idol Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar is one of the most famous names of Indian Bengali Cinema.Born Arun Kumar Chatterjee in 1926 at Ahiritola, North Calcutta he is widely known as Uttam Kumar and Mahanayak . He remains as much of a cultural icon as he had been in his lifetime...
.
Background
Soumitra graduated from the University of CalcuttaUniversity of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...
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
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...
. He worked in All India Radio
All India Radio
All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...
before pursuing a career in films.
Work with Satyajit Ray
Soumitra's film debut came in 1959 in Satyajit RaySatyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
's Apur Sansar
Apur Sansar
Apur Sansar , also known as The World of Apu, is a Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is the third part of The Apu Trilogy, about the childhood and early adulthood of a young Bengali named Apu in the early twentieth century Indian subcontinent...
. 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."http://www.satyajitray.org/about_ray/SoumitraChatterjee.htm 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
Toshiro Mifune
Toshirō Mifune was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. He is best known for his 16-film collaboration with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, from 1948 to 1965, in works such as Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo...
and Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;...
, Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :...
and Fellini
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century...
, De Niro
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...
and Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
, DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American actor and film producer. He has received many awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator , and has been nominated by the Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television...
and Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
, Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow is a Swedish actor. He has also held French citizenship since 2002. He has starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more...
and Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
, Jerzy Stuhr
Jerzy Stuhr
Jerzy Stuhr is one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish actors. He also works as a screenwriter, film director and drama professor...
and Kieślowski. He also worked with Sharmila Tagore
Sharmila Tagore
Sharmila Tagore is an Indian film actress. She has won National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances.She has led the Indian Film Censor Board from October 2004 till March 2011...
in a number of Ray films.
Chatterjee was cast in diverse roles by Ray and some of the stories and screenplays that Ray wrote were said to be written with him in mind. Soumitra featured as Feluda
Feluda
Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra, who uses the anglicised name Pradosh C. Mitter, is a fictional private investigator starring in a series of Bengali novels and short stories written by the famous Indian Bengali film director and writer Satyajit Ray. The detective lives at Rajani Sen Road,...
/Pradosh Chandra Mitter, the famous private investigator from Calcutta in Ray's Feluda series of books, in two films in the 1970s Sonar Kella
Sonar Kella
Sonar Kella , also Shonar Kella, released in the United States as The Golden Fortress, is a 1971 mystery novel and a 1974 film by Bengali writer and director Satyajit Ray. The film is an adaptation of the novel with minor plot changes and features the actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta,...
and Joy Baba Felunath. Ghare Baire
Ghare Baire (film)
Ghare Baire is a 1985 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, based upon the novel Ghare Baire by Rabindranath Tagore. It features Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Jennifer Kendal and Swatilekha Chatterjee, married Sengupta...
, an adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
s novel of the same name and one of Ray's major ventures of the 1980s, featured Chatterjee in a leading role in the character of a radical revolutionary in a love triangle with his friend's wife. These roles showcased Chatterjee's versatility in playing diverse characters, especially in an urban setting. In Shakha Proshakha
Shakha Proshakha
Shakha Proshakha is a 1990 Satyajit Ray film. It deals with four generations of a well-to-do Bengali family, with a focus on the third generation.-Plot:...
, Chatterjee turns out a moving performance in the role of a mentally handicapped son of an aging patriarch on his deathbed and the only source of his father's solace, as his siblings squabble.
Other work
Besides working with Ray, Soumitra excelled in collaborations with other well-known BengalBengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...
i directors such as Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen is a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He was born on 14 May 1923, in the town of Faridpur, now in Bangladesh in a Hindu family. After finishing his high school there, he left home to come to Calcutta as a student and studied physics at the well-known Scottish Church College and at the...
and Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha , was a Indian film director. He was arguably the most uncompromising filmmaker outside the orbit of Parallel Cinema.-Personal life and background:...
. He earned critical acclaim for his role of an impostor in Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen is a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He was born on 14 May 1923, in the town of Faridpur, now in Bangladesh in a Hindu family. After finishing his high school there, he left home to come to Calcutta as a student and studied physics at the well-known Scottish Church College and at the...
's Akash Kusum
Akash Kusum
Akash Kusum was a 1965 Bengali film directed by noted Indian art film director Mrinal Sen.-Plot:It is the story of the longings of a middle class executive to rise in stature and greater social acceptability. The young man still trying to find a place in the corporate world puts up an innocent...
. He was equally confident in playing the swashbuckling horse-riding villain in Sinha
Sinha
Sinha is a Sanskrit term originates from South Asia, used as a common term mainly in India and Sri Lanka. It comes from the Sanskrit word "Siṃha" , which means lion....
's Jhinder Bandi giving the legendary Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar is one of the most famous names of Indian Bengali Cinema.Born Arun Kumar Chatterjee in 1926 at Ahiritola, North Calcutta he is widely known as Uttam Kumar and Mahanayak . He remains as much of a cultural icon as he had been in his lifetime...
a tough challenge. In Teen Bhubaner Pare
Teen Bhubaner Pare
Teen Bhubaner Paare is a Bengali movie, inspired by Sameresh Basu's novel, released in 1969. The song "Ke Tumi Nandini" sung by Manna De is still very famous among Bengali youth.- Credits :* Director: Ashutosh Bandyopadhyay...
, he again shared the screen with the beautiful Tanuja, and his flamboyant and peppy way of teasing and wooing Tanuja in the very first song-sequence ('Ke Tumi Nadini') overnight earned him the 'star' tag along with Uttam Kumar. He acted with great aplomb with the iconic Suchitra Sen
Suchitra Sen
Suchitra Sen ; or Rama Dasgupta , is an Indian actress who acted in several Bengali films. In particular, the movies in which she paired opposite another legend in Bengali films, Uttam Kumar, became classics in the history of Bengali cinema. She now lives a life of a recluse rarely making any...
in Saat Pake Bandha. He did couple of movies with Uttam Kumar such as Stri, Devdas, Protisodh. His comic timing was brilliant and highly appreciated in Mantramughdha, Basanto Bilap, Chhutir Fande and Baksho Badal. The last one was a fine example of witty comedy written by Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
.
In the later years of his film career, he kept wowing his audience with memorable performances in films such as Koni, Atanko, etc. Soumitra is known for his experimentation with roles. He played the role of Shekhar in the 1969 Ajoy Kar version of Parineeta. Soumitra has been active in Bengali theatre as an actor, playwright and director. He is a well-known poetry reciter, and has acted on TV and in indigenous folk drama (jatra).
Awards and recognitions
A living legend on his own terms, Soumitra has received the 'Officier des Arts et Metiers', the highest award for arts given by the French government, and a lifetime achievement award from Italy. He turned down the honorary Padma ShriPadma Shri
Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan...
award from the Indian government in the 1970s; in 2004, he accepted the prestigious Padma Bhushan
Padma Bhushan
The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India.-History:...
award from the President of India
President of India
The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
. He has been the subject of a full-length documentary named Gaach by French director Catherine Berge.
In a gesture of protest against the National Film Awards
National Film Awards
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...
committee
Directorate of Film Festivals
The Directorate of Film Festivals in India is an organization that initiates and presents the most prestigious film ceremonies in India. These are the International Film Festival of India, the National Film Awards and the Indian Panorama...
's bias in awarding popular and mainstream cinema, he turned down the 2001 special jury award for best actor. However, on 9 June 2008, he was selected for the 2007 National Film Award for Best Actor
National Film Award for Best Actor
The National Film Award for Best Actor is an honor presented annually at the National Film Awards of India to an actor who has delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry.-Background:The Directorate of Film Festivals makes awards annually in several categories...
by the Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
.
Select filmography
For detailed list, see Filmography of Soumitra ChatterjeeFilmography of Soumitra Chatterjee
This is the filmography of Soumitra Chatterjee, an Indian film actor.-References:*...
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Apur Sansar Apur Sansar Apur Sansar , also known as The World of Apu, is a Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is the third part of The Apu Trilogy, about the childhood and early adulthood of a young Bengali named Apu in the early twentieth century Indian subcontinent... |
Apurba Kumar Ray | (dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1960 | Devi | Umaprasad | (dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1960 | Khudito Pashan | (dir. Tapan Sinha Tapan Sinha Tapan Sinha , was a Indian film director. He was arguably the most uncompromising filmmaker outside the orbit of Parallel Cinema.-Personal life and background:... ) |
|
| 1961 | Teen Kanya Teen Kanya Teen Kanya is a 1961 film directed by Satyajit Ray, and based upon short stories by Rabindranath Tagore.The title means "Three Daughters", and the film's original Indian release contained three stories. However, the international release of the film contained only two stories, missing out the second... |
Amulya | (dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1961 | Jhinder Bondi | Mayurbahan | (dir. Tapan Sinha Tapan Sinha Tapan Sinha , was a Indian film director. He was arguably the most uncompromising filmmaker outside the orbit of Parallel Cinema.-Personal life and background:... ) |
| 1961 | Punascha | (dir. Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen is a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He was born on 14 May 1923, in the town of Faridpur, now in Bangladesh in a Hindu family. After finishing his high school there, he left home to come to Calcutta as a student and studied physics at the well-known Scottish Church College and at the... ) |
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| 1961 | Swaymbara | (dir. Asit Sen) | |
| 1961 | Swralipi | (dir. Asit Sen) | |
| 1962 | Abhijan Abhijan Abhijan is a 1962 Bengali film directed by the Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray.-Introduction:The filming of Abhijan began by the first half of 1961 when Bijoy Chatterjee asked Satyajit Ray to write a script on a popular Bengali novel of the same name by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay... |
Narsingh | (dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1962 | Agun | (dir. Asit Sen) | |
| 1962 | Atal Jwaler Ahobhan | (dir. Ajay Kar) | |
| 1962 | Benarasi | (dir. Arup Guhathakurta) | |
| 1962 | Shaasti | (dir. Daya Bhai) | |
| 1963 | Barnali | (dir. Ajay Kar) | |
| 1963 | Saat Paake Badha | (dir. Ajay Kar) | |
| 1963 | Sesh Prahar | (dir. Prantik) | |
| 1964 | Charulata Charulata Charulata is a 1964 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, based upon the novella Nastanirh by Rabindranath Tagore... |
Amal | (dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1964 | Kinu Goalar Goli | (dir. O.C.Ganguly) | |
| 1964 | Pratinidhi | Amal | (dir. Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen is a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He was born on 14 May 1923, in the town of Faridpur, now in Bangladesh in a Hindu family. After finishing his high school there, he left home to come to Calcutta as a student and studied physics at the well-known Scottish Church College and at the... ) |
| 1965 | Kapurush Kapurush -Plot:Amitabha Roy is a Calcutta based scriptwriter who is driving around in the country to collect material for a film. His vehicle breaks down in a small town. A tea planter, Bimal Gupta, offers hospitality for the night. Amitabha is forced to accept the offer as he has no alternative.At Gupta's... |
Amitabha Roy | (dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1965 | Akash Kusum Akash Kusum Akash Kusum was a 1965 Bengali film directed by noted Indian art film director Mrinal Sen.-Plot:It is the story of the longings of a middle class executive to rise in stature and greater social acceptability. The young man still trying to find a place in the corporate world puts up an innocent... |
Ajay Sarkar | (dir. Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen is a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He was born on 14 May 1923, in the town of Faridpur, now in Bangladesh in a Hindu family. After finishing his high school there, he left home to come to Calcutta as a student and studied physics at the well-known Scottish Church College and at the... ) |
| 1965 | Bakso Badal | (dir. Nityananda Dutta) | |
| 1965 | Ek i ange eto rup | (dir. Harisadhan Dasgupta) | |
| 1965 | Ektuku Basa | (dir. Tarun Majumdar Tarun Majumdar Tarun Majumdar is a renowned Bengali Indian film director who makes films in Bengali and is notable for his depiction of Bengali culture and society. Many of his films are literature-based... ) |
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| 1966 | Joradighir Chaudhuri Paribar | (dir. Ajit Lahiri) | |
| 1967 | Prastar Saakkhar | (dir. Salil Dutta) | |
| 1968 | Baghini | (dir. Bijoy Bose) | |
| 1969 | Parineeta Parineeta (1969 film) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1914 novel Parineeta was adapted into a 1969 film by Ajoy Kar. The English title for the film is The Fiancee. ... |
