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Utpal Dutt
Actor

Utpal Dutt

29 Mar 1929Born
19 Aug 1993Died
64Age at death
157Credits

Biography

(29 March 1929 – 19 August 1993) 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. 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.

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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).[1][2][3][4] He also did the role of a sculptor, Sir Digindra Narayan, in the episode Seemant Heera of Byomkesh Bakshi (TV series) on Doordarshan in 1993, shortly before his death.

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Filmography

The 80 most recent of 157 credits.

  1. TBAThe Criminals of KathmanduFilm: Maganlal Meghraj
  2. 1995Antar BahirFilm
  3. 1995Kencho Khunrte KeuteFilm
  4. 1993The Padma BoatmanFilm: Hossain Miah
  5. 1992MayabiniFilm: Biplab Panja
  6. 1992Pennam KolkataFilm
  7. 1992Mani KanchanFilm
  8. 1991Sajani Go SajaniFilm
  9. 1991The StrangerFilm: Manomohan Mitra
  10. 1991Prem JoyareFilm
  11. 1991AhankarFilm
  12. 1991Path O PrasadFilm
  13. 1991NawabFilm
  14. 1990Jawani ZindabadFilm: MLA Goverdhan Verma
  15. 1990TriyatriFilm: Grandfather
  16. 1990MahajanFilm
  17. 1989BahuraniFilm: Sadanand Chaudhary
  18. 1989Jar Je PriyaFilm
  19. 1989Gili Gili GeFilm
  20. 1988The Bengali NightFilm: The Priest / Postman / Beggar
  21. 1988MahaveeraFilm
  22. 1988AntarangaFilm
  23. 1988Today's Robin HoodFilm
  24. 1988Sagar SangamFilm: Bhujang Chaudhary
  25. 1988LibaasFilm: Jamaal Saab
  26. 1988AagamanFilm
  27. 1987Samrat O SundariFilm
  28. 1987Sukumar RayFilm: Village Teacher
  29. 1986Main BalwaanFilm: Police Commissioner Ajay Basu
  30. 1986KirayadarFilm
  31. 1986Sadaa SuhaganFilm
  32. 1986PathbholaFilm: Tejen Banerjee
  33. 1986Baat Ban JayeFilm: Mr. Singh
  34. 1986Aap Ke SaathFilm: K. K. Sahib
  35. 1985Aar PaarFilm: Mahesh Babu
  36. 1985TagariFilm
  37. 1985Mera DamadFilm: Sitanath Ardhnarayan Choudhry
  38. 1985SaahebFilm: Badri Prasad Sharma
  39. 1985Bhalobasha BhalobashaFilm: Keya's Father
  40. 1984RashifalFilm
  41. 1984The CrossingFilm: Bhola Singh
  42. 1984Lakhon Ki BaatFilm: Maganbhai
  43. 1984MaaFilm: Director
  44. 1984Yeh DeshFilm
  45. 1984Inquilab Ke BaadFilm: Director
  46. 1984Bandh HonthFilm
  47. 1983AgamikalFilm
  48. 1983Kissi Se Na KehnaFilm: Kailashpati Trivedi
  49. 1983Rang BirangiFilm: Police Inspector Durendra Bhatavdekar
  50. 1983MadhubanFilm
  51. 1983IndiraFilm
  52. 1983Pasand Apni ApniFilm: Sriram Seth
  53. 1983Shubh KaamnaFilm
  54. 1982Raaste Pyar KeFilm: Udit Narayan Gupta
  55. 1982Matir SwargaFilm
  56. 1982RajbadhuFilm
  57. 1982SpandanFilm
  58. 1982ShaukeenFilm: Jagdishbhai
  59. 1982AngoorFilm: Raj Tilak
  60. 1982Hamari Bahu AlkaFilm: Badriprasad
  61. 1981KalankiniFilm
  62. 1981SahebFilm
  63. 1981Baisakhi MeghFilm: Director, Writer
  64. 1981Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata HaiFilm
  65. 1981Naram GaramFilm: Bhavani Shankar Bajpai
  66. 1981Barsaat Ki Ek RaatFilm: Sahuji
  67. 1981KaleidoscopeFilm: Newspaper Editor
  68. 1980The Kingdom of DiamondsFilm: Hirak Raja
  69. 1980Apne ParayeFilm: Advocate
  70. 1980Paka DekhaFilm: Aparna's Father
  71. 1980Gharer Baire GharFilm
  72. 1980Ram BalramFilm: Prof. Saran
  73. 1980PankhirajFilm
  74. 1980KhwabFilm: Public Prosecutor Dalaal
  75. 1979ShipwreckFilm: Annadababu
  76. 1979Prem VivahFilm: Dr. Bhaskar
  77. 1979KartavyaFilm: Diwan Dhanpat Rai
  78. 1979Gol MaalFilm: Bhavani Shankar
  79. 1979The Great GamblerFilm: Saxena
  80. 1979The Elephant GodFilm: Maganlal Meghraj

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