Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Shoumitro Chôttopaddhae;19 January 1935 - 15 November 2020) was an Indian film and stage actor and poet. He is 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. 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, also received the award.[1] [2]
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 in more than 210 films in his career till 2016.
| Year | Title | Role | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Nirupama | Ramsundar Mitra | Telefilm based on Tagore's short story Dena Paona | [3] | |
| 2002 | Hindustani Sipahi | Yogen Chatterjee | [4] |
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Apur Sansar[5] | Apurba Kumar Roy |
| 1960 | Devi | Umaprasad |
| 1960 | Kshudhita Pashan | |
| 1961 | Teen Kanya | Amulya |
| 1961 | Jhinder Bandi | |
| 1961 | Swayambara | |
| 1961 | Swaralipi | |
| 1962 | Abhijan | Narsingh |
| 1962 | Atal Jaler Ahwan | |
| 1962 | Banarasi | |
| 1963 | Saat Pake Bandha | Professor Sukhendu Dutta |
| 1963 | Barnali | |
| 1964 | Charulata | Amal |
| 1964 | Kinu Gowalar Goli | |
| 1964 | Pratinidhi | Amal |
| 1965 | Ektuku Basa | |
| 1965 | Kapurush | |
| 1965 | Kanch Kata Hire | |
| 1965 | Akash Kusum | Ajay Sarkar |
| 1966 | Monihar | |
| 1966 | Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar | |
| 1967 | Hathat Dekha | |
| 1967 | Prastar Swakshar | |
| 1967 | Mahashweta | |
| 1968 | Baghini | |
| 1969 | Parineeta | Shekhar |
| 1969 | Teen Bhubaner Pare | |
| 1969 | Prothom Kadam Phool | |
| 1970 | Aranyer Din Ratri | Ashim Chatterjee |
| 1970 | Aleyar Alo | |
| 1970 | Padmagolap | |
| 1970 | Baksa Badal | Dr.Pratul Bhattacharjee |
| 1971 | Malyadan | |
| 1971 | Khuje Berai | |
| 1972 | Aparna | |
| 1972 | Stree | Sitapati |
| 1973 | Nishi Kanya | |
| 1973 | Basanta Bilap | Shyam |
| 1973 | Natun Diner Alo | |
| 1973 | Ashani Sanket | Gangacharan Chakravarti |
| 1973 | Agnibhramar | |
| 1974 | Jadi Jantem | Koushik Mitra |
| 1974 | Sangini | |
| 1974 | Sonar Kella | Pradosh C. Mitra / Feluda (Private Investigator) |
| 1974 | ||
| 1975 | Chhutir Phande | |
| 1975 | Sansar Simantey | |
| 1975 | Nishimrigaya | |
| 1976 | Datta | |
| 1978 | Ganadevata | Debu Pandit |
| 1978 | Nadi Theke Sagare | |
| 1978 | Pranay Pasha | |
| 1979 | Devdas | |
| 1979 | Joi Baba Felunath | Pradosh C. Mitra / Feluda (Private Investigator) |
| 1980 | Hirak Rajar Deshe | Udayan Pandit |
| 1981 | Pratisodh | Sanatan |
| 1982 | Preyoshi | |
| 1983 | Agradani | Punyo Chakraborty |
| 1984 | Ghare Baire | Sandip Mukherjee |
| 1984 | Kony | Khitish Sinha |
| 1986 | Atanka | school master |
| 1989 | Ganashatru | Dr. Ashok Gupta |
| 1989 | Ghurghutiyar Ghotona | |
| 1990 | Golokdham Rahasya | |
| 1990 | Shakha Proshakha | Proshanto |
| 1994 | The Broken Journey | Dr. Sengupta |
| 1994 | Wheel Chair | |
