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1. Soumitra Chatterjee

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...

Date of Birth: 19-01-1935

Age: 89

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Actor

Soumitra Chatterjee Biography

Date of Birth: 19-01-1935

Age: 89

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Actor

2. Satyajit Ray

Biographies reveal bare details about the maverick filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Even today not much is known about this extraordinary filmmaker. But people still have a passion for doing research upon his classic films as he is an extraordinary filmmaker. Satyajit Ray was India’s first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Academy Award (Honorary Oscar) in 1992. He is also a recipient of the honorary doctorate by Oxford University ( after actor Chaplin). The government of India has awarded him ‘Padma Bhushan(1965) and Dadasaheb Phalke Award(1985) and the highest civilian honour’Bharat Ratna’(1992) too. In 1992, he was even posthumously awarded the Akira Kurosawa Award for Lifetime Ach...

Date of Birth: 02-05-1921

Date of Death: 23-04-1992

Star Sign: Taurus

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Editor, Director, Producer

Satyajit Ray Biography

Date of Birth: 02-05-1921

Date of Death: 23-04-1992

Star Sign: Taurus

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Editor, Director, Producer

3. Anil Chatterjee

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...

Date of Birth: 25-10-1929

Date of Death: 17-03-1996

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Director

Anil Chatterjee Biography

Date of Birth: 25-10-1929

Date of Death: 17-03-1996

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Director

4. Tapan Sinha

Tapan Sinha, one of the foremost Indian directors of his time was born on 2nd October 1924 and died on 15th January. 2009.He formed the legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, and Mrinal Sen. Being primarily a Bengali filmmaker, he worked in both Hindi Cinema and Bengali Cinema, making films including Kabuli Wala, Louha Kapat, Sagina Mahato, Apanjan,Kshudhita Pashan, and children's films Safed Haathi and Aaj Ka Robinhood. Tapan Sinha began his career in 1946, as a sound engineer with the film production company New Theatres in Kolkata, then in 1950 he shifted to England, where he worked at Pinewood Studios for two years. Before returning home to start his six-decade career...

Date of Birth: 02-10-1924

Date of Death: 15-01-2009

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Hindi

Skills: Director

Tapan Sinha Biography

Date of Birth: 02-10-1924

Date of Death: 15-01-2009

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Hindi

Skills: Director

5. Prosenjit Chatterjee

The only son of Biswajit Ranjitkumar Chatterjee was born on 30 September 1962, Calcutta. Prosenjit was called Bumba da by fans for his roles in the Bengali films. He did more than 300 films in his career. His career spread for more than two decades, and his popularity is still undeniable. In 2007, he was awarded the National Award Silver Lotus for his role in the super hit film Dosar. He did his schooling in Calcutta Airport English High School up to class 10.For his studies, he attended St. Xavier's Collegiate School. After he did his school career, for his higher studies he went to St. Xavier's College, Calcutta. He made his career debut with the film Duti Pata (1983) in a lead role; it revolves aro...

Date of Birth: 30-09-1962

Age: 62

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Movie Actor

Prosenjit Chatterjee Biography

Date of Birth: 30-09-1962

Age: 62

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Movie Actor

6. Rituparno Ghosh

Rituparno Ghosh(1963-2013) was a profound actor, director, writer, and lyricist in the Bengali FIlm Industry. He was born in Kolkata to a Bengali Hindu family on 31 August 1963. Sunil Ghosh, father of Rituparno Ghosh was a painter and a documentary film maker. He attended South Point School in and earned an Economics degree from Jadhavpur University, Kolkata. He worked as a creative artist in an advertising agency, Response India. He became famous in Kolkata for his effective slogans and appealing one liners. He earned fame with his most notable ad campaigns, ‘Sharad Samman' and ‘Bongo JibonerAngo' for antiseptic ointment, Boroline and mango drink, Frooti respectively....

Date of Birth: 31-08-1963

Date of Death: 30-05-2013

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Director, Writer, Actor, Lyricist

Rituparno Ghosh Biography

Date of Birth: 31-08-1963

Date of Death: 30-05-2013

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Director, Writer, Actor, Lyricist

7. Sabyasachi Chakrabarty

Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is a veteran film actor and a proficient theatre artist. Sabyasachi is a Bengali and is also known by the name Benu. He was born in the year 1956, in Kolkata in a conventional Bengali family. He was called by the name Benu affectionately by his parents. Chakrabarty completed his schooling in the year 1975 from Andrew Higher Secondary School, situated in Selimpur in Kolkata. He then moved to New Delhi and joined the University of Delhi. He graduated from this college with a Bachelors degree in Science. This prolific star of West Bengal also loves being involved with photography. His love for nature and animals is equivalent to his passion for acting. He is an avid photographer of the wil...

