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Place of birth:
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
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Shekhar Chattopadhyay

Overview

Shekhar Chatterjee (1924–1990) was an Indian actor and film director. Chatterjee was born in Kolkata in 1924. He began his career in the Bengali theatre in the 1950s. He was associated with several leftist theatre groups, including the Communist Party's Indian People's Theatre Association, Utpal Dutt's Little Theatre Group, and Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, as well as his own group, Theatre Unit, which he formed in 1958. As a stage actor, he was well known for his Shakespearean roles and for playing Shardul Singh in Dutt's 1965 play Kallol. His directorial work focused on works by German-language playwrights Bertold Brecht, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Peter Handke, and Franz Xaver Kroetz. Chatterjee's Brecht productions were rarely adapted to a local setting, and while critics unanimously praised this approach as "authentic", his colleague Dutt attacked it for failing to communicate Brecht's political symbolism to an Indian audience.

Known for

Acting
1986 Vasundhara Actor N/A
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1985 Tagari Actor N/A
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1984 Maa Actor N/A
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1982 Gandhi Actor Suhrawardy 72
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1978 The Sage from the Sea Actor Bhairavamoorthy 59
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1977 Pratima Actor N/A
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1977 Barbadhu Actor N/A
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1976 The Royal Hunt Actor 59
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1975 Nishimrigaya Actor N/A
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1975 Sangsar Simantey Actor N/A
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1974 Sangini Actor N/A
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1974 Rodon Bhara Basanta Actor N/A
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1974 Raktatilak Actor N/A
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1974 Chorus Actor 59
Average
1973 Marjina Abdulla Actor Qasim N/A
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1971 Sansar Actor N/A
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1971 Interview Actor 59
Average
1971 Kuheli Actor Station Master 58
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1971 An Unfinished Story Actor N/A
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1970 Aleyar Alo Actor N/A
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1970 Ichhapuran Actor Subol Chandra Sarkar N/A
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1969 Bhuvan Shome Actor 59
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1968 Garh Nasimpur Actor N/A
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1967 Chiriyakhana Actor 58
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1966 Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar Actor N/A
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1962 The Expedition Actor Rameshwar 59
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1955 Sabar Uparey Actor N/A
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Directing
1986 Vasundhara Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1986 Vasundhara Writing Writer N/A
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1974 Sangini Writing Screenplay N/A
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1973 Marjina Abdulla Writing Screenplay N/A
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1973 Basanta Bilap Writing Writer 59
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