Utpal Dutt
Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright · India · On the map · Actors · Lived 1929 to 1993 · aged 64
Utpal Dutt was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the "Little Theatre Group" in 1949.
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The StrangerFilm, Manomohan Mitra1988
Sagar SangamFilm, Bhujang Chaudhary1987
Sukumar RayFilm, Village Teacher1985
SaahebFilm, Badri Prasad Sharma1984Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic RoleAwardBandh HonthFilm1982
AngoorFilm, Raj Tilak1980
Ram BalramFilm, Prof. Saran1979
Gol MaalFilm, Bhavani Shankar1976
Do AnjaaneFilm, Mr. Sanyal1974
ChorusFilm, Manager1972
Calcutta 71Film1970National Film Award for Best ActorAward
Bombay TalkieFilm, 1970Bose1969
Bhuvan ShomeFilm, Bhuvan Shome1965
Shakespeare-WallahFilm, Maharaja1929Born29 March 1929People around Utpal
Satyajit Ray Directed Hirak Rajar Deshe and Jana Aranya
Mrinal Sen Directed Bhuvan Shome, Chorus and Calcutta 71
Rahul Dev Burman Wrote Gol Maal, Naram Garam and Shaukeen
Hrishikesh Mukherjee Directed Gol Maal, Naram Garam and Rang Birangi
Arun Kumar Chatterjee Also in Amanush, Anand Ashram and Harano Sur
Basu Chatterjee Directed Swami, Prem Vivah and Shaukeen
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Wrote Shriman Prithviraj and Bhalobasa Bhalobasa- Shakti Samanta Directed Amanush, Anand Ashram and Anurodh
Tarun Majumdar Directed Shriman Prithviraj (1972)- Santosh Dutta Also in Hirak Rajar Deshe and Jana Aranya
James Ivory Directed Shakespeare Wallah and Bombay Talkie
Soumitra Chatterjee Also in Hirak Rajar Deshe and Joi Baba Felunath
Sandhya Roy Also in Shriman Prithviraj (1972)
Ismail Merchant Produced Shakespeare Wallah and Bombay Talkie
Rekhā Also in Do Anjaane, Immaan Dharam and Kartavya- Tarun Kumar Also in Fuleshwari, Striker and Saptapadi
Mithun Chakraborty Also in Do Anjaane, Prem Vivah and Shaukeen
Aparna Sen Also in Jana Aranya, The Guru and Immaan Dharam
Amol Palekar Also in Gol Maal, Baat Ban Jaye and Rang Birangi
A. K. Hangal Also in Immaan Dharam, Shaukeen and Saaheb
Goutam Ghose Directed Paar and Padma Nadir Majhi- Anil Chatterjee Also in Paar, Dhanraj Tamang and Striker
Amitabh Bachchan Also in Bhuvan Shome and Saat Hindustani
Aruna Irani Also in Kartavya and Baat Ban Jaye
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This group enacted many English, Shakespearean and Brecht plays, in a period now known as the "Epic theatre" period, before it immersed itself completely in highly political and radical theatre. His plays became an apt vehicle for the expression of his Marxist ideologies, visible in socio-political plays such as Kallol (1965), Manusher Adhikar, Louha Manob (1964), Tiner Toloar and Maha-Bidroha. He also acted in over 100 Bengali and Hindi films in a career spanning 40 years, and remains most known for his roles in films such as Mrinal Sen’s Bhuvan Shome (1969), Satyajit Ray’s Agantuk (1991), Gautam Ghose’s Padma Nadir Majhi (1992) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's breezy Hindi comedies such as Gol Maal (1979) and Rang Birangi (1983). He also did the role of a sculptor, Sir Digindra Narayan, in the episode Seemant Heera of Byomkesh Bakshi on Doordarshan in 1993, shortly before his death.
