Acting
Soumitra Chatterjee
- Born
- Jan 19, 1935 · Aged 85
- Died
- Nov 15, 2020
- Place of birth
- Krishnanagar, Bengal Presidency, British India
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 284
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (4)
- Soumitra Chattopadhyay
- Saumitra Chattopadhyay
- Soumithra Chattopadhyay
- Saumithra Chattopadhyay
Biography
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,…