| 1995 | Kakababu Here Gelen? | Asit Dhar |
| 1996 | Lathi | |
| 1998 | Baba Keno Chakar | |
| 1999 | Asukh | Sudhamoy/Rohini's Father |
| 1999 | Satyajiter Gappo-Ambar Sen Antardhan Rahashya | Ambar Sen |
| 2001 | Guru Shisya | Shankar Maharaj |
| 2003 | Abar Aranye | Ashim |
| 2003 | Bhalo Theko | Anandi's uncle |
| 2003 | Patalghar | Aghor Sen |
| 2004 | Shadows of Time | Old Ravi |
| 2005 | Nishijapon | Bimal Das |
| 2006 | Krantikaal | Sekhar Das |
| 2006 | MLA Fatakeshto | |
| 2006 | Podokkhep | |
| 2007 | Minister Fatakeshto | Chief Minister |
| 2007 | Ballygunge Court | |
| 2007 | Krishnakanter Will | |
| 2008 | 10:10 | Don Durgaprasad |
| 2009 | Angshumaner Chhobi | Pradyut |
| 2009 | By Krzysztof Kieslowski) | |
| 2011 | The Forlorn (Short) | |
| 2012 | Life in Park Street | Niladri |
| 2012 | Paanch Adhyay | Hrishi-da |
| 2012 | Hemlock Society | Cornell |
| 2013 | Shunyo Awnko (The Zero Act) | Murphy |
| 2013 | Bicycle Kick | |
| 2013 | Rupkatha Noy | |
| 2014 | Jara Roddure Bhijechhilo | Daroka Bhaduri |
| 2014 | Doorbeen | Byomkesh Basu |
| 2015 | Bela Seshe | Biswanath Majumdar |
| 2015 | Ahalya | Goutam Sadhu |
| 2015 | Room No. 103 | Rudra Chatterjee |
| 2015 | Birat 22 | |
| 2016 | Sangabora | |
| 2016 | Praktan | Passenger in train |
| 2016 | Bastav | Amitava Rakshit |
| 2016 | Romantic Noy | Psychiatrist |
| 2016 | Nosto Purush | Father |
| 2016 | Peace Haven | |
| 2017 | Posto | |
| 2017 | The Anniversary | Ranjan Ganguly |
| 2017 | Sesh Chithi | Shibnath |
| 2017 | Samantaral | Sujan's father |
| 2017 | Mayurakshi | Sushovan |
| 2017 | Secret Love Story | Aniket |
| 2018 | Boxer | Church Father |
| 2018 | Kusumitar Gappo | Ratnakar Sen |
| 2018 | Jaal | Kader Bhai |
| 2018 | Flat No 609 | |
| 2018 | Valentines Day | Tara Sankar |
| 2018 | Shonar Pahar | Rajat |
| 2018 | Manojder Adbhut Bari | Gobindonarayan |
| 2019 | Jonmodin (2019)[6] | Paresh Sengupta |
| 2019 | Basu Poribar | |
| 2019 | Shesher Golpo | Amit Ray |
| 2021 | Abalamban | Dayal Babu |
| 2019 | Adda (2019 film) | Dhritimaan Panja |
| 2019 | Sanjhbati | Chhana Dadu |
| 2020 | Borunbabur Bondhu | Barun Babu |
| 2020 | Sraboner Dhara | Amitava Sarkar |
| 2021 | Deep6 | Himself |
| 2021 | Abhijaan | Himself |
| 2022 | 72 Ghanta | Stranger |
| 2022 | Belashuru | Biswanath Majumdar |
| Year | Title | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dena Paona | [7] | |||
| Kori Diye Kinlam | ||||
| Tritoyo Purush | Bangladeshi TV Series |
| Year | Serial | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Sanai | Adityanarayan Choudhury | Akash Bangla |
| 2015 | Jol Nupur | Krishnendushekhar Basu Mallick | Star Jalsha |
| Year | Title | Language | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Stree Ki Patra | Hindi | Telefilm based on Tagore's Streer Patra | [8] | |
| Mahasindhur Opar Hote | Bengali |