Date of Birth: 08-09-1956

Age: 68

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Movie Actor

Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Biography

Date of Birth: 08-09-1956

Age: 68

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Movie Actor

8. Sandip Ray

Sandip Ray is the only son of Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray, born on September 8, 1953. He is an Indian director and a music director, mainly working for the Bengali film industry. He was born in Kolkata and studied at South Point School and then from Patha Bhavan, Kolkata. Only at the age of 24, he started his journey as an assistant director on the sets of his father. He made his first directorial debut, Phatik Chand, in 1983, which received International Children’s Film Festival in Vancouver. Not only a director, but Sandip was also a noted photographer. He is best known for directing the Feluda series. His recent work was Professor Shonku o El Dorado....

Date of Birth: 08-09-1953

Age: 71

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Director, Writer, Photographer, Music Director

Sandip Ray Biography

Date of Birth: 08-09-1953

Age: 71

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Director, Writer, Photographer, Music Director

9. Raj Chakraborty

Raj Chakroborty is an Indian film director who has worked in several Bollywood movies and series. Raj’s actual name is Raju Chakraborty. He was born on 22 February 1975 in Halisahar, West Bengal, India. He did his schooling from Rishi Bankim Chandra Colleges, Naihati. Raj married Shatabdi Mitra in 2006 and later got married with Subhashree Ganguly in 2018. Raj has worked in the film industry as a director, producer, and actor. He made his debut in the year 2008. In 2008 he directed the movie Chirodini Tumi Je Amar. Some of the movies which are directed by Raju are Bojhena Shey Bojhena, Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey, Parineeta, and many more. As an actor he has worked in movies like Chirodini Tu...

Date of Birth: 22-02-1975

Age: 49

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Director, Producer, Actor

Raj Chakraborty Biography

Date of Birth: 22-02-1975

Age: 49

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Director, Producer, Actor

10. Dev

Deepak Adhikari or Dev was born on 25 December 1985, in Mahisha, a small village near Keshpur, He is an actor, entertainer, a politician, and a singer. He first appeared on screen in 2006 in a film named “Agnishapath.” He is the most famous and wealthiest star in the cinema of Bengal. He has a younger sibling named ‘Dipali.’ His parents call him “Raju” out of love. He was raised by his maternal uncle in Mumbai. He did his schooling from Purushottam High School, Bandra and joined Bharatiya Vidyapeeth University, Pune for his higher studies. After this, Dev came back to Mumbai. His debut film opposite Rachana Banerjee did not do well at the box office and was a flop movie. Hi...

Date of Birth: 25-12-1985

Age: 38

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Movie Actor, Actor

Dev Biography

Date of Birth: 25-12-1985

Age: 38

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Movie Actor, Actor

11. Abir Chatterjee

We couldn’t decide what precisely makes our heart stop at the sight of Abir Chatterjee! Abir Chatterjee made his huge name as a popular Bengali TV and film actor, and went on to top the list of Calcutta Times Most Desirable Men of 2014. Born on November 18, 1980, in Kolkata, West Bengal, Abir is the son of theater personalities Phalguni and Rumki Chatterjee. He started his career with Bengali television, acting in serials like Proloy Asche, Shomoy, Credit Card, Hotath Megh, My Sweet Valentine. After carving a distinct segment for himself, he made his debut in Bengali cinema, as a lead in the film Cross Connection (2009). He became immensely popu...

Date of Birth: 18-11-1980

Age: 44

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Movie Actor

Abir Chatterjee Biography

Date of Birth: 18-11-1980

Age: 44

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Movie Actor

12. Arindam Sil

Born on 12th March 1958, Arindam Sil is an Indian film celebrity, movie manager, and line creator. He was a student at St. Joseph's University, Calcutta. He then practiced M.B.A. in Advertising from the Indian Institution of Social Welfare and Business Organization at the Academy of Calcutta. He gave up his Ph.D. at the USA to chase his curiosity in becoming an Artist. In 2012 he led a movie Aborto. Sil and his group, Nothing Beyond Cinema, has controlled the line-production of flicks like The Bong Relationship, Via Darjeeling, Shukno Lanka, Nobel Chor, TE3N, Meri Pyari Bindu', Kahaani, Detective Byomkesh Bakshi, among others. Donning dissimilar acts comes easily to him. The little question then, that actor exclus...

Date of Birth: 12-03-1958

Age: 66

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Director, Producer, Movie Actor

Arindam Sil Biography

Date of Birth: 12-03-1958

Age: 66

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali