Soumitra Chatterjee
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
The Bengali Night
Narendra Sen
1988
Film
Charulata
Amal
1964
Film
The World of Apu
Apurba 'Apu' Roy
1959
Film
Devi
Umaprasad
1960
Film
The Coward
Amitabha Roy
1965
Film
Days and Nights in the Forest
Asim
1970
Film
Chupi Chupi
2001
दीप 6
Film
The Branches of the Tree
Prashanto Majumdar
1990
Film
An Enemy of the People
Dr. Ashok Gupta
1990
Film
Ahalya
Goutam Sadhu
2015
Film
Samapti
Om's Grand Father
2020
Aamader Janani
2000
Film
Three Daughters
Amulya (segment "The Conclusion")
1961
Film
Malyadan
Jatin
1971
Sangsar Simantey
1975
Film
Lathi
1996
Film
Posto
Dinen Lahiri
2017
Film
The Elephant God
Prodosh Mitra (Feluda)
1979
Film
Shadows of Time
Ravi (Old)
2005
Film
Praktan
Train Passenger
2016
Film
Maach Mishti & More
2013
Film
Nishijapon
2005
Film
Aalor Disha
2024
Film
The Expedition
Narsingh
1962
Film
Sanjhbati
Chhana
2019
Film
Shipwreck
Ramesh
1979
Film
Shirshendur Diary
Zahir Ahamed
2012
Film
Sukumar Ray
Narrator / Rama
1987
Swapner thikana
2021
Film
Preyashi
1982
Film
Titli
2021
Film
Jabab Chai
2001
Film
15 Park Avenue
Mitali's father
2006
Film
Hemlock Society
Col Samaresh Bagchi (Special appearance)
2012
Film
Mantramugdha
1977
Film
Borunbabur Bondhu
Borun Chakraborty
2020
Film
Bhagya Debata
1997
Film
Room No. 103
2015
Film
Not a Fairy Tale
Sisir Roy
2013
Film
The Underground Chamber
Aghor Sen
2003
Film
Shlilatahanir Pore
2021
Film
Paanch Adhyay
2012
Film
Tiktiki
2012
Film
Nobel Chor
Mastermoshai
2011
Film
Hobu Chandra Raja Gobu Chandra Mantri
Narrator
2021
Film
Ballygunge Court
2007
Film
Belaseshe
Biswanath Majumdar
2015
Film
Chaya Manush
2014
Film
Kulangar
2000
Film
M.L.A. Fatakesto
Chief Minister
2006
Film
In the Forest... Again
2003
Film
The Creative Person: Satyajit Ray
Self
1967
Film
Abhijaan
Self
2021
Film
Sanghat
1996
Film
Santan Jakhan Satru
1999
Film
The Bong Connection
2006
Film
Ambar Sen Antordhan Rahasyo
Amber Sen / Ashwini "Ash" Ghosh
1999
Film
Sanskar
2011
Film
Barnali
Dr. Ashesh Roy
1963
Film
Sangini
1974
Film
Jadi Jantem
Koushik Mitra
1974
Film
Distant Thunder
Gangacharan Chakravarti
1973
Film
The Home and the World
Sandip Mukherjee
1985
Film
Punascha
2014
Film
Punashcha
Subodh
1961
Film
Kaka Bhaipo
2019
Film
The Last Poem
Voice narrator
2015
Film
World Within, World Without
Father
1991
Film
Krishnakanter Will
Krishna Kanta (Uncle Of Govindlal)
2007
Film
Bird of Dusk
Himself
2018
Film
Dai Daitya
1999
Film
Michael
2018
Film
61 No Gorpar Lane
Jagadish
2017
Film
Asati
Khokon Chowdhary (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay)
1974
Churiwala
2001
Film
The Golden Fortress
Prodosh Chandra Mitra (Feluda)
1974
Film
IDOL MAKERS OF KOLKATA
narrator
2005
Film
The Kingdom of Diamonds
Udayan Pandit
1980
Film
Kaalbela
Saritsekhar Mitra
2009
Film
Up in the Clouds
Ajoy Sarkar
1965
Film
Shubho Muharat
Self
2003
Film
Angshumaner Chhobi
2009
Film
Madhu Malati
1999
Film
Kolkatay Kohinoor