Shekhar | (dir. Ajoy Kar) |
| 1970 | Aranyer Din Ratri Aranyer Din Ratri Aranyer Din Ratri , is an Indian Bengali film released in 1970 and directed by Satyajit Ray. It is based upon the Bengali novel of the same name by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It was one of the earliest films to employ the literary technique of the carnivalesque... |
Ashim | (dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1972 | Jiban Saikate Jiban Saikate (1972) Jiban Saikate is a 1972 Bengali film based on the novel The Citadel by A. J. Cronin. It was directed by Swadesh Sarkar and stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen and Dilip Roy.-External links:* * *... |
(dir. Swedesh Sarkar) | |
| 1973 | Ashani Sanket Ashani Sanket Distant Thunder is a 1973 Bengali film by the renowned Indian director Satyajit Ray, based on the novel by the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay.... |
Gangacharan Chakravarti | (dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1974 | Sonar Kella Sonar Kella Sonar Kella , also Shonar Kella, released in the United States as The Golden Fortress, is a 1971 mystery novel and a 1974 film by Bengali writer and director Satyajit Ray. The film is an adaptation of the novel with minor plot changes and features the actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta,... |
Pradosh C. Mitter, a.k.a. Feluda Feluda Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra, who uses the anglicised name Pradosh C. Mitter, is a fictional private investigator starring in a series of Bengali novels and short stories written by the famous Indian Bengali film director and writer Satyajit Ray. The detective lives at Rajani Sen Road,... |
(dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1976 | Datta Datta Datta may refer to:* Datta, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - a Union Council of Mansehra District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.* Dutta - an Indian family name, common among Punjabis and Bengalis.* Datta - A Sri Lankan monarch who reign around 683 - 684.... |
Noren Babu | (dir. Ajay Kar) |
| 1978 | Joi Baba Felunath Joi Baba Felunath Joi Baba Felunath is a 1979 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, featuring the actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddartha Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt among others.The film is based on the famous Feluda novel of the same name written by Ray.... |
Pradosh C. Mitter, a.k.a. Feluda Feluda Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra, who uses the anglicised name Pradosh C. Mitter, is a fictional private investigator starring in a series of Bengali novels and short stories written by the famous Indian Bengali film director and writer Satyajit Ray. The detective lives at Rajani Sen Road,... |
(dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1979 | Devdas Devdas (1979 film) Devdas is a 1979 film based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novella, Devdas. The movie is starred by Soumitra Chatterjee, Sumitra Mukherjee and Supriya Choudhury.... |
Debdas | (dir. Dilip Roy) |
| 1979 | Noukadubi Noukadubi Noukadubi is a Bengali film directed by Rituporno Ghosh, released on January 2011. The movie is a period film set in the 1920s, based on a novel by Rabindranath Tagore of the same name, although the credits claim that the film is ‘inspired’ by the Tagore novel because Rituparno Ghosh has taken the... |
Ramesh | (dir. Ajoy Kar) |
| 1979 | Ganadevata | Pandit Debu Ghosh | (dir. Tarun Majumdar Tarun Majumdar Tarun Majumdar is a renowned Bengali Indian film director who makes films in Bengali and is notable for his depiction of Bengali culture and society. Many of his films are literature-based... ) |
| 1980 | Hirak Rajar Deshe Hirak Rajar Deshe Hirak Rajar Deshe is the second film of the Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne series directed by Satyajit Ray. A unique aspect of the film is that most of the dialogues exchanged by the protagonists of the film are rhyming... |
Professor Udayan | (dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1984 | Ghare Baire Ghare Baire (film) Ghare Baire is a 1985 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, based upon the novel Ghare Baire by Rabindranath Tagore. It features Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Jennifer Kendal and Swatilekha Chatterjee, married Sengupta... |
Sandip | (dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1986 | Koni | (dir. Saroj Dey) | |
| 1986 | Shyam Saheb | (dir. Salil Dutta) | |
| 1986 | Atanka | (dir. Tapan Sinha Tapan Sinha Tapan Sinha , was a Indian film director. He was arguably the most uncompromising filmmaker outside the orbit of Parallel Cinema.-Personal life and background:... ) |
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| 1987 | Sukumar Ray Sukumar Ray (film) -Synopsis:The documentary is based on the life and works of Sukumar Ray, father of Satyajit Ray.-External links:*... |
