Uttam Kumar was matinee idol of Bengali cinema. He was a super star and super actor that Bengali cinema has ever produced. The actor has not been 35 years present in the screen, but he remains the evergreen romantic protagonist whose charm cannot wither still with time. There is still a craze for Uttam Kumar’s films in Kolkata just because his films have attained mythical status and his memories still continue to haunt the viewers.
He was an iconic figure of Indian cinema. He was an actor who could go deep into the character, and there will never be another Uttam Kumar in Indian cinema. He was one of the eminent actors that Indian cinema has ever produced. Many of us...
Chhabi Biswas (From 12 July 1900 – 11 June 1962) was a well-known Bengali actor. He has been appreciated for his work in Tapan Sinha’s Kabuliwala, Satyajit Ray’s films Jalsaghar in 1958, Devi in 1960 and Kanchenjungha in 1962.He was reminiscing for the roles of typical upper-class father and he himself was a part of a rich and cultured North Kolkata family in real life. His father, Bhupatinath Biswas was a social worker. His real name was Sachindra nath but his mother used to call him Chhabi which means a beautiful picture and his nickname remained his identification throughout his life and career.He did his matriculation from Hindu School and enrolled at the Presidency College and la...
Soumitra Chatterjee was born on January 19, 1935, in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. His films include The World of Apu (1959), Kony (1984), and Days and Nights in the Forest (1970). Deepa Chatterjee was his wife. He died in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on November 15, 2020. He was well known for his fourteen films with Oscar-winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray, with whom he collaborated. Soumitra Chattopadhyay was the first Indian film celebrity to receive France's highest honor for artists, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He was also the recipient of India's highest film honor, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
Krishnanagar, in the district of Nadia in West Bengal, where he spent the first ten years of his childhood...
Tulsi Chakraborty was born on March 3, 1899. He was born in a small village Goari in West Bengal, presently in Howrah district. He was a Comedian and an Indian Actor, who worked in Bengali movies in the 1940s and 50s. He is best known for his lead role in Satyajit Ray's movie Parash Pathar. Tulsi was born to Ashutosh Chakraborty, who was an apprentice in the Indian railways. This job was a transmittable work, and his parents had to move around to various places in Bengal and Bangladesh (West Bengal and Bangladesh were a single state then). Thus, Tulsi remained in Kolkata with Prasad Chakraborty, his Paternal Uncle. Prasad was a very talented Harmonium and Tabla player. He was an employee of the legendary ...
Utpal Dutt is a Veteran in Indian cinema who was a popular theatre actor. He had acted in many Hindi movies too. He has acted over 100 movies in a career spanning over four decades. His most critically acclaimed and box-office successful films include ‘Bhuvan Shome’, Agantuk, Golmaal, Shaukheen, Amanush, Barsaat Ki Ek Raat, The Great Gambler. Although he acted in many Bengali plays, he took a keen interest in English theaters.
He was associated with Prithvi Theatres and even acted in many Shakespearean plays. He has been instrumental in securing a place for serious theater among urban Indian audiences since the mid-1950s. He had always stated audiences should b...
Rabi Ghosh, conceived on 24 November 1931, was an Indian entertainer and humorist who worked in Bengali film. He is best known for his comic jobs. However, his flexible acting ability acquired him achievement different sorts of jobs. He was a standard in Satyajit Ray films throughout the years. Till date, he is associated with his comic jobs in Satyajit Ray's films. Rabi Ghosh was a prestigious entertainer in Bengali theater and TV also.
Robi Ghosh's job in the play Angar was seen by chief Aurabinda Mukhopadhyay. Robi made his presentation in a little job in his film Ahoban in 1959. His leap forward was in Tapan Sinha's Galpo Holeyo Sotti, and his job in Satyajit Ray's Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1968) turned into a mi...
Anil Chatterjee was born on the 25th of October in 1929. He was born in Bengal. He is also known as Anil Chattopadhyay. He started his career in 1950, and it continued till 1990. Anil has acted in almost 150 movies, including Bengali as well as Hindi cinema. Anil is one of the most renowned and stable actors who can play different roles. There were times when he received negative roles to play as an antagonist. These were inappropriate for his career and led him to lose his respect among the audience and critics as well.
Apart from movies, he also got a chance to act in some of the television shows out of which the most important was the Naqab which telecasted on the Natio...
Santosh Dutta was a Bengali film Actor, and a Lawyer by profession. He rose to fame from his role as ‘Jatayu’ in Satyajit Ray's Feluda movie. Dutta was born on December 2nd, 1925 in Calcutta under the British Presidency.
After playing comedic character roles, it was through Satyajit Ray's evergreen film ParashPathar, Dutta became a well-known name among the audience. Apart from playing the iconic role of Jatayu, Dutta has also portrayed iconic roles such as the dual roles of the kings of "Halla" and "Shundi" in Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne. He also played the iconic role of ‘Gopal Bhar’ in the movie that goes by the same name which was a household n...