2019
Film
Bicycle Kick
2013
Film
House of Memories
Moni Biswas
2000
Film
Chowdhury Paribar
Police officer
1998
Film
Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective
Self
2019
Film
Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo
Professor Chatterjee
2007
Film
Faltu
2006
Film
Baksa Badal
Dr. Pratul Bhattacharjee
1970
Film
Neem Phul
Benimadhab Roy Choudhury
2020
Film
Shonar Pahar
Rajat Subhra Majumdar
2018
Film
Footsteps
Shashanka Palit
2006
Film
Apur Panchali
(Archive Footage)
2014
Film
Basu Paribaar
2019
Film
Ami Soumitra
Himself
2023
Amar Geeti
1983
Film
Act Zero
Kabir Choudhury
2013
Film
Aparna
Barin
1972
Film
Prajapati
1993
Film
Hemanter Pakhi
Hemen Mama
2001
Film
Aparichito
Sujit Nath Mitra
1969
Film
Dekha
Sashi Bhusan Sanyal
2001
Film
Khunje Berai
Shankar Banerjee
1971
Film
Mahaan
1996
Film
Tumi O Tumi
Actor
2020
Film
Manojder Adbhut Bari
Gobinda Narayan
2018
Jiban Saikate - Life on the Beach
1972
Film
Saanjhbatir Roopkathara
2002
Film
Bhalo Theko
Anandi's Uncle
2003
Film
Pranoy Pasha
1978
Film
Mayurakshi
Sushovan
2017
Film
Bhagshesh: The Remainder
2018
Life in Park Street
2012
Film
Minister Fatakesto
Chief Minister
2007
Film
A Holy Conspiracy
Reverend Basanta Kumar Chatterjee
2022
Film
Chhutir Phande
1975
Film
Disappearance
1991
Film
Nishimrigaya
1975
Film
Golokdham Rahasya
Feluda
1992
Film
Samadhan
1997
Film
Asukh
Sudhamoy Choudhury (Rohini's father)
1999
Gharer Laxmi
1998
Pratisodh
1981
Film
Chol Kuntal
2017
Film
Aagaman
Bijoychandra (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay)
1988
Film
Gharer Baire Ghar
1980
Film
Saat Pake Bandha
Sukhendu Dutta
1963
Gandharbi
2002
Film
Pratima
1977
Film
Datta
Naren
1976
Film
Kakababu Here Gelen?
Asit Dhar
1995
Film
Sraboner Dhara
Amitava Sarkar
2020
Film
Basanta Bilap
Shyam
1973
Friend
2009
Film
Teen Bhubaner Paare
Subir / Montu
1969
Film
Ei Ghar Ei Sansar
2000
Film
Nishi Kanya
1973
Film
Dwando
Dr. Ashok Mukherjee
2009
Film
Babu Moshai
1977
Film
Chander Bari
2007
Film
The Hungry Stones
1960
Film
Uttoran
Dr. Sengupta
1994
Film
Haray Khuji Tare
2024
Film
Baba Keno Chakor
1998
Film
Tagari
1985
Film
Shyam Saheb
1986
Film
Bilet Pherat
1972
Film
Debdas
Debdas
1979
Film
Shesh Boley Kichu Nei
2014
Film
Aparajita Tumi
2012
Film
Guru Sishya
2001
Film
Pratham Kadam Phool
Sukanto Basu
1970
Film
Alik Sukh
2013
Film
Ami Aadu
2010
Film
Debi Baran
1988
Film
Kony
Khitish Sinha (Khid-da)
1984
Film
Satru Mitra
1999
Film
Parineeta
Shekhar
1969
Film
Indira
1983
Film
Belashuru
Biswanath Sarkar
2022
Film
Natun Diner Alo
1972
Film
Vrindavan Film Studios
Vishnu
1995
Film
Astra
2012
Film
Deep6
2026
Film
Samantaral
Akhilesh Chatterjee
2017
Film
Nayantara
1997
Film
Matir Swarga
1982
Film
Kusumitar Gappo
2019
Film
The Understudy
2009
Film
Mejo Bou
1995
Film
Flat No 609
2018
Film
Bohomaan
2019
Nadi Theke Sagare
1978
Film
Pratisodh
Sanatan Chatterjee
1981
Film
Bastir Meye Radha
2000
Film
Sheser Golpo
Amit Ray
2019
Grohon - The Eclipse
2022
Film
Agnibhramar
1973
Film
Ek Jhank Ichhe Dana
2010
Film
Sunyo Theke Suru
2017
Kinu Gowalar Gali
1964
Film
Strange Tale of a Strange Village
1998
Film
Abhagini
1991
Film
Baghini
Chiranjib
1968
Film
Aainaate
2008
Film
Mantra
Gurudev
2005
Film
Sudur Niharika
(Triple Role) Arunabha Mukherjee / Shankar Narayan / Rudra Narayan
1976
Film
Ektuku Basa
1965
Film
Ganadevata
Debu Pandit
1978
Film
The Prisoner of Jhind
1961
Critical Encounter
2005
Film
Tokhon Kuasa Chilo
Akhilbabu
2021
Film
Aleyar Alo
1970
Film
Terror
Sudhanshu Mukherjee
1986
Film
Agradani
1983
Film
Padma Golap
Taposh Ray / Gobardhan Bhattacharya
1970
Film
Bhalobasar Anek Naam
2006
Film
Atmiyo Swajan
1998
Film
Peace Haven
Sukumar
2015
Film
Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar
1966
Film
Stree
Sitapati
1972
Film
Selfie
Soumitra Chatterjee
2015
Film
Wheel Chair
1994
Film
Chena Achena
1983
Film
Path O Prasad
1991
Film
Vasundhara
1986
Film
Dash Mash Dash Diner Galpo
2019
Film
Cancer
2001
Film
72 Hours
Stranger
2021
Film
Shesh Prishthay Dekhun
1973
Film
Nyay Anyay
1981
Film
Andarkahini: Self-exile
School Teacher
2019
Film
Jijibisha
2014
Film
Banshiwala
Haraprassana
2010
Film
Mani Kanchan
1992
Film
Baikunther Will
Gokul Majumdar
1985
Film
Ajana Shapath
Monimohan Mukherjee / Soumen Ray
1967
Film
Chandragrahan
1997
Etai Swarga
2001
Film
Bridge
2017
Film
Saptami
1997
Film
Lal Golap
1984
Film
Ghar Sansar
1993
Film
Adbhoot
2013
Film
Kanch Kata Hire
Subroto Gupto
1965
Film
Adda
Dhritimaan Panja
2019
Film
Bijoyini
Priyaranjan Roychoudhury
1982
Film
Devipaksha
Anandamohan Bhattacharya
2004
Film
Sarbojaya
1987
Film
Sud Asal
2001
Film
Koli O Arjun
Aditya
2022
Film
Mahashweta
Satinath
1967
Rakte Lekha
1992
Film
Astitwa
2018
Film
Monihar
Ajoy Chowdhury / Kumar Chowdhury
1966
Film
Agun
Chandranath Chatterjee
1962
Film
Atal Jaler Ahwan
Jayanta Choudhury
1962
Film
Hathat Dekha
1967
Khelar Putul
1982
Rangamati
2008
Sugar Baby
2011
Film
Kanchenjungha Express
2015
Film
Apan Holo Par
2000
Film
Mon Mane Na
1993
Juwa
2003
Film
Darpa Churna
1980
The Tree
Self
1998
Film
Kagojer Nouka
2013
Saptasur
2009
Film
Pankhiraj
1980
Film
Dui
2023
Film
Kalankini Badhu
2000
Film
Pakhi
2009
Film
Jwar Bhata
Bijoy's father
1990
Film
Durbin
Byomkesh Bakshi
2014
Film
Sindoor
1991
Film
Boxer
Church Father
2018
Film
Tomar Jonyo
2008
Film
Daitya
2002
Film
Rupey Tomay Bholabo Na
2013
Film
Sansar
1971
Film
Apon Amar Apon
1990
Film
Tomai Pabo Bole
1999
Film
Interrogation of a Husband
Bodhisattva
2012
Film
Antorshotta
2018
Film
Aarohan
Suryashekhar
2010
Film
Life of Satyajit Ray Through His Films
Himself
2017
Film
Tritiyo Purush
2022
Film
Parobas
2016
Film
Dwikhondito
2019
Film
Ekti Jiban
1988
Film
Haraner Naat Jamai
1990
Film
Father
1981
Film
Her Story
Father of Rohini
2022
Film
Reality Show
2022
Film
Abalamban
2021
Film
Seemantaraag
1984
Film
The Representative
1964
Film
Somoy
2021
Film
Ebong Bisarjan
2012
Banarasi
1962