Himself | (dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1988 | The Bengali Night The Bengali Night The Bengali Night is a 1988 semi-autobiographical film based upon the Mircea Eliade 1933 Romanian novel, Bengal Nights, directed by Nicolas Klotz and starring Hugh Grant and the Indian actors Soumitra Chatterjee and Shabana Azmi.-Plot summary:... |
Narendra Sen | (dir. Nicolas Klotz Nicolas Klotz -Filmography:*Rendez-vous avec Marguerite 1983*The Bengali Night 1988 with Hugh Grant, Shabana Azmi and Soumitra Chatterjee*La Nuit sacrée 1993 with Goran Bregović*Chants of Sand and Stars 1996*Pariah 2000*The Wound 2004*Dans la peau de..... ) |
| 1989 | Ganashatru Ganashatru Ganashatru is a 1990 Indian film by Satyajit Ray. It is an adaption of Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People, and was released under that title in the UK. The cast includes Ray's favourite actor Soumitra Chatterjee, and veteran actors such as Dhritiman Chatterjee, Shubhendu Chatterjee, Manoj... |
Dr. Ashoke Gupta | (dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1990 | Shakha Proshakha Shakha Proshakha Shakha Proshakha is a 1990 Satyajit Ray film. It deals with four generations of a well-to-do Bengali family, with a focus on the third generation.-Plot:... |
Proshanto, the 2nd son, a.k.a. "Mezda" | (dir. Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature... ) |
| 1991 | Mahaprithivi | Husband | (dir. Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen is a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He was born on 14 May 1923, in the town of Faridpur, now in Bangladesh in a Hindu family. After finishing his high school there, he left home to come to Calcutta as a student and studied physics at the well-known Scottish Church College and at the... ) |
| 1994 | The Broken Journey The Broken Journey The Broken Journey is a 1994 Bengali drama film directed by Sandip Ray. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Lily Chakravarty* Soumitra Chatterjee - Dr. Sengupta* Debatosh Ghosh - Haladhar... |
Dr. Sengupta | (dir. Sandip Ray Sandip Ray Sandip Ray is a film director living in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the only son of the noted Bengali director Satyajit Ray, and Bijoya Ray.-Career:... ) |
| 2004 | Shadows of Time Shadows of Time Shadows of Time is a 2004 romantic Bengali language German film, shot in Calcutta, India. It is the first feature-length film of Academy Award winning director Florian Gallenberger, and stars Prashant Narayanan, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Irrfan Khan and Soumitra Chatterjee in pivotal roles.-Plot:The... |
Older Ravi | dir. Florian Gallenberger Florian Gallenberger Florian Gallenberger is a German film director. His film Quiero ser was awarded the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2001.-Career:... |
| 2006 | Padakshep Padakshep -Plot:At the end, the only love which lasts is the love that has accepted everything, every disappointment, every failure and every betrayal, which has accepted even the sad fact that in the end there is no desire as deep as the simple desire for companionship."... |
Sasanka Palit | dir. Suman Ghosh |
| 2007 | Ballyngunge Court | dir. Pinaki Chowdhury | |
| 2007 | chander bari | dir. Tarun Majumdar Tarun Majumdar Tarun Majumdar is a renowned Bengali Indian film director who makes films in Bengali and is notable for his depiction of Bengali culture and society. Many of his films are literature-based... |
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| 2008 | 10:10 | Don Durgaprasad | dir. Arin Paul Arin Paul Arin Paul is a Bengali film director, writer and researcher on film history.-Early life:Paul was born in Belur, West Bengal and raised in Shillong, Meghalaya and Calcutta. He attended St. Edmund's School, Shillong, Andrews High School, the Scottish Church Collegiate School, and Shyamaprasad... |
| 2009 | Angshumaner Chhobi Angshumaner Chhobi Angshumaner Chhobi is the debut feature film of Atanu Ghosh which was premiered at the 40th International Film Festival of India, Goa. It was selected in the Competitive Section of the festival, one of the two Indian entries.-Plot:... |
Prodyut | dir. Atanu Ghosh Atanu Ghosh Atanu Ghosh is a critically acclaimed Bengali film director and screenwriter-Biography:After completing post-graduation in journalism from the University of Calcutta, Atanu Ghosh started his career in 1996 as scriptwriter and director of documentary films, the first series being Pioneers of Indian... |
| 2009 | SugarBaby | Father Francis | dir. Trisha Ray Trisha Ray Trisha Ray is an award-winning American independent screenwriter, filmmaker, actor and editor.- Films :In 2002, while in Argentina, Trisha wrote the screenplay of a thriller "Death Diary and a Motel" that was later directed by San Banarje but during posting, the director did not like the product... |
| 2010 | Bodhisattva | Bodhisattva | dir. San Banarje San Banarje San Banarje is an award-winning American independent filmmaker, cinematographer, producer, screenwriter, editor and an actor. He was born in Kolkata, India and now lives in Houston, Texas.... |